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Southwest Opening Sept.

Had a Soutwest recruiter reach out to me. They are apparently posting on September 11th. I’m happy where I am, so I figured I’d pass the information on to others. Good luck!

What do people recommend for glasses

I am looking for some advice from four-eyed brethren. Historically, I have worn contacts in the cockpit but will be wearing glasses more going forward. There are a lot of options in lenses these days....

Aircraft Load Rating

Came across this while doing a charter flight into CYYZ – acft was using Txy K. From CYYZ 10-9 page – Ball Note #2 “Twy K is uncontrolled and is restricted to acft with a wingspan of...

Aircraft Storm Preparation

Just flew the airplane away from a storm today (Saint Petersburg to Orlando), but it got me thinking. I don’t really know what the best choices are for moving airplanes in anticipation of storms...

Coming up on 27 years aloft

… but my first intro flight, which I scraped, begged, borrowed and sold stuff for, was 29 years ago today. That is all.

Fire Rescue Helicopter Crash in Florida

Date: Monday 28 August 2023 Time: c. 08:45 Type: Silhouette image of generic EC35 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different Eurocopter EC 135T1 Owner/operator: Broward County She...

Broward County Helicopter Crash

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1696165912406040704 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1696189556779786372 Damn

Interesting article on FAA medical fraud investigation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/27/faa-pilots-health-conditions-va-benefits/ Don’t know how interesting or uninteresting this is to pilots, or how willing we are to discuss the FAA’s a...

What happened to the Red States thread in the Lav?

I noticed before, anti-Trump, anti GOP threads seem to disappear. Has the thread Red States Really Got It Going on been deleted?