Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
The reason you're no longer there is very apparant.
Beggars had best not be too choosey, lest they be unemployed beggars You're the beggar. If you havent figured it out yet, your emoloyer is the chooser.
You may have been doing discovery flights, but you were the pilot in command. Not your passenger. Whether you were right seat or left is irrelevant.
Take that responsibility. Own it.
Whether you failed to properly lean or simply had a moment of hesitation due to the carb float position or another pilot induced cause, the problem could not be duplicated and you couldnt replicate it. Your melodrama in terming it to be an engine failure (ever had one?) betrays inexperience, as does your assertion that you know it wasnt "fine."
You seem to feel at 300 hours that you have the tiger by the tail and know more than everyone else.
Go ahead and tell your next prospective employer across the interview table about your integrity in standing up to your ladt employer. Tell your prospective employer all about your righteousness. Tell him how you taught your former employer a lesson, put him in his place. The industry needs more 300 hour pilots who know everything, and that week of experience is the kind if foundation that will springboard you to captain in no time flat.
#4, incidentally, is not only called for as the unvarnished truth, but kind and generous. I tactfully refrained from calling you an idiot.
Not really sure what your deal is. You seem oddly offended by my review of the company.
You're right. I absolutely am a beggar, but that doesn't stop me from having standards. I will not work somewhere where you can't make reasonable suggestions or bring up legitimate concerns without the fear of repercussion, period. I understand that for me and every other pilot who feels this way, there are probably several more who are willing to do so. That's OK--I understand how the free market works; if flying doesn't work out, I've got a solid backup as an engineer.
Once again, you're right. I am PIC and responsible for the successful outcome of the flight. I never said otherwise or even came close to insinuating that my passenger with 0 flying experience is at fault for anything. I'm not really sure where that came from, but seeing as we're having this conversation on the keyboard, and not in person, I'll let it slide.
You've got this idea in your head that I'm some self-righteous, know-it-all prick. That's OK, because I'd guess you're an aging man who forgot to take his medicine this morning--seriously, why so grumpy? I'm a brand new commercial pilot with a week of "real" work experience. I know this and am aware of my lack of experience. I was actually looking forward to working somewhere and dealing with less-than-ideal conditions for the learning experience. With this said, if I'm going to have someone urging me to fly when I'm not sure about the weather, or convincing me some unknown phenomenon with the plane is "fine", I would like to be able to trust this person. If you don't think that's reasonable, then I don't want to work for you, it's that simple.
I was born at night, but it wasn't last night and I can recognize a sketchy operation when I see one. Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but firing an employee for bringing up a legitimate concern (and not even making a fuss about it) and telling him he can stay if he "shut up and not start any trouble" is pretty darned sketchy! The "partial engine failure" and dismissive attitude thereover is just supporting evidence (you're right, perhaps my terminology, albeit correct, is a bit melodramatic. perhaps "partial power loss" is better...)