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11-20-2016, 05:53 AM
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Assuming they are asking if we can't make a normal descent to land and don't have the runway environment in sight, yet he descends in hopes of seeing the runway.....
150 off the ground isn't a time to be fighting over the controls so what answer are they looking for. If he continues after you state go around
150 off the ground isn't a time to be fighting over the controls so what answer are they looking for. If he continues after you state go around
Key the mic and tell ATC you are going around...
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11-20-2016, 06:21 AM
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Joined APC: Jan 2014
Position: EMB-145 CA
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2 days off between trips is fairly common, but there are many lines with multiple 3 and 4 day off stretches. They aren't all super-senior lines either. Personally, I pick up the big money trips when I have a short 2 day break after a 2 or 3 day trip. It's worth it to me (and the Mrs.) to bank some cash rather than travel home for a short couple days. Some months this brings me down to 8-10 days off, but the payoff is worth it. The lowest I have gone is 6 days off in a month. That was a very lucrative month though...
11-20-2016, 06:29 AM
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2 days off between trips is fairly common, but there are many lines with multiple 3 and 4 day off stretches. They aren't all super-senior lines either. Personally, I pick up the big money trips when I have a short 2 day break after a 2 or 3 day trip. It's worth it to me (and the Mrs.) to bank some cash rather than travel home for a short couple days. Some months this brings me down to 8-10 days off, but the payoff is worth it. The lowest I have gone is 6 days off in a month. That was a very lucrative month though...
I'm all for lucrative...
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11-20-2016, 06:32 AM
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
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One way is to live in base, bid reserve, and put a 3 or 4 day 3xPrem trip on your golden days. I've done that before. I Worked 12 days total for the month after factoring in days that I wasn't called in on reserve. Flew around 61 hours and credited about 112 hours.
Last edited by AZFlyer; 11-20-2016 at 06:36 AM. Reason: looked up the actual numbers
11-20-2016, 08:48 AM
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Joined APC: Dec 2015
Posts: 634
Additionally, if you are commuting to reserve, your reserve will start at 5 am so you will need to be in base the day prior. If you pick up just the last leg of the day before, you will get premium for that day (16 hours or 12 if only double premium), can get a positive space from your home, and they will add the days of that trip after onto your reserve days saving you $$ on hotels or a crashpad.
Guys that live in base were regularly crediting 150+ hours during the summer
11-20-2016, 09:31 AM
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11-20-2016, 10:46 AM
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What they want to hear is if you know when you can go below DA, which in fact you can go down up to 100 ft above TDZE, if you have runway environment in sight, below that only if you see red terminating bars, if captain persists on going below without those in sight, hit the mic and tell atc u going missed.....that is just a tricky question....
11-20-2016, 11:22 AM
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What they want to hear is if you know when you can go below DA, which in fact you can go down up to 100 ft above TDZE, if you have runway environment in sight, below that only if you see red terminating bars, if captain persists on going below without those in sight, hit the mic and tell atc u going missed.....that is just a tricky question....
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