Every frickin' year its the same damn thing!
Time to renew my 2nd class medical. Go to medexpress, log on, and the first thing I have to do, is change my password because I haven't used it in (yeah) a year!
Seriously, what's the point of even having a password if its not valid the next time I need it?
,...or was medexpress only set up with 1st class pilots in mind?
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Time to renew my 2nd class medical. Go to medexpress, log on, and the first thing I have to do, is change my password because I haven't used it in (yeah) a year!
Seriously, what's the point of even having a password if its not valid the next time I need it?
,...or was medexpress only set up with 1st class pilots in mind?
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Are there any cargo airlines that are basically the “regional airlines” of the cargo world (in terms of hirable hours and pay)?
I’d like to stay in the cargo world long-term instead of flying passengers once I hit the minimums. So are there any cargo airlines that basically hire at the same hours and pay similarly to the regionals or you're basically forced to fly pax during that period of your career?
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I’d like to stay in the cargo world long-term instead of flying passengers once I hit the minimums. So are there any cargo airlines that basically hire at the same hours and pay similarly to the regionals or you're basically forced to fly pax during that period of your career?
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How are you supposed to get a 61.55 in a jet requiring 2 pilots to fly?
I was talking to another pilot about this and stumped myself. If the plane requires 2 qualified pilots to fly and a type rating, such as a gulfstream or Falcon, how would you receive instruction and 3 takeoffs and landings in the right seat?
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I was talking to another pilot about this and stumped myself. If the plane requires 2 qualified pilots to fly and a type rating, such as a gulfstream or Falcon, how would you receive instruction and 3 takeoffs and landings in the right seat?
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"Unreadable"
I got my plane back from Annual yesterday and was doing pattern work afterwards because I wanted to do a flight hour before getting out of gliding range of the airport. I did one full flight cycle without issue. But the second time I pulled up to the hold short line and made my call to tower, they replied "unreadable." So I called again, and they reported "I think this is the Sundowner- you have too much noise and are garbled, I cannot hear you." So, I swung around into the runup area to work the issue, but I was a little suspicious, so without changing anything at all, I made a "tower, how do you hear?" call and they came back "loud and clear."
I checked LiveATC today and my first two calls were LC for their receiver. Any ideas what happened here? I did 5 more flight cycles and a trip to the practice area and got on with SoCal TRACON, and there was nary a radio issue with anyone. I'm tempted to rule that there was never a problem with my equipment and stop worrying about it.
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I got my plane back from Annual yesterday and was doing pattern work afterwards because I wanted to do a flight hour before getting out of gliding range of the airport. I did one full flight cycle without issue. But the second time I pulled up to the hold short line and made my call to tower, they replied "unreadable." So I called again, and they reported "I think this is the Sundowner- you have too much noise and are garbled, I cannot hear you." So, I swung around into the runup area to work the issue, but I was a little suspicious, so without changing anything at all, I made a "tower, how do you hear?" call and they came back "loud and clear."
I checked LiveATC today and my first two calls were LC for their receiver. Any ideas what happened here? I did 5 more flight cycles and a trip to the practice area and got on with SoCal TRACON, and there was nary a radio issue with anyone. I'm tempted to rule that there was never a problem with my equipment and stop worrying about it.
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Italian Agusta A129 land in the city of Palermo for a military festival
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United 737 Base Seniority
Hey guys,
Out of curiosity for United on the 737, how long does it take on average currently to hold a line at EWR vs IAD vs SFO vs LAX vs ORD vs GUM?
Is there a large difference? Does one place more than another get you to commutable lines faster or more consistently?
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Hey guys,
Out of curiosity for United on the 737, how long does it take on average currently to hold a line at EWR vs IAD vs SFO vs LAX vs ORD vs GUM?
Is there a large difference? Does one place more than another get you to commutable lines faster or more consistently?
Thanks
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ATC needs your help
Hello everyone. Your friends on the other side of the mic need your help. Our legislators have failed to do their job and now ATC is on the verge of missing paychecks. The ATC union has put together a web tool to message your legislators (who don’t miss paychecks when the government shuts down), encouraging them to fund the government. Link is below. Any help is appreciated.
https://www.natca.org/actioncenter/
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Hello everyone. Your friends on the other side of the mic need your help. Our legislators have failed to do their job and now ATC is on the verge of missing paychecks. The ATC union has put together a web tool to message your legislators (who don’t miss paychecks when the government shuts down), encouraging them to fund the government. Link is below. Any help is appreciated.
https://www.natca.org/actioncenter/
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Meal served on a domestic Pakistan International Airlines flight from Islamabad to Karachi recently
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We got a DPE Issue
We have DPE’s who have literally told me they are going to up their prices until people stop asking for checkrides. DPE’s charge 1500 for a private, instrument, or commercial initials. Then will charge them 1500 for a retest. Not having enough DPEs we’re forced to use them.
