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Old 07-18-2025 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Peoplemvr
Ummmm….the dude flying the Q wasn’t a pilot.
Or maybe he was……for 52 minutes.
Fifty-one minutes and change. Right at the end there, he was more of a lawn dart.
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Old 07-18-2025 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Fifty-one minutes and change. Right at the end there, he was more of a lawn dart.
Would have rounded it to .9, every but of PIC counts.
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Old 07-18-2025 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by HwkrPlt
In this thread;

1) A poster was a passenger on that flight
2)) Another poster will lecture you that, "there was a lot more to that";
3) Yet another poster has stated that the CA was, maybe, "special"
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Old 07-18-2025 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by John Carr
Would have rounded it to .9, every but of PIC counts.
Let's not put the cart ahead of the aeronautical horse. Blue, or black ink?
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Old 07-18-2025 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ThreeGreens
Everyone gets a check ride on the couch.
Probably not far from the mark. AME every 6 months, add the headshrinker too...

But, get it in the contract and pay us/reimburse.
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Old 07-19-2025 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Let's not put the cart ahead of the aeronautical horse. Blue, or black ink?
The kids now use fangled eleck-tronics nowa days, so I guess they can pick.
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Old 07-19-2025 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by John Carr
The kids now use fangled eleck-tronics nowa days, so I guess they can pick.
Logbooks haven't been the same, ever since we moved away from using real logs.
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Old 07-19-2025 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Let's not put the cart ahead of the aeronautical horse. Blue, or black ink?
let’s not beat around the bush pilot. Come right out and say it: kids nowadays…
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Old 07-19-2025 | 04:27 PM
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And the magenta line they rode in on.
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Old 07-19-2025 | 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
And the magenta line they rode in on.
"Children of the magenta" has been around since 1997. Those pilots are already at the tail end of their careers. This characterization is not solely limited to new pilots.
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