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Search: Posts Made By: Jetwhine
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Forum: Private Flying
19th May 2020, 23:28
Replies: 24
Views: 5,107
Posted By Jetwhine

Flown a Taildragger

I'm curious ... For those of you who took the time to check out in a taildragger, do you think learning to handle one of these tricky little devils has made you a better pilot? Tell me why....
Forum: North America
6th Sep 2019, 17:55
Replies: 5
Views: 1,220
Posted By Jetwhine

Still sounds odd to me. They're saying it's not a...

Still sounds odd to me. They're saying it's not a charter and that the passenger that rents the airplane has operational control of the flight, not the pilot. Can't imagine how a passenger would...
Forum: North America
6th Sep 2019, 17:11
Replies: 5
Views: 1,220
Posted By Jetwhine

That's what I'm trying to figure out. These seem...

That's what I'm trying to figure out. These seem to me like they would be charters, but I guess not.
Forum: North America
6th Sep 2019, 14:16
Replies: 5
Views: 1,220
Posted By Jetwhine

Blackbird Air Ride Sharing

Anyone in the U.S. have any experience with Blackbird Air out of California. They claim to bring passengers, GA pilot and airplanes together to create inexpensive ride-sharing services on the...
Forum: Middle East
30th Aug 2013, 17:02
Replies: 12
Views: 6,070
Posted By Jetwhine

Turkish Pilots

I'm curious then ... does your airline address this kind of thing in its ops manual at all or do they just tell you to be careful when you head to the middle east?
Forum: Middle East
29th Aug 2013, 15:49
Replies: 12
Views: 6,070
Posted By Jetwhine

Turkish pilots

I too am a bit amazed at how little anyone seems to care about these two guys. I've written a few stories about it with little to no response at all. They only update I was able to grab from the...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Sep 2010, 13:41
Replies: 2
Views: 887
Posted By Jetwhine

Ahhhhhhh!

:ugh::ugh::ugh:
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Sep 2010, 01:00
Replies: 2
Views: 887
Posted By Jetwhine

The Cessna AC-162 Spy Catcher

Anyone heard anything about this new piece of military hardware the Cessna folks displayed on the ramp in Wichita (http://www.jetwhine.com/2010/09/cessnas-new-fighting-machine/) the other day? Heard...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Oct 2009, 03:25
Replies: 701
Views: 209,722
Posted By Jetwhine

The Top 10 Reasons Why Those Pilots Missed MSP

Here are the Top 10 Reasons why the NWA crew might have missed dozens of radios calls and SELCAL alerts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELCAL). Number 10: They were texting
Number 9: It had...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
8th May 2009, 05:57
Replies: 18
Views: 32,747
Posted By Jetwhine

Hawker

I read what Blender posted, but where did that story come from with these details? The NTSB report says nothing.
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
31st Jan 2009, 22:08
Replies: 46
Views: 8,964
Posted By Jetwhine

Biz Av

So you don't think the people in back feel like they're paying for it directly and hence their behavior? That's actually a pretty damned interesting thought.
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jan 2009, 22:03
Replies: 100
Views: 32,876
Posted By Jetwhine

Crew interactions

I think Greybeard has it nailed. My guess is the crew did not get along very well long before this incident.
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
31st Jan 2009, 21:46
Replies: 46
Views: 8,964
Posted By Jetwhine

Business Aviation: We have seen the enemy and it is us

Remember when Pogo said this?

After the craziness we all experienced here in the states last week with companies like CitiGroup suddenly distancing itself from its business airplanes, I think...
Forum: ATC Issues
13th Jul 2008, 00:10
Replies: 11
Views: 1,735
Posted By Jetwhine

TCAS

One other point on Radar's link to the F-16 pilot's statement. It said the F-16 approached the aircraft to identify and educate the pilot about the hazards of flying in an MOA.

This joint-use...
Forum: ATC Issues
13th Jul 2008, 00:04
Replies: 11
Views: 1,735
Posted By Jetwhine

TCAS

I think I agree with Fox.

The point of TCAS is actually to eliminate the need for the pilot to think, as crazy as that sounds. With some of the closure rates involved, waiting to figure it all...
Forum: ATC Issues
12th Jul 2008, 22:30
Replies: 11
Views: 1,735
Posted By Jetwhine

TCAS

If you see the traffic that's causing the alert, sure. You can't do that where you're from.
Forum: ATC Issues
12th Jul 2008, 20:31
Replies: 11
Views: 1,735
Posted By Jetwhine

MOAs

Thanks for the update. I didn't see that release.

