hey how are you do you know anyone that flew for Star Mar

Oh ok so how was it there

It was fun. Met my wife out there and enjoyed the flying. Just had to watch my back with regards to maintenance. that was 2012-2013. I hope it's gotten better now. My best friend out there crashed in Nov 2012 due to a partial power loss which killed one of his passengers and sent them all to the hospital.

Das. Did you happen to have an engine fire on startup in a 172? Loose fuel line?

I never had anything major happen but I saw it happen to others. I also only flew the 172 a handful of times. 98% of my time was on the Cherokee 6

So who's the guy who landed on the golf course?

Got an offer w/ Star. Tickets bought, selling everything that won't fit in two suitcases and a backpack. I head out from Los Angeles next Saturday the 9th, start on the 12th. I'll be sure to keep y'all updated. Wish me luck!

Greetings all!

One week in my gig w/ Star Marianas Air, after 40 plus hours of travel time, a huge time zone change, and sweating pounds off already I made it through my first week. And I love it! First off the islands are beautiful but very hot! The management is very friendly along w/ the fellow pilots! The planes are island planes, no GPS, usually only one radio, and they are old. However m/x is really on top of everything and stuff gets fixed quickly. 4 flying days in and I got 25 hours, so you'll be doing loads of flying. I stayed in the company apartment for the week, but the pilots recommended a lot of places to stay so it was easy finding an apartment. Finding a car is a little more difficult, will probably have to rent for a while. So far I really like the job, it's very different from the mainland but it's a really neat first gig. Good luck to all who are considering it. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hey man...glad to hear you're liking it so far. Sounds fun and exciting. I had an interview this week and was told on day 2 I'd get checked-out in the 172 and PA-28. Can you tell me a bit about these checkouts? Are these like US checkrides, where you're being tested on maneuvers, traffic pattern work, etc.? Also, are these done in the right or left seat? Thanks in advance.

Sorry for the late reply! It's been pretty busy here. After you get settled in and do all of your new hire paperwork, you're off to training sit through a short presentation about how the discovery flights work and the routes. Then I sat in the backseat of a discovery flight to observe one or two flights. Then you hop in a Cessna or Piper and go do a checkout w/ one of the senior pilots. It's really basic stuff like stalls, steep turns, stalls. A few touch and goes and it comes to about .8 for the checkout. It's not so much a checkride, really basic if you've flown recently.

Next is your IOE. You will be flying paying passengers as PIC, but one of the senior pilots will be in the backseat observing you for just a few flights. After that you're cleared on that aircraft. Eventually you do a checkout in the other plane and then you're cut lose and cleared to fly either one. You can fly in either seat (but personally I fly in the right seat, much easier for me!)

Hope that helped!