Profane Kahuna

How anyone on Airline Pilot Central could argue for lower experience levels among airline pilots is baffling.

Send in the clowns.

highfarfast

Not everyone on Airline Pilot Central is an airline pilot.

Profane Kahuna

Could you show me where I stated that?

Joachim

You were referring/reacting to Sonic flyer right? He’s probably not an airline pilot but someone trying to fill a seat in a very old and questionably maintained airplane for less than it costs to hire a nanny per hour.

2StgTurbine

I hate when people bring this up. By the time she retracted the flaps, the aircraft was already stalled and rolling inverted. The aircraft was beyond the point of recovery for that CA in that state of mind with or without flaps.

JohnnyBekkestad

22:16:04.1 HOT-1 gear down...loc's alive.
22:16:06.2 CAM [sound similar to landing gear handle movement]
22:16:06.4 APP Colgan thirty four zero seven contact tower one two zero point five. have a good night.
22:16:07.4 CAM [sound similar to landing gear deployment]
22:16:11.5 RDO-2 over to tower you do the same thirty four zero seven.
22:16:14.9 HOT [sound of two double chimes]
22:16:21.2 HOT-2 gear's down.
22:16:23.5 HOT-1 flaps fifteen before landing checklist.
22:16:26.0 CAM [sound similar to flap handle movement]
22:16:26.6 HOT-2 uhhh.
22:16:27.4 CAM [sound similar to stick shaker lasting 6.7 seconds]
22:16:27.7 HOT [sound similar to autopilot disconnect horn repeats until end of recording]
22:16:27.9 CAM [sound of click]
22:16:31.1 CAM [sound similar to increase in engine power]
22:16:34.8 HOT-1 Jesus Christ.
22:16:35.4 CAM [sound similar to stick shaker lasting until end of recording]
22:16:37.1 HOT-2 I put the flaps up.
22:16:40.2 CAM [sound of two clicks]
22:16:42.2 HOT-1 [sound of grunt] *ther bear.
22:16:45.8 HOT-2 should the gear up?
22:16:46.8 HOT-1 gear up oh #.
22:16:50.1 CAM [increase in ambient noise]
22:16:51.9 HOT-1 we're down.
22:16:51.9 CAM [sound of thump]
22:16:52.0 HOT-2 we're [sound of scream]
22:16:53.9 END OF TRANSCRIPT

That's 14 seconds right there...
The way i read it, CA asked for flaps 15 landing checklist, there is only once transcribed flaps sounds. CA says Jesus as the shaker comes and FO said I put the flaps up.

Fat Old Tired

Does anyone else feel like a loser for being an airline pilot? I feel like it's a lousy job with little room for improvement or growth and the salary caps out. I feel like a loser and regret my career choice every day. Anybody else?

jaxsurf

No. Stop creating new profiles and saying the same exact thing over and over.

If you’re unhappy, change your life.

Profane Kahuna

No, it's just you.

Please seek professional help..... you will not find it here.

Myfingershurt

Yeah it caps out, but at a pretty nice amount. I can’t think of any other job that’s this easy that gives this much time off pays well into six figures. If you wanna a multi million dollar salary go get your MBA, get on your knees for the next 20 yrs, get your ceo job and **** your life away chasing that dollar.