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No, but they are constantly looking to make airliners that will increase shareholder value.

Woohoo! Go GT!

Welcome! There are a few of us airline types around, although I'm not sure if any of us also worked on the mechanic side (I didn't, unfortunately). Feel free to start a conversation with me if you'd like, though. :)

I dunno - you see a 6 seat airplane where you can fill the tanks, and I see a 4 seater with not enough range.

Congrats on the CFI, Ryan!

Great win for Ga Tech! We took care of business against a pretty down Florida team. Hook'em!

Hard to go wrong buying a Honda. Enjoy!

Moderation (usually) requires more than one voice - a thread is locked if there's fear that the thread will spin further before a decision can be made. There aren't necessarily a lot of us around at any given time, so decisions sometimes take longer than we'd like.

No, but posts within the thread can be.

It was just locked for review - there should have been a post at the bottom stating as such. That one was my fault.

Wow, that's impressive for an Ultra. You true at what, 440 maybe?

Yeah, the slow ones are my favorite. I've spent plenty of time in an II and an SII. Even in my current bird we're sometimes doing King Air speeds: :p :p

Well crap, can't flex about the altitude, but call me if you're doing 500 knots true. ;)

I didn't mean to be a DB, but I tend to push back against the 'my kids must never see me' trope. Not to discount Zeldman's friends' story, but I think such an anecdote paints an unfair picture of the typical airline pilot reality at home. This industry definitely has its share of pollyannas, but...

I absolutely see my time away as work too. I enjoy my overnights, but it's still time away from the family. At my company they call it TAFB, or Time Away From Base. So my strategy was to always bid trips that were as efficient as possible - meaning I want to earn the maximum amount of money for...

These kinds of stories always seem to start with: "I have an airline pilot friend that says..." I have a four year old at home and don't have that issue at all. She just gives me a kiss and tells me to get her a present while I'm gone. ;) She gets a lot of Daddy time - I make her breakfast and...

I flew turns for a couple of months as an FO on the 737 and decided I didn't like it. It *was* cool to be in my own bed every night, but as you mentioned it resulted in less overall quality time with my family, and the additional back and forth to the airport was a PITA.

One thing that makes this question harder to answer is that the definition of a 'good lifestyle' changes with time. That's why I tend to be more bullish about this job when it comes to younger aspiring pilots - the BS you endure as a junior pilot is a lot more palatable when you don't have a...

It's really too early and there are too many variables to know what your kid's home life will be a decade+ from now. And it'll change with time depending on seniority, the particular job, and even his equipment/base and whether he commutes. Others have given good advice, but I'll throw in a...

Gorgeous. Congrats!!!