Bidding reserve and hoping for the best edition

Previous: >>2031837

Started my ifr training a couple weeks back. It's pretty interesting so far. Did "my" first instrument approach as well. I say first when in reality, I flew, the instructor did coms and kept me where I needed to be with verbal instruction. I'm still trying to get over chasing my speed, heading, and altitude. Doesn't help I switched from a C152 to a P28-160 for IFR.

Am a sky waiter. FAA doesn't issue medicals to crazy people like me. Haven't been on this board in like 10 years. Kinda amused by the idea that Captain Chad that I laid over with in Cedar Rapids and has 3 kids posts in these threads. Anyway, y'all want anything out of the cart?

>>2040746
i need to drink crew juice from an open container in a ford transit van in des moines iowa

>>2040746
Can I have a Pepsi, please?

>>2040759
Sorry only got Bepis

missed u /gag/

>>2040829
also jfk rocks ewr sux glad im not there pa washing its hands of its involvement in that shitshow

>>2040830
that said im back to living at work (60-80 hours a week, we're repaving twy a/b piecemeal so expect lots of weird closures every other week)

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>>2040744
Sounds like you need to work on mastering the trim to make your life easy

>>2040835
You're completely right. As we were flying I was getting used to it and trimming better. I was surprised how much trim a PA28 needs. However the trim wheel on the floor I can just spin with my hand is much easier than a console mounted one.

>>2040836
If you plan on flying more complex or bigger planes with only yoke-mounted trim it’s good to get used to. I still prefer a manual trim wheel, it’s much easier to fine tune.

>>2040838
I was loving the mighty Beech 1900 with a manual trim wheel that was always easy to use and faster than the electric trim that was a shittier way to move the same trim wheel.

>>2040838
When I move onto the G1000 equipped C172s I'll have to use the electric trim on the yoke. For now I'm enjoying the wheel and how easy it is to get it just right.

>>2040870
G1000 equipped C172s still have a manual trim wheel from the factory

>>2040871
You are correct. These ones have been fitted with an electric one since they have an auto pilot. They are IFR trainers. I'm not flying them yet since they are more expensive and I still need to get the basics of IFR down.

Should I drop the money on flight school if the only things I really want to do are medevac and firefighting?

>>2040881
sure but accept you're more likely to get hired at the airlines than pretty much any other well playing place in aviation

>>2040881
Why not do crop spraying? Low-level high stakes flying, but it does not pay as high as firefighting, though.

>>2040899
how's he gonna pay off the flight training debt?

>>2040912
With great difficulty.

>>2040829
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>>2040833
post more big daddy AA so I can dream of flow since United won't hire me because I have a penis that is only attracted to biological females

>>2040999
AAnon here, whats your experience like? unless you're a complete retard, skip the flow by flying heavies for a year. One of the AA formulas for hiring is +1k TPIC and a hundred hours heavy time. I also have a degree, yeah it matters.

>>2041019
>whats your experience like?
former military (non-flying role)
Bachelors Degree
PSA CA
>skip the flow by flying heavies for a year.
no way. I know someone who left here to go fly cargo heavies for that exact reason, the 777 type. He went to WIA and was told he needs TPIC, which will be years before he can upgrade at his cargo carrier. the Delta recruiter even told him that it would have been more valuable if he had just stayed at the regionals and upgraded.

>>2041043
I mean, I can only stand by myself and the guys I know in a similar boat, but we all had over 1k TPIC and heavy SIC. My TPIC was all Part 135 prop, and a few other guys were in the same boat. Your buddy at WIA (never heard of it) should've got the TPIC before blasting off. You absolutely should be able to skip the flow, but the question is, do you want to? There are no guarantees in life, you already know that.

>>2041047
>You absolutely should be able to skip the flow
you are already lost in the times. That was so 2023. 2025 is not the same. nobody is bypassing flow anymore.

anyone ATC here? got FEAST II scheduled next week, how can I best prepare? just play sims every day?

>>2041050
it'll be different in another two years. then again a few years after that. 2030s might be open as hell, looking at growth and retirements

>>2041073
>it'll be different in another two years
I’ll have already flowed by that point

>>2041050
idk bro, git gud??
>>2041094
If you’re 2 years from flow, obviously stay put. Meanwhile if you had a fire under your ass a decade ago maybe you’d have made mainline sooner. I’ve never worked for a regional dude, idk how it works.

>>2041118
>Meanwhile if you had a fire under your ass a decade ago maybe you’d have made mainline sooner
a decade ago I was in a totally different career. Its fine.

>>2040834
Have you seen 9H-GLOBL yet?

Did two mire instrument approaches this week. Third flight in that plane. The flying part felt good having the plane do exactly what I wanted it to do. Still wrapping my mind around decoding plates quickly and understanding the communications flow though.

>>2041149
Its been parked at a hardstand after for a few days iirc.

>>2041158
>decoding plates quickly
That comes with time, and honestly government plates aren’t very good compared with Jepp plates.
>communications flow
What do you mean?

>>2041165
What to ask for, what they mean when they give me instructions beyond basic shit like heading, altitude, and a squawk. I think being able to understand all the data on the plates will help me understand what ATC is telling me and what they expect me to do.
I've heard the FAA plates are getting better in that they've been slowly changing to become very similar to Jepps offering.

>>2041166
It will obviously get easier with experience, but also recognize that a lot of the communications during instrument training ops require more coordination than in the actual IFR environment. Self vectors, how the approach terminates, multiple different approaches to the same airport, this stuff is unusual during an actual IFR flight. Honestly >90% of the time you’re doing a visual approach on an IFR flight anyways. Once you’ve gotten to the point where you can almost fly the plane hands-off and brief reasonably quick it really frees up your workload to see the big picture. Once you step back and get some situational awareness it all becomes pretty intuitive.

