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turns out United didnt hit the truck
>>2075194PF hit a pole. What race were the pilots?
>>2075151what are the chances there’s an a380 accident before they eventually get phased out
>>2075167You mean a skywest lifer and a mesa lifer? Nice try.
still waiting for class date :c
>>2075217Coulter's Law applies here I suspect.>>2075228There was that one in Australia where they couldn't shut the thrust off in an engine.
That private plane crash was wild. No landing gear. Didn't run more fuel out? WHy?
>>2075167kek, had this happen mid flight once and both of us told the moralfag to fuck off
>>2075167Ever notice how meowing intensifies around ATL?
5hrs newfag just starting out. I've decided to do my PPL mostly in a Cub and a Citabria. I was somewhat shocked to find out that only 4 out of the 18 CFIs at the school had the tailwheel endorsement. I can't understand why you wouldn't just get it if the school has the planes. It seems obviously cooler to me. I understand it may take longer to be able to solo but after you are a CFI and have hundreds of hours under your belt you're tellin me you're not gonna go fly the cool stuff just for the hell of it?
>>2075420youll definitely be better off for it.
>>2075416it's the delta pilots.....
>If I was given the controls of a 737 during the landing phase and the plane was still 10,000 feet in the air, what would likely be the outcome? Would I crash the plane?If you were suddenly handed the controls at 10,000 feet with no guidance, the odds of a successful landing would be quite low, and a crash or severe accident would be a likely outcome.
love taking photos of abx/dhls on the rampbought a maxxum 7d from a guy in pennsylvania for $40 and the jpegs out of it are creamy this is with a molded up tamron 28-300mm
>>2075494bonus big ass snow pusher
>>2075495like seeing the fedexes lined up too in the afternoon
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>>2075498death machine in a box
>>2075494JFK? Nice photos.
and once again there goes 3 more FEMALE FOs to you know where..
>>2075553I don't know where. Where?
the airline with this theme song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2PH0auTUU
>>2075571Pan Am. No doubt.
>>2075532yes and thx
The X-59 looks so sexy. What an absolute beauty of an airplane
>>2075568JEWnited. Man they are going to have an abysmal safety record in the next 5-10 years as the diversity hires start upgrading to captain.
Bike packing past a major airport in Denmark
I fucking hate being in Radio Control. >fuckton of overflies and inbound outbounds>no radar scopes>nothing but a clock, pen, and flightstrips>static noise earraping you all day>have to sift through the noise to catch a faint callsign>have to repeat transmissions in a loud voice thrice on average because piece of shit pilots can barely speak english.My throat hurts after every shift. I fucking hate this. I should've stayed in approach.
>>2075420I think the CFIs just arent checked out to teach it, they might have the endorsement already. at my school you have to trained to teach in the tailwheels, teaching it is harder than just flying it
Does anyone own a plane? Ive been playing a lot of MSFS 2024 and I WANT a DA62 so fucking bad if anyone has a couple milly free they want to drop me
>>2075553>>2075613It will be worth it when we get to fuck them though right
>>2075659What is radio control
>>2075721Nta, but um, sex? Im a 37 year old left seat regional pilot who has never had sex. No legacy captain will want me
>>2075723>Im a 37 year old left seat regional pilot who has never had sex.this is not funny, sorry boomer
>>2075704I asked, apparently some of them fly it but they are unwilling to instruct tailwheel because the likelihood of an incident is much higher which could affect the future airline career. Personally I am not deterred. The school also has a pitts and I absolutely need to get my ass in that thing once I git gud. Also there are only 3 now apparently and one of them is a semi retired old guy who doesn't really take regular students just does the "you are ok to solo" checkride for tailwheel. So really just 2 guys lol.
>>2075721
the turtles at jfk are free you just have to pick them up before they get ran over or ingested
>>2075799they show up for 2 weeks in june to cross the kilo extension (base of rwy 4L closest to jamaica bay) theyre the size of dinner plates and bite/pee/scratch you
>>2075722You know those atcs you call when you're in the middle of the ocean? The guys you contact before Control? The ones who SELCAL you? Do any of you even recognize us?
red paint = documented in the past (returnees)
>>2075862How does it feel knowing you are just a middleman between pilots and ATC and have been made completely redundant by CPDLC?
