CaptainMorgan

So a couple years off, but is their any downside to front loading TSP so as to max it out prior to a mid-year retirement? Would it limit the amount you can put in a 401k in the same tax year with the new employer? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

For FAA purposes when getting your R-ATP, SIC in a heavy counts as PIC. Don’t list this time as PIC on an airline app unless the airline specifically allows it. As far as I know everyone, including regionals, only counts time as PIC if you signed for the jet or are logging Instructor or Evaluator hours. That said, you don’t need any PIC time to get picked up at most regionals, just an R-ATP. Some of the Legacies have even dropped the PIC requirement and made it “preferred.” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

PIC time: If you go heavies, it’ll be zero. Figure on spending a minimum of two years before upgrading to AC. Fighters will be PIC, but I can’t speak to how quickly you can build hours. Flying job opportunities: nothing that pays very well until you can get your R-ATP. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Better than sending 11Ms to work 11F staff jobs. At least 18X should know a little something about ACC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Or they could go work on the staff at ACC, freeing up experienced pilots to go back to their aircraft! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sua Sponte appreciates your attitude. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Twice passed over might be a thing of the past as they transition to the 5-look system. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s bad enough when we have pilot GOs running things. Imagine if Navs ever took charge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

GTI and performance car are only something a Nav would confuse. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

She should be holding her parents accountable, and, assuming she had one, her psychiatrist. I’d say both of those parties are far more culpable than the guy holding the scalpel. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Does the 46 have a tiller on the right side? If so, you could theoretically fly from the right. If not, shorter pilots might be challenged to reach the gear from the left. EPs are another concern. I imagine there are some (runaway trim perhaps?) where the EP would be substantially compounded without a 2nd pilot in the seat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wouldn’t mind seeing a Crenshaw vs AOC duel. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What’s the recruitment quota for Vampires? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wrong on both counts, but better luck next time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are you f*clking stupid? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The problem is AETC is advocating for it as a replacement. Sim/VR only T-1 is supposed to start in January at Vance, with the other bases to follow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

VR is not the answer, yet. They are nowhere near being able to replicate the real life aspects of radio chatter, ATC buffoonery, and realistic weather. It’s cool, and may give some added value, but it is not a replacement for the plane or even a sim. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We stupidly got ourselves into a situation where Taiwan has the lion’s share of semiconductor manufacturing. Allowing China to control that monopoly would be a disaster. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No thanks. I’d rather a clean slate than an 18X (I am a pilot!) any day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you were to PA someone in UPT, it screws the MASS. You would have to assign fake grades to the stud who PA’d, or disregard those rides for everyone else. PA doesn’t matter in later courses, because there is no merit-based competition that affects assignments. As for the Sq/CC, you showed bad judgement sending him ahead. You would look like a f*cking idiot if you PA someone and they falter afterwards. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Simple answer: the syllabi don’t allow it. Actual rationale: there’s no way to tell if somebody is that good, has temporary golden hands, or happened to get a streak of Santa Clauses that permitted a PA situation. What happens if you PA someone, but then they hook end-of-block and go to an 88 or 89, then a CR? I wouldn’t want to be the Sq/CC who authorized a PA in that situation. Also, it would completely screw with the MASS. Is the guy who PA’d rides better than the guy who got all Es on their end-of-block rides? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

CSO and MQ-9. You’re clearly the SME on training pilots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is that a serious question? No, you can’t. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Aren’t you a Nav? I’m sure your expertise qualifies you to concoct an 18X-11X syllabus. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Seeing as Vance is done flying the Legacy jets, and they’re done AMPing them, I doubt you’ll see that happen. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk