GLA applying for a 1500 hour exemption
#31
I didn't mean to criticize you as being against the 1500 hour rule, sorry if it came across that way. Rather I was just giving my 0.02 that I think recreational VFR DOES improve one's real-world instrument flying skills. Shooting approaches in a sim is one thing, but shooting an approach while not being saturated with basic flying tasks only comes from experience.
Of course with the more overall experience, it stands to reason that gaining back that IFR/real world IMC proficiency comes easier to the more experience pilot than the fresh instrument rated pilot.
#33
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Both the highlighted above are true - - but it is often said on the forum that some of the people who have the most trouble with the sims (whether it be airline training programs or other type rating programs) are the ones who are not proficient with their IFR skills precisely because they have not been flying much at all, OR having been flying all VFR without much recent experience either in the IFR system or flying/shooting approaches in actual IMC (traffic watch and flying jumpers are two of the most often cited examples).
Of course with the more overall experience, it stands to reason that gaining back that IFR/real world IMC proficiency comes easier to the more experience pilot than the fresh instrument rated pilot.
Of course with the more overall experience, it stands to reason that gaining back that IFR/real world IMC proficiency comes easier to the more experience pilot than the fresh instrument rated pilot.
#34
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Joined APC: Jan 2010
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Abandon ship!!!
Form 10-Q
Great Lakes Aviation, LTD
Pilot Shortage
New Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), pilot qualification rules imposed as part of the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 in combination with revised FAR Part 117 Flight Crewmember Flight and Duty Limitations and Rest Requirements, (“FAR Part 117”), created an industry-wide shortage of qualified pilots negatively effecting our level of operations and financial performance.
The new rules have increased the demand for qualified pilots among air carriers as they strive to offset the loss in flight crew productivity that has resulted from the increased rest period requirements. In addition, the new and more stringent qualification requirements have reduced the supply of pilots qualified to fly for FAR Part 121 carriers. The net result of the new regulations is that Great Lakes has lost large numbers of Airline Transport Pilot (“ATP”) certified crewmembers to airlines operating larger jet aircraft and offering greater compensation...
...Until the Company is able to cure the covenant violation or to successfully renegotiate our existing debt obligations, it is expected that the Company will not have sufficient liquidity to service its existing debt obligations for the next 12-month period. These factors raise significant doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern.
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Notification of Late Filing
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Forms 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, 10-D, N-SAR, N-CSR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period.
The management of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (the “Company”) has determined that the Company is unable to file its Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the period ended September 30, 2015 within the prescribed time period, without unreasonable effort and expense, due to the lack of personnel necessary to complete the information required for the filing on a timely basis.
Form 10-Q
Great Lakes Aviation, LTD
Pilot Shortage
New Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), pilot qualification rules imposed as part of the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 in combination with revised FAR Part 117 Flight Crewmember Flight and Duty Limitations and Rest Requirements, (“FAR Part 117”), created an industry-wide shortage of qualified pilots negatively effecting our level of operations and financial performance.
The new rules have increased the demand for qualified pilots among air carriers as they strive to offset the loss in flight crew productivity that has resulted from the increased rest period requirements. In addition, the new and more stringent qualification requirements have reduced the supply of pilots qualified to fly for FAR Part 121 carriers. The net result of the new regulations is that Great Lakes has lost large numbers of Airline Transport Pilot (“ATP”) certified crewmembers to airlines operating larger jet aircraft and offering greater compensation...
...Until the Company is able to cure the covenant violation or to successfully renegotiate our existing debt obligations, it is expected that the Company will not have sufficient liquidity to service its existing debt obligations for the next 12-month period. These factors raise significant doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern.
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Notification of Late Filing
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Forms 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, 10-D, N-SAR, N-CSR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period.
The management of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (the “Company”) has determined that the Company is unable to file its Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the period ended September 30, 2015 within the prescribed time period, without unreasonable effort and expense, due to the lack of personnel necessary to complete the information required for the filing on a timely basis.
#35
This is laughable. Even if more hours does not equate to more skill; wouldn't it be better to make a good pilot build a few hundred extra hours than to risk letting a ******* pilot into the cockpit right after their CAMEL checkride? Good pilots will put in their time and work quickly towards the goal. ******* pilots will get caught up and weeded out somewhere in the middle.
#36
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Posts: 977
Do you also make fun of 16 year olds who work at McDonald's to make some money and get some experience in a real job???
Then back off the guy who has a commercial license and is getting his first real flying job.
When I started off in this industry, the attitude seemed to be do whatever you can to help the younger generation of pilots get into aviation. Be a good mentor. Don't make fun of these people for taking one of the only jobs they qualify for. We were all there one day.
Then back off the guy who has a commercial license and is getting his first real flying job.
When I started off in this industry, the attitude seemed to be do whatever you can to help the younger generation of pilots get into aviation. Be a good mentor. Don't make fun of these people for taking one of the only jobs they qualify for. We were all there one day.
Stop pouting about it like a butthurt 16-year old who didn't get the bb gun he wanted for Christmas--the 1,500 hour reg is there for a reason like all the other regs.
#37
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Joined APC: Jan 2015
Posts: 148
GLA management is caught between the 1,500 hour rule, the economics of their service model and the number of customers in their geographical area. In addition, they are now stuck with a fleet of aging twin turboprops that made sense at one time, but now are higher-cost to operate (fuel, flight crews and maintenance on older airframes).
They can't do anything about the cost of fuel. They've tried several things to staff their cockpits, but despite raising wages, in today's pilot competition they (like virtually every regional) can't attract and retain enough flight crew. They don't have the money, or investors, to replace their Beeches and Brasilias with newer planes that take less maintenance, or to right-size the fleet to Pilatuses and Cessnas to match their route structure and number of customers. I don't see EAS coming to their rescue with huge increases in subsidy payments (more than half GLA's cash flow comes from EAS flying).
What once worked, now doesn't. Too bad.
They can't do anything about the cost of fuel. They've tried several things to staff their cockpits, but despite raising wages, in today's pilot competition they (like virtually every regional) can't attract and retain enough flight crew. They don't have the money, or investors, to replace their Beeches and Brasilias with newer planes that take less maintenance, or to right-size the fleet to Pilatuses and Cessnas to match their route structure and number of customers. I don't see EAS coming to their rescue with huge increases in subsidy payments (more than half GLA's cash flow comes from EAS flying).
What once worked, now doesn't. Too bad.
#38
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Joined APC: Aug 2014
Position: Ag pilot
Posts: 32
Do you also make fun of 16 year olds who work at McDonald's to make some money and get some experience in a real job???
Then back off the guy who has a commercial license and is getting his first real flying job.
When I started off in this industry, the attitude seemed to be do whatever you can to help the younger generation of pilots get into aviation. Be a good mentor. Don't make fun of these people for taking one of the only jobs they qualify for. We were all there one day.
Then back off the guy who has a commercial license and is getting his first real flying job.
When I started off in this industry, the attitude seemed to be do whatever you can to help the younger generation of pilots get into aviation. Be a good mentor. Don't make fun of these people for taking one of the only jobs they qualify for. We were all there one day.
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