TIL that american cargo planes don't have overhead cranes. I was re-watching that video about the IL-76 delivering trucks to a canadian mine in the arctic and wondered why the fuck are they using an IL-76? I was shocked. Americans don't have any cranes. What kind of retard designs a cargo plane with no cranes? Not even a variant? What happens when they need to load a single heavy object with no wheels?
>>2076056Better question, how do I get this job? Sounds fuckin rad.
>>2075994>CPheh.But yeah, it sucks 90% of the time and the only reason "they" booted my ass off approach was because I had the shittiest GPA in the batch and put me here as punishment. They didn't even put me in Search und Rescue even though most ATCs there just watch netflix 95% of the time.
>>2076113Oof. How diverse is ATC? I've only done one tower/tracon tour and it was basically 100% white, but this was 12 years ago. Lately I've been hearing more and more shitskin voices on the radio and it makes my skin crawl. Quite a few ramp controllers are jeets now too.
>>2076149Because ICAO pushed DEI. I'm not even joking. Back at the academy we had exams on fucking gender sensitivity. Thankfully I heard from later batches this was getting phased out because you can't bear the absolute humiliation of getting BTFO'd the fucking course from a literal Karen subject.>but other races?Thankfully only pure citizens are allowed to even attempt the application phase. That's probably a western thing.
>>2076174>a woman beat me in a basic test meant to filter out absolute drooling spastics so we had to get rid of background checkswell that's reassuring
>>2075960You arent going to eat them, are you?
>>2076196i read in Exquemelin's book on pirates that supposedly turtle is fucking delicious but makes you go blind
>>2076230Im off consuming flesh, but the last thing id ever eat is a dopey, ancient miracle of a turtle, x1000 that from it being essentially a filter of a ny area environ. dear god.
>>2076234to be fair the waters around nyc are pretty clean in recent years but id imagine they taste pretty gameydifferent camera (k1ii)
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>>2076249c17s are based we rarely get any usaf planes at jfk other than the occasional cargo (c17 usually but once saw a c5 and a c130...think we once had luftwaffe with a a400m here too)
>>2076250funny seeing a little seaplane like this at a major international airport surrounded by widebodies, scary when they sneak past you on the airfield
>>2076248More AA photos pls
>>2075333For what program?
>>2075611It looks like some Convair prototype from the 60's. I love it.
>>2076251That's neat I didn't know they made a float plane variant of the PC-12.
>>2076341yes
>>2076341van ruined it but im gonna start camping out here on the ramp in the mornings...whenever atc sends AALs right on alpha to depart 22R the 777s just tower over you
>>2076356dont remember if i shared this777 is probably my favorite widebody other than the dc11s
>>2076360Great photo. Perfect time of day and lighting for it. I love how the shadows are falling on the tower and the rudders.
My FO just asked our delta jump seater for a letter of recommendation
>>2076355>>2076356>>2076360Fucking awesome, I'm out on LTD right now so these pics are great motivation for me. I'm transferring to DFW soon. 320 CA is 3.5 years away and WB FO is 5.5 years away. Can't decide if I should be a narrow chud for the rest of my career or go chad WB FO. Pic rel. Path A is NB CA, Path B is WB FO > WB CA
>>2076368Honestly based. Shoot your shot with someone who can attest to your flying ability. If they duck you there is 99% chance of zero issues for daring to ask a DL douche.>>2076388Hello junior to me. The bus sucks ass, go 737 and grow a pair of testicles. Especially prior to a widebody transition assuming you've never flown the guppy before. Fuck DFW. Fuck the AirBussy. Just go NB Capt and then WB FO afterwards as a downbid. You get a fancy star on your wings, and you're future proofing as you're not wasting potential income as a Capt sitting idly as a NB FO. At my seniority I can hold NB Capt for 2-4 years before holding the junior LAX 777 FO spot, the only risk is losing my first "up n out" to escape the widebody if I dislike the commute or hate the lifestyle. You never know when the music stops, and aside from encouraging you to explore the B737 prior to upgrade, you should upgrade, THEN downbid to WB FO.