Worst invention

Can’t carry shit

>>2040912
that's what makes it high-stakes

>>2041147
>2 years from flow
>different career a decade ago
damn how fast is flow these days?

>>2041244
Flows going to class right now are at 7 years DOH. But those people were working before covid hiring stopped. Which means those hired after covid will be closer to 5.5 - 6 years realistically

Hopм

>>2041159
Should fly back to Manchester eventually, hopefully they finish the livery.

is christmas eve really a paid holiday off at republic?

Is dating a female pilot a bad idea? My heart wants her so bad but dating a women that spends extended time alone with other men away from home seems like an easy way to get cucked

>>2041575
Yes it's a bad idea, but if she makes your heart throb, shoot your shot. Keep in mind, if you're planning to tie her down one day, she may not be willing to pop kids out at home like a good wife, so be prepared for that. Date a pilot over a fag attendant every day of the week.

>>2041575
Depends on what she flies. I wouldn't mind dating a girl who flies local like medevac helicopters or pipeline surveys etc.
Airline? Hell no.

>"jetblue"
>took them two and a half decades to make their jets actually blue

Helicopter engine

In a riding lawnmower

All pics taken from RR heritage trust-Allison branch

I'll lurk the thread and try my best to answer any specific questions.

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>>2042083
how do people even come up with this shit
looking at things like this just makes me feel like a drooling animal

>>2042155
before IP and copyright ruined everything you had inter generational building. One person created the rocket propulsion engine, another person came along and fine tuned it, another decided they could actually make it more efficient by adding some doodad mechanisms. Eventually you get this masterpiece through trial and error. Now you can't make shit because its locked behind patent walls and heavy licensing fees.

>>2041575
>>2041598
I just flew with a female FO last trip who was going on a rant to me about all the female pilot influencers we have, and how they love getting all the attention. She told me that she never gets hit on or flited with because she doesn't seek attention but then said "You know I wish sometimes I would get hit on, because it feels very validating and good". She is married.

If you want a committed relationship with a pilot male or female you should understand that they won’t be faithful. You can either bring this up explicitly with them and allow it in some sort of ENM thing, or just turn a blind eye. The latter honestly works better as long as they don’t bring something home Mr. Clean won’t wipe off.

I solo'd for the first time this week. I dont think I did that good of a job and all the progress I made on my landings seemed to disappear during it. I thought soloing would give me a big confidence boost that I could complete the program, but I just now feel even worse about myself. sigh...

>>2042853
speak for yourself
a lot of guys stay continental for the good scheduling and maintain a normal relationship

>>2042178
>before IP and copyright ruined everything
You don't know what copyright actually is. I'm not even going to bother explaining this to you because your misuse of the term "copyright" is more or less in-line with midwits on R*dit

>>2042872
Isn't international better schedule? You have more days off? Or is this not true

>>2042881
southwest on avg has the most days off out of all the us airlines iirc, they're continental.
international guys have large blocks of time off- so say they have like 14 in a given month, half or more of them will be in a row- at the cost of being gone for around that same amount of time aswell.
compared to southwest, jetblue, frontier, etc. where the default schedules have you home more often, or ofc you can bid for day trips if you want. then you have allegiant who gets you home pretty much every night.
that or with any airline, even regionals, you could just do as op says and bid reserve and hope you don't get called. i remember a delta guy posting about doing that, dude worked so little he joked about his neighbors wondering if he was unemployed

>>2042866
Did you crash or damage the plane? If not you're doing fine.

What's this guy up to?

>>2042905
No, the plane and myself are fine

>>2042872
men and women are different. Most female pilots are not faithful

>>2042866
The alternative is that you have too much confidence in your skill level, which is dangerous. Every flight is a lesson with some takeaways, but at least you have the presence of mind to reflect on it. Fly good and don’t suck brotha

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>>2042911
bruh. If 16 year old GIRLS can solo, you can too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5lTlcHUDPU

>about to go sign out (ops)
>have camera with me
>see 2 arff trucks hanging out at ramp entrance
>stop and see whats gonna happen, get camera ready

guess there's a widebody capt spot opening up at AAL

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>>2043306

>>2043305
They do this for someone retirement right?

>>2043320
>guess there's a widebody capt spot opening up at AAL
Are you retarded?

>>2043348
Are you?

>>2043349
No. I am able to comprehend context and meaning behind the aforementioned phrase. You appear to be unable.

>>2043388
Yet here you are assuming a completely different meaning to my question.

Why does it seem like American Airlines isn't as respected to work for as United and Delta if you're a pylote

>>2043419
Smaller network, not as many big jets or long hauls

>>2043420
People would take them more seriously if they brought back the shiny silver livery

What is it like to takeoff in the flight deck of a jet for the first time

>>2043419
According to who? That sounds like something that gets memed at a Unite Aviate school or something. AA is by and far the best of the big 3 to get a job with right now, best seniority movement by miles and best opportunity for upgrades. >>2043420 is right, AA has the smallest widebody fleet and, despite having the largest domestic network, has the smallest international network. That said, there's more to work than the route network, and AA has the fewest trannies and homosexuals out of the big 3, and that makes life bearable.