The standards for DPEs depends on their mood way too much. I’ve sent students to a DPE who’s in a bad mood and will fail them in the first couple of minutes for something ridiculous. And then they keep the full $1500 for the full checkride and got paid $1500 for 10 minutes of work.
I’ve seen DPEs test students allot recently on things outside of the ACS. For example doing steep turns under the hood on a private instrument checkride.
Endorsements DPEs know nothing. I had to write a TAA endorsement for a commercial checkride for a DPE. Heads up that doesn’t fucking exist. They will ask for a pic endorsement for an instrument checkride sometimes. Heads up they are rated and not doing the checkride in actual IMC.
Had a DPE tell me that a commercial student wasn’t legal for a checkride because we didn’t do 10 hours of instrument training after his instrument checkride. I understand logging 61.129 and the advisory circular covering the instrument training required for the commercial. I asked “would a private pilot not be able to go straight into the commercial without doing an instrument rating?” And he looked me dead in the face and said no.
The worst problem is that we can do nothing about it. We have to stroke their egos or we won’t get checkrides. We have to let them yell at us about stuff that is flat out wrong. Bring it up to the FSDO and they will always side with the DPEs.
This problem needs to be fixed.
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We have DPE’s who have literally told me they are going to up their prices until people stop asking for checkrides. DPE’s charge 1500 for a private, instrument, or commercial initials. Then will charge them 1500 for a retest. Not having enough DPEs we’re forced to use them.
The standards for DPEs depends on their mood way too much. I’ve sent students to a DPE who’s in a bad mood and will fail them in the first couple of minutes for something ridiculous. And then they keep the full $1500 for the full checkride and got paid $1500 for 10 minutes of work.
I’ve seen DPEs test students allot recently on things outside of the ACS. For example doing steep turns under the hood on a private instrument checkride.
Endorsements DPEs know nothing. I had to write a TAA endorsement for a commercial checkride for a DPE. Heads up that doesn’t fucking exist. They will ask for a pic endorsement for an instrument checkride sometimes. Heads up they are rated and not doing the checkride in actual IMC.
Had a DPE tell me that a commercial student wasn’t legal for a checkride because we didn’t do 10 hours of instrument training after his instrument checkride. I understand logging 61.129 and the advisory circular covering the instrument training required for the commercial. I asked “would a private pilot not be able to go straight into the commercial without doing an instrument rating?” And he looked me dead in the face and said no.
The worst problem is that we can do nothing about it. We have to stroke their egos or we won’t get checkrides. We have to let them yell at us about stuff that is flat out wrong. Bring it up to the FSDO and they will always side with the DPEs.
This problem needs to be fixed.
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Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747 hard landing in Guadalajara, Mexico
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What was your biggest "close call"?
The moment that made you realize that complacency truly kills, or that you know nothing, etc. Something that truly opened your eyes.
How many hours did you have?
Mine was hitting power lines during final approach when I had around 55 hours of flight time. I totally felt it and the plane's attitude changed. Curiously, I didn’t have any emotional reaction. I controlled the plane and landed it. Secured the plane, got in my car, and started driving home. It wasn’t until the drive that the whole thing really hit me.
The next day, I tried to truly understand how close I had gotten. I measured the wheel and everything (don’t even know why…). I was around 4 inches (max) from hitting the cable with the upper portion of the wheel (the wheel would have tangled in the wire and I would be dead).
What was your biggest "close call"?
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The moment that made you realize that complacency truly kills, or that you know nothing, etc. Something that truly opened your eyes.
How many hours did you have?
Mine was hitting power lines during final approach when I had around 55 hours of flight time. I totally felt it and the plane's attitude changed. Curiously, I didn’t have any emotional reaction. I controlled the plane and landed it. Secured the plane, got in my car, and started driving home. It wasn’t until the drive that the whole thing really hit me.
The next day, I tried to truly understand how close I had gotten. I measured the wheel and everything (don’t even know why…). I was around 4 inches (max) from hitting the cable with the upper portion of the wheel (the wheel would have tangled in the wire and I would be dead).
What was your biggest "close call"?
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