View Poll Results: What do you call yourself?
Pilot
38
82.61%
Aviator
4
8.70%
Aviatrix
0
0%
Flyer
2
4.35%
Aerial Chauffeur
0
0%
Transspiecies Bird
2
4.35%
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How do you refer to yourself??
06-23-2008, 08:46 PM
#11
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: A320/321 FO
Posts: 1,114
Long live the Saab, and any other airline pilots out there that are still "flying the needles" on a day-to-day basis!
06-23-2008, 11:02 PM
#13
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2007
Position: J-3 Back Seat
Posts: 81
I feel your pain brother...It's really wierd flying a completely automated aircraft. It was funny though. I was so comfortible flying "green" needles in the sim, and my sim partner was freaking out because he was so used to flying the box. And when I first started programing the box, and when I was doing Baro Vnav approaches, it was really hard for me to trust the automation.
Long live the Saab, and any other airline pilots out there that are still "flying the needles" on a day-to-day basis!
Long live the Saab, and any other airline pilots out there that are still "flying the needles" on a day-to-day basis!
Wow!
You guys make the old DC3 I tool around in seem really old. So sticking my head out the window to see if the gear is down would not qualify as fully automated?
06-24-2008, 10:53 AM
#16
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,857
It seems a real shame that we seem to have so many pilots and so few "aviators" anymore. I saw a post by an individual who was interested in a flight navigator rating, and discovered that there are only 21 left in the FAA records. Knowing how to navigate used to be one of the requirements for becoming an aviator. Now we just push the buttons and watch the machine follow instructions. I guess thats what makes us pilots instead of aviators. Sigh...
06-24-2008, 03:37 PM
#18
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: Student Pilot
Posts: 409
06-24-2008, 06:11 PM
#19
Day puke
Thread Starter
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: Out.
Posts: 3,865
It seems a real shame that we seem to have so many pilots and so few "aviators" anymore. I saw a post by an individual who was interested in a flight navigator rating, and discovered that there are only 21 left in the FAA records. Knowing how to navigate used to be one of the requirements for becoming an aviator. Now we just push the buttons and watch the machine follow instructions. I guess thats what makes us pilots instead of aviators. Sigh...
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