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Old 7th May 2018, 00:27
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Desdihold
 
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380 storage:
There is something about the 380 being parked for more than 3 days, after that the gear has to be swung before it flies again.
Not sure of the details but I recall an engineer saying something about that.

777 storage: It can be parked for a longer time, I cant recall the figure but it was certainly more than 30 days.

Cape air:
I flew on them as a pax two years ago out of Boston down to the cape in the back of a Cessna 402.
A Noreaster as the cal them was moving in and it was a very uncomfortable flight. . We also picked up a good chunk of ice, thankfully they keep their anti ice boots well maintained.
All of this is single pilot and these guys do it six legs a day. I take my hat off to them but I wouldn't take it as a retirement job (Don't expect to be flying out of the crbn).

Green card:
The name is thrown around so much and often misused here on pprune.
You can not get a green card through an airline, the green card has permanent resident written on it meaning that you can live and pay taxes in the US for the rest of your life.
Cape air is not a stepping stone for Delta........ wake up and smell the coffee.

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