Posted on 03/06/2016 7:56:20 AM PST by SkyPilot
Do not want. I know regional pilots and their schedules are not fun. Example. There are two types: line pilots and reserve pilots. Line pilots pick and choose their flights, trade with other pilots (it’s more detailed than that); reserve pilots don’t have a regular schedule but are on call so like at 3am they get a call to do a flight from Phoenix to Chicago but they live in Atlanta. They have to get a jump to Phoenix to do their flight but the clock doesn’t start until push-back. Some airlines don’t start paying until wheels up so whatever taxiing time to get to takeoff there’s no pay. So our hero gets to Chicago and guess what? No flights so they hang out in the crew lounge waiting for a flight. There’s more to it than what I wrote. I like my bizflights although not every week.
I understand; do you want a surgeon operating on you who just came from his second job? Scary (and sad)
Prototype delivered.
Fuel Cost? $1 hr projected.
The Fuel? Electricity. Total cost "Wet" ( or equivalent ) $13 / hr. ( then add your bank note, Instructor and FBO margins ). Range 2.75 hrs+ depending on the Regen of the Prop via touch and go's and the Solar Panels on the wings.
Go here for more..http://www.sunflyer.com/#!SUN-FLYER-2SEAT-POC-PROTOTYPE-DELIVERED/c21xo/56d872410cf25a66a5368512
Talk about a paradigm changer to train said Pilots...
Nice.
American Airlines Pilots Blast Return of ‘Toxic Culture’
Yeah. Doug Parker.
One step up from Jonathan Ornstein.
Most pilots, even long term pilots with the majors, have a second job. They do not fly everyday and find something to keep them active. . .most are lawyers in my experience.
In the Buffalo case it was some low-paying job, like waitressing, IIRC.
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