>>2076414Cool, where did you come from?I’m an NK refugee so the bus is forever ingrained in my soul. I think upgrade then downgrade is the move if QOL lives up to the hype. I’m moving to DFW to buy acreage next year because I want my kids to grow up on a ranch.
Passed my instrument checkride
>>2076388Is this true? Being a captain for that long only pays 900k more over 30 years?
proud of this pic, was through a windshield and i had to crop my wipers out too
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I fucken love this plane bros. We always take off and land in the grass, instructor says asphalt is an insult to the cub. The only airport I have landed at that even has an asphalt runway so far is the school's. We go to back country grass fields to practice. I still suck of course and am very inconsistent, but it's ok, I also don't ever do go-arounds because if you are too high you can just slip down sideways like nobody's business. Some of them are extremely short, bumpy, and lined with trees but that also doesn't matter because you can plop the plane down almost vertically. People come out of their houses to take cell phone videos of me landing sideways and doing my wobbly baby pilot takeoffs just because it's a cool vintage plane. The few instruments it has are suggestions, either inaccurate or barely functional. Look out the window, that's your instrument.When I get to doing cross country shit I'll probably start flying something with modern and actually functional avionics but I am glad I chose this way to learn fundamentals. Bonus: I never have to worry about it being booked out because very few other students fly it. Heck I might even be the only one with just a student pilot certificate flying it.
>>2076764congrats bro
>>2076765Anon you need to be English proficient to be a pilot.
>>2076830>26 years as captain >15 million>18 years FO/6 years captain>14.1 million What am I reading incorrectly? A whole 20 more years as a captain only nets 900k more? Seems ridiculous
>>2075420Theyre too chickenshit about ground looping is about it
Flew my first solo the other day bros feels good
>>2076352repubyHopefully don’t end up waiting a year+
turned down a interview at mco ops (airfield operations specialist pic rel; im jfk ops now working the same) because fiance didn't want to move (she makes $100k as a graphic designer)turns out it wouldn't have been that much of a paycut ($27/hr base -> $38/hr top step vs my current pay of $39/hr and $45/hr top step in 2 years + unlimited overtime here)starting to second guess my decision desu would've been a good opportunity to leave nyc i think if i was single or making less money i would be more open to it at the same time i hate the fact that a starter home costs $700k vs $350k down there
>>2076928Gotta live in the city to get access to those daycare for women jobs though
>>2076781Fly your own plane? Nice.
>>2077002Ha I wish, it belongs to the school/school's owner.
>>20769281. You're not married. Engaged is just engaged, you are NOT married yet. Do not make compromises for a GF with a ring.2. Graphic design is getting BTFO by AI slop, how future proof is her job? 3. Cost of living is much lower in MCO, as long as you don't mind the spics.
why would you even be in a relationship in the city? every girl there has fucked 100 guys minimum.
>>2077037i got mine pre-covid and we've been together 7 years, she's not vaxxed and she's loyal to a fault. if anything nyc is unironically the best dating market in america; 60/40 female to male ratio + a decent chunk of the guys are gay. i think i would still be incel if i lived somewhere else. >>20770341. isn't entirely her fault; i had 3 hours to decide on a friday and figured it wasn't worth the $500 flight round trip + 2-3 days pto at the time, but then i ran the numbers and realized the biggest difference would be the overtime (lack of it; some of my coworkers doubled their salary and cleared $150-200k living at work. i personally made $70k base + $50k ot last year). the other question is if its union or non-union. its unironically difficult to get fired from this job unless you really try while down there i might find myself working the ramp or similar if it doesn't work out (or shitcanned for being late or something equally stupid...we still use paper sign in/out sheets ffs) 2. probably <2 years before her company gets bought out and she gets a severance, and desu again she could simply just work remote. she's skilled at her job at least. figure we would try for a child then before we get too old and ends up retarded 3. yeah my biggest issue is a house here is $5k/mo mortgage after $150k down payment in long island (750k 3 bed 2 bath house in massapequa); down there a house is $2600/mo (75k down payment 360k house). the spics don't bother me at all. the only upside of long island is the schools are some of the best in the country but you pay the property tax to make up for that. the other factor is her family is all here in nyc, while mine moved down to orlando (mom getting old @ 71y/o + accessibility to childcare if needed is there in either city). if i had less stability i would be more willing to experiment. aka no relationship, no employment, less pay, etc. at the same time i fucking hate nyc. too crowded.
