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Hard to tell what happened from what you wrote. Only thing I can think of is they secured the bleed air on one engine for some type of failure. That would put them in a single pack operation. Single pack flight can have altitude restrictions. Often as low as 25,000 feet depending on the aircraft...

Flying can and will be a great career. There are many good jobs outside the major airlines and hiring is going to be substantial. Yes there has been a lot of hiring the last 10 years but many were older pilots who will retire in the next 20 years. The part I see overlooked again and again is...

The pilots wont be fired. They will get counseled and returned to the line.

It would need to be a clean sheet engine to get into higher HP. The reduction unit might be the biggest issue. I suspect they have something under development but it’s probably 10 years away.

They love military training and time. Get on with a regional and knock out another 1000 and you should be in good shape. Be aware however that at the majors they fully understand mil time. They might question 1000 hours without becoming a AC for example.

Mine does, I do however have a 3 blade composite prop. A big heavy metal prop will of course rotate longer. Most Rotax aircraft have very light props.

Rotax engines are shut down by killing the ignition systems like a car. Lycomings and Continentals are shutdown by cutting fuel flow. Ignition cutoff is instant. Fuel flow cutoff not so fast and many systems don’t kill the fuel flow completely with the mixture in idle cutoff as they age.

American runs a major operation out of Miami. It’s heavily ATC impacted. It’s good American blocks rooms. If you fly Breeze they might offer to let you sleep on the terminal floor.

Breeze hired so many FO’s with extremely limited experience that currently they are trying to hire direct entry Captains to staff aircraft deliveries. They have yet to have a profitable quarter and after proclaiming they were so well financed they would need zero future funding just borrowed a...

I would spend a bit of time reading up on the engine. It has lots of problems beyond the contaminated turbine section. Here are a few and on 22 Mar the FAA indicated it may require additional rotor replacement on many engines. Combustion chamber failures, 25% degradation in coastal...

. Yes, in 2027.

The problem will be back.

Delta pilots have not had pensions since 2005.

A good pilot uses all available information in the pattern. He scans outside, listens to the radio, makes proper radio calls and checks ADSB data. He also flies a proper pattern. The last is often the biggest mistake.

It has not been released at this point what happened. It’s possible it was the switch but even if the switch actuated the seat full forward it should not have caused a control displacement unless the pilot was in a odd position or obese.There are lots of other scenarios where the controls could...

The aircraft most likely to have a serious inflight issue is the Airbus A329/321 NEO. The engine and gear box assembly should probably be grounded. They have imposed massive inspection and overhual requirements but the problems are getting worse.

There is nothing out saying the rocker switch was defective. Boeing is doing its due diligence and simply advising everyone to check the switches. I suspect when the final report comes out the switch was just fine.

I don’t understand when or how patterns morphed into these huge things. CFI’s need to start teaching. Bigger is not better!

The auto pilot will remain engaged up to a certain control column force is applied. Once you exceed that value the auto pilot will disengage and the control column move instantly in response to the force.

In line with the post above make sure your fuel tanks are properly vented and the vent system has no clogs. I don’t think it’s ignition as that is usually a plug not firing and would not cause the engine to go to idle. It’s also instantly easy to diagnose that with a HDX. Go through the entire...