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Originally Posted by beer (Post 791725)

BAHA = Bank angle, Heading and Altitude.

You have alot to do for cruise..I was taught FRET
Fuel, Radar, Engine report and Tune something:)

Can't you tell I just did my recurrent?

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Originally Posted by beer (Post 791728)

Oh yeah..Pull the head and push the tail

Are we still talking about flying? I cant say that one without giggling like a school boy

did I teach you that one? I don't think I did, because i can't picture how that works... do you have a pic you can post?

:D

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Originally Posted by DAL330drvr (Post 791684)

Eff. 6/10 ATL-ACC goes to the 330. Leaving just in time. :D

http://home-4.tiscali.nl/~t794614/az...g/mosquito.jpg

Welcome to Delta, former northwest peeps! :D

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Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 791653)

Just as long as you don't "make sexy time" with the cat ranchers...

Well the guy had a certain, undeniable, logic:

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Borat: Look, there is woman in car. Can we follow her, get her and maybe have sexy time with her?
Driving instructor: No! No, you cannot do that.
Borat: Why not?
Driving instructor: Because a woman has the right to choose who she has sex with.
Borat: What?
Driving instructor: Yeah, how about that?
Borat: You joke, right?
Driving instructor: No, there must be consent.
Borat: Ha-ha-ha!
Driving instructor: That good, huh?
Borat: Not good for me!

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Originally Posted by beer (Post 791728)

Oh yeah..Pull the head and push the tail

Are we still talking about flying? I cant say that one without giggling like a school boy

I thought it was "push the head and pull the tail."

If not, then I sure screwed up a lot of poor SNA's down at Whiting...
(Full disclosure: I graduated from UGA some years back. I believe it is actually accredited now -unlike when I attended!)
:D

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 791644)

Waves;
IMO it is more along the lines of doing what is expected, keeping the operation going, and aid the passengers. We are the front line and in many cases the difference between a return customer and a complaint. That is how you aid the company. Information that is timely, accurate and without bias. Simply put the consummate professional. I know you know this, you are a Captain! :D

For the new hires it is
Safety, Customers Service and Efficiency. Yes that is asked! :eek:

And what point do you stop aiding the company for cutting corners elsewhere to rely on your professionalism? I'm all for doing the best job I can, not making up for the deliberate failure to perform of others.

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Originally Posted by DAL73n (Post 791637)

Ask and you shall receive:

Viper: the unofficial nickname

The F-16 is often referred to as the "Viper", a nickname especially popular with people involved with the F-16. Before "Fighting Falcon" was selected as official name, pilots at Hill AFB, the first F-16 base, came up with a number of proposals, including "Viper". Lt. Col. Pat "Gums" McAdoo, USAF Ret., one of the first F-16 pilots at Hill AFB, recalls the origin of the name "F-16 Viper":

At end of runway, the F-16 did resemble a cobra or something as it approached you. However, I think Northrop had already taken that name for the YF-17.
We all voted, and Viper came in really high. Seems there was a series on TV that had 'colonial Vipers' flying off of Battlestar Galactica (a term later used for the Eagle).
In any case, the Generals didn't want a plane 'named after some snake'!
Falcon was a good name, and it fit in with the motif that the Eagle had created. Sort of a little brother, but still a 'Bird of Prey'. In fact, GD had a great promo out in late 70's called "Bird of Prey", and it used the Falcon as the real world model.

Even when F-16 Fighting Falcon became the official name, Viper stuck around and became the unofficial nickname for the F-16. The name "Viper" is even officially used for the Joe Bill Dreyden "Semper Viper" award, which is awarded for excellent airmanship by F-16 pilots

ref: http://www.f-16.net/articles_article...b&tid=2&pid=27

I always thought it was some sort of anti Academy dig. Thanks for the info.

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Originally Posted by beer (Post 791728)

Oh yeah..Pull the head and push the tail

Are we still talking about flying? I cant say that one without giggling like a school boy

I always taught students the bearing pointer is like a woman, her head goes down and her tail goes up. For the female students it was like a puppy dog, scratch it's head and it goes down and it's tail goes up and wags back and forth!:D

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 791644)

For the new hires it is
Safety, Customers Service and Efficiency. Yes that is asked! :eek:

New hires? What are those:D Will be good to see those again!

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Originally Posted by TANSTAAFL (Post 791821)

By our very nature that is what we do and how we are wired.

I do not know at what point you stop, I guess it depends on the environment.