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Crane Pilot

Crane Pilot

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The other day i was at one of the local airports and started talking to a pilot who was going up for some currency work. Well that didn't work so good for him as the airplane was broke. After a bit of chit chat he told me he was going up to get some IFR work in on approches to keep his IFR currency with the required landings. Now with that being said it was total VFR weather and not even marginal IFR, and he had no saftey pilot going with him, he truly thought he could do practice different instrument approches by his self. this guy also said he has 1180 hrs and just gonna gain another 20 to make the 1200 needed to get on with a 135 carrier. Now i just wonder how much of his time is real/legal or how much would be considered not legal, but since i was'nt there for the rest of his time but........ REALLY 1180hrs and didn' know he had to have a saftey pilot to do IFR work in VFR weather what the hell was he taught in the first place. I am just barley a student pilot and i know that.
 
They will know how much is 'real' when they put him in the sim for the first time.
 
Crane Pilot said:
… REALLY 1180hrs and didn' know he had to have a saftey pilot to do IFR work in VFR weather what the hell was he taught in the first place. I am just barley a student pilot and i know that.
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You don't have to have a safety pilot to practice approaches VFR. You need them if you are wearing a view limiting device. Which in turn is required to log the approach, but not to fly it.

So, the gap in his knowledge is in a different place. He can fly the approach, but it doesn't count for currency the way he's doing it.

If he thinks that's legal, he won't get as far as the simulator. That will be obvious in an interview.
 
Well supposedly he did 300 hrs with them as an intern i guess , so you would think he would know that :mad2: but idk i just shook my head :dunno: in disbelief at what i was hearing. Oh well its their problem not mine. just thought yall might like to hear that for a laugh.
 
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Too bad the airplane was broke. If he had a wealthier airplane he'd be shooting those approaches instead of entertaining us snarky board people.

My understanding is that logging requires real IFR OR view limiting + safety pilot.
 
Maybe he closes his eyes to fly the appoach
 
Most first Pt 135 IFR jobs have a pretty simple check ride. Just don't crash the plane on the approach and good to go. Make sure the log book shows the times required to satisfy the FARs. Notice I didn't say have proof that the time in the logbook is really legitimate flight time.

6 months later go get a different job that may pay 20 bucks a week more flying a barely lIFR legal C-402.

My first 135 IFR job was flying cancelled checks at night in a barely IFR legal C-210. In fact the chief pilot advised us to carry a hand help GPS and use it to file direct routes, which is sort of legal as long as the route can be backed up with VORs and NDBs. He also told us that the onboard clock didn't have to work as long as we wore a wrist watch. And to take off even if the visibility at our destination is below minimums. It may go up before we get there.

I have to add, there are cargo companies out there that fly really well equipped airplanes and have really good training programs.
 
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