>>2043447
Interesting. Do you think it will still be best place for upgrading in five years or so? If you live in between JFK and PHL could you fly out of both places

>>2043451
Looking at the current mandatory retirements, it's approx 500 or more pilots a year through 2034, and AA has been sitting around 15-16k as a pilot group as of late. There are better retirement comparisons out there, but I like where the AA pilot group is going, retirement wise. The truth is, I have no idea where AA will be in 5-30 years time, but for me, I'm in the "make my money asap" mindset in case any cyclical black swans eat my ass, at work or at home. If you're looking for those kinds of opportunities, AA is the best today, and probably for the next 10 years. There are surely better writeups out there with actual numbers, but this is the way it goes. On the flip side, and obviously not the big 3, Southwest is by far the worst place to go for an upgrade, timewise. That's not a change either, they've stayed consistent on that.

>>2043457
what's so bad about upgrades at southwest?

Tfw you’ll never fly like him

>>2043320
yes anon

they do it when a plane or captain/first officer retires

in this case it was probably the captain

>Boeing

>flight from India to London
Based Boeing

You're not going

>16 years of flawless 787 safety record just ended
sad

IF ITS BOEING I'M NOT GOING

SAAR YOU WILL SEND GOOGLE PLAY CARD OR I AM CRASHING THE AIRPLANE SAAR DO NOT REDEEM SAAR

I don't think the airlines are for me, but I'm interested in this job, anybody know where to start?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epYiIMl4W4U&t=80s

Apparently they took off mid field instead of taxiing to the end of the runway for a full length takeoff. From the video I saw I'm guessing they didn't have enough speed, tried to put in flaps to gain speed but killed lift doing that and couldn't speed up enough in time to not find the ground.

>>2043932
Get your CMEL ticket, build to 750 (preferably with 100 hours of caravan time) and literally go to Africa resume in hand until somebody gives you a job. I wont tell you where, you can figure that out yourself.

They will not accept online apps anymore. It got out of control a few years ago—but they do still hire foreigners no doubt it.

>>2043935
I refuse to believe that even women or nonwhites would accept anything less than the full runway when its 100 degrees out.

Can someone rank these airlines to work for in terms of most 4chan(chud) to reddit(onions):

Delta
United
American
Southwest
JetBlue
Spirit
Frontier
Allegiant
Alaska
Hawaiian
FedEx
UPS
Atlas
Kalitta

>>2044086
jetblue pilots don't exist so it's hard to pinpoint that one

So which holes in the Swiss Cheese model lined up to allow this to happen?

guys, how realistic is getting my pilot's license being 45yo? more specifically in europe but I'm open to advice for the US too. Should I carry on with my job and forget about it or what?

>>2044258
Getting your pilot's license is realistic if you can afford it.
Making it your career isn't.
You've got maybe 15 years of work in you when you're starting, and you'll have neither experience nor the flexible young mind to gain it quickly.
Unless there's a very desperate lack of pilots in your area, why would anyone hire you?

>>2044260
I don't care moving elsewhere or going to another continent, that must count for something

>>2044261
You can always move "cargo" from Colombia north without asking too many questions.

So what happened to the 78? I'm betting on Jeet incompetence.

Cathay Pacific is hiring FOs. If I go there, am I going to get assigned a cute Hong Konger gf?

Rate my plan fellow aviators:

I am currently a heli pilot working as an instructor. When I get enough hours I wanna save up and move to SE Asia and do VIP Transport and set up my roots there. Get a qt asian GF who I have a non-exclusive relationship who worships me and my BWC because I am a rich pilot then live happily ever after in a tropical paradise.

>>2044450
Enjoy your purely transactional, loveless marriage with some whore who sees you only as a wallet. A situation you'll be stuck in, cause if you leave her, your entire business will belong to her and you'll be deported, due to laws enacted by all SEA countries to protect against exactly the type of exploitation you're planning.

>>2044451
>marriage
I won't marry her. I'm just going to string her along

>>2042866
Learning to land in crosswinds is eating away my soul

>>2044474
Whenever I have a bad day of landings, I come home and soothe myself with memorizing the Part 43 Appendix A Paragraph C preventive maintenance guidelines.

>>2044485
god how bitchy are they about remembering little shit like that exactly

>>2044504
I dont know. But I do know my likely examiner is really into airworthiness and is quite old so im preparing for all random questions.

https://www.firstpost.com/world/british-fighter-jet-makes-emergency-landing-at-kerala-airport-after-running-low-on-fuel-13897340.html
>running low on fuel
fucking how, surely that's the most basic thing to check

>>2044545
Fighter jets have small fuel capacity and burn it quickly.

Can anyone confirm the reddit thread calling out Eric Cook as a total crook of a DPE

>>2044545
Do you understand how thirsty jet engines are

>>2044355
vaxxed?? lmao

why are whites so incompetent?

>>2044474
In a tricycle gear airplane and as long as you have the correct inputs there is literally nothing that can go wrong in a crosswind landing that cannot be solved by going around.

>>2044474
Just keep center line then once you're in ground effect put in the correction to align while you're waiting to touch down. As you learn though it would be better to put that correction in earlier.

Forgot my DSLR at home, but Pan Am is BACK (under Icelandic reg too)

is aviation saved?

>>2044877
how many times has it been now? it's got to be at least 10 "pan am is back!" announcements

Will being buff as shit help me get past HR roasties and get job?

>>2045057
You're a male flight attendant?

>>2045059
No just autisticly motivated in an batshit competitive market

>>2045063
Are you at 1500 hours? There are a lot of retirements coming up still and eventually the new orders of planes need to get fulfilled right? Everyone says they're afraid of traveling now but they still are flying multiple times per month. Actually desu now that im in flight training and have been for several.months listening to fat boomers and groids talk about their constant flying makes me disgusted.

