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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:51:11 PM EDT
Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread...
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:51:55 PM EDT
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You ever whack it on final approach?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:52:13 PM EDT
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job?  I mean, airline or something.
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:52:52 PM EDT
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You ever whack it on final approach? Here's someone that will never fly a plane, just dumb... 
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:53:02 PM EDT
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Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:53:32 PM EDT
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You ever whack it on final approach? Only on Wednesdays
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:55:09 PM EDT
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3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Home every night is ok I guess, but flight instructor pay isn't really great. Once you get out of there you'll see what you've been missing. That would be like me flying at a drop zone for the rest of my life, no way. lol
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:57:12 PM EDT
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What do you fly?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:57:34 PM EDT
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Im in the upper 40s now. Going to a Vaginal airline would be half that at best. No thanks Home every night is ok I guess, but flight instructor pay isn't really great. Once you get out of there you'll see what you've been missing. That would be like me flying at a drop zone for the rest of my life, no way. lolQuote HistoryQuoted:
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Im in the upper 40s now. Going to a Vaginal airline would be half that at best. No thanks Home every night is ok I guess, but flight instructor pay isn't really great. Once you get out of there you'll see what you've been missing. That would be like me flying at a drop zone for the rest of my life, no way. lol |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:57:57 PM EDT
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I really don't have any questions. Just stopped in to say hi.
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:58:13 PM EDT
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What do you fly? Cessna 150/172/182 Diamond DA20/40/42 King Air E90 |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:59:13 PM EDT
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Im in the upper 40s now. Going to a Vaginal airline would be half that at best. No thanks Home every night is ok I guess, but flight instructor pay isn't really great. Once you get out of there you'll see what you've been missing. That would be like me flying at a drop zone for the rest of my life, no way. lolI'm in my lower 40's, at my second airline. We are losing pilot's so fast to the majors that we can't keep up with attrition and our classes are full each month. You're nuts not to go. I've seen guys in their 50's come to our regional just to get a few years in to move on. If all you want to do is instruct though, more power to ya. In the end its all about being happy, so good on ya. 
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:59:42 PM EDT
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What is the most wind you would let a student solo a C172 in? What is the most you would fly in?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 4:59:44 PM EDT
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Home every night is ok I guess, but flight instructor pay isn't really great. Once you get out of there you'll see what you've been missing. That would be like me flying at a drop zone for the rest of my life, no way. lolQuote HistoryQuoted:
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Home every night is ok I guess, but flight instructor pay isn't really great. Once you get out of there you'll see what you've been missing. That would be like me flying at a drop zone for the rest of my life, no way. lolIm in the upper 40s now. Going to a Vaginal airline would be half that at best. No thanks |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:00:30 PM EDT
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How much if I just want to learn how to take off?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:00:48 PM EDT
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What is the most wind you would let a student solo a C172 in? What is the most you would fly in? Company policy is 15knots The worst I have had to deal with was 30 knot crosswind in a DA20...not fun. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:01:01 PM EDT
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Im in the upper 40s now. Going to a Vaginal airline would be half that at best. No thanks Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Home every night is ok I guess, but flight instructor pay isn't really great. Once you get out of there you'll see what you've been missing. That would be like me flying at a drop zone for the rest of my life, no way. lolIm in the upper 40s now. Going to a Vaginal airline would be half that at best. No thanks I'm in my lower 40's, at my second airline. We are losing pilot's so fast to the majors that we can't keep up with attrition and our classes are full each month. You're nuts not to go. I'll be gone in a year too, making twice as much. I've seen guys in their 50's come to our regional just to get a few years in to move on. If all you want to do is instruct though, more power to ya. In the end its all about being happy, so good on ya.
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:01:51 PM EDT
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How much if I just want to learn how to take off? ETA: joking... JOKING!!! |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:02:23 PM EDT
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remember that O ride where I tried to kill you?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:02:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How much if I just want to learn how to take off? ETA: joking... JOKING!!! http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608023213314609029&pid=1.7 Ooooh shiny, I actually would love to learn to fly rotors.  |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:06:12 PM EDT
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You ever whack it on final approach? As a former instructor myself, my wife (gf at the time), gave me a beej on a CAVU day flying home from Spring Break one day. ETA: I was in college and irresponsible. I sometimes miss those days, but not the pay. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:08:34 PM EDT
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:09:40 PM EDT
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? Learning is probably fine. Getting a class 3 to solo would be tricky without a waiver. The meds is the big issue. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:10:13 PM EDT
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Would you get mad at me if I hovered by you while you are taxiing by?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:10:42 PM EDT
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? See here: http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/medical_certification/specialissuance/hypertension/ |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:11:26 PM EDT
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Would you get mad at me if I hovered by you while you are taxiing by? Dick
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:14:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. And for much better pay I should add. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:16:30 PM EDT
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Same here. I never had a desire to go to the airlines. I teach/fly on my own terms. And for much better pay I should add. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. I cant complain. My technical title is an Assistant Chief per the Feds but I just say instructor. The nice thing is the salary plus hourly for crap weather days like this. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:17:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How much if I just want to learn how to take off? ETA: joking... JOKING!!! This btw, was a Mexican national that they approved to come take flight training. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:17:47 PM EDT
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How much will it cost all in to get a helicopter pilot license?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:18:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You joke but I had a run in with DHS over a student that had a persistent habit about asking how to fly across the border, under radar, are planes locked, are all flights tracked... Etc. This btw, was a Mexican national that they approved to come take flight training. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How much if I just want to learn how to take off? ETA: joking... JOKING!!! This btw, was a Mexican national that they approved to come take flight training. Gee I wonder what he was up too  |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:18:19 PM EDT
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why do instructors keep their scotch in the refrigerator?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:19:03 PM EDT
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Same here. I never had a desire to go to the airlines. I teach/fly on my own terms. And for much better pay I should add. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Initially the pay is much better, not by much. It doesn't take long to make more than most flight instructors, especially with how things are today. In fact, there's no question anyone flying for an airline is going to make tons more, not even factoring in retirement and bennies, than any entry level job like instructing. That wasn't meant to be condescending, just facts. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:19:16 PM EDT
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Are your balls made of hardened steel, or just regular steel?
