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05-09-2008, 10:01 AM

#11

Atreyu

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people like to pick fun at those little whiz wheels, but you'll remember how awesome it all is when we do our own performance when you're trying to jumpseat on a short flight with max fuel on board, and we make the numbers work

05-09-2008, 10:04 AM

#12

ExperimentalAB

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Originally Posted by nicholasblonde

On another note about TSA...I was riding to work the other day on one of their erjs, and the FO was doing stuff with a paper wheel flight computer...anyone have any idea what that's all about?

Like Pilotpip said, it's the weight and balance "whiz-wheel," which I much prefer to the ACARS/Paper route...

05-09-2008, 10:22 AM

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Pokerpilot

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Originally Posted by Blueskies21

Maybe their ACARS was MEL'd. Don't you guys have some backup way of doing w&b?

Yes we do have a backup way it is called TRANSSTATES DISPATCH and good luck having it done correctly. I am joking they are fully trained just like every FO.

05-09-2008, 04:14 PM

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BURflyer

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Originally Posted by FactoryPilot08

Anyone currently working for TSA or know anything about them? Are they hiring and what kind of time people have been hired with recently? I've never really looked into them until recently and couldn't find any recent posts about them. So any info on how good/bad it is would be awesome.

I was in the training dept today. They won't be starting classes anytime soon. Instructors are going back to line flying and staff seemed happy to get a break.

05-09-2008, 04:15 PM

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threegreen

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anytime soon...july, aug, sep??? any ideas?

05-09-2008, 04:23 PM

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BURflyer

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Originally Posted by threegreen

anytime soon...july, aug, sep??? any ideas?

Well they've got a class of FOs finising now. From what I see it looks like FO staffing is O.K, not as bad as it used to be a few months ago, there is an excess of reserve pilots still not much though. Plus they just canceled the upgrade classes. I'm guessing once they start the upgrades they're going to need new FOs. We'll see how the summer goes. Hard to say what's going to happen with the economy and the majors.