>>2077047Just move dude. Fuck jew york.
all this talking of moving and choosing where to live, le sigh. as a dispatcher we're limited to exclusively high CoL shitheaps with garbage amazon-tier pay at regionals and i suppose enough at the majors but there should still be an inflation-resistant raise. i guess it's not as insulting as the mechanics though, that field has a genuine labor shortage because they don't get paid enough despite being perhaps the most fundamental to operations and being the most physically intensive.>>2077047well if it means anything my mother had me at a whopping 38 years old and i turned out fine. it's not ideal though, always try to shoot for a younger age
Got a chance to go up a tower and have a tour at a big(gish) mixed use airbase for job.Some C130s flew over quite low and saw some take offs/landingsm
I freaking hate being a CFI. I take it so personally when my students fail. When my students succeed I feel good for maybe 10 seconds and then it’s back to stressing over another student. I hate dealing with Part 141 bullshit. I hate that if you miss one tiny detail in the regs you’ve fucked your entire students course up. I hate the bureaucracy. I love to fly but being an instructor is just awful. Just gotta keep going until I get my hours.
>>2077098gonna be a while what with the pilot and cfi bloat the industry is gonna be dealing with for a bit
>>2077100Why is there a bloat?
>>2077108pilot shortage lies mostly
>>2077112You at 1500 and having trouble finding a job or somethin?
>>2077088>well if it means anything my mother had me at a whopping 38 years old and i turned out fine. Says the autistic /n/ poster
>United swapping flights on a daily basis I hate those retards. Our TSA overseer will keep having melty over procedures coz they failed to inform us early enough.AGAIN...
Is joining a cadet program actually good idea or just a meme? Most of them have affiliated schools I dont go to anyway, but some dont have that requirement
>>2077135Everyone around me advised avoiding the one in my area. Apparently the school used is somewhat scammy and even though you get $12.5k, "up to" $27k to put towards flight training if you are accepted into the program, the costs of that school end up exceeding going somewhere else by a fair amount anyways even minus the stipend. Plus they have other bad reputation issues like being a pilot mill, having planes out for maintenance a lot, and even a nasty crash. It also does not mean guaranteed job at a regional after your 1500 either. This may not be the case where you are though so I'd just ask around and talk to people.
>>2077117most people aren't getting jobs at 1500 anymore. it's not competitive. only way to get in at 1500 is if you're already in a cadet program or something, maybe some real networking.
>>2077139It’s easier as a helicopter pilot but I know a ton of airplane pilots obviously. If you are not in a cadet program then wtf are you doing? Just apply to all of them. And if you’re not networking this may not be the right career path for you. Not you specifically but pilots in general.
>>2077135>>2077136Most airplane pilots I know who are aspiring to be airline pilots are in a ton of different cadet programs. They didn’t attend school through a cadet program.
>>2077141me i didn't even bother going for it. i went for dispatch. less likely to ruin my life that way. only thing that sucks is lower pay and more restrictions on where i can live.
>>2077158Wuss
>>2077160i'll take the no debt and home every night and mod-able schedule desu. maybe i'll get a ppl and instrument in the future for fun though
>>2077141>And if you’re not networking this may not be the right career path for youWhat is the best way to network when youre a straight white man and so there are no conferences for us
>>2077164>What is the best way to network when youre a straight white man and so there are no conferences for usHave you ever been to one? Its literally all White men. You just have to pretend like you love niggers/women/fags/gooks/whatever conference you're at. They're fucking demoralizing and you will hate yourself for going but they absolutely will help get you hired.
>>2077164Yeah pretty much this >>2077166The media may make it seem like it’s the opposite but this industry is still very, very much dominated by white men who prefer white men. In addition to that, make friends at flight school, go to conferences. Hell, it even works sometimes to literally go to a hangar at some airport and start introducing yourself to people. Aviation is very much still an industry where showing up with a resume and asking to speak to the manager can actually land you a job. And no I’m not a boomer.