>>2045064
retirements at the majors aren't gonna hit until the 2030s, like around the middle or so

>>2043574
Younger pilot group on average owing to when their big growth spurt was. They hired relatively young compared to their competitors and they hired consistently for the last 20 years. There is no big pilot retirement bubble there for at least a decade, though if you're on the list there now you will be the benefactor of a lot of movement in the future.

Sometimes I wonder if Im too mechanically retarded for this shit

>>2045131
basically all the big airlines in general will have a ton of movement starting around a decade from now

>>2045151
Swayne will be a 787 captain and I'll be locked.into a 20 year regional contract

>>2045159
>>2045159
pick a good regional. republic gets christmas eve as a paid holiday

>>2045151
Delta and United are much more limited in this respect, while American will front load that movement and then slow (relatively speaking) because of their current hiring demographic and how old the top of the list is now. Southwest would be a great place to get hired in your 30s right now whereas if you showed up at Delta today at 35 you would never crack top 15%. Two things improve a career, growth and attrition and the growth has slowed across the board and the attrition is built in at certain carriers.

>>2045159
>20 year regional contract
i bet you wish you had a flow, huh?

I love autogyros so much

American Airlines JFK base has no good routes for narrowbody

>>2040735 (OP)
I love flying the CRJ-200 am I retarded?

The fact that there are so many real airline pilots that are 4channers makes me never want to fly a plane ever again to be honest

>>2045285
You must be unaware of how autistic you need to be to fly a plane. Numbers are literally spelled out by individual digits. Its an insane way of speaking that is for children and autistic people.

Is it ethical to be a pilot?

>>2045285
At least I'm not a woman

...yet

>>2045285

>>2045284
how many more years do you plan to stay on it?

>>2045282
AA doesn't have a JFK base, get fucked

>>2045351
Until I can get to mainline ideally. Even if I did want to fly it for the rest of my career they won't last that long.

>>2045417
When do you plan to be at a legacy

How do you guys feel about COMAC planes?

>>2045443
IDK honestly but maybe 2-3 years at this rate. Really depends on what happens in the world over the next few years with all these tensions rising.

>>2045480
Non NTSB knowers freaking out over incidents

I am just an American jabroni with zero flight time or experience. How, where, and what do I have to do to become a commercial pilot? I know there are like part 141 and 61 schools, but not much else or even the major differences between the two other than 141 is the more common route.

>>2045660
if you don't have rich parents best course is to save the around $20k for the private license then finance (loan) all the other ratings you'll need
then time building, then regional airlines, etc.
you can get this from a youtube video
because of the monetary investment you have to know that this is 100% what you want to do and can't treat it as just another venture in your life

>>2045553
When are you going to become a 200 Captain?

>>2043348
>>2043388
Please tell me you aren't a pilot.

>>2045674
Are you retarded?

>>2045677
yes

fug
https://x.com/KristyTallman/status/1936886928890311038

>>2045690

>>2045660
part 141 you can get a license in 35 hours while 61 you need 40 hours. Unless you have experience operating a boat, heavy machinery, or a lot of sim time with radio experience in my opinion it will definitely take over 40 hours anyway so keep that in mind. 141 has a structured and FAA approved structured syllabus, while 61 you go at your own pace and do whatever. At our 141 we have specific lessons with particular criteria in each of them. 141 is also more expensive. However since I am retarded my 141 basically became a 61 because we need to repeat lessons and it took me a little while to figure out the traffic pattern. In my defense its a busy airspace and frequently position #4 or #5 in the sequence which takes some time to develop situational awareness (at least for me because Im retarded).

>retard sees random 16 second clip of a helicopter picking up dust
>his first reaction is to repost the video to 4chan
Christ what a miserable life you must have

>>2045696
you see that's what i get nervous about. i hear that you don't need to be smart to be a pilot but i'm worried about just flubbing it because it requires more than i thought

>>2045701
There is a lot of information that you need to know, so having a high IQ will only take you so far in contrast to discipline and commitment. I would say in terms of intellect you need to be able to pass a physics 101 course and be able to read through regulations without getting your brain melted. It is a low bar but for people today you never know. However as a low time pilot around 55 hours, the biggest skill to have in my opinion is thinking in multiple future timelines, and having the discipline to prepare beforehand. You should take a discovery flight to see if you would enjoy it.

>>2045690
Dumb cunt just standing there as blades go flying instead of attempting to get down.

>>2045697
I thought pilots had to have decent eyesight

>>2045670
Hopefully in 6-10 months. Getting closer to my 1000 hours so upgrade shouldn't be too far away.

>>2045696
Part 141 is shit, and retarded. No one gets a Private in 40 hours, for sure not in 35. There's some use for an Instrument rating due to hours saved, but not for all people. Commercial is pants on head retarded. 120 hours with a 141 school (plus mandatory ground school) vs 20 hours of Part 61 training. The only other tangible benefit is if you go to a 141 school with self examining authority, otherwise it's trash. The only common 141 benefit isn't the 141 itself, it's that the schools often help with financing.

Fuck Part 141

>>2045782
>the only 141 benefit is the thing that lets you get into flight school to begin with

>>2045192
same, only downside is they're not great for travel unless you fly the most expensive ones
flying around local airfield for an hour? the best machine for the job

>>2045782
>The only other tangible benefit is if you go to a 141 school with self examining authority
this is the only reason I am staying there pretty much.

