MEINSHNAKE

Experienced pilots: what was the most expensive mistake you made early in your career?

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Not getting night time out of the way early by doing all of my time building at night, I have triple the number of total hours but it's almost all day flying. At this point it's preventing me getting my ATPL here in Canada, which doesn't effect my current position but could be a huge deal if I ever choose to leave. Only option would be to get a medevac job and work garbage hours for a few months away from family, or to take a huge paycut and work as a FO somewhere.

More Trailers, Less Pickups?

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More Trailers, Less Pickups?

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Tacoma / Colorado / Ranger / Ridgeline / Maverick. All options are more than enough for most truck owners. HOWEVER, an F150 crew cab is one of the most comfortable vehicles I've driven or ridden in.

C172S takeoff is so hard for me...

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It’s not popular advice, but it is effective with people who may or may not be over analyzing something like the use of rudder. “Less is sometimes more” Make sure your heels are on the ground and make smooth deliberate movements with your toes to keep your legs pointed straight ahead. Big movements, especially with your feet up on the pedals, will cause you to over correct with the rudder pedals and you will likely start oscillating back and forth.

To Pilots Who Worked in IT Before: Life as a Pilot vs Software Engineer, Long-Haul Flights and Mental Stimulation

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I didn’t work specifically in IT, but came from another industry where I was constantly solving mechanical issues. Aviation in general (not always, but most jobs), is long periods of status quo (aka not exciting) with brief periods of intense problem solving / technical flying or abnormal situations. I’ve gotten to a point in my career where I fly less but do the flights and type of flying that I want. Throughout my career, I couldn’t ever say I was “bored” or if I was there was always something that would put a bit of excitement back into it in short order.

Adding Flaps in Ground Effect?

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What intelligence level is needed to be a commercial pilot?

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Can you make a fuel stop on a commercial 250 XC?

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Ok, so based on memory, a 150m cruises around 100 kts, and has about 100hp, which means you need to go for 2.5 hours at 5 gph… you should be able to put at least 15 gallons in it, which will give you a 30 minute reserve. If you can get 20 in it you’re doing great.

My girlfriend can not drive with automatic transmission, please help me convince her she can?!

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Tell her she can emergency clutch all she wants, the break pedal doesn’t move over when there is no clutch, it’s still in the right spot for your right foot to use.

Celebrating a professional milestone.

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Take some paragliding lessons in the alps, not many rules around it as far as I know, just strap a bit wing on your back and give er shit.

Can I become a pilot with this criminal history

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Flight training

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It sucks, most people nowadays just get the loan and hope to get to a job where they can pay it back in a reasonable amount of time, which isn’t easy. I was super fortunate that my parents gave up a bunch when I was young to get my private license privately over the course of a couple years, then I worked and went to university, only returning to flying when that was all done and paid off. At that point I paid cash for my commercial, multi, ifr and instructor rating. Took about 5 years to be making enough that I would have been able to start making a dent in any student loans had I needed to take them out.

Married to an aspiring, second career pilot - need a gut check

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First of all, Didn’t read the whole thing, don’t have all night. From a financial standpoint, it’s going to suck at first, it will get better but you won’t really make up for lost earnings until much later in his pilot career. From a work life balance, it’s going to suck at first, it will get better, unfortunately he’s going to miss stuff. I’d get to the point of being hireable while still working your day job, it sucks, but it’s doable. Lastly, He will regret it if he doesn’t give it a try.

Just bought audi from dealer, insurance informed me car previously had $20k damage payout. Can audi dealership pass off $20k damage as "minor" on carfax?

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20k could be a light and a bumper on an Audi from a parking garage accident, may not be anything major… the repair shop finds  some other “damage” that has been done, ding here, dent there, scratch there, bada bing bada boom, huge payout for the shop and the customer only pays their deductible. There’s a reason insurance is so expensive.

Looking at a used toyota avalon. I asked for the Vin but he said he won't send it over text, but I can check it in person. Is this fishy or not?

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How concerning is this aviation experts?

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How concerning is this aviation experts?

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Arguably if it hit the horizontal stab they could be in for some trouble. Like uncontrollable trouble. But I’m pretty sure the stab could take on the fiberglass canoe and win.

Longest you’d fly in a day?

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Does PPF really self-heal scratches, and how does it actually work?

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ATP forward slips

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A CL-415 Super Scooper gathering water to extinguish a fire in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The lift-off looks very close — right at the edge of the lake.

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What is the reason for a hexagonal landing strip? (US Navy WWII era)

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You’re giving a bunch of low time pilots pretty expensive equipment and telling them to figure it out. Crosswind landings can come later.

My experience working at Signature Aviation and why it Sucks

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I would be a bit miffed if one of my employees asked that question on the clock as well, it’s unprofessional especially in what is likely your probation period. That being said, there are ways to ask that question without asking it: “what kind of hours does your company require for an entry level position?” Is one of them.

Cat at 'high' altitude?

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This is all pretty ridiculous, then stay below 12 and the cat will be fine. It sounds like there’s no operational reason for you to go higher than that anyhow.

