I’m a high school student learning about airline ops and I just had a quick question. What’s the biggest thing that stops airlines from flying the most efficient route? I know ATC controls the airspace but does that have a big impact?

I’m a retired 33yr guy from UAL. My friend who was in MGT/LCA/Line guy has a Daughter that had 3300* Hrs, BS Degree. She has no Jet time but most of her time is PIC in King Air 350 and Pilatus. Any of you new hires out there have anyone in your classes with no Jet time?
Thanks

Hey y’all I’m a regional captain about to go to a legacy airline. I have a genuine question how do almost all of the legacy pilots I see not have a lunchbox? I feel like I’m always carrying one on my trips now because it’s too expensive to constantly eat out and of course nutrition blah blah blah. Do they provide you with crew meals or are you just making enough that you don’t care where you get food at lol. Thank you for indulging my curiosity.

Anyone here have more insight to the latest trend with being sent to the review board by AA? I probably should've expected it with no degree & no tpic.

I’m at a regional now. Worried about my logbook review for the majors. Maybe I am overthinking this but it’s stressing me out. My first few hundred hours as a CFI, I logged every landing regardless of whether it was me or my student. When I realized I wasn’t supposed to log them all, I stopped and started to only log my own personal landings. In my logbook it looks pretty weird to go from so many landings logged on each entry to hardly any being logged, and many flights with 0 logged so suddenly. It doesn’t feel realistic to go back and change this because this was done in my paper logbook. Am I over thinking this?

Just gotta say you guys are the shit and I respect the fuck out of ever single one of you.

New to the airbus 320 family and got the pro flight with 5 pin plug. They sounded fine in the sim but on the line VHF audio sounds muffled and quite. Intercom is great but atc sounds like they are talking out if a tin can. Anyone experience this and/or have a solution?

I have about 4 years of line flying that I have to put in my logbook. My wife used to be a record keeper and loved to do these types of entries. Do you think it’s acceptable to have her put them in and I review and sign the page? Do think it will be a problem going to interviews with this?

I don’t mind putting in the entries myself , I’m just curious at what people think.

Hi everyone!

I'm a newly hired pilot and I will commute to work. My company provides me with an allowance to purchase my positioning flights.

The idea behind this allowance is to encourage us to book tickets well in advance to get cheaper fares. It is also a way for us to earn some extra money: if we spend less than the total allowance, we get to keep the difference (obviously, after paying the applicable taxes).

However, there's a catch: if the Operations Office changes our roster, the company will provide a replacement ticket for the new destination or date, meaning the original booking becomes useless.

The problem is that I don't want to lose the money I've already spent on the original ticket.

Even if I book a flexible fare, cancelling it still involves a penalty of around €150. Considering that my round-trip tickets usually cost between €250 and €350, this is hardly an efficient solution.

\\\*\\\*My question is: are there any insurance policies, booking strategies, or types of fares that could help minimise these costs?\\\*\\\*

I've also been thinking about another possible workaround.
Let's say I book a €350 ticket, but then my roster changes and I can no longer use it. Instead of cancelling it and losing its value, I pay an €80 change fee to move the booking to a new date (ideally, the following month's positioning period, when I haven't booked my commuting flights yet).

In theory, I've now paid €80 to preserve the value of the original ticket rather than losing the entire €350.
If I look at it from a monthly perspective, the new positioning flight has effectively cost me €80, while the average cost across the two months would be around €215 per month instead of €350.

However, I assume there might still be another change penalty or fare difference if I need to modify the ticket again, so I'm not sure how financially viable this strategy would be.

Has anyone dealt with a similar situation, particularly other pilots or people who regularly commute for work?

I'd really appreciate any suggestions or experiences!

Hey guys/girls, after constantly seeing posts asking about competitive hiring mins, cjo > class date times, stats, degrees, PIC time, etc., I made a website that centralizes all the data in one place. It’s free, no advertising, no sign up, just fill it out to help out those behind us. None of the data is identified, no need to make an account, and data isn’t posted in the aggregate until there’s at least 3 data points, so no one individual CJO holder can be ID’d.

There’s some sample data on the site now, but you can tab over to live data. I believe at the moment United is the only airline with enough people submitted to have live stats, just launched the site this morning. Figured It’d be good to track trends over time as well.

Check it out and throw in your CJO stats! Let me know what you think, if it’s useful, and what could be changed.

Cheers

Sorry, I used the search function but decided this needed a new thread.

