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HeavyDriver 09-21-2006 09:58 AM

Sticks and Stones......Besides what union could help a pilot group with less then 300 pilots?...None!...Also I call in sick alot...lol...So I do my part keeping others in the OT (Over Time) green...And Quito is a walk in the park dude...lol...(Kidding) So if you want to play who fly's the hardest trips...We both lose...I still salute those dudes flying under powered pistons at night...

captjns 09-21-2006 10:15 AM

Oh I don't know... I enjoyed flying into Dominica with the good old reliable 727. Getting out was even more fun.:)

ClutchCargo 09-21-2006 11:18 AM


Originally Posted by captjns (Post 62893)
Oh I don't know... I enjoyed flying into Dominica with the good old reliable 727. Getting out was even more fun.:)


Yeah but did you land at Canefield?

captjns 09-21-2006 12:18 PM


Originally Posted by ClutchCargo (Post 62912)
Yeah but did you land at Canefield?


You mean the 4700' major jetport? Yeah

Ranger 09-22-2006 07:11 PM


Originally Posted by HeavyDriver (Post 62786)
Lets just say it's a Supplemental Airline that takes your flying duty to the limit and then finds the gray area...I remember one flight where I saw the sun set, then rise to set again...Stayed on the aircraft as DH crew for another 8 hours, only to ride a van for 2 more hours to a hotel that my body only saw 6 hours in before my crew had to be at an airport for commercial travel back to the States for the next duty assignment...And of course coach seats back to the states on one of those not so service orientated US Airlines that Hubs from ATL...Now try doing that with 12 Flight Attendants in tow...And I have to add those 12 FA's have lost that customer friendly attitude towards the passenger and cockpit crew before I was born!...Oh did I add that one of the destination runways was 6000 long and less then 100 feet wide? At least my cell phone worked in that far away place so I could chew out my fleet manager for not terminating my employment a month earlier...lol.

I know we all have it tough flying in an industry that only the pilots seem to care about...The grass seems to always be greener "over there" and I bet there is someone out there with a worse schedule and pay then mine...I've had my resume's and Apps at all the "high pay'n gig's" with no luck...Who needs an experienced widebody international pilot these days anyway when you can have a college intern...But I do get to go home to a nicer world!...Cheers

"Stupid is as stupid does......."

Are we supposed to be impressed by this? Sorry, it doesn't impress me in the least.

Grow a pair and just say NO.

ClutchCargo 09-22-2006 07:26 PM

Wrongo!
 

Originally Posted by captjns (Post 62936)
You mean the 4700' major jetport? Yeah

That would be Melville Hall. Canefield is 2600'. Landed a C207 there in 1982 to pick up a load of breadfruit.

727C47 09-23-2006 09:17 AM

Alpa
 

Originally Posted by HeavyDriver (Post 62887)
Sticks and Stones......Besides what union could help a pilot group with less then 300 pilots?...None!...Also I call in sick alot...lol...So I do my part keeping others in the OT (Over Time) green...And Quito is a walk in the park dude...lol...(Kidding) So if you want to play who fly's the hardest trips...We both lose...I still salute those dudes flying under powered pistons at night...


Best of luck on your job search ! Champion Air is an ALPA carrier, with only 160 pilots, all you gents and ladies have to do is get organized. I used to be one of those dudes flying underpowered pistons (DC-3) by night,and by day,it was wonderful flying by the way.

Shoreguy 09-23-2006 12:00 PM

Back to thread......

Any more infomation or a picture of the Subic MD?

ryane946 09-23-2006 12:28 PM


Originally Posted by HeavyDriver (Post 62786)
I've had my resume's and Apps at all the "high pay'n gig's" with no luck...Who needs an experienced widebody international pilot these days anyway!

Do you think it has something to do with not having a college degree???

Just a thought.

Whaledriver101 09-23-2006 12:43 PM

What does having a college degree have to do with anything?? I didnt know flying skills were acquired from a book.


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