block30

Anyone flown single pilot 135? On a severe clear day, the easiest flying I've done. On an IFR day? Easily the most stressful flying I've done. Especially in the ice and TS. I realize a lot of this is tongue in cheek, but I have found the most challenging flying has been in the smaller aircraft. Listening to someone think they are "hard" because they fly 121 jets seems preposterous.

Also, in regards to FTroop's posts, I really am surprised gliders are not mandatory in the curriculums of more schools. Seems like a very solid basis for pilots to build from. ( and likely cost effective )

Al Czervik

This thread has gone full retard.

Paid2fly

One can only hope!

80ktsClamp

Single 135 obviously requires a much lower skill level than flying larger 121 aircraft.

Paid2fly

Do you have a chart for flying half a dozen or sometimes a baker's dozen passengers on a corporate jet at 5 or 6 times higher pay than a Virgin first officer?

ShyGuy

No way. I'm an A320 pilot. If a bear looks at me, it sh*ts on itself.

This thread was at 20 feet, so yeah.

ShyGuy

Obviously. Most of that single 135 stuff is at night and that's usually when ATC is quiet and traffic very light. How hard can it be. Oh boo hoo thunderstorms? You can see lightning at night from miles away. This is a much lower skill level than us major/LCC guys flying the real metal in the busiest of airports at the busiest of times. Now that involves some serious skill. Not flying into Evansville.



I'm only on 2nd year pay and on track to clear $82k. 4 to 6 times higher would mean $410,000 - $492,000. Name one corporate job that pays that much? 3am. Ring ring, ring ring. Hello? It's the boss's daughter. She needs to get to Teterboro now. Oh, isn't Jim on call tonight? He didn't answer, you did. Ugh ok. She likes McDonalds, pick it up on the way. Alright, anything else? Yes, one more thing. The airplane is out of sanitary napkins and it's that time of the month for her.... so fix that problem, hopefully that Walmart is open. Ok, I'll be there in 40 minutes. No, we need you there in 20.

filejw

On the money here! Starting with first job at 19 in Piper Aztec and now 41years later the bigger the A/C got the easier the flying (744 now)

FlyJSH

Do y'all end up in a circle j@rk measuring and stroking each other in every thread or only in Pinnacle threads? I'm just trying to figure out if we are some kind of locker room aphrodisiac.

glyde

I'm sure these two toolbags will claim it's just sa.rcasm, but it obviously is what they are thinking, the fact that they keep bringing it up says alot. Let it go guys.

Back to the subject of the thread, I heard the name change is definately in the works, and it's not going to be Mesaba. To be announced very shortly.