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09-08-2008, 09:22 AM
#53
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Originally Posted by kbronc
I don't know if this was mentioned but they want you to fly to Den on your dime. I said thanks no thanks.....
I'm just waiting for a call from GLA.....
09-08-2008, 09:24 AM
#54
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just cuz eveyone else has done it, doesnt make it right... some people out there prolly cant afford to drop a couple hundred bucks on a roundtrip ticket for the chance to go work for $16 an hour
09-08-2008, 09:33 AM
#55
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Originally Posted by shaunster9797
Well dont know how true this is but my buddy said they set you up in the sim doing and NDB app then engine faliure, collecting ice, boots dont work and you have minimum fuel.
What professional pilot would accept the flight?
Or does the scenario assume everything was OK when you left, then the weather gets worse and stuff starts to break in route, and you decide to "press on" to the destination?
09-08-2008, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
What airline would dispatch to an airport below mins with forecast icing, mechanical deferrals, and no alternate fuel?
What professional pilot would accept the flight?
Or does the scenario assume everything was OK when you left, then the weather gets worse and stuff starts to break in route, and you decide to "press on" to the destination?
What professional pilot would accept the flight?
Or does the scenario assume everything was OK when you left, then the weather gets worse and stuff starts to break in route, and you decide to "press on" to the destination?
Dispatch to an airport below mins AND no alternate fuel.... no airline would do that because IT'S ILLEGAL!! And you're right, no profesional (smart) pilot would except that release. However, it's called scenario based traning and to see you under pressure.
Icing is real world,
Mechanical deferals (MEL's) are real world,
And equipment breaking is real world,
Welcome to the airlines.
09-08-2008, 08:01 PM
#58
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I received confirmation from my buddy. They set you up on a normal flight you go missed from intended airport then it drops below IFR mins. Next your diverted to alternate and thats when the Sh** hits the fan.
The Air Force used to do this to evaluate how you balanced each problem and the order of importance you put them in. Well thats the skinny on it.
The Air Force used to do this to evaluate how you balanced each problem and the order of importance you put them in. Well thats the skinny on it.
i mean, come on, whats the worst that can happen?
09-09-2008, 06:54 AM
#60
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sounds a bit like some of my upgrade sims, lets see...we had an engine on fire, a controller who wanted to vector us in the mountains, a cabin that wouldn't pressurize, and an electrical emergency going on at the same time. Believe when the power started going on and off, that I laughed a little, glanced at my sim partner, then said "After we get everything thats going to kill us straightened out, lets work on these flashing screens while we're at it too." Only fun when i look back at it, not during.
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