Jetcareers - Blogs http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ an online community of airline and corporate pilots en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:08 GMT vBulletin 250 http://forums.jetcareers.com/images/misc/rss.jpg Jetcareers - Blogs http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ November 13th flight. http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/167-november-13th-flight.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:06:05 GMT The weather cooperated for this flight and it was touch-and-go around the pattern. The winds were 180 degrees 14kts gusting to 18 but they stayed stable after a landing or two. I was focused on getting it right and flaring well, since I needed practice. We took off from runway 18 and the frst time... The weather cooperated for this flight and it was touch-and-go around the pattern. The winds were 180 degrees 14kts gusting to 18 but they stayed stable after a landing or two. I was focused on getting it right and flaring well, since I needed practice. We took off from runway 18 and the frst time around was great, but it sucked after the second attempt but I redemmed myself after that. Out of the 9 landings, I screwed up on at least 3 but I improved after applying what my CFI said to me before.

One of the things I remembered was how to keep my airpseed and altitude the same by keeping the nose down and pushing the throttle forward to maintain. It helped out a lot when I was on final a few times. After some practice, I can finally be able to flare right and be able to not touch the gear when he wants me to do it. It was a good time and I hope I get another good day next week. ]]> CcrlR737AMT http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/167-november-13th-flight.html Is It Too Late to Look to Flying as a Career? http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/khan/166-too-late-look-flying-career.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:43:41 GMT ---Quote (Originally by Joe Gremlin)--- Ok, take a break. :) ---End Quote--- Dude every time i read this comment i LMAO!!!
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Ok, take a break. :)
Dude every time i read this comment i LMAO!!! ]]> Khan http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/khan/166-too-late-look-flying-career.html November 7th flight http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/165-november-7th-flight.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:01:41 GMT This was a beautiful day and flying was in store. It began with winds from 220 @ 11 gusting to 22kts. That did not stop me from taking off and getting used to the crosswind again at runway 27. The flight was good, I had fun when he demonstrated how if you trim the plane right it can fly itself... This was a beautiful day and flying was in store. It began with winds from 220 @ 11 gusting to 22kts. That did not stop me from taking off and getting used to the crosswind again at runway 27. The flight was good, I had fun when he demonstrated how if you trim the plane right it can fly itself since I was a little nervous when it came to controlling the plane. I got a better understanding afterwards. I did some slow flight, climbs, and descents. It was a great flight with good weather with strong winds. and I hope to get back to flying after a month of being on the ground due to bad weather and training in Minneapolis for my job.

Also I sat in their new Remos G-X Light sport aircraft and I will take a ride in it and get a feel for the controls. Just to let you know, it is a little bit more modern to our 152's and 172's but I can manage after a little bit of instruction. ]]> CcrlR737AMT http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/165-november-7th-flight.html Ohio State/ERAU DAB/or universities in the UK? http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/giedreone/164-ohio-state-erau-dab-universities-uk.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:38:52 GMT can anyone who are alumni of ohio state, erau at daytona beach, SLU, or any other university with a good aviation program comment on it?! major pros and cons?! ( besides that erau is expensive.. ik that...) what university would you reccomend?! ANYONE KNOW GOOD UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM... can anyone who are alumni of ohio state, erau at daytona beach, SLU, or any other university with a good aviation program comment on it?! major pros and cons?! ( besides that erau is expensive.. ik that...) what university would you reccomend?! ANYONE KNOW GOOD UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH AVIATION PROGRAMS?!
Thanks!!! ]]> giedreone http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/giedreone/164-ohio-state-erau-dab-universities-uk.html Jobs http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/bryce172/163-jobs.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:39:37 GMT Hello,
I have currently began the process of getting my Private Pilot's License. I am having trouble paying for it as a full time student at Metropolitan State College of Denver. I am in need of a job in the industry and hopefully at Centennial KAPA. Would anybody let me know of any available in the industry? I would appreciate it! ]]> Bryce172 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/bryce172/163-jobs.html <![CDATA[If y'all don't like Dixie...Delta is ready.]]> http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/surferlucas/162-if-yall-dont-like-dixie-delta-ready.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:11:28 GMT By Lewis Grizzard

I don't care what they do to the Georgia state flag. They can put a big peach on the thing as far as I'm concerned. They can put Deion Sanders' smiling face on it.