Twin turboprop job Miami area

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Highly suggest you look into the reason there is a flood of 690's on the market driving the prices down. The payload on the aircraft is really not great when you take into account fuel and CofG, it's louder in the back than a 90, parts are twice as hard to find and twice as expensive than the 90 and the aircraft systems can be overly complex. Also, the entire fleet has problems with the tails which are incredibly difficult and costly to inspect and repair. We use it for our operations because it is high wing, great visibility and flies really nicely down low and slow. We are single pilot with an observer, sometimes two. When we have a second observer W&B becomes a challenge. However, I will give you that the seat layout is very nice if you get a chance to ride in the back. oh, I forgot, the 690 A and B's don't pressurize worth a shit because commander figured it would a good idea to pressurize to the floor on anything prior to the D models.

Twin turboprop job Miami area

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Highly suggest a king air over the commander for this mission, easier single pilot IFR plane and parts availability is much greater (albeit still difficult these days). Source: I fly both. I’d be in it for 200+ USD, unfortunately when you want to take your trips is generally the same time I’d want to spend with family, so you’d have to make it worth my time.

When does proximity between two aircraft become a problem?

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When does proximity between two aircraft become a problem?

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Shouldn’t be putting yourself in that position. You were probably warned about helicopter traffic if in controlled airspace and should have confirmed their position if you didn’t have them visual. But half a mile in a controlled airspace VFR isn’t abnormal.

For those who did not start in aviation and now flys full-time, what’s your story?

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For those who did not start in aviation and now flys full-time, what’s your story?

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MEINSHNAKE@reddit

Got my ppl at 17, didn’t fly for 10 years, university, opened a business, started flying again, covid hit, finished cpl, multi, ifr, flight instructor. Now I’m a chief pilot, flying fun planes on fun missions and I don’t have to shave or put on a white shirt. Hell, I wear shorts all summer.

How would you answer this interview question?

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It’s against sop’s but at least in Canada not technically illegal. Not really a safety of flight issue, continue with takeoff and discuss in the air.

Why are we taught that center of gravity is always head of the center of lift in traditional airplanes?

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Why are we taught that center of gravity is always head of the center of lift in traditional airplanes?

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Why are we taught that center of gravity is always head of the center of lift in traditional airplanes?

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Why are we taught that center of gravity is always head of the center of lift in traditional airplanes?

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Why are we taught that center of gravity is always head of the center of lift in traditional airplanes?

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Why are we taught that center of gravity is always head of the center of lift in traditional airplanes?

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I’m not making any assumptions, it’s math. Because the elevator moves we can adjust the “lift” the tail produces forward and aft, even in front of the centre of lift of the wing in some cases! We run into problems when the C of G pushes the limits of the amount of effect the tail of a given airframe can have. Ever wonder why the elevator trim changes depending on the C of G? We simplify stuff as teachers because it’s easier than teaching stuff that should be taught at the high school level.

Why are we taught that center of gravity is always head of the center of lift in traditional airplanes?

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Sounds like you had a poor teacher. Centre of lift of an airfoil is somewhere around 25% MAC, but the Centre of lift of the airplane is a resultant force of the positive lift vector of the wing and the negative lift vector of the tail. This is how aircraft are kept stable.

Cat 1 medical vision?

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I had a similar thing happen to me, it was a lot easier to get glasses than get transport to change anything. I went to the university of Waterloo optometry department for a note, sent it in and basically was told since it’s on my medical they couldn’t change it.

Wondering what yellow rod?s

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You kid but the best “pogos” are exactly that, they have a second stick inside with a spring so they aren’t just floating around in the air.

The left engine of a Delta A330 explodes during takeoff at Sao Paulo Airport

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All the answers about overweight landings, in an emergency (even not so emergency emergencies) you can land overweight, usually won’t cause damage if you don’t slam it in. It just means an inspection, which is easier for the company to swallow than their pilots flying around with a burning engine and potentially killing passengers.

First hour under the hood, not loving IFR

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Not understanding FAA PAR test question

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Draw the box out for yourself on a piece of paper and draw the aircraft on each leg and how they would be crabbed to fly a straight course accounting for the wind. The answer will make sense once you see it visually.

Drunk driving

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Don't know what's dumber, drinking and driving or putting it on the internet under an account that can be traced back to you. Whether or not you think it could be, it can. You had 3 drinks in 4 hours, you probably weren't even at the legal limit.

Why are new Corolla and Civic not really “affordable” anymore?

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Oh absolutely, your 100% correct there. I just think luxury cars in general should be leased, reality is, if you buy it, you’re going to want to sell it in a couple years, which is a hassle. If you’ve got the money you won’t want to deal with that, and don’t care about losing a bit of money to depreciation. I’m not talking about “performance cars” that might also be brought to the track etc. or enthusiast cars, just needlessly fancy ones.

Why are new Corolla and Civic not really “affordable” anymore?

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IR Hold Entry Question

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IR Hold Entry Question

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Entry procedures are all suggestions, as long as you can explain why you did a certain entry then they can’t fail you, whether or not they agree.

IR Hold Entry Question

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Depends how fast you’re going, try and make it a 1.5 - 2 mile offset to your inbound track, at 160 kts 1.8 miles seems to work. Most GPS will show this, when to start that turn is gained from experience.

Captains and the heading bug

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