Wow. Just wow. I've been in this whole airline training thing for about two weeks, and I'm just now starting to get the hang of this. Training at an airline for pilots is a lot like being put in a chair, having a firehose aimed at your face and being told "Drink all the water and don't spill any."
Let's just say my new ride is a LOT more complex than my old and busted Seminole I'm used to flying. That and it weighs roughly 50,000 lbs more, goes about 150 mph faster, flies 20,000 feet higher, and has more technological gadgets inside than your local Best Buy. And they want me to know how to fly it and how everything works in two months. Needless to say, my life now revolves around textbooks, simulators and practicing checklists in front of a poster with a picture of the flight deck on my wall.
Ah, but in a couple of months I'll be flying around the country in this cool ass bird. Scary thing is, some of you might be on one of my flights.
Let's just say my new ride is a LOT more complex than my old and busted Seminole I'm used to flying. That and it weighs roughly 50,000 lbs more, goes about 150 mph faster, flies 20,000 feet higher, and has more technological gadgets inside than your local Best Buy. And they want me to know how to fly it and how everything works in two months. Needless to say, my life now revolves around textbooks, simulators and practicing checklists in front of a poster with a picture of the flight deck on my wall.
Ah, but in a couple of months I'll be flying around the country in this cool ass bird. Scary thing is, some of you might be on one of my flights.
What airline?