And let it be known that the opponents of the flag, with its reminiscence of the Confederate banner, will bring down that flag.

One way or the other, color it red, white, blue and gone. It's politically incorrect and all the things that are deemed such have no future in this country.

We elected Hillary Rodham Clinton and the ban on the gays in the military will be lifted. It's a done deal. Like it or not, the Georgia state flag has no chance either.

The issue on my mind is white Southerners like myself.

They don't like us. They don't trust us. They want to tell us why we're wrong. They want to tell us how we should change.

They is practically every s.o.b. who isn't one of us.

I read a piece on the op-ed page of the Constitution written by somebody who in the jargon of my past "ain't from around here."

He wrote white Southerners are always looking back and that we should look forward. He said that about me.

I'm looking back? I live in one of the most progressive cities in the world. We built a subway to make Yankees feel at home.
And I live in a region the rest of the country can't wait to move to.

A friend, also a native Southerner, who shares my anger about the constant belittling of our kind and our place in this world, put it this way: "Nobody is going into an Atlanta bar tonight celebrating because they've just been transferred to New Jersey."

Damn straight.

I was having lunch at an Atlanta golf club recently. I was talking with friends.

A man sitting at another table heard me speaking and asked, "Where are you all from?" He was mocking me. He was mocking my Southern accent. He was sitting in Atlanta, Ga., and was making fun of the way I speak.

He was from Toledo. He had been transferred to Atlanta. If I hadn't have been 46 years old, skinny and a basic coward with a bad heart, I'd have punched him. I did, however, give him a severe verbal dressing down.

I was in my doctor's office in Atlanta. One of the women who works there, a transplanted Northerner, asked how I
pronounced the world "siren."

I said I pronounced it "si-reen." I was half kidding, but that is the way I heard the word pronounced when I was a child.

The woman laughed and said, "You Southerners really crack me up. You have a language all your own."

Yeah we do. If you don't like it, go back home and stick your head in a snow bank.

They want to tell us how to speak, how to live, what to eat, what to think and they also want to tell us how they used to do it
back in Buffalo.

Buffalo? What was the score? A hundred and ten to Zip.

The man writing on the op-ed page was writing about that bumper sticker that shows the old Confederate soldier and he's saying, "FERGIT HELL!" I don't go around sulking about the fact the South lost the Civil War. But I am aware that once upon a long time ago, a group of Americans saw fit to rebel against what they thought was an overbearing federal government. There is no record anywhere that indicates anybody in my family living in 1861 owned slaves. As a matter of fact, I come from a long line of sharecroppers, horse thieves and used car dealers. But a few of them fought anyway -- not to keep their slaves, because they didn't have any. I guess they simply thought it was the right thing to do at the time.

Whatever the reason, there was a citizenry that once saw fit to fight and die and I come from all that, and I look at those people as brave and gallant, and a frightful force until their hearts and their lands were burnt away.

I will never turn my back on that heritage.

But know this: I'm a white man and I'm a Southerner. And I'm sick of being told what is wrong with me from outside critics, and I'm tired of being stereotyped as a refugee from "God's Little Acre."

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, and I'll probably have to say it a thousand times again.

Delta may be hurting financially, but it's still ready to take you back to Toledo when you are ready to go.


-- Published Feb. 5, 1993 ]]> SurferLucas http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/surferlucas/162-if-yall-dont-like-dixie-delta-ready.html <![CDATA[I'm Interning at ALASKA AIRLINES!]]> http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/cfmike/160-im-interning-alaska-airlines.html Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:13:40 GMT
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Hi everyone!



