Bidding reserve and hoping for the best editionPrevious: >>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?
>>2040746i need to drink crew juice from an open container in a ford transit van in des moines iowa
>>2040746Can I have a Pepsi, please?
>>2040759Sorry only got Bepis
missed u /gag/
>>2040829also jfk rocks ewr sux glad im not there pa washing its hands of its involvement in that shitshow
>>2040830that 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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>>2040744Sounds like you need to work on mastering the trim to make your life easy
>>2040835You'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.
>>2040836If 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.
>>2040838I 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.
>>2040838When 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.
>>2040870G1000 equipped C172s still have a manual trim wheel from the factory
>>2040871You 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?
>>2040881sure but accept you're more likely to get hired at the airlines than pretty much any other well playing place in aviation
>>2040881Why not do crop spraying? Low-level high stakes flying, but it does not pay as high as firefighting, though.
>>2040899how's he gonna pay off the flight training debt?
>>2040912With great difficulty.
>>2040829>>2040830>>2040832>>2040833post 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
>>2040999AAnon 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 DegreePSA 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.
>>2041043I 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 flowyou 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?
>>2041050it'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 yearsI’ll have already flowed by that point
>>2041050idk bro, git gud??>>2041094If 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 soonera decade ago I was in a totally different career. Its fine.
>>2040834Have 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.
>>2041149Its been parked at a hardstand after for a few days iirc.
>>2041158>decoding plates quicklyThat comes with time, and honestly government plates aren’t very good compared with Jepp plates. >communications flow What do you mean?
>>2041165What 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.
>>2041166It 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 inventionCan’t carry shit
>>2040912that's what makes it high-stakes
>>2041147>2 years from flow>different career a decade agodamn how fast is flow these days?
>>2041244Flows 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
>>2041159Should 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
>>2041575Yes 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.
>>2041575Depends 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.
>>2042084>>2042083how do people even come up with this shitlooking at things like this just makes me feel like a drooling animal
>>2042155before 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>>2041598I 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...
>>2042853speak for yourselfa lot of guys stay continental for the good scheduling and maintain a normal relationship
>>2042178>before IP and copyright ruined everythingYou 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
>>2042872Isn't international better schedule? You have more days off? Or is this not true
>>2042881southwest 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
>>2042866Did you crash or damage the plane? If not you're doing fine.
What's this guy up to?
>>2042905No, the plane and myself are fine
>>2042872men and women are different. Most female pilots are not faithful
>>2042866The 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
>>2042866>>2042911bruh. If 16 year old GIRLS can solo, you can toohttps://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 readyguess there's a widebody capt spot opening up at AAL
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>>2043305They do this for someone retirement right?
>>2043320>guess there's a widebody capt spot opening up at AALAre you retarded?
>>2043348Are you?
>>2043349No. I am able to comprehend context and meaning behind the aforementioned phrase. You appear to be unable.
>>2043388Yet 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
>>2043419Smaller network, not as many big jets or long hauls
>>2043420People 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
>>2043419According 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.
>>2043447Interesting. 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
>>2043451Looking 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.
>>2043457what's so bad about upgrades at southwest?
Tfw you’ll never fly like him
>>2043320yes anon they do it when a plane or captain/first officer retiresin this case it was probably the captain
>Boeing
>flight from India to LondonBased Boeing
>16 years of flawless 787 safety record just endedsad
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.
>>2043932Get 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.
>>2043935I 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 AmericanSouthwestJetBlueSpirit FrontierAllegiantAlaska HawaiianFedEx UPSAtlasKalitta
>>2044086jetblue 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?
>>2044258Getting 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?
>>2044260I don't care moving elsewhere or going to another continent, that must count for something
>>2044261You 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.
>>2044450Enjoy 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>marriageI won't marry her. I'm just going to string her along
>>2042866Learning to land in crosswinds is eating away my soul
>>2044474Whenever 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.
>>2044485god how bitchy are they about remembering little shit like that exactly
>>2044504I 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 fuelfucking how, surely that's the most basic thing to check
>>2044545Fighter 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
>>2044545Do you understand how thirsty jet engines are
>>2044355vaxxed?? lmao
why are whites so incompetent?
>>2044474In 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.
>>2044474Just 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?
>>2044877how 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?
>>2045057You're a male flight attendant?
>>2045059No just autisticly motivated in an batshit competitive market
>>2045063Are 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.
