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SonicFlyer 09-11-2020 05:40 AM


Originally Posted by Meep (Post 3126618)
Hand flying an old airplane, alone, through weather, with no gps going to an airport in the mountains with a DME arc to VOR approach and limited ATC radar coverage.....what could go wrong! Haha. Don’t get me wrong I didn’t say it was bad, just challenging.

All of their aircraft have GPS now these days, right?

Meep 09-13-2020 05:57 PM


Originally Posted by SonicFlyer (Post 3126684)
All of their aircraft have GPS now these days, right?

No clue.......

Seneca Pilot 09-13-2020 06:02 PM


Originally Posted by TeamSasquatch (Post 3126310)
Can’t forget the “Texas Tampon” name either.


Lawn dart.:D

frmrbuffdrvr 09-13-2020 07:50 PM


Originally Posted by SonicFlyer (Post 3126684)
All of their aircraft have GPS now these days, right?

Almost. Some of the metros don't. The 99s and E120s all do. I think all of the 1900s do but some are not approach capable. Only enroute.

TransWorld 09-14-2020 06:42 AM


Originally Posted by Hawaii808 (Post 3125606)
I ain’t no genius!

but I did stay at a holiday in express during my Ameriflight stint.

Is that an upgrade from the previous lodging accommodations?

Continuingappch 09-14-2020 06:44 AM


Originally Posted by SonicFlyer (Post 3126684)
All of their aircraft have GPS now these days, right?

Many of the 1900s do not, and some are not approach capable. If you can't find an airport without a moving map you won't make it through training regardless.

Kansaspilot92 09-14-2020 06:06 PM


Originally Posted by Continuingappch (Post 3128400)
Many of the 1900s do not, and some are not approach capable. If you can't find an airport without a moving map you won't make it through training regardless.

I completely agree that potential pilots coming here should be fully capable of /A navigation and very proficient. But honestly GPS has evolved now to a place where while I am capable of navigating /A, a WAAS enabled GPS just gives a massive safety margin I personally would prefer. And as we move towards NextGen there are already some airports /A aircraft can’t go into because waypoints on procedures are RNAV instead of VOR/ADF.

neverposts 09-14-2020 06:12 PM

"If you can't find an airport without a moving map you won't make it through training regardless."

you could be getting yelled at by the terminator for missing one single callout in the sim! such fun!

Hawaii808 09-16-2020 09:43 PM


Originally Posted by TransWorld (Post 3128398)
Is that an upgrade from the previous lodging accommodations?

honestly, Ameriflight is the only place I’ve worked where I actually had a layover hotel. All my other jobs only required hotels during training and TDY. I guess I’ve been fortunate if being home every night is the goal. I mostly stayed at Best Westerns or Red Lions while at AMF. Quality varies greatly by location.This was circa 2010-2012

Stellar 09-22-2020 08:54 AM

Hello, can someone help me with contact information for recruiter?

Thank You!


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