I'm working in the technical publications and also FOQA. I also spend some time in the pilot resource center, all in Seattle. I just got back from vegas and had the privilege to jumpseat there and back. It was pretty much the coolest experience and a nice perk to this internship. Pilots were really nice!

I know there are a few Alaska guys here and any advice would be awesome. I look foward to meeting you all!
]]> CFmike http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/cfmike/160-im-interning-alaska-airlines.html pubnat 8 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/sgans55/159-pubnat-8.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:51:09 GMT i am trying to start a thread for all the pubnat 8 test takers so we can all see whats going on. i am very unfamilar with this whole site and not sure if i doing it right. i don't know if anyone will even see this. any help would be apprectiate. ]]> sgans55 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/sgans55/159-pubnat-8.html Getting eaten alive by the Multi!! http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/scooter2525/158-getting-eaten-alive-multi.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:45:10 GMT Hit the sim to pratice some flows. If you can master a frasca 142, the plane will be cake. And watch some bob Hoover vids Hit the sim to pratice some flows. If you can master a frasca 142, the plane will be cake. And watch some bob Hoover vids ]]> scooter2525 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/scooter2525/158-getting-eaten-alive-multi.html Performance Verification: My last blog update http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/swinte00/157-performance-verification-my-last-blog-update.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:52:21 GMT Greetings to all. I hope in the absence of blog updates you find yourselves in good health and possibly at the MMAC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Initial Tower Cab has been extremely fun, challenging in different aspects, but most of all, a great learning experience. We moved from the Tabletops to... Greetings to all. I hope in the absence of blog updates you find yourselves in good health and possibly at the MMAC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Initial Tower Cab has been extremely fun, challenging in different aspects, but most of all, a great learning experience. We moved from the Tabletops to the TSS labs a few weeks ago and I am set to complete both my Ground Control and Local Control PVs in approximately 12 hours.

The TSS labs are outdated and the video screens are washed out. The voice recognition SUCKS and most of all, the pilots talk really fast, but only understand when you speak slowly and enunciate properly.

Problems 2 through 6 were probably the easiest problems I completed. After these, the traffic complexity increases, you're faced with a DBRITE malfunction, wind shifts, and other issues as the training progresses. On top of all of this, traffic volume in and of itself also increases. There is one night time problem, one dusk problem, and the rest are run during daytime VFR.

Things have progressed rather well for me and I feel 100% confident that I will have no problems in passing my PV. However, sometimes things happen and people make mistakes. It happened today with a few of my basics classmates, as well as one from my Tower Cab class. Three have retakes on Local Control tomorrow, with one of those also having to retake Ground Control.

Although the problem for performance verification is not supposed to be too complex, nerves are what get to most people and cause them to overlook something they would have otherwise noticed in a normal run in the TSS.

All I can say is that I wish those luck who have to take or retake their PV.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send me a PM.

May FOLs arrive in your email inboxes and training go well for those of you already in OKC. ]]> swinte00 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/swinte00/157-performance-verification-my-last-blog-update.html at-sat http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/sgans55/156-sat.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:35:42 GMT anybody know anything about the at-sat? Also is there a software program written for the letter factory? Also does anybody know how long after you take the test do you get hired? One more thing, how is ok city? anybody know anything about the at-sat? Also is there a software program written for the letter factory? Also does anybody know how long after you take the test do you get hired? One more thing, how is ok city? ]]> sgans55 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/sgans55/156-sat.html New to the site http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/futurepilot93/155-new-site.html Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:57:49 GMT I am very interested in becoming a airline pilot for a major airline. I am fifteen years of age and have already set my mind on becoming a pilot. If anyone is willing to help me out with some information on flight schools/academy's it will be greatly appreciated. So far my research has lead me to FlightSafety Academy and Falcon Aviation Academy. Through this site and the academy's respective websites I see that these two academy's are great flight training places. Like I said I am interested in anyones views to any flight school/academy. ]]> futurepilot93 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/futurepilot93/155-new-site.html October 2nd flight http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/154-october-2nd-flight.html Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:39:55 GMT This one was supposed to be touch and go's at Gary but there was a break in the weather so we did some slow flight. I did ok and had a little trouble when it started to rain, but I still made it. I got my first chance to fly in the rain when some rain clouds were near us and we had to fly around them. It was shortlived when the rain started to get close to the airport and we had to fly back and there was another pilot in the pattern and my instructor had to do the landing because of another aircraft trying to get into the right traffic pattern. I also got to do my first crosswind takeoff and try a crosswind landing but had trouble with the landing.

