WmuGrad07

Winter coat, gloves, some warm socks, maybe a scarf. The heater in the cessnas does nothing for you with the covers off. You might get lucky, a hand full of the guys last year were sent down to florida right away.

frozenpilot

Leather winter gloves, warm jacket, and waterproof hiking boots were enough to keep me warm. One of the Skyhawks I remember using an NOS chart book to redirect the floor vent from the passenger side toward me. The only time I was cold was in the Aztec when the Janitrol developed a serious fuel leak and I didn't have a bad weather day to fix it.

jbizon

When I was in Dallas, TX (we were there for a couple months) Some of the mornings we woke up to frost on the ground. So a winter jacket was necessary, but i NEVER wore it when i flew. The heater pumped out enough heat to where i was comfortable in a sweatshirt and no gloves (after the aircraft warmed up a little). I also wore thermal underwear. hope this helps!

ImperialxRat

You will definitely want gloves and warm cloths. I occasionally flew with my jacket on, but usually was just a long sleeve and sweatshirt. The jacket was for pre-flighting.

And there are times where your flying in board shorts and a thin T-shirt... Southern Texas in the summer time. 95 degrees with 90% humidity... I was dripping sweat non stop because it doesnt evaporate. And I always flew with my windows open =)

For us with DWAS, we went all over the US when I worked there, and you chase the seasons.

Once fall rolled around and leaves fell off the trees, then we would go to colorado, minneapolis, chicago, etc and try to shoot as much revenue as we could before the first snow fall. Once snow started falling you moved to warmer areas to shoot. Then as spring rolls around and the snow melts, you go back to shoot more revenue before leaves grow on the trees.

Your constantly moving around and part of the fun was like.. "Okay, I need you in Charleston SC by Friday".

Enjoy the season =)

Travis

TallFlyer

Thanks guys; I'm from AK (30 below anyone?) so I have plenty of gear, just need to know how much to take......

Sherwood80

In my opinion, having done survey last season, don't bring that much winter stuff. I brought a lot, and never used any of it. I think there were only a few times I wore a jacket to the airport, but never gloves. Maybe I am just tough. =P

LIIMITED winter stuff. You don't want all that stuff filling up your airplane.

kalyx522

I dunno, I guess I was at Landcare a year before you, but when I was there, I was assigned upstate NY from the beginning of the season all the way to mid January. It was frequently in the teens or twenties with gusty winds. I saw other guys shivering while taking their covers off and fueling their planes, and was so glad I had a down jacket! of course the gloves were a must-have too while screwing/unscrewing all those covers. eventually i got lazy and started putting in just 2 screws.
but yeah, as far as winter gear goes... I guess it all depends on where you get assigned. I certainly didnt choose upstate NY in the winter, but that's where they sent me!

TallFlyer

Hey I hear ya... we're pretty much prepared for anything around here, but we do it in layers, so it's all good. I won't bring the heavy stuff, but when you layer some thermal underwear, a fleece, and a decent jacket/shell on top you're pretty much covered. Now, wearing all those synthetics can be an issue if you find yourself in an emergency egress/fire situation, but one has to weigh the risks/reward I suppose.

Now, if they choose to send me to FL, that's great, I actually have family down there in a few places. Or, if they keep me in Boston the whole time, I have fam there as well.... either way I'm set.

fjetter

any of you guys know if landcare is still hiring, I just got furloughed and am looking to get flying again, other than instructing again.

IlliniPilot99

they just finished hiring a couple weeks ago, hired 7 pilots for around 18 slots, about 11 people came back from last year. Our orientation/training starts in about a week in Rome, NY

It can't hurt to put a resume on file, if for any reason they need to hire and train some pilots midseason, apparently it happened last year.