>>2045064retirements at the majors aren't gonna hit until the 2030s, like around the middle or so
>>2043574Younger 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
>>2045131basically all the big airlines in general will have a ton of movement starting around a decade from now
>>2045151Swayne will be a 787 captain and I'll be locked.into a 20 year regional contract
>>2045159>>2045159pick a good regional. republic gets christmas eve as a paid holiday
>>2045151Delta 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 contracti bet you wish you had a flow, huh?
I love autogyros so much
American Airlines JFK base has no good routes for narrowbody
>>2040735I 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
>>2045285You 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?
>>2045285At least I'm not a woman
...yet
>>2045285
>>2045284how many more years do you plan to stay on it?
>>2045282AA doesn't have a JFK base, get fucked
>>2045351Until 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.
>>2045417When do you plan to be at a legacy
How do you guys feel about COMAC planes?
>>2045443IDK 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.
>>2045480Non 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.
>>2045660if 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 needthen time building, then regional airlines, etc.you can get this from a youtube videobecause 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
>>2045553When are you going to become a 200 Captain?
>>2043348>>2043388Please tell me you aren't a pilot.
>>2045674Are you retarded?
>>2045677yes
fughttps://x.com/KristyTallman/status/1936886928890311038
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>>2045660part 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 4chanChrist what a miserable life you must have
>>2045696you 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
>>2045701There 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.
>>2045690Dumb cunt just standing there as blades go flying instead of attempting to get down.
>>2045697I thought pilots had to have decent eyesight
>>2045670Hopefully in 6-10 months. Getting closer to my 1000 hours so upgrade shouldn't be too far away.
>>2045696Part 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
>>2045192same, only downside is they're not great for travel unless you fly the most expensive onesflying 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 authoritythis is the only reason I am staying there pretty much.
>>2045938I 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
>>2046004It'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>>2046004is jetblue based?
>>2046007some more info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aWFYnjIiXE
>>2046087Airline with east coast domiciles plus LAX? I guess if you like schlomos.
>>2046087not if you care about travel benefits
>>2045284i 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
>>2046266I'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.
>>2046270It 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.
>>2046266I like my PAPIs medium rare
Is getting the airline job really worth all this tedious bullshit?
>>2046506if learning to fly is tedious bullshit i'm not sure if you're gonna like something as repetitive as an airline job
>>2046518It doesn't matter I have no choice at this point
>>2046548Sunk cost fallacy
>>2045284Gang
>>2046551Word??? Now pay the jew your flight school loans and don't ever compete against me for an airline job.
>>2046577Alright keep bitching, it’s your time and money I guess
>>2046618my 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.
>>2046123I 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. >>2046552Deuce Gang.
>>2046632how often do you actually work in a monthalso i'm assuming you were in the industry in the lost decade?
>>2046639Month 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.
>>2045663Planes 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 anonLike I am supposed to remember who frequents this website. You sound like a dope
>>2046658funny 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?
>>2046678learning to fly was $189 at mine and the method i posted worked fine
>>2046681you have no turboprop time>>2046704I simply don't like going to work. I'd much rather drink at home all day, every day
>>2046713Did you get more big booty bitches once you got to legacy?
>>2046713then just bid reserve always
>>2046266MOAR RIGHT RUDDER
>>2047128Have sex with them
>>2047128Wish 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 stallHow are you supposed to power on stall these niggas
>>2047384Angle 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.
>>2047385I also sometimes get nervous about spins with the power on, even though I am with a instructor too.
>>2047386Keep 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.
>>2047387ty anon :)this is now my flight training blog
>>2047190You 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
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>>2047416compared 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....
>>2047461My favorite ghibli film.
>>2047495Porco is based
>>2040735Any tips on spergmaxxing my aviation knowledge? I have read plane articles on HowStuffWorks, but I suspect that is mostly surface-level knowledge
>>2047701Pilot 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?
>>2047701VATSIM
How does it feel to rotate a jet vs that of my little cessna?
>>2047748the what now?
>>2047416Lol 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. >>2047481You'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.
>>2046004Don't apply somewhere you don't want to work, simple as that.
How much did theses dicks cost taxpayers?
>>2047799kek
SAMIR YOU ARE BREAKING THE CAR
so cfis make like $50-55k a year right?
>>2048153lol
>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
>>2048220those switches should be behind a glass cover or something
>>2048220>HOW CAN YOU CUT OFFFFF?
>>2048220Last time you call me Dalit, saaaaar!
