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My dad found the 6 months checks to be one of the less exciting parts of the job. It was interesting, one of my Dad's pilot friends at Pan Am said that he would pay to have his job as a Pan Am pilot, another of my Dad's fellow pilots said that he "hated" the job. Attitude and perspective can...

As far as "hates hates hates it" I am wondering if you have a few examples of exactly what you are talking about. I am wondering for example, if gear up landings could be related to ADD?

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my dad had a life flying with Pan American starting in 1945 on the DC 3. It is different today.

:wink2: I recall buying Grand Union store brand soft drinks for 10 cents for a 12 ounce can.

Thanks for the information. I am glad to hear that it survived Pan Am's bankruptcy. I dropped my membership in 1978 when I moved to Sebring.

I have that thought also. I and others I know and love had had their rates raised or insurance cancelled because of making too many claims. These days I try to go with high deductibles and make as few claims as possible. I do like to have insurance to cover major losses.

There are some threads about the new higher fees to travel to the Bahamas by boat or air. Unfortunately flying to the Bahamas or flying period takes some cash. I wish it were 1970 again and I had my Pan Am flying club with one dollar a month dues in Tamiami airport available with 5 dollar an...

some say that hunor helps learning. I enjoyed the King Schools corny humor.

That makes me think of KSRQ (Class Charlie) this morning. They weren't very busy and their ATIS said that the Clearance Delivery and Ground were combined into just the Ground Frequency.

Congrats! The IFR rating sure is helpful if you are going to fly!

I sure can identify with the brain cramp thing also. I am following the SFO wreck story with interest, Air Transport pilots aren't immune to those cramps either, although the final story on the SFO wreck has yet to be told.

In the late 1930s when my dad took his training I would suspect that the tendency to be critical would probably be more prevalent than in the year 2013. I am not sure exactly what sort of training it was but my dad ended up as a civilian instructor teaching military students in Central...

My dad said that one of his instructors said: "if you fly like a horse's ass you ought to be told." He went onward and upward from there and instructed during world war 2 and later flew 35 years for Pan Am without making headline of any kind, including not landing 1000 feet short of the...

Very interesting. That crash has always interested me. My Dad flew that area with Pan Am and said that he was always very careful to avoid the Kamchatka peninsula and other Russian airspace.

thanks for the information. I like the business model of having only one airplane in your fleet.

Until the merger with Air Tran, Southwest used only 737s. This thread is interesting talking about how efficient the 737 is. While Herb Kelleher was at the helm of the airline it did well. I wonder how it will do now that it has lost Herb and merged with Air Tran?

I can imagine that it was an interesting experience. The Keys are well known for often having strong winds, get a good crosswind at the limits of your airplane and you would really need to be up on your crosswind landing technique.

my wife used to fly with me but I am like you and was a bit dramatic about the whole thing and she has decided that she is too scared.

in a discussion on the Red Board someone said that he wouldn't fly if he wasn't confident that he could get the gear down. For him those pilots who were afraid of the retractable gear and only flew fixed shouldn't be flying period. I on the other hand am comfortable with the fixed gear...