Flying Words of Wisdom
#11
A T-37 DO once told me that SUPT is a million dollar program shoved up your @ss a quarter at a time. After about twenty bucks it tends to hurt a little.
Best advice I can give is be humble and never give up, with that mentality he'll do fine.
Best advice I can give is be humble and never give up, with that mentality he'll do fine.
Last edited by MikeF16; 07-25-2014 at 04:11 PM.
#14
This little gem has always stuck in my head: If you want to get on the correct taxiway, go around the sign. If you can't go around the sign, chances are the next turn is the runway.
2. The 2 most important things on any flight are the next 2 things.
3. The 2 rules to always remember are: flying needs to be safe, and flying needs to be fun. Rule #3 is to remember rules 1 and 2.
4. This is a fickle industry. Your FO at this airline today could be giving you IOE at your next one in a year. Treat him accordingly.
5. If ever in doubt...ask.
2. The 2 most important things on any flight are the next 2 things.
3. The 2 rules to always remember are: flying needs to be safe, and flying needs to be fun. Rule #3 is to remember rules 1 and 2.
4. This is a fickle industry. Your FO at this airline today could be giving you IOE at your next one in a year. Treat him accordingly.
5. If ever in doubt...ask.
#16
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Learn your limits. If you can do two things at once, that's fine. If you can do three, that's fine too. So if you're doing your limit and another directive is heaped on you, you need to recognize that as a warning sign, and resolve it. Or as that famous Air Mexico pilot once said when he was asked to slow to 250 Knots, after being cleared from 350 down to 17,000' by New York Center: "I can slow down, or I can go down. Your choice." The man knew his limits.
Also tell your kid to take lots of photos and make lots of friends, because he's (or she's) got a long life to live and the friends you make in UPT will be there with you forever.
Also tell your kid to take lots of photos and make lots of friends, because he's (or she's) got a long life to live and the friends you make in UPT will be there with you forever.
#17
Or as a British pilot once said when asked if he could cross XXX intersection below 10,000': "I suppose so, but I'm afraid I can't bring the aircraft down with me."
#19
Sometimes it's not how good or bad you do something, it's how good you look/act doing it (as long as you don't bend metal, hurt people or get violated).
Manage your workload....everything else will follow, like situational awareness and decision making.
It's not the pilot in an automated cockpit, it's the automation in a piloted cockpit.
And for goodness sake, please never ever go, "and ground" or "and tower" on an initial call up.
Windshear/thunderstorm accidents are always investigated and cleaned up in clear weather.
Most of the time, names of pilots that go around are never learned.
Above all, look and be a professional.
Manage your workload....everything else will follow, like situational awareness and decision making.
It's not the pilot in an automated cockpit, it's the automation in a piloted cockpit.
And for goodness sake, please never ever go, "and ground" or "and tower" on an initial call up.
Windshear/thunderstorm accidents are always investigated and cleaned up in clear weather.
Most of the time, names of pilots that go around are never learned.
Above all, look and be a professional.
Last edited by Skyone; 07-27-2014 at 08:21 PM.
#20
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Joined APC: Oct 2008
Position: Window Seat
Posts: 1,430
Whenever someone tries to tell you how complex and demanding their (civil) aircraft is to fly:
"It's a plane, it flies like a plane."
Favorite thing ever said to me by someone else, granted it was at a sim training center.
Them: "Don't stow the boards like that you'll scare the passengers."
Me: "You mean all those pallets in the back?"
"It's a plane, it flies like a plane."
Favorite thing ever said to me by someone else, granted it was at a sim training center.
Them: "Don't stow the boards like that you'll scare the passengers."
Me: "You mean all those pallets in the back?"
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