>>2048185what do you mean "lol" it's right in the nationwide average for that job
>>2048220Guessing they wouldn't have fired back up even if the fuel was turned back on? I don't have jet time.
>>2048259they would but not right away, it takes a couple of seconds which they didn't have
>>2048220oh 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.
>>2048220lmao did the poojeet really an hero taking 250 other poojeets with himfucking based
>>2048278He's going to reincarnate as the designated street.
>>2048276let's see, what's more probable:>a new fuel supply system fault that never happened in last 16 years on 1200 787s builtor>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 itseems really retarded to kill yourself in such a roundabout way or some sort of call of the void
>>2048282Maybe 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
>>2048270Engine 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.
>>2048289so basically they cut outsetting the trajectory towards the buildingand then to add insult to injurythe plane acceleratedbased plane
>>2048286Naturally, 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>informalNo. "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
>>2043419As 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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>>2048489saaar 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.
>>2048505I 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.
>>2048475I would also like to see this answered
>>2048509I 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.
>>2048509Doing a Uni flight program in the states sounds like fun, must be crazy expensive though no?
>>2048519I 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.>>2048520Probably well over $100k, good luck. >>2048475IMO, 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?
>>2048568find 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.>>2048580Man, 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
>>2048590there 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
>>2048639I'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
>>2048651I bet you don't have balls to complain to them face 2 face
>>2048660His 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
>>2048663see>>2047416
>>2048669Not 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?
>>2048675confidence is absolutely part of piloting abilities.
>>2048686Yes, 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
>>2048680back 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 needlesGyros 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>>2048712modern 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 allBonus 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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>>2048814that's faa tech ops next to a service road along 22L
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>>2048818i like the lighting effect i got hereall 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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>>2048821i 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/
>>2048883Saar, do the needful and taxi runway 20 by india china america saar.
>>2048883I 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
>>2048883great. part of the reason i wanted to stay domestic is to avoid the heavy accent controllers
anyone live in MA? how are the taxes....
>>2048964Every 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
>>2048966son 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
>>2048883Maybe 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.
>>2048982I 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.
>>2049051I 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.
>>2049097Im 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
>>2049104your ATP will be your initial type rating, they pay
>>2049105Was your online classes something you had to attend at a set schedule or is it like doing ground school online on your free time
>>2048883reminder the worst mid-air collision in history happened in india, get ready everybody
>>2049051dude 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 worldonly hard one is accounting because of the shit you have to memorize
>>2049139I 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 timeyes. 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
>>2048949Chinese carriers fly to India.I guess they'll manage.
>>2048883If 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
>>2049165Was 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.
>>2049424Keep 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.
>>2046680Answer pls
>>2049482Its 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.
>>2049361You 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.
I've read through alot of the new 700 page MOSAIC document, and I think this'll be a giant deal to expand pilots ability to fly under GA with additional categories and classes. So now, instead of having to do a DPE paid add-on for a VFR only class, like a glider, you can do a Sport pilot Proficiency check and now get endorsed for life. This was possible before, but this now opens all aircraft that fit the applicable sport limitations as opposed to factory made LSAs which are now effectively obsolete. And now Sport pilots can fly at night, which was the only significant restriction (IMO) over a PPL. Plus you can add on a Sport CFI category/class rating the same way. I'm hoping my local Glider school starts doing Sport Proficiency checks as soon as mosaic is effective.https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/MOSAIC_Final_Rule_Issuance.pdf
>>2040735How many deportation pilots do you think ICE is going to need?
>>2049759zero because ICE only does deportations for cameras and entertainment. They arent serious about the mission. All the approved money in the budget will be going to filmmakers and production equipment
>>2049804i'm pretty sure obama did better on deportations
The last few CFIs I knew that got CJOs and class dates were cadets. Among them: >A woman who prop struck an airplane.>A man who would piss his pants doing stalls. >A man who thought CFI was too dangerous bought hours instead (all VFR XC). >A man with six check ride failures. >A woman with a green card. None of them had college education and got in at minimums. All had sub 50% pass rate for their students. Regional hiring is a joke.
>>2050101they're mostly hiring cadets right now to clean up from what i hear, and all other hiring is slow on all levels. i believe it's not gonna be until 2030 onward that hiring will open up again, maybe the '30s will be a good decade for hiring, knowing how cyclical things arethis is of course assuming there' no horrible calamity in the world
>>2050101this is humorous but I hope is not representative. The CFIs at my school are all alpha chads who have all passed through the gauntlet of our dpe/president checkride who I am terrified of tbqh.