>>2045938
I can't lie, being a Part 141 user for Instrument, Comm Single and Multi, CFI and CFII was not very cool. Very expensive. But Self-Examining authority made it all worth, no DPE wait or extra FAA bullshit to deal with. I still tell retards that 141 ain't what it's advertised as tho.

is it bad that I almost want to stop updating my United app because they are still hiring too many fags and chicks?

https://x.com/aviationbrk/status/1937783468517146628

I wish I was a Delta Air Lines pilot

>>2046004
It'd be bad if you keep updating it. Don't go to fagland at UA. You'll see the resilient trannies there for over 30 years, if not 40. Death to United.

>>2046079
>>2046004
is jetblue based?

>>2046007
some more info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aWFYnjIiXE

>>2046087
Airline with east coast domiciles plus LAX? I guess if you like schlomos.

>>2046087
not if you care about travel benefits

>>2045284
i really like flying the 900s

I am fatigued. I've only been flying with hot female FOs for the past 2 fucking months. The flights feel so long because I don't know what to talk to them about.

Did my first real IFR flight today. Went mostly smooth. Still have a lot of practice ahead of me though.

GLIDESLOPE

>>2046266
I've been doing a lot of sim lately and today in the plane it felt so much easier to stay on the slop vs in the sim where I'm constantly chasing it.

>>2046270
It is definitely much easier in the actual plane you're right. It just feels better in all regards and isn't as touchy as a sim. It really is as easy as setting a known power setting to get the speed you want and pitching for it. Then making slight power and pitch adjustments as necessary.

>>2046266
I like my PAPIs medium rare

Is getting the airline job really worth all this tedious bullshit?

>>2046506
if learning to fly is tedious bullshit i'm not sure if you're gonna like something as repetitive as an airline job

>>2046518
It doesn't matter I have no choice at this point

>>2046548
Sunk cost fallacy

>>2045284
Gang

>>2046551
Word??? Now pay the jew your flight school loans and don't ever compete against me for an airline job.

>>2046577
Alright keep bitching, it’s your time and money I guess

>>2046618
my nigga I am the legacy pilot anon. I've worked harder than you ever will for less pay, and suffered more. Now I'm senior, living in base and still hate my job that pays big money, nobody cares. Now get your ass to work.

>>2046123
I don't get the fly the 900s very often. Like once or twice every few months. But every time I do is usually goes pretty smoothly.
>>2046552
Deuce Gang.

>>2046632
how often do you actually work in a month
also i'm assuming you were in the industry in the lost decade?

>>2046639
Month of July I'm scheduled 15 days, I usually hold 2 days, occasional 3 days, and I generally don't bid turns (single day trips) because I hate rush hour traffic to/from the airport. Narrowbody life ain't great, but at least it ain't the RJ life, nor the domestic freight dawg life. I'm in my 20s and hold within the top 10% in my bid status. The natural evolution of the spoiled faggot flying in his late teens/early 20s, is the jaded faggot living the good life (me). While I don't care for my work, it is simply the best thing I could possibly ever do with my life. Make the big bucks doing something I'm good at, no calls from my boss, no supervision, highly trusted, not a 9-5 five day a week gig (has its pluses and minuses). I just show up at the jet, and operate it. That's the gig. I'm trying to make my money before my airline furloughs or goes bankrupt.

Currently thinking about buying a plane (I hate flying) to see if I could learn to like flying again. Wife doesn't hate the idea, so I might have to go balls deep on a plane in the next 6 months.

>>2045663
Planes are $125 per hour dry at my school, should I buy me own plane or stick to renting for getting to commercial

I have a room temp IQ and flunked out of trade school and college for Comp Sci after cheating on my entrance exams (took intro to C++ and failed it twice, failed Intro to Java three times and also failed Intro to Python).

Can I become a pilot?

>>2046632
>I am the legacy pilot anon
Like I am supposed to remember who frequents this website. You sound like a dope

>>2046658
funny you say that, i prefer narrobodies. southwest, jetblue, etc.
i want to be home pretty regularly and still get a bunch of days off. i'm guessing you don't like having multipe legs in one day?

>>2046678
learning to fly was $189 at mine and the method i posted worked fine

>>2046681
you have no turboprop time

>>2046704
I simply don't like going to work. I'd much rather drink at home all day, every day

>>2046713
Did you get more big booty bitches once you got to legacy?

>>2046713
then just bid reserve always

>>2046266
MOAR RIGHT RUDDER

another day another female FO

>>2047128
Have sex with them

>>2047128
Wish I could fly with ya captain anon. How are the female FOs flying wise? I've flown with, like, 2 female captains and they were both alright. One absolutely hated being a captain though, lol.

>16-18 degrees is critical angle of attack in skyhawk
>pulling 25 degrees and still no stall
How are you supposed to power on stall these niggas

>>2047384
Angle of attack and your current pitch are not the same thing. Angle of attack refers to the difference between the angle of the incoming air and the chord line of the wing. It can happen at any pitch angle.
I've had trouble doing a power on stall in a C152 one time since it was a chilly day and I was by myself. It would just keep climbing at full deflection. A power on stall you can reduce throttle to about 60% of full an it still counts as a power on stall.

>>2047385
I also sometimes get nervous about spins with the power on, even though I am with a instructor too.

>>2047386
Keep your right rudder in just not too much. Chair fly spins, make it second nature. Power off, full rudder opposite direction of spin, briefly push the nose down to break the stall, release rudder gently once spinning stops while leveling and applying power again. It happens fast however the average trainer plane wants to recover especially cessnas.

