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Topic "Airline pilot" was discussed 2,635 times on 674 sites in last 3 months
Started 2 weeks, 2 days ago (2009-10-23 16:58:00)
by Cole H
First off I want to stress that I am not at all interested in joining any form of military service. AT ALL. Okay, so here's my plan: Right now, I am a sophomore in high school. So: Finish high school and attend an aeronautical school of some sort or get at least a bachelors. After graduating, move to where the airlines headquarters are (Southwest, Alaska, or Delta are the ones in which...
Started 2 weeks, 3 days ago (2009-10-23 00:00:00)
by Liz&Finn+Teague
1. Don't crash. 2. Don't sleep on the job? Â Not one but TWO northwest airline pilots may have fallen asleep at the wheel in a flight tonight and blew past their destination by more than 15o miles. They were out of contact with air traffic control for over an hour. Of course, they say they were having a really interesting conversation and didn't fall asleep. Â http://www.time.com/...
Started 3 weeks ago (2009-10-18 08:55:00)
by Oscarrr
From what I’ve been hearing, there is going to be ahortage of pilots soon. I think I know why, this job sucks! Horrible initial pay and long hours. I considered this as a career. I don’t know if it is worth the $50k worth of training to even touch the requirements to be a pilot. I must say though, that I like aviation in general. I will still get my PPL as a hobby!
Started 4 days, 7 hours ago (2009-11-04 21:41:00)
by Banditopilot
Do they know how to iron shirts? The FO had an ipod and walked on the airplane. Had a backpack. The Cap put a baseball cap on. Don't see that on majors. Flight was nice though..lol
Started 3 days, 13 hours ago (2009-11-05 16:12:00)
by Colnago
Quote: Originally Posted by thevagabond Pilots seem so insecure. I've never heard of another group of like employees who throw the word "professional" around so much when describing themselves. Also, why are so many pilots so embarrassingly bad at grammar and spelling? How can anyone expect a person to take pride in maintaining ...
Started 5 days, 9 hours ago (2009-11-03 19:20:00)
by NaviNut
I am new here, and would like to be a pilot, but why are there so many people saying "Don't be a airline pilot!" "Don't be a fractional pilot!" "Don't be a pilot, the industry is in the trash!" "Don't be a pilot, it too time consuming, expensive and ruins your family life!" I am serious, more than half the people on this forum are against flying and discourage people to become what they ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-10-31 21:36:00)
by USA320Pilot
H.R. 3371: Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009 deals with pilot hiring, training, and crew rest requirements. This bill was passed by the House on October 14, 2009 by a 409 to 11 margin and has been forwarded to the Senate. If enacted the bill would add tough new certification requirements for entry-level commercial pilots, require additional emergency training, ...
Started 3 days, 17 hours ago (2009-11-05 12:16:00)
by FDXLAG
Quote: Originally Posted by Busboy It's not similar to 4A2b...It's because of 4A2b! Sec. 25.M.3.v. is in the contract to specifically allow the company to use R24s to cover for a shortage of non R24s. There is no language that restricts it's use to non 4A2b scenarios. Should there be? In hindsight, yes! I guess we ...
Started 3 days, 13 hours ago (2009-11-05 15:53:00)
by LastTraintoMEM
Quote: Originally Posted by ToiletDuck Maybe you need to read about something called "The Great Depression". I don't see any huge tent city yet. Maybe you should read this: Tent cities rise across the country - Life- msnbc.com
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-01 13:45:00)
by deltabound
Quote: Originally Posted by Lowlevel At the level of airline pilot, it's for a paycheck, not for fun. Sure, we all got into flying for the love of it, and because it is "fun", but once you are working for an airline you'll see that your thoughts turn to: I can't wait for this 15 hour day to end. I can't wait to get to the hotel for my ...
Started 5 days, 22 hours ago (2009-11-03 07:12:00)
by MEMA300
I got to RLG with my flying the last two months. The part of the contract that allows a trip with greater than 50 hour TAFB to be assigned out of leveling order needs to be changed. I bet more than 50 percent of our flying consists of trips that are greater than 50 TAFB.
