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Let's hear it for the pilots!
Posted: 05-06-2009, 07:56 PM How about checkin' in with what you fly, when you fly it, if you're just a wanna be, or a flight simmer, is it a job/just for fun...
I'll start... Flight instructor at DWH in houston for about 2 months, expat from the holy land of training daytona beach where I taught for about 8 months. I've got about 650hrs (200 dual given) mostly 172sp/182t and duchess. a bunch of g1000 time. I did my commercial in a 172RG so i'm not an arrow guy but have recently flown one (ill stick with my RG hehe). Stuck in some 152s now at Hooks but every now and then i get the treat of being back in a SP, sometimes even G1000. Prices are a lot different here in texas and things run a little different too. I also get to fly a Pilatus every now and then to feed my thirst for the Flight Levels since missing out on Comair by 5 days. My wife did the airline thing at Comair for a year (also a pilot) and completely turned me off of them. I now have no aspiration to fly for an airline (maybe a major...MAYBE) but will continue to fly as an instructor and one day fly a nice little corp. gig after retiring from a nice ATC career (hopefully) |
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Re: Let's hear it for the pilots!
Posted: 05-06-2009, 07:58 PM Live about 1/2 mile north of DWH, like to fly piper cubs. How about giving me some free lessons?
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Re: Let's hear it for the pilots!
Posted: 05-06-2009, 08:00 PM Quote:
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Re: Let's hear it for the pilots!
Posted: 05-06-2009, 08:26 PM I have about 220hrs in a 150 and 20hrs in a 177RG (including two alternator failures in that a/c and a manual gear pump cause the battery didn't have enough juice to get them locked!). Instrument private rated and ran out of money before my comm checkride. Hopefully once I get things squared away I can finish that up. I fly cause it's what I love - and wanna keep it that way.
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Re: Let's hear it for the pilots!
Posted: 05-06-2009, 08:58 PM Quote:
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Re: Let's hear it for the pilots!
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Re: Let's hear it for the pilots!
Posted: 05-07-2009, 06:05 PM Looks, like I'm the baby pilot here with 86TT but its just got way to expensive and after the third rate increase at the school I was flying at, I just had to quit. PA28 for $110, then they said I couldn't use that for my instrument training so they took it off the list and made me fly a 172 at $135 and then it moved up to $150 and CFI was $30 then it moved to $45. When I ran out of money, I said $195/hour was WAY TOO MUCH; and after talking with a bunch of my friends who were flying regionals, I decied to try a new career path. Hopefully we'll hit the big bucks in ATC and then I can afford a plane and finish my rating that way!
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Re: Let's hear it for the pilots!
Posted: 05-07-2009, 06:20 PM 2000+hrs, 1300hrs on the SAAB 340 flying for Colgan Air out of PIT and now IAH. I got my private at DWH. Currently still a First Officer and have been for 2.5 years. I got sick of being paid peanuts for being called a professional, got sick of all of crew scheduling's mighty wisdom, so I looked online and happened to see pubnat 7! Cant wait! Ill never give up flying though. Its just too much fun!
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