>>2047387
ty anon :)
this is now my flight training blog

>>2047190
You know it’s funny. The zoomers are literal NPCs. They all have the exact same story. Early 20s, went fast track through ATP or mommy paid for UND or ERAU. FO is their first real job of their life besides CFI. They ALL have a pilot boyfriend, usually a captain. Sometimes it’s an FO who also happened to be their CFI when they were in training. They all have big egos and get really emotional if they don’t grease landings. One of them once was having ok landings the whole trip, but no greasers. On her last landing she didn’t grease it again and she started crying say she “NEEDS” a smoother landing because “I work so hard”. Oh, they all have @pilot.[insert first name] accounts. All of them.

I’ve flown with a millennial female FO and that was a night and day difference. She was much more tolerable

Thread Theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i49IWpBFja8

CHINESE EKRANOPLAN ATTACK

>>2047416
compared to the zoomer male (me) who broke his back saving up for multiple years to pay for the ppl out of pocket then took out a loan for everything else and finally started training in mid 20s....

>>2047461
My favorite ghibli film.

>>2047495
Porco is based

>>2040735 (OP)
Any tips on spergmaxxing my aviation knowledge? I have read plane articles on HowStuffWorks, but I suspect that is mostly surface-level knowledge

>>2047701
Pilot handbook of aeronautical knowledge
Airplane flying handbook
You can read through the operating handbook of airplanes you like too

MCC training coming up, any tips on how to perform well and look good in the eyes of the instructor?

>>2047701
VATSIM

How does it feel to rotate a jet vs that of my little cessna?

>>2047748
the what now?

>>2047416
Lol it's funny you say that. Basically all the female FOs I've talked to have the same backstory. Except a few love to state the fact they're "Part 61 cowgirls!" instead. The big egos getting sad at not greasing a landing is crazy. None of the pax are gonna remember 30 seconds after they're off the plane. And to the point of crying? Jesus don't want to see what happened if she failed anything... And "work so hard"? Lmao the hard work was getting to the right seat. Well I guess not for a lot of them. That pilot account shit is so annoying as well. Like that's they're entire personality then some. I just like getting there, flying my shitbox CRJ-200, then going home. Could give less than two shits about the clout. I just wanna fly the damn airplane.
>>2047481
You're going to appreciate it a lot more than any of the free rides do. It's probably cope, but I really appreciate grinding hard for the money and time to do it.

>>2046004
Don't apply somewhere you don't want to work, simple as that.

How much did theses dicks cost taxpayers?

>>2047799
kek

SAMIR YOU ARE BREAKING THE CAR

so cfis make like $50-55k a year right?

>>2048153
lol

>The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec. The Engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their take-off values as the fuel supply to the engines was cut off.

>In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so.

*sigh* yet another retarded pilot suicide

>>2048220
those switches should be behind a glass cover or something

>>2048220
>HOW CAN YOU CUT OFFFFF?

>>2048220
Last time you call me Dalit, saaaaar!

>>2048185
what do you mean "lol" it's right in the nationwide average for that job

>>2048220
Guessing they wouldn't have fired back up even if the fuel was turned back on? I don't have jet time.

>>2048259
they would but not right away, it takes a couple of seconds which they didn't have

>>2048220
oh and by "pilot suicide" I mean "murder of 259 people and suicide"

>Pilot 1: “Why did you cutoff?”
>Pilot 2: “I didn’t.”
This is 100% fault in the fuel supply system.
B*ing is covering up as usual.

>>2048220
lmao did the poojeet really an hero taking 250 other poojeets with him
fucking based

>>2048278
He's going to reincarnate as the designated street.

>>2048276
let's see, what's more probable:
>a new fuel supply system fault that never happened in last 16 years on 1200 787s built
or
>retard who just doomed 259 people lied when he said "I didn't"
hmmmmm

is there absolutely no possibility that there could have been a fault between the switches themselves to where they input to the computer or that the computer itself could have done it

seems really retarded to kill yourself in such a roundabout way or some sort of call of the void

>>2048282
Maybe one could, I doubt both would. I am surprised there isn't some kind of protective cover you have to open to make sure you really want to cut fuel if >>2048093 is an accurate image.

kek
The tally of an hero/murderer retards is really stacking up now, how do we KNOW that is not (you)
protip: we don't

>>2048270
Engine 1 had 19 seconds back on fuel both engines had relight. They didn't tell the exact numbers but it could be they just needed a few more seconds to get enough thrust to arrest descent.
>The EGT was observed to be rising for both engines indicating relight. Engine 1’s core deceleration stopped, reversed and started to progress to recovery.

>>2048289
so basically they cut out
setting the trajectory towards the building
and then to add insult to injury
the plane accelerated
based plane

>>2048286
Naturally, if you're negative enough to ACK you are probably even more negative about your fellow man. Plus, 250*(3/5) less problems in the world

ESL question, why do they say till in this sentence on the indian crash report? Does it mean 'until'? Ins't till informal?

>>2048325
>informal
No. "Till" is actually older than "until." Nowadays "until" is used more, but "till" is still perfectly fine. The informal shortening of "until" is " 'til " or "til".

>>2048326
>The informal shortening of "until" is " 'til " or "til".
shiet true, thank you saar

>>2043419
As a customer, I'd rather fly AA than United or Delta. DFW is a lot nicer than ATL too as a hub.

how many of your coworkers are peak normalfags as an airline pilot?

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>>2048489
saaar do not redeem the fuel saar

Anyone know if those College flight programs are worth it? Around me there isn't any shortage of them (Ontario) and they all promise shit like a job interview with a regional airline. (Flair or Jazz). Sounds like bs and I have to get a loan for them vs just going to a local flight school and paying as I go.

