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Hello all. I am currently looking for a next step in the aviation ladder. I am currently in Africa with about 1800 hours single engine piston, desperate for some twin time. Does anyone have any advice for me as to where I could go next?
Come on fellas, we are not all wankers.
If you have the right to live and work in Australia try applying for Hardy Aviation in Darwin.
You'll be on a Baron/402 within 6 months and a Conquest/Metro Captain within 2-3 years from starting.
If you have the right to live and work in Australia try applying for Hardy Aviation in Darwin.
You'll be on a Baron/402 within 6 months and a Conquest/Metro Captain within 2-3 years from starting.
Originally Posted by Roxy
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You'll be on a Baron/402 within 6 months and a Conquest/Metro Captain within 2-3 years from starting.
Conquest single pilot?
You'll be on a Baron/402 within 6 months and a Conquest/Metro Captain within 2-3 years from starting.
Conquest single pilot?
If your response was in regards to Conquest Captain then yes Conquest Captain. You don't have to have an FO next to you to be a Captain. In fact I'm sure you've even almost got 70 hours of time as a Captain now too Roxy.....
Roxy,
No, not a slow news day, just sick of your stupid questions.
GA,
He? Who? Roxy? Well I don't think the owner of the Avatar is a 'he'
Cessna 441 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cessna 425 Corsair & Conquest I - Specifications - Technical Data / Description (english)
Cessna 441 Conquest II - Specifications - Technical Data / Description (english)
30 seconds on google.
j3
No, not a slow news day, just sick of your stupid questions.
GA,
He? Who? Roxy? Well I don't think the owner of the Avatar is a 'he'
Cessna 441 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cessna 425 Corsair & Conquest I - Specifications - Technical Data / Description (english)
Cessna 441 Conquest II - Specifications - Technical Data / Description (english)
30 seconds on google.
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Simple. Stay well away from Australia. Pick up some twin time in Africa... go to Europe... marry a Euro if you don't already have a passport. Sit back and wait six months or so (let your new missus earn the rent).
By that point, hiring should be well under way in the regionals. Go fly a turboprop for a couple of years, get your command, move on to something French or American with big turbofans bolted under the wings. Maybe something South American if you really must.
Enjoy.
Some of you need to get over yourselves. If you are by yourself, you are just the pilot. If you have a crew to command, THEN you are the Captain...
So is an instructor in his or her 152 a "Captain"?
Some of you guys crack me up...
By that point, hiring should be well under way in the regionals. Go fly a turboprop for a couple of years, get your command, move on to something French or American with big turbofans bolted under the wings. Maybe something South American if you really must.
Enjoy.
You don't have to have an FO next to you to be a Captain.
So is an instructor in his or her 152 a "Captain"?
Some of you guys crack me up...
Some of you need to get over yourselves. If you are by yourself, you are just the pilot. If you have a crew to command, THEN you are the Captain...
So is an instructor in his or her 152 a "Captain"?
So is an instructor in his or her 152 a "Captain"?
Sometimes I agree with you remoak, other times I would suggest to take a look in the mirror and have a good laugh
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Originally Posted by The Green Goblin
... other times I would suggest to take a look in the mirror and have a good laugh
Originally Posted by The Green Goblin
...for all intensive purposes...
Can't help but think the Rt. Hon. R.J. Muldoon had it right -when you are certain you know what the context of the comment was.
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And you think I need to look in a mirror and have a good laugh... geez I'm not the one trying to make out that every lighty driver is a "Captain"...
A Captain has a crew. A single pilot doesn't. A single pilot logs command time as "pilot in command", which is what he or she is. A pilot.
Just to help you out with your comprehension problems, let's look at the definition of "Captain":
"Captain. One who commands, leads, or guides others, especially:a. The officer in command of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft.
b. A precinct commander in a police or fire department, usually ranking above a lieutenant and below a chief.
c. The designated leader of a team or crew in sports."
Without "others" to command, you can't be a Captain. Terribly sorry.
You can still wear your four bars though, if it makes you feel better...
You owe me a keyboard, I just snorted my coffee all over mine when I saw that one!
Sober
Yes Rob did indeed have it right!
And you think I need to look in a mirror and have a good laugh... geez I'm not the one trying to make out that every lighty driver is a "Captain"...
Command time = Captain. Simple.
Just to help you out with your comprehension problems, let's look at the definition of "Captain":
"Captain. One who commands, leads, or guides others, especially:a. The officer in command of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft.
b. A precinct commander in a police or fire department, usually ranking above a lieutenant and below a chief.
c. The designated leader of a team or crew in sports."
Without "others" to command, you can't be a Captain. Terribly sorry.
You can still wear your four bars though, if it makes you feel better...
for all intensive purposes.
Sober
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Like a loadmaster or maybe a shooter on deer recovery? Then he or she is a Captain. The definition is pretty clear. Doesn't apply to pax of course, or students.
The only people who want to call themselves Captain of a single pilot (and otherwise crew-less) aircraft are those with giant egos (the ones writing cheques their bodies can't cash)... the same sort of people who wear their uniforms to the mall...
The only people who want to call themselves Captain of a single pilot (and otherwise crew-less) aircraft are those with giant egos (the ones writing cheques their bodies can't cash)... the same sort of people who wear their uniforms to the mall...
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Originally Posted by The Green Goblin
... other times I would suggest to take a look in the mirror and have a good laugh
...and that would be the pot calling the kettle black... and for all intents and purposes-
Originally Posted by The Green Goblin
... other times I would suggest to take a look in the mirror and have a good laugh
...and that would be the pot calling the kettle black... and for all intents and purposes-
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Command time = Captain. Simple.
A Captain has a crew. A single pilot doesn't. A single pilot logs command time as "pilot in command", which is what he or she is. A pilot.
Just to help you out with your comprehension problems, let's look at the definition of "Captain":
"Captain. One who commands, leads, or guides others, especially:a. The officer in command of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft.
b. A precinct commander in a police or fire department, usually ranking above a lieutenant and below a chief.
c. The designated leader of a team or crew in sports."
Without "others" to command, you can't be a Captain. Terribly sorry.
You can still wear your four bars though, if it makes you feel better...
Command time = Captain. Simple.
A Captain has a crew. A single pilot doesn't. A single pilot logs command time as "pilot in command", which is what he or she is. A pilot.
Just to help you out with your comprehension problems, let's look at the definition of "Captain":
"Captain. One who commands, leads, or guides others, especially:a. The officer in command of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft.
b. A precinct commander in a police or fire department, usually ranking above a lieutenant and below a chief.
c. The designated leader of a team or crew in sports."
Without "others" to command, you can't be a Captain. Terribly sorry.
You can still wear your four bars though, if it makes you feel better...
Oh and every Cessna trim sheet must also be wrong when they require a Captains signature down the bottom (even a C150 from memory)and if you get a call from a plan submitted via NAIPS, they will also call you Captain (even when it was in a 210 etc) when calling to confirm the details.
Anyway we will agree to disagree. Whilst I would not expect to be called Captain while flying a single Pilot aeroplane, or to wear 4 bars, as I said earlier, for all intensive
purposes you are still a Captain (and in command) of an aeroplane.
So is an instructor in his or her 152 a "Captain"?
Some of you guys crack me up...
Some of you guys crack me up...
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