kelldragon

Not much new going on here. Still flying my ass off and waiting for a call from any airline that wants to hire me. So far I have 100% pass rate when it comes to sending students up for their checkrides with the FAA. 'Course that's subject to change at any moment. Never can tell with some of these examiners. I thought I was gonna...
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Run down on my past few weeks:

I still have 100% pass rate with my students for checkrides with the FAA. However, I think I might drop down on Wed. I've got one guy taking his check ride with an examiner that day, and he'll do fine, except for the fact that he freezes at crucial moments like engine failures. Not the best thing in...
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Well, I spent most of the day in the quaint little town of Vandalia, IL. Yeah, I'd never heard of it either until today. Apparently, the flight school is looking into buying another multi-engine trainer, and we flew up there to look at one for sale. The terms "project airplane" and "fixer upper" definately come to mind.

The mechanic that went with us seems to...
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Ever have one of those days when you want to heft your computer up and toss it out a window? Yeah, that's me. Granted it's a thin IBM Thinkpad laptop so it wouldn't take much to heft it.

I got it on Ebay earlier this year just to have something portable that I can take around due to my nomadic lifestyle. I just needed something...
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So, can someone please remind me what a day off is like? I've forgotten. Good news is, I might actually be a competitive applicant at a few airlines (not big one) in about two months with the way I've been flying lately. I've got one full time multi-engine student and a few sporadic ones. That multi-engine time is what they like to see, so it's...
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Okay, so when I took this whole flight instructor gig, I figured "Cool, I'll get paid to fly. I won't get paid that much, but it beats some of my previous jobs (*cough Disney *cough)." Well, if I have many more weekends like I'm having now, I might actually be in danger of making an okay amount of money.

I seem to have come into...
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So, I officially have my first student that I think will never, EVER make it as a pilot. The kid's got the drive to do it, but he doesn't have the mental capacity or the skill. Flying around yesteday with him was the first time I've ever thought "Holy Christ, I'm gonna die in a flaming ball of tin on I-20!" I had to take...
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Hmmm, which is worse as far as weather goes, Texas or Florida? Well, both are hot as fuck. Texas only has semi-humidity whereas Florida has "walk outside and immediately have your clothes sticking to you" humidity. Florida has habitual t-storms in the afternoon, but they at least cool everything off for a while.

Right, now I'm not sure. Although sweating my balls off at 1,600...
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Hmmm, which is worse as far as weather goes, Texas or Florida? Well, both are hot as fuck. Texas only has semi-humidity whereas Florida has "walk outside and immediately have your clothes sticking to you" humidity. Florida has habitual t-storms in the afternoon, but they at least cool everything off for a while.

Right, now I'm not sure. Although sweating my balls off at 1,600...
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