>>2048505
I went to UND, and because the can[c]uk airlines are all shit pay, with high hiring standards, a few Canadians stayed in the US under teacher Visas and taught the high level courses like initial CFI, etc getting hours until a Canadian regional finally would hire them. Keep in mind, these dudes were students who stayed on as CFIs, not off the street CFI hires. Plus, because they aren't American, they often taught the aerobatic stuff because they're all skinny.

>>2048475
I would also like to see this answered

>>2048509
I went to Oklahoma State for their flight program, we used to talk about UND with respect toward their flight program. Do other flight schools do this with OSU? Oklahoma is just such a disgusting piece of trash dogshit nigger state (I’m not from here) that I truly can’t fathom that anyone would ever mention a nice thing about the place. Plus the flight school is mismanaged as fuck but I doubt an outsider would notice too much about that.

>>2048509
Doing a Uni flight program in the states sounds like fun, must be crazy expensive though no?

>>2048519
I can't give you a straight answer, my days as a student weren't spent talking to other flight students, but learning how to be an alcoholic hikikomori when outside of classes.

>>2048520
Probably well over $100k, good luck.

>>2048475
IMO, the normalfaggotry at my airline is often a function of age, some of the oldest dudes are the most normie there are. Youngers dudes (late X, millennial) are usually more with it and aren't huge queers. The least normalfag are the former freight dawgs, they're usually cool. Military guys are also fairly norman, they're fucking losers. "Yeah I was high ranking and flew a desk at the pentagon". That's cool, I make more as an FO on a narrowbody than you did as a 2 star, and worked 90% less. lol

How do I network?
Should I volunteer at airshows, work as a line service man?

>>2048554
>Military guys are also fairly norman, they're fucking losers.
are the former fighter and strike pilots douchey?

>>2048568
find a place with other dudes at or above you point in your career. CAP like 20% of the time might have relevant dudes, otherwise it's all retirees and larpers. EAA mite be good.

>>2048580
Man, I want to hate fighter guys so bad, but the fighter jocks who come to the airlines (mostly) are relaxed and don't give a fuck. There's not a fleet/kind of flying that has worse dudes than the others, but if a guy is hung up on his old rank or responsibility, they always faggots. Yeah, we're glorified bus drivers making bank now, who fucking cares lawl.

i'm not gonna start training until next august. when the time comes to start building hours for the atpc, should i actually bother going to hiring events? the two regionals i'm hoping for most are republic and skywest

>>2048590
there are a million other things you could be preparing for instead

What kinda fucking person wears an actual airliner uniform for fucking Cessna 172 training.

hint: high chance they're female in the age range of around 20 on a preprovided scholarship that they most likely didnt have to pay for or work for at all

>>2048639
I've seen some ATP guys dressed up in full fatigues or other jumpsuits. They are pretty faggy sometimes. However they are paying out the ass for it so it's a bit different. Seen a lot of women getting a free pass on shit from horny old DPEs.

>>2048642
>Seen a lot of women getting a free pass on shit from horny old DPEs.
and who'll pick up the pieces after they get passed on everything for being passable enough and they fly well according to le hecking regulations and shit but the moment some kind of in-flight emergency or contingency happens and they become entirely useless owing due to a very obvious general sex difference in stress responses that are not sex-specific but very sex-correlated.

another day ANOTHER female Fo. sheesh

>>2048651
I bet you don't have balls to complain to them face 2 face

>>2048660
His complaint is that they're too hot and he is too autistic to talk to them. Haven't seen him say they are bad pilots

>>2048663
>airlines implement two-people minimum cockpit occupancy rule after Germanwings
>now I can't sniff the seat after my female FO leaves to use the restroom
It's fucking bullshit

>>2048663
see>>2047416

>>2048669
Not that Captain, but that's not a complaint about their piloting abilities, it's a complaint about their fragile egos.

I would have thot you can just put "I'm a pilot" on your tinder and you could get lots of poon, but it seems from this thread that a lot of pilots are hard core incels, was I lied to?

>>2048675
confidence is absolutely part of piloting abilities.

>>2048686
Yes, but that's not executed like you'd think. The best pilots overstate their humility before shrugging off their abilities. That's confidence, pretending to be a shrimp amongst giants. Aside from that, keep in mind that women are retarded, and you can be confident one moment and then sobbing on the floor the next. Estrogen is a hell of a drug.

can i fly an actual plane after flying a lot in simulators
can regular pilots fly fighter jets
can they fly gyros
how come gyros work fine without instruments even though even small trainers planes haves dozens of dials and needles

>>2048680
back to r/flying with you

>>2048697
>can i fly an actual plane after flying a lot in simulators
Makes it easier but simulators never get it quite right.
>can regular pilots fly fighter jets
If they are familiar with how the plane is operated and have all the required endorsements.
>can they fly gyros
If they are rated for it.
>how come gyros work fine without instruments even though even small trainers planes haves dozens of dials and needles
Gyros are more a silly thing to take short VFR flights in usually very close to the airport. A normal plane can travel across the country.