Instructor to Student "Are you nervous about our flight today?" Student to Instructor "No" Instructor to Student "Good, I wouldn't want both of us to be afraid" |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:19:29 PM EDT
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why do instructors keep their scotch in the refrigerator? Management checks our desks
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:20:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Company policy is 15knots The worst I have had to deal with was 30 knot crosswind in a DA20...not fun. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What is the most wind you would let a student solo a C172 in? What is the most you would fly in? Company policy is 15knots The worst I have had to deal with was 30 knot crosswind in a DA20...not fun. Damn, you would never get to fly around here. IIRC when I soloed it was 28kts, but only about 15 degrees from center line. I ran out of rudder once on a landing, probably the only thing that ever scared me in training. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:21:14 PM EDT
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LOP or ROP?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:21:37 PM EDT
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What's our vector?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:21:45 PM EDT
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Are your balls made of hardened steel, or just regular steel? Instructor to Student "Are you nervous about our flight today?" Student to Instructor "No" Instructor to Student "Good, I wouldn't want both of us to be afraid" Titanium....plus I learned to sweat on the right side of my face. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:22:38 PM EDT
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Learning is probably fine. Getting a class 3 to solo would be tricky without a waiver. The meds is the big issue. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? Learning is probably fine. Getting a class 3 to solo would be tricky without a waiver. The meds is the big issue. Thank you. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:27:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Initially the pay is much better, not by much. It doesn't take long to make more than most flight instructors, especially with how things are today. In fact, there's no question anyone flying for an airline is going to make tons more, not even factoring in retirement and bennies, than any entry level job like instructing. That wasn't meant to be condescending, just facts. Quote HistoryQuoted: Originally Posted By right_rudder Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job? I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Initially the pay is much better, not by much. It doesn't take long to make more than most flight instructors, especially with how things are today. In fact, there's no question anyone flying for an airline is going to make tons more, not even factoring in retirement and bennies, than any entry level job like instructing. That wasn't meant to be condescending, just facts. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:27:31 PM EDT
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No questions here. Just a hearty kudos to you for enjoying your job. I'll bet you're good at it. My instructor was great. He solo'd me at 4-6 hours, and I got my PPL at 35.1 hours (Part 141 school). It was then that I began the process of really learning to fly. It's been years now since I last flew PIC (wife and kids came along, etc), but I'll never forget my instructor, nor will I forget those special times. I've got a good friend who's a 15 year NetJets captain, who keeps his CFI current. Any time I'm ready to resume flying... he'll be there to welcome me.
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:28:25 PM EDT
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Damn, you would never get to fly around here. IIRC when I soloed it was 28kts, but only about 15 degrees from center line. I ran out of rudder once on a landing, probably the only thing that ever scared me in training. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What is the most wind you would let a student solo a C172 in? What is the most you would fly in? Company policy is 15knots The worst I have had to deal with was 30 knot crosswind in a DA20...not fun. Damn, you would never get to fly around here. IIRC when I soloed it was 28kts, but only about 15 degrees from center line. I ran out of rudder once on a landing, probably the only thing that ever scared me in training. full rudder wing down into wind? |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:28:45 PM EDT
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Can a Mig-28 do a negative G pushover?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:29:32 PM EDT
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No questions here. Just a hearty kudos to you for enjoying your job. I'll bet you're good at it. My instructor was great. He solo'd me at 4-6 hours, and I got my PPL at 35.1 hours (Part 141 school). It was then that I began the process of really learning to fly. It's been years now since I last flew PIC, but I'll never forget my instructor, nor will I forget those special times. I've got a good friend who's a 15 year NetJets captain, who keeps his CFI current. Any time I'm ready to resume flying... he'll be there to welcome me. Its not for everyone that's for sure and not a bad thing. I do enjoy it most days but others are testing. We have a large Chinese student population so that is always challenging but very rewarding to watch them grow. 4 to 6 hours to solo is awesome! |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:29:40 PM EDT
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I know how to fly a quad coptor so I am basically a helo pilot, right?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:30:06 PM EDT
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? Learning is probably fine. Getting a class 3 to solo would be tricky without a waiver. The meds is the big issue. Thank you. why would you need a waiver if its under control? |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:30:39 PM EDT
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? See here: http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/medical_certification/specialissuance/hypertension/ Thanks for the link and information. I used to go up on occasion many years ago when I was young. The pilots would let me have the "controls" for a few minutes. They wanted me to learn to fly but I thought it was too expensive. I was young and stupid. 
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:32:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gee I wonder what he was up too Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: How much if I just want to learn how to take off? ETA: joking... JOKING!!! This btw, was a Mexican national that they approved to come take flight training. Gee I wonder what he was up too  I could do a whole thread on that cluster fuck. For weeks I was getting calls from DC asking question. But it took DHS 3 months to come to the airport to talk to the guy. By then he was long gone. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:32:23 PM EDT
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What do you charge per hour for lessons both ground and flight?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:32:45 PM EDT
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? Learning is probably fine. Getting a class 3 to solo would be tricky without a waiver. The meds is the big issue. Thank you. why would you need a waiver if its under control? The FAA is insanely OCD when it comes to meds |
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