bronc

Using a more accurate reserve callout time of 2 hours, a ton of places

ninerdriver

Are we counting Cape Air? If not, then we've got Boston, Northern New England, and most of upstate New York, for starters.

captande

The northern Midwest.

rickair7777

It's usually two hours.

Most of the inter-mountain west.

And in major metro areas you can sometimes see the airport and still not be able to get there in two hours in traffic.

captande

Those airports it’s faster to walk to than drive? 😂

mfflyer

This makes zero sense... I commute to work and have more days off and make almost twice as much at a regional vs the one I could have driven to base for............

Hawker445

General curiosity what are the most common mistakes? Something that can be caught before th checkride/PRIA events?

sflpilot

There’s always an exception to the rule. 99.9% of the time commuting will make your life much worse.

rickair7777

Technical mistakes: Ask your instructor. But getting the FMS into a situation where you don't understand what it's doing can be bad, you might have to hand-fly your way out of a mess... to PTS standards. Mitigation: study the heck out of the FMS book.

General mistakes:

- Procrastination, putting things off can snowball fast. Very few people can afford to waste an opportunity to study. Unless you already have the type rating, in that case knock it off early and go get some beer.

- Failure to engage: It's a team effort. Your need to engage your class, instructor, and sim buddy to varying degrees.

- Outside distractions: Got served with divorce papers on your way out the door to new-hires class (seen it more than once)? Try to postpone the class. If you happen to live in the town, you need to spend time after class and on weekends with your classmates at the hotel. If you just go home, it's going to rough.

Hawker445

I have Proline 21 experience and Honeywell universal . The theory I’m ok with but I need to study deeper Into the “why it does that” more but I know how to throw in the basics. (Performance,Vspeeds, fix info, legs, holds) but it’s the curve balls that might be thrown out.