>>2048697
>>2048712
modern gyros have garmin/dynon/kanardia glass cockpits, cruise at 100+ kt and are perfectly fine for travel (like a motorcycle, not the most practical, but doable and fun)

>>2048639
>hint: high chance they're female in the age range of around 20 on a preprovided scholarship that they most likely didnt have to pay for or work for at all
Bonus points if they've never even had a sim hobby as a kid/teen

What's a good way to practice coms for IFR?

took a few pics from when i was at work last week

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>>2048814
that's faa tech ops next to a service road along 22L

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>>2048818
i like the lighting effect i got here

all taken with a sony zv1 we're doing 2 jobs right next to the runway so since im monitoring airside construction i get to hang out next to them

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>>2048821
i really like the oversharpened hdr effect, it looks stupid but w/e. most of these had minimal editing

What was your very first day flying for an airline like? Post-training and shit I mean, like just a regular day with just you and the captain

Are we ready for H1B Controllers /gag/

>>2048883
Saar, do the needful and taxi runway 20 by india china america saar.

>>2048883
I can't wait to hear the heavy Indian accent try to sling taxi instructions at the Air China guys. It's gonna be hilarious.

>>2048883
>"Sorry young white guys, we actually need you"
They will literally do everything before that kek

>>2048883
great. part of the reason i wanted to stay domestic is to avoid the heavy accent controllers

anyone live in MA? how are the taxes....

>>2048964
Every other tiktok is bragging about how good their state is because it's the best ranked in healthcare and education so assume it's probably one of the highest in the country. I remember it's eyewateringly expensive to get a house within 2 hours of Boston, California levels of pricing but miserable winters

>>2048966
son of bitch.
2 hours is the limit for short call reserve for nearly all airlines.
BOS is the further north new england domicile at any one of them too

>>2048883
Maybe they should reform the job so that it isn't repulsive. Controllers don't even get to pick where they live, the FAA pulls an airport out of a hat and then sends you off.

>>2048982
I wanted to sign up to be a controller but I was too old. Figured it would be a good job to do while I was doing flight training since I was already good enough on the radio. Doing it every day I would have gotten even better on the radio and gotten a better idea of why they make the decisions they make.

Looking at Thomas Edison State it looks like they accept ratings as credits and if I transfer my community college credits I would only need about 30 credits to get a Bachelors. Is this correct? Because if so seems like the easiest way to get that resume checkmark for airlines without having to study some basketweaving shit Ill forget in 10 years.

>>2049051
I did that through Liberty University, it was extremely easy, They gave me around 55 credits for having my ATP, I transferred in some credits from community college and then i just did the required credits they needed. Never had to study a single thing.

>>2049097
Im doing part 61, do I have to get an ATP before getting hired by a regional/major or is that something they train you once accepted

>>2049104
your ATP will be your initial type rating, they pay

>>2049105
Was your online classes something you had to attend at a set schedule or is it like doing ground school online on your free time

>>2048883
reminder the worst mid-air collision in history happened in india, get ready everybody

>>2049051
dude just study something that's an easy pass, even if you get a C or B average. like a business degree or some other dumb bullshit. it looks good on a resume for any other job and is much easier than shit like science or math. you can bullshit and low-effort your way through classes like marketing etc. and still pass because those classes are meant for soulless insectoid pea brains who want to enter that world
only hard one is accounting because of the shit you have to memorize

>>2049139
I already have all the science and math knocked out, will literally just need meterology (lol) and some other aviaton electives

>>2049107
>is it like doing ground school online on your free time
yes. Just everything has to be done by midnight on sunday each week. But all the coursework is just modules. Usually a weekly quiz that was always a joke. I can't understate how easy LU was. When I say I NEVER had to study for anything, I mean it.

Look at it this way. When I did community college, my GPA was like 2.5. When I graduated from LU, my GPA was 3.94. I finished my degree while I was flying at the regional too. It was that easy

>>2048949
Chinese carriers fly to India.
I guess they'll manage.

>>2048883
If any saar wants to be a controller, it should mandatory to undergo speech training. I'm not racist against Indians, but god DAMN IT I can't deal with the strong accent + sing song cadence

>>2049165
Was this before Covid?
Seems like a waste to get a degree if you’re already at the airlines.

I've been given the keys to go to our practice area to solo. Been practicing my steep turns and ground reference. Reference are pretty simple now. Just keep track of the wind and altitude. Steep turns can be a bit tricky, all of a sudden my altitude can drop off a cliff. I add like two or three swipes of trim and it helps immensely. However, the caveat is that the rollout is harder to manage. Ill have to fight the yoke a bit and usually Ill gain more altitude than I want or roll out past 10 degrees. It turns out that looking outside the majority of the time actually does improve your performance. My landing was also shit today but thankfully my instructor wasnt there to see it.

>>2049424
Keep practicing. Be sure to still fly with your instructor regularly so you don't build any bad habits.
Venturing a guess, you're not adding enough back pressure when you roll into the turn. Remember when you are turning you are exchanging vertical lift for horizontal lift. Back pressure assists in negating that.
The way I was taught a steep turn was get yourself setup in level flight. Pick your distant mountain or whatever you're going to use to know you have made your turn. Bump the throttle by 100 and a swipe of the trim up and roll in. While you roll out from the turn push on the yoke to prevent yourself from ballooning then roll into the next turn. Don't forget your rudder.
For sure looking outside with occasional glances at your altitude and speed are what makes this maneuver easier. Also look for what screws on the cowl line up with the horizon while you're at a full 45, makes it easier to align if you know when you have something to reference.

>>2046680
Answer pls

>>2049482
Its not a good sign. The fact you cheated doesn't bode well, and the fact you couldn't put in the effort to get through those classes is a bad sign. You have no idea what youre getting yourself into if an intro comp sci class was too much work and commitment for you.

>>2049361
You don't need a degree to work at a regional or ULCC, you effectively need a degree to work at a Legacy. Doing an online degree while flying at a regional is a smart thing to do, especially while Legacy hiring is slow and there's opportunity to grow where you're planted.