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re: Views from the flight deck - some cool pics
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:05 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:05 pm to 777Tiger
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and the rampers had a hell of a BBQ
I worked that ramp throwing bags all through college before I went to UPT. Those rednecks wouldn’t waste their time with that bit of meat. Guarantee they had a side of hog in an ice chest in the back of a shitty F-150
This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 10:07 pm
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Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:07 pm to HerkFlyer
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I worked that ramp throwing bags all through college before I went to UPT.
you were already home, or near it, the birthplace of Delta!
ETA: I remember when they used to fly 727s in there and have annual BoDs meetings there
This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:07 pm to Tuscaloosa
quote:I decided I'd pursue it after a conversation with my best buddy (check airman jet blue) and grabbed my first 12 hours SEL in his 170. I have had my glider ticket since 2003. off and on currency. I figured if I worked a regional for a bit the travel bennies would be the real benefit. The money would be gravy added on top of a nice retirement. All in ! why not ? I'll have about 12 years of 121 time left when I retire from #1.
You’re hitting it at a great time. By the time you’re qualified, every regional airline in the country will be paying $90K+ to start. Roughly double what it was this time last year and more than double what I started at. Crazy times.
This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:09 pm to 777Tiger
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you were already home, or near it, the birthplace of Delta!
Haha, you better believe I used the hometown baw line in my interview. Guess it worked.
I am a Delta history nerd though.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:12 pm to 777Tiger
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ETA: I remember when they used to fly 727s in there and have annual BoDs meetings there
Jerry Clower on this exact subject
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:12 pm to HerkFlyer
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I am a Delta history nerd though.
first plane I flew on was a Delta 727, I always wanted to go there, had an uncle that retired as an L-1011 CA, I interviewed with them after I'd been here for about a year and would have left if they'd have offered right then, by the time they did I had about 2500 below me and was in striking distance of making CA
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:16 pm to Tuscaloosa
Awesome.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:19 pm to slacker130
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After logging a 13.2 hr flight storm off the Pacific coast of Mexico, landing back where I parked that morning
Did that twice this past week flying Kay off the Baja peninsula. Both 12+ hour sorties and my personal records for sortie length in the 130. It sucks.
Side note, one of your guys was my sim partner at J-MATS last year. Initials RK. Great dude.
This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:20 pm to HerkFlyer
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It sucks.
you baws are doing this wrong
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:21 pm to 777Tiger
How so?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:23 pm to HerkFlyer
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How so?
crew rest quarters, crew bunks, lobster salads, filet mignon, sundaes, movies....
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:24 pm to HerkFlyer
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Did that twice this past week flying Kay off the Baja peninsula. Both 12+ hour sorties and my personal records for sortie length in the 130. It sucks.
Do 10+ in King Air without a bathroom 3-4 days a week and get back to me
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:24 pm to 777Tiger
Yes, we’re doing it wrong in that regard. It’s a government operation baw.
I brought a nice cold subway sandwich on both missions.
We can’t all be top 10% widebody Captains
This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:24 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Do 10+ in King Air without a bathroom 3-4 days a week
bitch get that app in, that sounds miserable!
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:27 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Do 10+ in King Air without a bathroom
Y’all fly with Benson tanks or something?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:29 pm to HerkFlyer
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we’re doing it wrong in that regard.
jk, my nephew is a Navy C-130 puke(with us now,) he started in P-3s and did some flight test, they put a refueling probe on a P-3 and almost caused a mass retirement, everyone was saying "we can already fly x hours to get on station, x hours over station, have enough to get back and still have too much gas, frick staying in the air any longer!"
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:33 pm to HerkFlyer
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We can’t all be top 10% widebody Captains
that's top 0.0004%, as of retirement date
This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 10:38 pm
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:42 pm to HerkFlyer
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Y’all fly with Benson tanks or something?
We have proprietary “Maximum Endurance” tanks. They’re a bit larger than the stock ER King Airs and we just hang on the blades a couple knots above stall speed all day.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:45 pm to CalCajun
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I figured if I worked a regional for a bit the travel bennies would be the real benefit.
They’re not great right now. Lots of oversold flights.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:45 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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we just hang on the blades a couple knots above stall speed all day.
that's like sitting behind a tanker crossing the pond with three gas bags being filled up, have to put one engine into burner to keep from departing the fix
what are you doing? reccy stuff? or will you have to kill me if you tell me?
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