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Got back home with my fresh type rating and the company drops a bombshell on me: I'm moving into the Hawker 800XP, by far the company's most valuable ($15mil) and modern aircraft in the entire fleet. Of course, I did all my training in the 700, a much simpler airplane avionics-wise. And all...

I feel like I live here. Honestly. I know all of the front desk folks here at the Amerisuites by their first names. I know most of the shuttle drivers. I know each and every convenience store within walking distance, and I know the Grapevine Mall pretty darn well, too. (I also know to...

Not terribly surprising, but another massive "academy" style operation in Central Florida has closed. Today, Tab Express in DeLand locked its doors to prevent pre-paid customers from entering the premises. This is eerily similar to ATA's (Airline Training Academy) closure more than two years...

Just one more day of ground, then it's into the sim. Most of that stuff you hear about "drinking through a firehose" is right on the money. There's a ton of stuff to assimilate about a turbojet airplane in 7 days. Luckily, I had access to most of the Simuflite training materials before I...

Hello everyone, Looks like most of the old AOPA gang is here. Nice site ya'll have going here - WTG Ken, Diana, et. al. What's going on with you folks? My time for message boards has been dramatically reduced, unfortunately. My company has kept me very, very busy. Tomorrow I leave for...