I hope to get some more flights out and my flight school will get a Remos - GX by the end of the month which I will try to learn to fly once. I never flew a light sport and never flew a stick yoke plane either so this will be an experience to take in when the plane comes in. ]]> CcrlR737AMT http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/154-october-2nd-flight.html Looking for experience Via an SIC program http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/fly-til-i-die24-7/153-looking-experience-via-sic-program.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:10:57 GMT Okay anyone and everyone. I am a flight instructor at a University and i am looking for a way to get better experience than just sitting right seat making sure these kids dont kill themselves. I have looked into finding a 135 SIC program, not to build time just experience with some real flying. Any... Okay anyone and everyone. I am a flight instructor at a University and i am looking for a way to get better experience than just sitting right seat making sure these kids dont kill themselves. I have looked into finding a 135 SIC program, not to build time just experience with some real flying. Any advice? I found a 135 Carrier near where i teach in Kansas City called AirCentral Southwest who offers an SIC program. Thought? Anyone? ]]> Fly-Til-I-Die24-7 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/fly-til-i-die24-7/153-looking-experience-via-sic-program.html More ground school http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/152-more-ground-school.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:45:41 GMT Since the visibility was terrible and fog was present in the morning, I had to wait till later to go out. The afternoon did not help out and it was decided by me to do ground school. The ceiling was 2100ft and that was not good for what we were going to do today. We went over airspace and... Since the visibility was terrible and fog was present in the morning, I had to wait till later to go out. The afternoon did not help out and it was decided by me to do ground school. The ceiling was 2100ft and that was not good for what we were going to do today. We went over airspace and understanding the sectional chart as well as aerodynamics, and FAR's. I also bought the new 2010 FAR/AIM for me to study. That was about it. I hope to get in the air again and get some more flight time to log!:D ]]> CcrlR737AMT http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/152-more-ground-school.html need help with the wording of a SIC type rating endorsement http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/pilot83/151-need-help-wording-sic-type-rating-endorsement.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:38:47 GMT (61.55) SIC type rating form 8710 any tips will help (61.55) SIC type rating form 8710 any tips will help ]]> pilot83 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/pilot83/151-need-help-wording-sic-type-rating-endorsement.html blog http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/blizzue/150-blog.html Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:25:39 GMT As much as I can, I post entries on my blog at http://www.blizzue.com As much as I can, I post entries on my blog at http://www.blizzue.com ]]> bLizZuE http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/blizzue/150-blog.html Five Years http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ctab5060x/149-five-years.html Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:23:35 GMT *_Five Years_* Five years... What exactly is it? Does anyone really know? Five years...
Five Years

Five years...


What exactly is it? Does anyone really know?


Five years...


Five trips around the sun;


One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six and one quarter days;


Forty-three thousand eight hundred and thirty hours;


Two million six hundred twenty-nine thousand eight hundred minutes;


One hundred fifty-seven million seven hundred and seventy-eight thousand seconds;


A LIFETIME?


Or even an ETERNITY?




A lot can happen to a person in five years. Heartache, sorrow, and pain. Joy, happiness, and satisfaction.


Five years can see the happiest day of your life. It can also see the worst day of your life. It can see your world shattered, yet it can also rebuild your life.


I have seen my world shattered, and although it seems hard to fathom, each year I find that I have picked up a couple of more pieces and put them in place. But I find myself today stopping to view my puzzle. To examine where I have been and to ponder where am I going...