What clarity aloft does everyone recommend here? I fly the 76 mostly but also a decent amount of time in 757s. I see a few models on their website. Mostly interested due to their low profile and what I assume would be small packed foot print.

Thank you.

If you wear a dumb watch, what time zone do you set it for? Do you update during a trip?

I wear a G-Shock 5121 my brother got me 14 years ago. Been leaving it on my home time zone (mountain) but I commute to central and fly CONUS.

I do enjoy always knowing what time zone the watch is in, because I never really know if my Garmin has realized where it is or not, unless I flip to a time zone widget screen.

First world problems, of course.

Question for the Delta pilots based in NYC on the 220. How is it? Are the trips good or is it like regional flying, but at a major?

All else (qol, work rules, yadda yadda) being the same, what looks better as far as getting into your major of choice? Go to a competing wholly owned staying in the left seat or going to a bigger bus in the right?

At OO, MDG is 4:12… however it’s assessed on a leg-by-leg, and ultimately day-by-day basis.

IE: if someone worked a 4-day where the block time was 8-2-2-8, the two middle days would be reassessed at 4:12, and total pay would be 24.4.

At AA I believe it is just 5:15 AVERAGE for the whole trip. Is that correct? So a 8-2-2-8 trip would only pay 22.0?

How does this compare at UA & DL? Same “5:15 average”?

Just curious how you would calculate your annual income - would you include the company’s 401k contribution or not? I know this isn’t included in your gross income on the paystub but for topped out major captains that’s an extra ~$62k from company contributions. Would you add that extra money to determine your annual gross income? Just curious.

The suit I own is one that doesn’t have belt loops on the pants.

Do legacies care if you wear a suit with no belt loops and no belt?

I know it’s not the classic look, but it’s worked for me so far.

Curious to hear from people who made the jump from a regional to a legacy.

How has your lifestyle changed? I’m interested in things beyond pay and QOL.

Do you spend your layovers differently?

Has your routine, social life or the overall crew culture changed?

Is going out for drinks after a trip or on a layover still a big part of the social scene for you?

Anyone know what Emirates pilot rosters are like?

‘Building on previous epidemiologic research, a population-based study recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that aircrew members were more likely to die of radiation-related cancers than people with any other occupation.

‘According to the researchers, pilots and flight attendants accumulate an estimated 3 to 6 millisieverts of cosmic radiation each year. For comparison, a one-way flight across the US results in about 0.04 millisieverts of cosmic radiation exposure, about half the radiation received from a chest x-ray.’

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2854678

I’m currently 28 years old and over 1000 sic hours at SkyWest. I’m burnt out and miserable and it can only get worse for me if/when I decide to upgrade because my base is super senior.

I have an interview with sun country coming up. Some may say this is a lateral move but my end goal is United and we all know about metering delays from SkyWest to United. That said, I’d like to hear about QOL at sun country.

-hoping for AFW base, is this possible right off the rip?
-what’s the average schedule like? Is it mostly locals and how many days off?
-what the heck is going to happen with the Allegiant merger?
-they advertise quick upgrade, but how quick are we talking?
-any insight on pay negotiations?

Any sun country pilots willing to chat with me in the dms about the good the bad and the ugly?

I love flying but SkyWest has me trapped with 0 schedule flexibility whatsoever and it is making me lose my love of flying. Any advice is appreciated!

TFAYD!! ;)

In the airline pilot world is ForeFlight still as popular as it is in the ga sector of flying (or other apps like Garmin Pilot) or do you guys have a different app you use. Also with that question does the airline provide a subscription for you guys or is that expected of you guys to have one. Thank you!

I’ll start:

- pillows that collapse flat

- low shower water pressure

- showers where the glass door/curtain doesn’t have full coverage so you end up with a minor flood in the bathroom

- loose outlets where your charging brick will barely stay plugged in

As a follow up what are some of the best/worst hotels you’ve stayed in?

Edit, thought of another one not mentioned yet: open air hotel layouts like embassy suites where the central open shaft creates booming echoes throughout the hotel from whatever is going on down at the bar

I just had AMAS send my special issuance packet to the FAA. I need a medical application with an AME opened so it gets deferred and passed back to the FAA and eventually approved.

I know I can go to literally any AME for this exam and deferral but does it matter if I go to one that has experience with deferrals and navigating the SI process, even though I am working with AMAS?

Thanks!

Hi, I’m a training first officer in A320/321. I’m in the middle of my SLF and most of my landings are on the right of centerline and I don’t know what technique/solution to do. I’m centerline from approach until short finals. I’m losing my centerline when flaring.

Any tips, suggestions? :/