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    Am I being unreasonable?

    She's a princess, dont you know. Us mere mortals are in the presence of greatness.
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    Airlines Blame GA for Holiday Flight Delays

    During the past month with the terrible storms in the NE, several times the a/p on new transport keys couldn't handle the wx that was within a/c limits. These were faulty new a/c and the auto thrust, loc and g/s were unable to do their job. It took both of us to compete the landing. I don't see...
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    Long haul flying - what a PITA

    I tried East Coast to Western Europe for about a year and it wrecked me. Even though our longest was about 9 hours, I could never adjust to the constant red eye schedule.
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    Utah couple crashes while diverting from Shelter Cove

    This one hit a little too close to home; never flew with him but heard only nice things about him.
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    LDJones Gone West

    This is so sad to hear. We both had similar paths, making the transition from lawyer to airline pilot. It was fun swapping emails comparing our training and path to bigger metal. Rest easy Loren.
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    Jimmy Buffet Has Gone West

    His music always cheered me up, especially when my dad become sick. Dad passed last week and now Jimmy is gone. Thankfully his music lives on.
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    Commercial Flight Diversion - Loss of Navigational Capabilities?

    We are required by Op Specs to have HF and CPDLC; we can't go unless the latter is working upon departure. I've lost it a few times and had to revert to HF which is usually a result of lost signal.
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    That was close: DCA Runway Incursion 9/20

    LHR/LGW won't give you landing clearance until about 300' from landing; it's quite unnerving the first few times it happens. Would love to see a picture of it.
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    1 faa failure and two 121 failures, how to move forward

    Failing the LOE twice is a huge deal; once, is rare but it happens. People have an off day. But twice? Something major is going on behind the scenes. The LOE is typically the easier part of training; the MV is the difficult portion. That's assuming the OP is doing AQP training; if not, the few...
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    Who is in Charlotte, NC?

    a few of my old classmates are there doing upgrade as well as my old student doing initial. good luck. training has improved but qol is still the same. shoot me a message if you have questions.
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    IFR bust and frustration - advice needed

    One thing that really helped me in my primary training eons ago and each airline since is to chair fly. Chair fly the approach, holds etc until you can do it in your sleep.
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    So, student pilots.. Who are we and where do we stand?

    passed my bus type a little while ago; still getting used to the tray table.
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    hypothetical: 737 type rating just for fun?

    I can't imagine doing something like this for fun. You'd still have to do all the maneuvers to atp standards and that's challenging enough with a airline experience. I remember my v1 cuts were terrible at recurrent; can't see how op would do it without any prior training. The thought of a type...
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    What Value is a Flight Director

    I wouldn't want to fly w/o a FD if the AP is MEL'd; that would be exhausting. Just doing raw data in the sim once a year is enough for me.
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    Zero-Zero Below and Out of Options - IFR Past Minimums

    what does vnav have to do with anything? if you don't have it, you just use your brain and fly the arrival. basic stuff.
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    Zero-Zero Below and Out of Options - IFR Past Minimums

    secondary minimums obviously lol
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    Zero-Zero Below and Out of Options - IFR Past Minimums

    plus not worrying about icing conditions and missed approaches are no big deal.
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    What’s going on here? (JetBlue flight)

    What's the issue? I've flown pax 3.5 hours with one pack and it was not big deal. Instead of 36,000 we flew at 29,000. Nothing unpractical about it.
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    Arrival Plates purpose

    Arrivals simplify planning and flying; we can brief it and by doing so both pilots know what to expect and we can catch mistakes. Usually atc will just say “descent via...” arrival name and unless we are vectored, it’s simple. That’s for the airline world. Never did one in part 91 flying, but...
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