It is a puzzle with no edges or boundaries. There are some areas that are clearly defined and complete - those of the past; yet other area that are void - to be filled with pieces in the years to come. But there is also this very noticeable and inescapable void - a void in the present. This is the void I concentrate on today... for today marks five years.


Five years ago today, the safe and secure world I knew came crashing down around me. The void was created. Throughout the last five years, I have encircled the void as best I could - with memories, happy times, and joyous occasions. But these defenses don't always hold.


Today (Sept 11th), I look at the puzzle that is my life. I ponder it closely, concentrating on the void that is ever present in my life. And yet, I find something strange has happened.


Oh yes, the void is still there, but the edges.... they are no longer rough and full of raw emotion, yet smoothed by new memories and happier memories. Memories forged from the pieces that used to occupy the void before my world was shattered.


It is now, looking at the void in my life that I come to a stark realization...


While five years can seem so long, and yet so short, it can offer us the most important gift of all:


The gift of TIME.


Time to REFLECT...


Time to MOVE FORWARD...


Time to HEAL...


It is here, five years later, that I look at myself and find that I have started to heal.


Healing a wound that on some days - especially today - is gaping and ugly. A wound that will forever leave a scar - my void - on the great puzzle that is my life.


A void that was once filled with a great friend, a teacher and mentor, a wonderful Father who was taken too soon from this world.




September 11, 2004... the day my world forever changed. The day I started down a different path in my life.


Five years...


I look back on where I have been. I gaze one more time on the puzzle that is my life. I then turn and do what I know must be done.


I take a deep breath... and take another step forward on the road that is my future.
]]> ctab5060X http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ctab5060x/149-five-years.html September 9 2009 flight http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/148-september-9-2009-flight.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:48:41 GMT The weather called for overcast at 2,000feet, 7SM, and calm winds so it was ok for traffic patterns. It turned out ok and I did better than before. I still have to get some more practice levelling off without looking at the instruments which seems to be my writers block. I actually had several... The weather called for overcast at 2,000feet, 7SM, and calm winds so it was ok for traffic patterns. It turned out ok and I did better than before. I still have to get some more practice levelling off without looking at the instruments which seems to be my writers block. I actually had several times where I forgot which way the trim supposed to go in a Cessna 172 when it came to leveling off the plane during a descent to keep a specific airspeed.(The piper has one over the seats on the ceiling and I got confused on which way to turn it as well.) For helping me learn to level off my instructor covered up the instruments to make me look outside the window and it did help because I did better than when I started to look at them to make sure I was straight and level.

Other than that, the flight was great(still progressing and perfecting!)! I had to experience a busy traffic pattern with 2 other aircraft and a helicopter(The helicopter had a right pattern while the aircraft were on a left one.) landing in. While I was on crosswind, I had a plane wanting to do a straight-in for runway 9 and one other one 4 miles to the north of the airport and my CFI handled some of the radio calls and I had to divide my attention to watch for traffic. When I did not see it, he pointed it out to me just in case. What was more important to me was the helicopter which I did not want to get close behind and one of my patterns I had to do a extended downwind until he landed and I was able to finish. I got a little nervous but still had to fly the plane:laff:

I hope to get leveling off straightened out to where I know what to do and be able to handle the radios when it gets busy and progress from there back to controlled airspace like Gary. ]]> CcrlR737AMT http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/148-september-9-2009-flight.html Proposal for a US Constitutional Amendment http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/spiramirabilis/147-proposal-us-constitutional-amendment.html Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:34:13 GMT ---Quote (Originally by wheelsup)--- What would it accomplish? I initial that I read the DCA procedures every time as well. ---End Quote--- 30-40 years ago the average length of a bill in the house of representatives was like 10 pages.
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What would it accomplish? I initial that I read the DCA procedures every time as well.
30-40 years ago the average length of a bill in the house of representatives was like 10 pages. ]]> SpiraMirabilis http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/spiramirabilis/147-proposal-us-constitutional-amendment.html September 2nd 2009 flight http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/146-september-2nd-2009-flight.html Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:49:16 GMT This was another good day and a good flight as well(Winds were 120 @ 4kts, 10SM, and clear below 12,000ft). My instructor asked me to do the before start checklist without the list to go off of and I remembered at least 95% of it from doing it several times before(he wanted to see how much I double... This was another good day and a good flight as well(Winds were 120 @ 4kts, 10SM, and clear below 12,000ft). My instructor asked me to do the before start checklist without the list to go off of and I remembered at least 95% of it from doing it several times before(he wanted to see how much I double checked myself, I don't do it while flying:laff:). It started out with learning to level off the plane without looking at the instruments. I decided to move my head closer to the windshield to see out better and try to do it without looking down and I did better than before using the sight picture that my instructor told me about. I still have to get some more practice.

