If you wanted to know about CommutAir
07-28-2009 | 11:57 AM
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If you wanted to know about CommutAir
This is a nice little article about CommutAir.
FAA seeks rapid overhaul of rules that govern pilot training and scheduling for regional airlines - cleveland.com
FAA seeks rapid overhaul of rules that govern pilot training and scheduling for regional airlines - cleveland.com
07-28-2009 | 12:53 PM
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From the article:
"They go through the motions, repeat the power points as fast as they can and go home," recalled Zaite, who was hired with just 507 flight hours, 25 hours of it on multiengine aircraft like the twin turboprops at CommutAir.
07-28-2009 | 12:55 PM
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Interesting. Love the quote at the end from the 777 pilot: "Anyone who's sat in front of a Nintendo can do it". I kinda see where he's coming from, but I doubt most people who read that article will understand it isn't quite that....
07-28-2009 | 04:03 PM
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A VP that dont know what's goin on
Dan Morgan, Colgan vice president of safety and regulatory compliance, said the airline's policies allow for rested and fit flight crews. The airline limits flying time to 7½ hours in any 24-hour period. Colgan pilots average four hours 44 minutes of flying time per day and as much as six hours, he said.
"It would be highly doubtful that anyone could fly 10 legs in a day," he said.
"It would be highly doubtful that anyone could fly 10 legs in a day," he said.
07-28-2009 | 04:13 PM
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Dan Morgan, Colgan vice president of safety and regulatory compliance, said the airline's policies allow for rested and fit flight crews. The airline limits flying time to 7½ hours in any 24-hour period. Colgan pilots average four hours 44 minutes of flying time per day and as much as six hours, he said.
"It would be highly doubtful that anyone could fly 10 legs in a day," he said.
"It would be highly doubtful that anyone could fly 10 legs in a day," he said.
When I was at Colgan, I regularly flew PWM-BOS-RKD-BOS-ALB-ISP-ALB-BOS-PWM. Blocked at 7+59 and regularly flown at 10+ hours.
07-29-2009 | 09:03 AM
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Remember the weekend pairing out of HEF for the weekend. Ferry to CHO than 2 round trips to LGA, than a ferry back to HEF. I think it was blocked right at 8. Bad weather and you were at 10-11hrs block just getting back to CHO. But the ferry back to HEF was OK since it was part 91. I guess that made the airplane fly differently or something. Maybe legal but is it safe? Beets the drive back though.
07-29-2009 | 12:59 PM
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at least he then mentioned that when something goes wrong, that then it requires a real pilot...
07-29-2009 | 01:04 PM
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Wow, that guy looks like a riot to fly with. Maybe if he had more than "25 hours of it on multiengine aircraft like the twin turboprops at CommutAir" he wouldn't have had to stare at the powerpoint slides so long. And I highly doubt his 25 hours were on aircraft "like the twin turboprops at CommutAir". I went from a light twin to the Dash and to compare the two should offend every dash pilot out there.
07-29-2009 | 01:16 PM
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Wow, that guy looks like a riot to fly with. Maybe if he had more than "25 hours of it on multiengine aircraft like the twin turboprops at CommutAir" he wouldn't have had to stare at the powerpoint slides so long. And I highly doubt his 25 hours were on aircraft "like the twin turboprops at CommutAir". I went from a light twin to the Dash and to compare the two should offend every dash pilot out there.
And the point was the Powerpoints litteraly were flown through. I got to be the Instructor after the damn class session to the kids I was training with. Great way to focus on the things I needed to study. It's really easy to get through a GOM/FOM at nights when you have to spend hours explaining simple **** like how a turboprop engine or an A/C pack works to a damn teenager.
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