Passed Commercial Checkride!
Still feels pretty surreal. Some of the best maneuvers I've ever done were during the checkride today.
Nailed the PO180...even the DPE said "nice" once I hit it!
I'm not the most confident person, but I fucking killed it today and it feels amazing!
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Still feels pretty surreal. Some of the best maneuvers I've ever done were during the checkride today.
Nailed the PO180...even the DPE said "nice" once I hit it!
I'm not the most confident person, but I fucking killed it today and it feels amazing!
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Rate My Professor… except for DPEs?
I realized that when I was looking for DPE information, most websites have it behind a paywall and whatnot, making it really inconvenient. The only gouges and DPE info I really found was through reddit and my CFIs.
So, I tried making ratemydpes.com
Very early version, basically everything requires moderation approval for now, and only has DPEs I know of. I want it to be 100% free and make it similar to ratemyprofessors.
Feel free to drop suggestions, comments, or just tell me to stop because it sucks!
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I realized that when I was looking for DPE information, most websites have it behind a paywall and whatnot, making it really inconvenient. The only gouges and DPE info I really found was through reddit and my CFIs.
So, I tried making ratemydpes.com
Very early version, basically everything requires moderation approval for now, and only has DPEs I know of. I want it to be 100% free and make it similar to ratemyprofessors.
Feel free to drop suggestions, comments, or just tell me to stop because it sucks!
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Xiamen Air just launched a 19-hour nonstop flight from the US to China — now the longest flight in the world
https://vechron.com/2025/10/xiamen-air-longest-19-hour-non-stop-flight-to-china/
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Xiamen Air Breaks Record with Longest 19-Hour Non-Stop Flight to China
China’s Xiamen Air is operating the world’s longest non-stop flight this week, with a total duration of 19 hours and 20 minutes between New York’s JFK Airport
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A JetBlue passenger attempts to open an emergency exit after mistaking the A320's “barking dog” noise for a mechanical failure
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2 year jump pilot
Hello everyone,
I have been a jump pilot for two and half years now. After getting all my rating I found a drop zone that hired me at 310 hours. I flew a 182 for them for six months before an engine failure ended our season.
Two months later, I got hired by another drop zone flying 206 and 182s. I have now been here for over a year and half. I know flying jumpers is probably the worst quality hours you can build but i have had some interesting challenges in my time. I’ve had plenty of mechanical failures, 20+ kt cross winds onto a 20ft wide runway, flying the 182 and 206 in formation on jump run, and constant external pressure from jumpers when the weather sucks.
I am now at 1600hrs and am worried that I have pigeonholed myself to be a permanent jump pilot. However, we do have a Caravan for the winter so at least I will get some turbine time.
I know the market is back to its competitive normal but how will future employers see my time as a jump pilot? Did i pigeonhole myself or is there hope that i could someday move on to a 135 (thats the goal at the moment)?
I am just asking for future use, i know there are thousands of 1600+ pilots out there and i am probably near the bottom of the stack
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Hello everyone,
I have been a jump pilot for two and half years now. After getting all my rating I found a drop zone that hired me at 310 hours. I flew a 182 for them for six months before an engine failure ended our season.
Two months later, I got hired by another drop zone flying 206 and 182s. I have now been here for over a year and half. I know flying jumpers is probably the worst quality hours you can build but i have had some interesting challenges in my time. I’ve had plenty of mechanical failures, 20+ kt cross winds onto a 20ft wide runway, flying the 182 and 206 in formation on jump run, and constant external pressure from jumpers when the weather sucks.
I am now at 1600hrs and am worried that I have pigeonholed myself to be a permanent jump pilot. However, we do have a Caravan for the winter so at least I will get some turbine time.
I know the market is back to its competitive normal but how will future employers see my time as a jump pilot? Did i pigeonhole myself or is there hope that i could someday move on to a 135 (thats the goal at the moment)?
I am just asking for future use, i know there are thousands of 1600+ pilots out there and i am probably near the bottom of the stack
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My student had a prop strike. Am I cooked?
Throwaway account. I am a CFI with a student who owns their own plane. They are pre-solo. We were practicing TOLs when they started to porpoise. We bounced once (who hasn’t) then a second time. I started to say “go around. Full power. Go around. Full power”. Then we bounced a third time and now I’m reaching for the controls. I’m getting boxed out from the throttle and we bounce a 4th time. Finally I manage to get to the throttle and we get off the ground.
However, the 4th bounce was harder and I thought we bottomed out the strut of the nose wheel. We continued to do several more laps on the pattern where I noticed our power settings needed to be about 100 rpm higher than normal. I wasn’t thinking prop strike at this point. On the ground and after shut down, I noticed a slight bend in the prop. Just the tip. After maybe 3 inches in the prop looks normal. I know a prop strike is a prop strike but I’m just saying this so it’s known how severe it was.
Obviously a new prop is needed as well a whole engine tear down and potential replacement.
Student has insurance on the plane. I have CFI insurance. How cooked am I? What can I expect to happen legally after this?
Feel free to tell me where I went wrong to get myself in this situation but trust me, I’ve already told myself everything you might have to say. I’m just wondering what I can expect after this.
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Throwaway account. I am a CFI with a student who owns their own plane. They are pre-solo. We were practicing TOLs when they started to porpoise. We bounced once (who hasn’t) then a second time. I started to say “go around. Full power. Go around. Full power”. Then we bounced a third time and now I’m reaching for the controls. I’m getting boxed out from the throttle and we bounce a 4th time. Finally I manage to get to the throttle and we get off the ground.