>>2050108Every CFI I know except one is a zoomer desperately trying to escape to a real job
>>2050127maybe it's because of my pure wageslave slop job past but CFI'ing is a respectable and cool job
>>2050181Maybe it's just generally shittier for heli pilots, I don't know
>>2050183everything you can think of is shittier for heli pilots, all the way down to piloting helis
>>2050181Consider this: you're at the whim of students, you may not get any money for an entire day spent at the airport if the weather, maintenance etc don't cooperate or a student cancels. Pulling these long days for months to years endlessly ain't fun. Consider that there's the 1500 hour finish line, and then the industry slows and SkyPest won't hire, unless you sign a 5 year contract and still wait 6-24 months for a class date. It's like a swing shift shit tier job, but without a guarantee you'll be paid. Big note, there's alot of ways to skin the cat of CFIing, some are salaried, some are not. Some schools have rest/duty rules, some are to the Part 61/91 limit. There's alot of variation.
>>2050191i'm a 25 year old khhv. would i be able to get a student girlfriend?
How do I make my control inputs smoother and be more coordinated >step on the ball dummy It feels like I generally do but my CFI always tells me that I need to do it even more. What priority do you guys put on ball stepping?
>>2050247The ball should be between the lines
>>2050247Step on the ball and keep pushing until the ball is between the lines. Don't stomp, step.
Caught this retirement on July 23rd 2:20pm before I clocked out, iirc the Captain was retiring after MXP (Milan) -> JFK (excuse the waviness it was through the windshield)
>>2050451N760AN AAL 772Another widebody captain spot opens up at AA
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>>2050453I always try to keep my Sony ZV1 for stuff like this even if the lens doesn't have enough reach (24-70mm Focal Range, 1in Sensor)
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>>2048220>why did you redeem
so now southwest is totally gummed up. DEN base is kicking people out to accommodate for the new redeyes they're implementing, and in addition to that, the famous "3 on 4 off" average schedule may become less common or a thing of the pastthere's very little seniority movement and they haven't been hiring for a while nownow this probably bodes well for people who are just starting training now or within the next couple years, as this all points to them really opening up seniority movement and hiring years down the line (especially when retirements start lighting up in the 2030s) but for all the guys who just got in or have been there and aren't very senior, they're fucked for at least a couple years now
>>2050628what if the economy goes even much further to the gutter and people stop traveling
>>2050638then you're not gonna get any jobs in any field
>AA tripling the flow month over monthTHE FLOW IS UPON US, READY THE SIMS!
>>2050696Eagle flows are our worst pilots, and more importantly, braindead Gen X and Millennials
First solo XC today. If I dont post about it later, you know what happened.
>>2050853RIP hardly knew ya
>>2050889>>2050853I made it
>>2050909Glad you lived.
so is the cfi initial really the hardest thing in flight training?
>>2051054By a wide margin too. Anything and everything is on the table so long as it fits under the CFI class you're applying under, usually Airplane Single Engine. Expect to fail it and pay out the ass to take it. CFI add ons can be tough, or they can be a regular exercise in checkride bs but not a stumbling block.
>even if you pay ppl out of pocket you'll still need to finance at least 60-70k for all other ratings>hiring market is shit now, no telling if it'll open up to healthy levels>even cfis can't get jobs now>there's a huge backlog of cfis, students, and people at regionals for probably at least two more years or more>imagine getting into all that debt just to be SOL or stuck as a cfi for too long>pay as you go is only feasible if you're early 20s / have nothing else going on in life and don't care about timelines/getting a house etc.vros i think i'm gonna hang it up. i could spend $5k (i have literally five times that right now) to get my flight dispatcher training and certification and then get on track to six figs within like 10 years without no debt to my name (outside of my college debt i guess). only thing that sucks is relocating is basically mandatory so i'd have to be deliberate about my career path.the financial aspect of flight training is just prohibitive. i love aviation and do want a career in it, but being a pilot really seems to be a country club thing. i know my story is the same as countless other people's- so many people i tell about my intention to try flight training say they wanted to be a pilot, but the cost is too much for their life. at least there's another way i guess....
>>2051111to add to this, some guy i spoke with that goes to the flight school i'd been planning on has been at it since 2023. he's 89k in the hole right now- left his previous career and everything. is married, etc. i don't want to be in a situation like that.
