hawk21

I always load up an approach with everyone I fly with. Definitely the norm around here.

Duesenflieger

Horizon also operates predominately in a region of the United States in which mountainous terrain is prevalent, yes? Perhaps it feels the need based off safety data that aircraft being established on an IAP before acceptance of a visual will mitigate the risks associated with visuals at night. It is actually a good idea in mountainous terrain to do so.... There are all kinds of visual and vestibular illusions which have caused accidents in aviation history.

lowflying

Couldn't agree more in mountainous terrain. This policy is to be established on an approach, not just have one loaded, and unfortunately this is a blanket policy with no exceptions for major airports such as LAX, SEA, etc...

ClickClickBoom

Don't sell the SGU brain trust short, the Loony Tunes plays strong in that place.....

MajHam

Thanks, but oh mah... a year reserve in ORD... did you want to be there or were you trying to get out the whole time? Trying to figure out how long it'd take me to crawl back to PDX.

awakenedpilot

That's what I'm trying to figure out, except I live in Fresno, which I know is a base but feel like it would almost be too good to be true to get that as a newbie. Someone did tell me on here a month or so ago that it may be easier to move in the CRJ? I know it changes daily but does anyone think that's true or has it changed?


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chitolin

My commute was easier to ORD to put it nicely. So many people on reserve there were times where I thought they forgot about my phone number


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zondaracer

Most junior PDX pilot is a September 2016hire.

zondaracer

FAT is one of the more junior bases on the CRJ. Right now it looks like it's the third most junior after DTW and ORD. November 2016 hire. Training is about 3 months so plan on commuting for maybe 2-4 months on the CRJ.

ImPilot I Fly

It's always good practice to use all available resources at all times for redundancy and increased situational awareness. Especially at night. However. When it's clear and a million during daytime operations it's good to disconnect that AutoPilot and FD and use some hand flying and visual descent planning to keep the skills rust free. I love that the majority of My colleagues here turn off the auto pilot/FD for the majority of visual approaches. Some runways don't have glideslopes. And sometimes the glide slope is out of service. And sometimes you could be using the glideslope as a visual reference and it could go out of service. But always always have the pilot monitoring load an approach for redundancy. Don't want to land at the wrong airport. Not that that would ever happen...... when in doubt. Go around. We get paid by the minute.