Obtaining PIC prop turbine before regionals
#21
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I'm sure they don't just do that - - - so why do so many of the FO's even have something similar to 'Gear Monkey' on thier position description or tag line or talk about how easy it is to just sit back and 'swing the gear' on this forum?
Maybe people should stop talking about the profession/the job like it is has easy as pie and others won't think that a 'monkey' could do the job.
Maybe people should stop talking about the profession/the job like it is has easy as pie and others won't think that a 'monkey' could do the job.
I think it's a free forum and everyone can say what they want, unfortunaltely, but the ones that say that being an airline pilot is just about swinging the gear don't respect the very same job they do.
Please note that I don't talk abou PIC or SIC, regional or major, but I talk about being an AIRLINE PILOT!!!
Last edited by kimba; 08-01-2014 at 06:09 AM.
#22
I'm not really responsible for what other have to say.
I think it's a free forum and everyone can say what they want, unfortunaltely, but the ones that say that being an airline pilot is just about swinging the gear don't respect the very same job they do.
Please note that I don't talk abou PIC or SIC, regional or major, but I talk about being an AIRLINE PILOT!!!
I think it's a free forum and everyone can say what they want, unfortunaltely, but the ones that say that being an airline pilot is just about swinging the gear don't respect the very same job they do.
Please note that I don't talk abou PIC or SIC, regional or major, but I talk about being an AIRLINE PILOT!!!
#23
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Joined APC: May 2014
Posts: 99
Will be done!
I just haven't met anyone in my company degrading what they do.
Commuting, jump seating, crash pad, 18 days a month a way from the families, no matter if you are Capt or FO, the quality of life and the sacrifices you do are the same.
I haven't find anyone that can summarize their job in "slamming the gear", yet.
About the one that reiterates someone else bs, they don't deserve my time.
They express opinion about something that they have never done!
Self explanatory!
#24
I surely will,
I just haven't met anyone in my company degrading what they do.
Commuting, jump seating, crash pad, 18 days a month a way from the families, no matter if you are Capt or FO, the quality of life and the sacrifices you do are the same.
I haven't find anyone that can summarize their job in "slamming the gear", yet.
About the one that reiterates someone else bs, they don't deserve my time.
They express opinion about something that they have never done!
Self explanatory!
I just haven't met anyone in my company degrading what they do.
Commuting, jump seating, crash pad, 18 days a month a way from the families, no matter if you are Capt or FO, the quality of life and the sacrifices you do are the same.
I haven't find anyone that can summarize their job in "slamming the gear", yet.
About the one that reiterates someone else bs, they don't deserve my time.
They express opinion about something that they have never done!
Self explanatory!
If you are being 'taught' something about the business by those actually doing the job and you don't have any reason to not believe that they are portraying the truth about the profession then why wouldn't they reiterate the things that they have 'learned' from the forum?
#25
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Joined APC: May 2014
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We all do our share!
Much of the use of a forum is often suppose to be about learning.
If you are being 'taught' something about the business by those actually doing the job and you don't have any reason to not believe that they are portraying the truth about the profession then why wouldn't they reiterate the things that they have 'learned' from the forum?
If you are being 'taught' something about the business by those actually doing the job and you don't have any reason to not believe that they are portraying the truth about the profession then why wouldn't they reiterate the things that they have 'learned' from the forum?
Be in a regional and than I'll listen what you have to say.
I cannot confirm the "slamming the gear story" because, where I work, I haven't heard anybody saying that.
What do you mean for the one that really do the job? Who are they?
#26
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Joined APC: Mar 2012
Posts: 125
I have about 1500 hours total time and only about 57 multi with only 10 of that pic multi. I heard the majors like seeing 1000 turbine pic. Would it be wise to obtain 1000 pic turbine prop before going to a 121 regional and getting the jet time to keep the resume competitive for the majors considering i could be sitting right seat in the regionals for a few years?
As for chasing and upgrade, recruiters make no promises. Just because the picture looks like one thing today, it will definitely look something different tomorrow. That is true at any and all airlines I've ever seen. 12 month upgrades become indefinite and 7 year upgrades have been known to plummet, or take longer. It's a bold promise to name great lakes and assume upgrade will be any given time there. But it's a truth to the pattern that the worse a place is to work for, the faster upgrade comes.. best of luck in any choice you make.
"Gear slinger" and other "derogatory" terms to fo's are meant by me in a humourous fashion. But I find the job is a lot less stressful when you aren't signing for the plane than when you are.
Usual forum stuff: carry on.
Last edited by BenS; 08-01-2014 at 09:19 PM. Reason: word editing.
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