Search results

I flew this airplane type for ten years (2-23-2008 to 2-8-2018) and four thousand hours. I flew everyone of the planes in this video. It was a plane that you either loved or hated and you had to fly it. Roomy, comfortable and very automated until something broke then you had to really be on...

We had something similar on the B757/767. You could use your speed brakes etc and put the green ring on a fix and know you would make. If it changes then you need to adjust to keep it there. Especially useful on a non precision approach. Adjust so that it was about a mile from the runway and...

Controller at KGTU gets on a tear occasionally and requests, no demands that you give what type of Cessna, Piper and for me, he insists on calling me a Debonair when I say Bonanza. Beech officially dropped the name Debonair prior to 1975. I just reply F33A.

I have found that the white and black square signs with numbers on them on the sides of the road keep the police officers away by not exceeding those numbers

DUI’s, reckless etc will raise flags but more importantly do not lie about them. My airline wanted every job, times and unemployed times explained and all tickets accounted for. They followed up on everything. Just list them and hav3 a good explanation ready. In this market it doesn’t matter...

Do you log time on top of a hazy layer where it is hard to define a horizon but clear above? What about severe clear on top, at night, over the ocean? It’s not something to get your panties in a wad over. YOU are work8ng on procedures so that whether you are in the clouds (your supposed to...

Proper placement makes it easy to swing your compass

Skype made live bearable. My wife and would talk several times a day. Pre Skype I was in the hotel in Bombay and my phone rang at 2:30 AM (I was awake)and my wife just wanted to talk, nothing wrong but she just needed to talk. 45 minutes later and $98.50 phone bill we hung up. My F/O the...

Thank you sir. My words were not to suggest subservience on either side but I can see how it can be construed as that. Like I told my son when he said marriage is 50/50 and I said that it was 100/100. It takes a strong and committed couple to survive in any career. My intent was that the...

Several comments here about divorce rates. Just celebrated 44 years with my bride who met me when I had a private license in 1974. I was heavily involved in our union (Independent Pilots Association...was unfortunately ALPA twice and Teamsters Airline division twice) and dealt with this issue...

My brother flew an entire career as a pipeline pilot. I went on a couple of runs with him. He had 300 hours when he started and a little over 35000 hours when he stopped. He mainly flew Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Louisiana. He flew 150 and 172 to start and after that went through four...

Good luck to you. This is a great time for aspiring pilots. It will never be easy. Don’t be a jerk because the guy you make mad today will be the one interviewing you tomorrow. I was married with three sons and we went from instructing job to instructing (mainly small towns) to some charters...

When the FAM program first started, they were required to dress in suits and board the flight first....until the FAMS correctly pointed out that kinda removed the “secret” part of the exercise. As a retired FFDO, I can assure you that the program is highly structured and monitored. After...

All the following numbers are hypothetical and you can fill in your own..... Cost of handyman to do a job on the roof....$800 Earning estimate per day ....$250 (based upon $4166/month) Estimated number of days away from work ?????? Figure out the cost benefit of you doing it your self vs hiring...

We did it in the airline simulators. We had checklists for jammed elevators and rudders (757/767) it is doable but a hard session. You have to be gentle with your power inputs with wing mounted engines. The MD11 used the number 2 engine for pitch and the wing mounted engines for rudder. It...

You said they were foreign students...what area of the world? It matters. I think the FAA needs to change the FOI section to include culture. I just retired from flying all over the world and I trained middle eastern students before airline flying. The "authority" that you have as an...

“We are taught to start our landing at the downwind numbers by reducing power and adding flaps followed by a turn starting when the touchdown is 45 degrees behind us. We roll out on final (if all goes right) at the same distance from the touchdown as we were when we began our turn. Unfortunately...

Retired in February after 40 years of airline flying and could have worked another 14 months but I was TIRED of the minutiae of regs and company changes almost daily, the zero ground speed committee second guessing every decision that I was more than ready to hang it up. I fly my Bonanza, work...

Did it hundreds if not thousands of flights. Landing there is just like here as far as customs. What one airport customs officers "requires" and what another at another airport can be totally different. I.E. Open the door and go inside to do paperwork or wait in the aircraft. Other than...

I am just tired of the shuffle of updates. I know that most of the world uses microsoft but not all do and I would guess that the number of MAC users is much higher than most think...most are carrying an IPad which I believe is not a PC product. (GG) I was told by a friend to get my 530W...