I was a guest on this weeks podcast from The Crew Lounge. Myself, along with a pilot from a major were asked to be on to discuss pilot and flight attendant relations. It was a lot of fun. Check it out here…and subscribe!

I’ve only performed high speed aborts in the sim. They can be very intense. The most difficult abort was done on a snow covered runway with a stiff crosswind. The plane ended up off the runway. Cudos to this crew and to the party responsible for getting the money to install an EMAS. Follow this [...]

Got word Colgan and American Eagle are hiring. Last time Colgan hired mins were 1000/100.  American Eagle stated they want 1000/200 with 1500/500 being more common by those who have been interviewed. This is all hearsay though. Either way both use AirlineApps.com. Anyone who wants a job at a regional anytime soon should go ahead [...]

Saw this in an online forum I read. I changed the cities and taken out the airline, but the rest remains. I may not have been around for that long, but when I started with XXXX last year (and no I was not a 250 hour wonder, I was 2300, CFI<CFII<MEI) I was happily based [...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/pilot-exhausting-hours-wages The old hands say there was never much glamour in piloting several tonnes of metal thousands of feet in the air. But there’s no denying that to the earthbound back in the jet-set era half a century ago – when Pan Am’s “Clippers” ruled the air lanes and service was modelled on transatlantic ocean [...]

For those looking for cut and dry (but interesting!) information about starting a career as a pilot or those who like me, are going to switch careers, I just found a very informative site. Bookmark it as there is a ton of information! http://thetruthabouttheprofession.weebly.com/