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Old 01-04-2008 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by wmarti31
I’d rather have my hands on the yoke and the throttles and my feet on the rudders.
Uh, I was only kidding about the career switching thing. No offense to the FAs. I know the job bites.

At my 135 company, we pilots get to load the plane with all the catering/drinks for each leg of our flight while at the same time, we're trying to do our preflight and flight planning. We have to show up an hour early just to have time to ice down drinks and make the coffee before we can even start our flight prep. When each leg is over, we get to clean the cabin of all the debris and get ready for the next leg. Ever see what pax can do with muffins and crackers on a long flight. Yet another reason I want out of charter.
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Old 01-04-2008 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by wmarti31
I’d rather have my hands on the yoke and the throttles and my feet on the rudders.
Well then you dont want to be an airline pilot. We dont get to do any of that stuff you are talking about.

Plus, we dont have "throttles". Throttles are for Cessnas.
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Old 01-04-2008 | 02:34 PM
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Old 01-04-2008 | 03:49 PM
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It’s all good in retrospect. The other day the FA informed me that since initial training for Flight Attendant was four weeks and First Officer was six weeks, well she’s planning on going back to school for two more weeks and becoming a FO! Wrap your head around that!
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Old 01-04-2008 | 04:17 PM
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Plus, we dont have "throttles". Throttles are for Cessnas.

Really? I guess that means I fly a Cessna MD-11 with auto throttles.
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Old 01-04-2008 | 05:06 PM
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Autothrust-levers...

Doesn't quite have the same ring to it, don't you think?! My vote is on throttles LoL
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Old 01-04-2008 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Paok
My mom makes around $100,000 as a corportate flight attendant, and when she does contract work she gets around $500 a day......... grrr. IF only all those airline FA's had any clue what some of the corporate ones make while they say "peanuts or biscoff" "chicken or beef?" and get 20 an hour

Some days I want to just do her job!
What exactly does your mom do?
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Old 01-04-2008 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by UnlimitedAkro
Well then you dont want to be an airline pilot. We dont get to do any of that stuff you are talking about.

Plus, we dont have "throttles". Throttles are for Cessnas.
And Boeings...
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Old 01-04-2008 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotorhead
What exactly does your mom do?
Have you ever seen the movie Pretty Woman? http://youtube.com/watch?v=-r8N6I4ENL4
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Old 01-04-2008 | 07:38 PM
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Loved the "more than just chicken or beef"
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