New Hire Question
04-10-2019 | 04:13 AM
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New Hire Question
Hello All,
I’m currently in the CJO/background check process and assuming all will end with a firm offer. Coming from a corporate flight department, I use the aircraft’s headset. Are most guys on the line bringing their own or using the set on board? I would like to buy anything I will need before transitioning to first year pay. I would appreciate anything else recent new hires can recommend picking up before arriving for class.
I’m currently in the CJO/background check process and assuming all will end with a firm offer. Coming from a corporate flight department, I use the aircraft’s headset. Are most guys on the line bringing their own or using the set on board? I would like to buy anything I will need before transitioning to first year pay. I would appreciate anything else recent new hires can recommend picking up before arriving for class.
04-10-2019 | 04:19 AM
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Hello All,
I’m currently in the CJO/background check process and assuming all will end with a firm offer. Coming from a corporate flight department, I use the aircraft’s headset. Are most guys on the line bringing their own or using the set on board? I would like to buy anything I will need before transitioning to first year pay. I would appreciate anything else recent new hires can recommend picking up before arriving for class.
I’m currently in the CJO/background check process and assuming all will end with a firm offer. Coming from a corporate flight department, I use the aircraft’s headset. Are most guys on the line bringing their own or using the set on board? I would like to buy anything I will need before transitioning to first year pay. I would appreciate anything else recent new hires can recommend picking up before arriving for class.
04-10-2019 | 08:20 AM
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That would be fleet dependent. I rarely see the speaker used enroute on the 757, I routinely use the intercom because it's so noisy. I definitely recommend a decent ANR headset for anyone on this fleet. The MD and A300 may be quiet enough to get away with the speaker enroute.
04-10-2019 | 06:35 PM
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From: Brown 747-400
You'll see all kinds of headsets out here...Bose A20s, Bose with You Fly Mike kits, Sennheiser, David Clark, Sony, you name it. Just make sure you have a headset with some kind of active noise canceling system.
Anytime I don't have my headset on, I have earplugs in to protect what little hearing I have left after 35+ years in aviation.
04-10-2019 | 10:34 PM
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If I see anything on my line flying Westbound from Hawaii or Alaska .... or Eastbound from Warsaw, I pack the Bose A20s.
Domestic or Atlantic crossings I just use the ships Telex. And yes we use the speaker a lot on the MD.
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Domestic or Atlantic crossings I just use the ships Telex. And yes we use the speaker a lot on the MD.
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04-11-2019 | 04:36 AM
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From: B-747-400 FO
I have the DC Pro X and I’m in the whale. It is on the ear, which I would definitely not recommend for that fleet as it grinds on you. Go with the Bose A20 or the new lightweight Bose that just came out. That’s what I’m getting next time
04-11-2019 | 06:06 AM
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The advantage of Sony/Bose with external mic is no need to carry two separate headsets if you use a lot for airlining or jumpseating. The disadvantage might come IF the FAA starts enforcing TSO standards.
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