However, the 4th bounce was harder and I thought we bottomed out the strut of the nose wheel. We continued to do several more laps on the pattern where I noticed our power settings needed to be about 100 rpm higher than normal. I wasn’t thinking prop strike at this point. On the ground and after shut down, I noticed a slight bend in the prop. Just the tip. After maybe 3 inches in the prop looks normal. I know a prop strike is a prop strike but I’m just saying this so it’s known how severe it was.
Obviously a new prop is needed as well a whole engine tear down and potential replacement.
Student has insurance on the plane. I have CFI insurance. How cooked am I? What can I expect to happen legally after this?
Feel free to tell me where I went wrong to get myself in this situation but trust me, I’ve already told myself everything you might have to say. I’m just wondering what I can expect after this.
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Moderator Applications Are Now Open
Do you want to help keep r/flying a nice place for pilots to discuss flying?
Do you prefer to sort r/flying by new instead of hot?
Do you find yourself checking r/flying when you should be working, driving, or paying attention to your family members?
Have you ever said, "Just a second, officer, I need to explain how a constant-speed prop works to this stranger on the Internet"?
Do you hate it when people post things that break the rules?
Do you enjoy nastygrams from people upset that their rule-breaking post or comment was removed?
If you said yes to these questions, being an r/flying moderator might just be for you!
We find ourselves short of mods, so we'd like to bring some new ones aboard to help spread the load. If you're interested, please send us a modmail with a quick note expressing your interest and anything you can think of that might make you a good candidate.
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Do you want to help keep r/flying a nice place for pilots to discuss flying?
Do you prefer to sort r/flying by new instead of hot?
Do you find yourself checking r/flying when you should be working, driving, or paying attention to your family members?
Have you ever said, "Just a second, officer, I need to explain how a constant-speed prop works to this stranger on the Internet"?
Do you hate it when people post things that break the rules?
Do you enjoy nastygrams from people upset that their rule-breaking post or comment was removed?
If you said yes to these questions, being an r/flying moderator might just be for you!
We find ourselves short of mods, so we'd like to bring some new ones aboard to help spread the load. If you're interested, please send us a modmail with a quick note expressing your interest and anything you can think of that might make you a good candidate.
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More furloughs at Spirit
Email just came out that another 365 will be furloughed first quarter of 2026 but that number could drop due to attrition. 170 more downgrades.
BWI and ORD maintenance bases to close.
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Email just came out that another 365 will be furloughed first quarter of 2026 but that number could drop due to attrition. 170 more downgrades.
BWI and ORD maintenance bases to close.
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Taxi quagmire: ASAP or Not?
New First Officer for a regional. Captain and I were taxiing in this morning at a major B airport. Ramp tells us that our gate isn’t open yet and to stay with ground. Ground instructs us to turn onto one taxiway and hold short of another, I read it back.
Evidently, my captain either did not understand due to all the chatter or wasn’t paying attention as he blew right past it. The whole time he was approaching I thought to myself, “SURELY he’ll stop.” I have to accept the blame, too. In hindsight, I should’ve spoken up or stomped the toe brakes. I’ll man up next time. But we end up cutting off a mainline 73 exiting a runway.
Ground controller, understandably frustrated, tells us to continue on the current taxiway and hold short of one further down. We oblige and wait on the gate to open. Eventually it does, I announce that we have a good gate and ground clears us in.
Throughout the whole debacle, no Brasher was given, thank God, as this is an airport notorious for giving them. But the captain I flew with didn’t seem to think this incident was ASAP worthy and neither did a commuting captain jumpseater we had later on.
Are they right? My honest fear is that the controller would tattle to the CPO independently. Or worse, the controller violates us without telling us. Both aforementioned captains seem to think that the last thing controllers coming to work for no pay want to do is fill out a bunch of paperwork when no major disruption was caused.
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New First Officer for a regional. Captain and I were taxiing in this morning at a major B airport. Ramp tells us that our gate isn’t open yet and to stay with ground. Ground instructs us to turn onto one taxiway and hold short of another, I read it back.
Evidently, my captain either did not understand due to all the chatter or wasn’t paying attention as he blew right past it. The whole time he was approaching I thought to myself, “SURELY he’ll stop.” I have to accept the blame, too. In hindsight, I should’ve spoken up or stomped the toe brakes. I’ll man up next time. But we end up cutting off a mainline 73 exiting a runway.
Ground controller, understandably frustrated, tells us to continue on the current taxiway and hold short of one further down. We oblige and wait on the gate to open. Eventually it does, I announce that we have a good gate and ground clears us in.
Throughout the whole debacle, no Brasher was given, thank God, as this is an airport notorious for giving them. But the captain I flew with didn’t seem to think this incident was ASAP worthy and neither did a commuting captain jumpseater we had later on.
Are they right? My honest fear is that the controller would tattle to the CPO independently. Or worse, the controller violates us without telling us. Both aforementioned captains seem to think that the last thing controllers coming to work for no pay want to do is fill out a bunch of paperwork when no major disruption was caused.
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Spirit Airlines projects profit return in 2027 after restructuring
https://www.reuters.com/business/spirit-airlines-aims-220-million-net-income-2027-turnaround-2025-10-14/
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Spirit Airlines aims for $220 million net income in 2027 turnaround
Spirit Airlines said on Tuesday it will fully implement its transformation plan by the end of 2027, when the bankrupt carrier expects to produce about $220 million in net income.