We also did more slow flight and he was asking me questions about what to do if you wanted the plane to maintain 60 knots? or 50 knots? Finally he showed me an emergency descent. There was a good anaology to remeber what to do ABCD.
A-Airspeed
B-Best field(Soft field landing)
C-Checklist
D-Declare emergency

As we turned back to the airport I did a left traffic for runway 9 and had to overfly the field at 2,000ft to enter the traffic at a 45degree for left traffic. I did a right turn to get on the downwind for runway 9 and we did an extended downwind leg due to a plane in the pattern who was ahead of us. ]]> CcrlR737AMT http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/146-september-2nd-2009-flight.html Moving on http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/jcpilot/144-moving.html Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:16:15 GMT Well, with my 2nd week of Basics firmly in the books, I figured I should somewhat update this blog. I've actually moved on to a blogspot blog, as I like the features and such. I feel I've done a fairly good job of logging my time here, so if you're interested, feel free to check it out! All further updates will take place at this blog. Enjoy!


http://atcinak.blogspot.com ]]> jcpilot http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/jcpilot/144-moving.html Initial Tower Cab: The meat of my training! http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/swinte00/142-initial-tower-cab-meat-my-training.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:32:26 GMT Hello everyone! (If anyone still checks this thing)

I've been busy plowing away with Initial Tower Cab training for the past two weeks. We started on night shift (hence, no updates) and we've been on days this week. I have to say that my instructors DEFINITELY know what they're doing, just as my basics instructors did. I got placed in a class with mostly military and a few CTI grads. Everyone gets along great and the few times we've been to the labs, we've been doing really good.

One thing they stress beyond belief is PHRASEOLOGY. As important as this is, one instructor still managed to mutter under his breath about the 7110.65 calling it "that piece of S*** book." Quite comical, if I may say so.

The academics in ITC (Initial Tower Cab) are definitely a bore for anyone coming out of basics. They review all sorts of stuff that you've already had pounded into your head, but there are also things that are covered that are new. Below are a few examples.

We learned how to record an ATIS (for those of you going to airports with a computer-generated voice, you still get to do it). We also learned how to manipulate the ASOS observations.

We took our tower visibility exam, which is extremely easy if you just pay attention to what the questions are asking. However, you don't actually become certified until you take your first observation at your facility.

We also studied a lesson on FDIO (Flight Data Input/Output). This is actually really useful as it's something you'll need in order to check out on Flight Data and Clearance Delivery. The codes are easy enough to memorize and it's an extremely useful system overall. You also do a Computer Based Instruction course on stripmarking used at Academy Airport.

We've been fortunate enough to go into the fishbowls once and run about half of a problem. I'm SERIOUSLY ready to get to this part. We've also spent a considerable amount of time in the table tops practicing phraseology, traffic calls, and movement area management at Academy Airport.

Be warned: If you screw up your phraseology, they'll make you correct it until you get it perfect. Don't forget the "heavy" for your 74's, 75's, 76's, 77's, and your Airbus series aircraft. That's pretty important.

The lesson on Wake turbulence is by far the most complicated lesson we've covered to date. I still have quite a bit of review to do on this because I don't quite have it down to perfection.

