Originally Posted by MikeF16

The class 1 medical is go/no-go. You must get it done to get past the computer screening, you're urinating into the wind without it.

edited because another word for pee is apparently too dirty for this audience.

Originally Posted by Sweatsock

You are wasting your time applying without the first class medical. At my airline all fleet types do some kind of international. Be it islands or overseas. That means that all pilots are type rated in their aircraft even as new hires so you can fill the role of PIC on IRO duties or whatever. That also means all have to keep a current 1st class. The old days were different but think all the majors require it now.

Once you are here we do have some older pilots that have something pop up that prevents a 1st class and they can continue to fly on domestic only stuff as F/O's but those are special cases.

Do whatever you need to, but get the first class. Otherwise in my opinion as somebody with 2 decades at a major you are just burning up your applications on a sure fire TBNT letter.

EDIT: Can you get the first class through the base doctor? I would think any US base would have somebody that is an FAA AME.

Originally Posted by hooveb

Thanks all for the wake up call on getting my medical. I have scheduled it for next week with the Luftstansa flight medicine dept, they have a few FAA CL1 docs. No docs on base do FAA meds and even if they did I have only ever gotten a CL2 from them. I will update apps, if able, as soon as I am complete. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by USMCFLYR

The old Blackwater is gone and has been for some time.
Did Erik Price, who this article says retained the rights to the name Blackwater, start up a new company?



I know the 'airline' for the old Blackwater wa called 'Presidential Airways.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...rways_(charter)

I had heard that the crash of Blackwater 61 pretty much spelled an end to the charter operation, though Blackwater itself seemed to be struggling on a larger scale during this time.
(see references in the article for more info)

Originally Posted by Herman

Does anybody out there have the address for the "Pilot Recruitment Dept" at Disney Land?

Originally Posted by Herman

Does anybody out there have the address for the "Pilot Recruitment Dept" at Disney Land?

Originally Posted by USMCFLYR

Meaning I missed your sarcasm Herman?

Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob

Maybe he meant that Blackwater was a mickey mouse operation?

Originally Posted by USMCFLYR

Maybe. On this forum you never know what is sarcasm and what is a serious question - especially without the use of an icon.