Too Tall?
10-27-2017, 07:08 AM
#11
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Are you under 30 and can you pass a AF pilot physical. C-5 units are always hiring! 
. Seriously, they are and it’s a good gig.
You’d fit ok, but might ask the crew to bring back a sandwich while you the FMS programming. It’s getting in and out that’s troublesome in Lears. That and turbulence! Now I think about it, every Scooter Pilot I’ve met was small in stature, too.
GF
. Seriously, they are and it’s a good gig.You’d fit ok, but might ask the crew to bring back a sandwich while you the FMS programming. It’s getting in and out that’s troublesome in Lears. That and turbulence! Now I think about it, every Scooter Pilot I’ve met was small in stature, too.
GF
10-27-2017, 10:38 AM
#12
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I asked a co-worker of mine that is 6'4.5" and he says he fits into a King air 300 just fine.
He does complain about getting in and out - so do I - but once in he says he is fine.
GF - you should have seen me in the cockpit of an A-4L.
The first time I closed the canopy I actually had a moment of claustrophobia because I went to salute the plane captain and I looked like I had little tyrannosaurus arms there was so little room to move.
He does complain about getting in and out - so do I - but once in he says he is fine.
GF - you should have seen me in the cockpit of an A-4L.
The first time I closed the canopy I actually had a moment of claustrophobia because I went to salute the plane captain and I looked like I had little tyrannosaurus arms there was so little room to move.
10-28-2017, 08:49 AM
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Many very short women fly airlines. Some have to bring booster seats. There was a midget flying for mesa at one point (not sure the PC term, but he was apparently a really great guy), he presumably had to rig something up to reach the petals.
So really no limits at airlines. One airline I worked at had a lot of short older FA's... one of the planes they flew in the past had a low ceiling so they had to be under 5'6" or something like that to avoid OJI from bending over constantly.
So really no limits at airlines. One airline I worked at had a lot of short older FA's... one of the planes they flew in the past had a low ceiling so they had to be under 5'6" or something like that to avoid OJI from bending over constantly.
10-30-2017, 06:33 AM
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Many very short women fly airlines. Some have to bring booster seats. There was a midget flying for mesa at one point (not sure the PC term, but he was apparently a really great guy), he presumably had to rig something up to reach the petals.
So really no limits at airlines. One airline I worked at had a lot of short older FA's... one of the planes they flew in the past had a low ceiling so they had to be under 5'6" or something like that to avoid OJI from bending over constantly.
So really no limits at airlines. One airline I worked at had a lot of short older FA's... one of the planes they flew in the past had a low ceiling so they had to be under 5'6" or something like that to avoid OJI from bending over constantly.
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