Block tests come every 2 or 3 days, but they're nothing like you take in Basics. They're administered on the computer with NO FAA intervention. Oh, and the way the instructors help you review is VERY helpful :)

I apologize for the lack of updates, but until we hit the labs, I don't really have much new to say other than PAY ATTENTION IN BASICS!

That is all.

"EAGLE FLIGHT THIRTY-SIX NINETEEN, ACADEMY TOWER, RUNWAY TWO-EIGHT RIGHT CLEARED TO LAND, WIND TWO EIGHT ZERO AT SEVEN, CAUTION WAKE TURBULENCE HEAVY BOEING TRIPLE SEVEN ARRIVED" ]]> swinte00 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/swinte00/142-initial-tower-cab-meat-my-training.html August 25 2009 flight http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/141-august-25-2009-flight.html Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:32:12 GMT My schedule will change to Wednesdays due to work and will be the next day after that I will fly next week weather permitting. The weather was good and with winds at 220 at 11 gusting to 15KTS, it was time to do some S-Turns, rectangular courses, and turns around a point. I had a hard time... My schedule will change to Wednesdays due to work and will be the next day after that I will fly next week weather permitting.

The weather was good and with winds at 220 at 11 gusting to 15KTS, it was time to do some S-Turns, rectangular courses, and turns around a point. I had a hard time getting the plane over the road at first, but after one more shot, I got it. Same with the S-turns. I still need to perfect my power-off stalls(Been a while since I last did them.), but it was a ok but rough flight. I don't want to go to details, but it was good with some minor problems like leveling off the plane by looking out the window. I tend to look at the instruments and that is how I goof it up sometimes.

Sometimes, It feels like trying to ride a horse and remembering how to ride it again sometimes(not for everything, just certain maneuvers.). since I get an hour to fly each week and I have been saving money for it too which I feel like I am going in circles with my plan. I feel I hope Chair flying and more studying works for me. Also I might end up buying me a headset since I had an awful pair of old telex headsets which worked but the volume was low and we tried the control in the plane. I had fun folliwing roads and doing turns and I hope one day I can master all the maneuvers and get a chance to sloo.

Also my CFI went to this restaurant called Pilot Pete's and it is a nice aviation themed restaurant. If you get a chance to go there, he said it was a great place to go and once when I finish my maneuvers and ready to solo, I can ride with him and fly the route which would put us below ORD's airspace. ]]> CcrlR737AMT http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/141-august-25-2009-flight.html August 18 2009 Flight http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/139-august-18-2009-flight.html Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:07:02 GMT This one was traffic patterns again and this one was all on my own with little help with my instructor, just to see how I can perform what I study and memorize. It was a little rough with the winds getting in the way. I managed to make the takeoff good, but the landings I have to work on and... This one was traffic patterns again and this one was all on my own with little help with my instructor, just to see how I can perform what I study and memorize. It was a little rough with the winds getting in the way. I managed to make the takeoff good, but the landings I have to work on and dealing with the right rate-of-climb speed to make the traffic pattern work(Need more practice). On the plus side, I got the communications right throughout the flight which was impressive, but still I need to get everything together.

I printed some flashcards from the AOPA Air Safety foundation to help me remember the aircraft facts as well as the different airspace designations on a chart. More practice for me next week weather permitting. Now it is studying and work for the rest of the week. ]]> CcrlR737AMT http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/139-august-18-2009-flight.html double eagle aviation http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/carlo/138-double-eagle-aviation.html Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:38:46 GMT anybody hear about the 10 days instrument rating??? I am wandering if you have any input on this o hear anyone taking this rating there??? provide feedback please Carlo:clap::beer: anybody hear about the 10 days instrument rating??? I am wandering if you have any input on this o hear anyone taking this rating there???

provide feedback please

Carlo:clap::beer: ]]> CARLO http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/carlo/138-double-eagle-aviation.html Class Dates http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/jcpilot/137-class-dates.html Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:38:26 GMT I begin my Tracon Basics class on August 18th. Yup, 5 days from today. At first, I was in shock, because of all the things that I knew would need to be done. However, now that things have settled for a bit, I'm a bit more calm.

