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04-16-2010, 08:25 PM

#11

Airhoss

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MD11HOG

I hate the spelling police here. But YOLK from a pilot?

Hey he's an A-320 pilot he doesn't know what a yoke is!

I bet he can spell shtick.....

04-16-2010, 09:28 PM

#12

AerisArmis

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MD11HOG

I hate the spelling police here. But YOLK from a pilot?

I guess he has egg on his face...........sorry

04-16-2010, 10:08 PM

#13

solinator

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Oh man...

RIP

Every time I see that video, I get the chills...

04-16-2010, 10:52 PM

#14

pwdrhound

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

I remember seeing an A300 bid pack from a few years ago... most lines of time were barely 40 hours of block.

I blocked just under 180 hrs total for all of 2009 on the A300 flying SIBA. Some months my line only had 8 block hours.

04-17-2010, 12:10 AM

#15

Was That For Us?

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sorry guys, Yoke! Egg on my face indeed

04-17-2010, 05:57 AM

#16

727C47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pwdrhound

I blocked just under 180 hrs total for all of 2009 on the A300 flying SIBA. Some months my line only had 8 block hours.

i flew 300+ hours last year and I thought I was skating !!! RIP for your brothers,Fed EX,they are in this former freightdogs prayers,fair winds.

04-17-2010, 06:38 AM

#17

Fishfreighter

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He can't spell CHOCKS either.

04-17-2010, 01:20 PM

#18

EYBusdriver

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Do any of you guys fly a type you just don't like? We have buses here and I just really enjoy the 330, though I'm fairly low time on it, been on the 340 for seven years and am lucky to get two or three landings a month with between eighty and a hundred block hours a month on long haul. If I get a 345 I'm happy but just would not rather get a 346. They're all supposed to be the same.?
Just wondering

04-17-2010, 07:18 PM

#19

JetPiedmont

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Doesn't the MD-11 have some kind of yoke pusher for stall or alpha protection?

04-17-2010, 07:47 PM

#20

FedupFlex

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Quote:

Originally Posted by contrails

Side thought, I am surprised at the total flight hours of both the captain and FO and around 8K and 5K respectively.

I mean no disrespect to their experience and I don't doubt they were competent aviators (outsider looking in but the MD-11 appears to have some issues) but had I been asked to guess I would have doubled each of their total times.

Interesting how certain sectors of the industry just do not have close to as much block time per year as others (that is not a bad thing).

FWIW, those flight times are probably only what they accumulated at FedEx, not what they had prior to date of hire or any additional hours (Guard/Reserves, Part 91). Checking my Fedex records only shows my flight hours at FedEx plus the 300 hours for the turbojet PIC to fulfill the high-mins requirement. None of my previous military or civilian hours are shown in the company's records.