You make a very interesting point come to think of it though, because the pilot did say he saw the F-16 which would have negated the need to obey...
Forum: ATC Issues
12th Jul 2008, 18:08
Replies: 11
Views: 1,735
Posted By Jetwhine

U.S. Military Operations Areas

Not sure if any of you saw the AOPA video of an F-16 driver (http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/close-call-in-abq-center-airspace-raises-questions/) that made a rocket run on a civilian Beech Premier in...
Forum: Questions
26th Mar 2008, 01:49
Replies: 17
Views: 5,952
Posted By Jetwhine

Airline Pilot Career Jump

I got the impression that the pilot who posted to the blog that got me thinking about this was thinking very much like you folks.

I didn't get the impression he really wants to leave. I think...
Forum: Questions
25th Mar 2008, 23:41
Replies: 17
Views: 5,952
Posted By Jetwhine

Airline Pilots Jumping Ship in Mid Career?

I saw something come in today from a U.S. airline pilot at one of the top three legacy airlines. He's about ready to head to greener pastures at another airline and he's in the right seat of a 777.
...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
5th Feb 2008, 00:22
Replies: 1
Views: 585
Posted By Jetwhine

Two organizations

I'd say the effects depend a great deal on who is conducting your interviews.

If the pilot conducting the interview won all their ratings at the school you left, think about how you'd answer the...
Forum: Middle East
3rd Feb 2008, 01:04
Replies: 8
Views: 1,273
Posted By Jetwhine

Training Pilot

Just ignore these smart alecks ... we're all the same around the globe.

Here in the states, we are having troubles finding pilots. The stories are well known about the regional airlines being so...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
29th Jan 2008, 04:14
Replies: 2
Views: 1,035
Posted By Jetwhine

Ferrying Airplanes

I wrote a piece today about a guy from Brisbane who is flying the first Cessna 400 to Australia from the west coast of California. Forty flying hours, 6,500 nm solo over the Pacific.

Great guy to...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
26th Jan 2008, 18:10
Replies: 69
Views: 11,333
Posted By Jetwhine

Ryanair

Rat5 is right on the money.

No one else can do the work. Some of us can help you plan the tactics, but someone in the pilot group needs the testosterone organs to get it going.

Maybe a better...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
26th Jan 2008, 16:59
Replies: 69
Views: 11,333
Posted By Jetwhine

Ryanair

In answer to what can be done, the answer is simple. Anything ... that is safe of course. Right now, you can easily see that if you are a Ryanair pilot, the efforts you're making aren't working.
...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
24th Jan 2008, 22:33
Replies: 69
Views: 11,333
Posted By Jetwhine

Ryanair

Probably sounds silly, but has it occured to anyone that the reason the Ryanair folks are not unionized is that they are perfectly happy with the way they are being treated?

Maybe it's just me,...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
20th Jan 2008, 16:55
Replies: 69
Views: 11,333
Posted By Jetwhine

Ryanair

OK, paying for their own type to get hired is not new. Southwest has been doing that for 30 years and they have no end of great candidates ready to work for a great airline.

But anyone with a PPL...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
20th Jan 2008, 16:10
Replies: 69
Views: 11,333
Posted By Jetwhine

Ryanair

badboy raggamuffin makes a very important point, as does mumbo jumbo.

The real problem with the Ryanair pilots is that they are affecting the rest of the industry. I won't say they don't care,...
Forum: ATC Issues
15th Jan 2008, 16:00
Replies: 27
Views: 3,629
Posted By Jetwhine

Europe ATC

What is DFS?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Jan 2008, 01:27
Replies: 69
Views: 11,333
Posted By Jetwhine

Ryanair

I did indeed mean Ryanair the Irish carrier. But it's the BALPA that is reportedly helping them organize. My mistake.

Jetwhine
Forum: ATC Issues
13th Jan 2008, 20:27
Replies: 27
Views: 3,629
Posted By Jetwhine

ATC shortages

I started this thread and honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing what the jousting is about. Part of the reason we're in the mess we are - as Ferris pointed out - is that we won't all stand together....
Forum: ATC Issues
13th Jan 2008, 16:29
Replies: 38
Views: 6,527
Posted By Jetwhine

ATC

No doubt complexity is the story here. But then most of us who have been in that situation know that.

Watching a trainee roll heavy numbers of airplanes in would always tell me they were getting...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Jan 2008, 17:47
Replies: 69
Views: 11,333
Posted By Jetwhine

Ryanair

I didn't word that very well, did I?

I meant that the pilots and the union seem to be talking. If ever there was company management that will fight unionization to the death, I'm sure Ryanair...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Jan 2008, 17:30
Replies: 69
Views: 11,333
Posted By Jetwhine

Ryanair Unionization

Now that ALPA is reportedly ready to help Ryanair form a union, I'm curious if anyone has seen anything up here on PPRUNE? I don't see anyone talking about it yet.

Jetwhine
Forum: ATC Issues
12th Jan 2008, 17:16
Replies: 38
Views: 6,527
Posted By Jetwhine

Wink Who Cares?

Other than fanning ourselves about who can handle more, I never thought a whole bunch about how many airplanes it took to be busy when I was a controller.

I actually only knew I was busy when the...
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