>>2051111additional additional note- when i say cfis can't get jobs, i mean people can't get jobs as cfis after they finish their cfi ratings
>>2051111the point you're making is right, but consider this. If ever there was a "right time" to start as a pilot, now is a more ideal time than others, as you won't be playing musical CFIs when your CFI this week suddenly quits and fucks off to skkkywest. Student and DPE backlog is reduced, as every other student is also getting cold feet. Schools are begging for students, as opposed to students begging to get a slot at a flight school. I think going to get a dispatcher cert is a very good idea, especially if you can do so out of pocket. You may consider applying to ATC whenever the next hiring round is (idk, I don't follow it). If anything, you should consider a PPL now, and even if you decide to do flight training and finance it all, don't waste time on CFI certs, stop at Commercial ASEL+AMEL. Definitely I like your dispatcher plan.
>>2051128that's something i thought about, seeing as cfi certs can wring you dry of funds at the end. i know a guy looking at wheels up and they pay well and have good qol, but i believe their mins are up and may require some turbine time (i don't remember)fundamentally it comes down to me being 26 and not entirely interested spending the next like decaide-ish of my life scrambling to make enough to juggle my debts and hope i get a good amount of hrs, hired when i hit mins, etc.i might give it another year to see how things move. maybe next august or so i'll make my final decision
>>2051129like I said, there's nothing unreasonable about what you're saying. I think there's alot of value in a Dispatcher cert + PPL, especially if it's all out of pocket.
>>2051130true. if anything then to at least actually be a pilot and rent planes to fly for fun or something
>>2051132the fact is, until you hold a PPL (or Sport/Recreational), you don't have a good ability to judge your ability to succeed in flying, as well as your ability to tolerate training/checking bullshit.
>>2051133yeah. i wouldn't want to hit a brick wall of asinine checkrides like people say the cfi rides arei don't like being a bookworm for shit you won't need on hand at all time. like them grilling you on specific shit like part 91.205 or something, then go deeper, tim bacon pizza, shit like that. i could see myself flubbing it because i always struggle with things i know i don't need long term
>>2051134>91.205you mean really basic and important information lol
>>2051139it's just some number i remembered, i haven't done any training. you know what i mean
>>2051130>>2051132I think something else worth considering if you don't have flight training debt is that non-airline flying jobs become more of a career option. if you have huge debt, you're constantly under pressure to advance and try to maximize income. If you don't have the debt, that job ferrying around or that 135 or whatever home-every-night gig becomes pretty damn enticing, depending on their scheduling and exactly how much they pay with reference to the city's CoL.
>>2051144I'll have to disagree. Money is a big motivator, but as a debt free from day 1 aviator, my biggest motivator is the quality of life you get from getting a Big 3 job. And it was a grind to get there, but it's well worth it. There's a sales pitch that goes with the "home every night" pitch, but the hidden truth is you're getting bent over 14 hours, 5-6 days a week, every week at your 'home every night' 135 job. Being senior in domicile at the big 3 is the real goal, because I'm home most nights.
>>2051145That's fair, but in the case of someone time conscious, they may not be privy to the idea of committing to the airlines from day 1 because it can take a long time trying to pay as you go. What I'm describing is a career shift. Like the flight dispatcher, making a bunch of money (perhaps six figs after like 5 years in the industry or somethin) or an EMS or whatever getting their ratings for fun- PPL, then they want instrument, then they realize they can afford commercial single and multi- then getting a job offer for something at some point, that sort of thing.
Do I need foreflight? I hate apple. iFly seems to work just fine. Also big or small tablet
>>2051185Depends on what part of your training your in. I use flight plan go. For my PPC, I used my phone for that. I switched over to an 11" ipad for my ifr training. Still using flight plan go as I refuse to pay a subscription. It works just fine. Although a small tablet might be a bit easier. I mount mine to the yoke while I would mount my phone to the window.
I'mmm baaaaack!!! :Dhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkU1S4T8wmQ
>>2051312Who?
>>2051312she can probably do better steep turns than me. Its over
ah yes, I love being a strong woman pilot. Nobody can stop me.
>>2051327Probably not if you've been practicing lately. You'd be surprised just how rusty on some shit some people get. Plus since she's a woman the standards she had to pass are much lower than the ones you'll have to pass.
Every once in a while I remember how damn cool flying helicopters is.
>>2045691YOUR SKIDS WERE ON THE GROUND NIGGER, PUT THE COLLECTIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN!DOWN COLLECTIVE!
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