When I was in college, our chapter of Alpha Eta Rho went to SEA for the whole Boeing 'shah-bang' and we went for a ride on one of Kenmore's Turbine-Otters, and our pilot was a Captain on the CRJ for SkyWest. He said that he flight instructed on float planes for about 500 hours, and now he just flys for them on the side on his off days. (I think Kenmore req's are 500 Float time) He says that it is nice to be able to actually 'fly' an airplane...other then just pushing buttons on the RJ day after day...
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