Ok, here's what happened. I went out with my brother-in-law to drop a load of garbage off at the landfill. After we'd made our drop off, I checked my iPhone for e-mail. There was one waiting that listed my name, my facility, and class date in the subject. My hands started shaking as I selected the e-mail to open up. It seemed to take a very long time for the mail to open up. When it finally did, my HR rep was offering an August 18th class date. She said that she knew it was short notice, but that if I didn't take it, it would probably be the last offer I'd get for the year. So I hurridly called my wife, told her about the e-mail and she said 'So, have you called them back?' There was no discussion. She wanted me to take it. So I called the number listed in the e-mail, and was immediately connected to the person I needed to talk to. She said she was kind of shocked that I could make that date, but she enrolled me in the class and said I would have my firm offer by the end of the week.

So, I probably won't blog again till I get settled in OKC. Hopefully, I can blog fairly regularly about the experience, so those behind me can get an idea about what to expect. Good luck to all those still waiting on dates! ]]> jcpilot http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/jcpilot/137-class-dates.html August 11 2009 Flight http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/135-august-11-2009-flight.html Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:29:28 GMT Somehow I was supposed to go up but weather got in the way, but I got some ground school instead. There were towering cumulus clouds with lightning distant to the west and southwest. When I was driving to the airport, I saw the big puffy clouds and when I checked the METAR and TAF for Midway and... Somehow I was supposed to go up but weather got in the way, but I got some ground school instead. There were towering cumulus clouds with lightning distant to the west and southwest. When I was driving to the airport, I saw the big puffy clouds and when I checked the METAR and TAF for Midway and Gary and Midway's visibility and ceiling dropped when the clouds came by. It got a little bit dark but did not rain or storm, so we could not fly. I remembered when the weatherman said that there would be a slight chance of showers and storms south of Interstate 80.:confused: Oh well, better luck next time! ]]> CcrlR737AMT http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/ccrlr737amt/135-august-11-2009-flight.html <![CDATA["Weather" you like it or not...]]> http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/swinte00/134-weather-you-like-not.html Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:00:29 GMT Weather is still consuming our class... But only until Tuesday. We have covered AIRMETs, METARs, TAFs, SIGMETs, Convective SIGMETs, and any other type of weather reporting you could ever possibly imagine. However, what the people from the NWS fail to let you know is that reading a METAR is NOT the... Weather is still consuming our class... But only until Tuesday. We have covered AIRMETs, METARs, TAFs, SIGMETs, Convective SIGMETs, and any other type of weather reporting you could ever possibly imagine. However, what the people from the NWS fail to let you know is that reading a METAR is NOT the same as the ATIS you will have at your airport. Here's a brief example of a METAR and what it means.

KFSM 111553Z VRB06KT 10SM FEW013 24/20 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP205 T02390200

Translation: Fort Smith ONE FIVE FIVE THREE OBSERVATION WIND VARIABLE AT SIX VISIBILITY ONE ZERO CLOUDS FEW AT ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TEMPERATURE TWO FOUR DEW POINT TWO ZERO ALTIMITER THREE ZERO ONE FIVE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE ONE ZERO TWO ZERO POINT FIVE HECTOPASCALS.

It's boring, and there's not much more to it than that. It all gets pretty ocnfusing at times, especially the way that the instructor teaches it.

We are finishing weather tonight and then reviewing for our LAST Block Test tomorrow. After that we move on to stuff like ATC Communication, Stripmarking, and Clearances. I'm super ready for the Comprehensive exam on Monday morning and then moving on to Tower Cab next week.

Our lead instructor last night mentioned that someone else has a blog detailing their experiences of Tower Cab, but I have yet to find it. If anyone else has run across this, please point me in that direction as I'd love to read it.

If you have any questions or comments, please let me know!

As for things to do here, there's a lot of attractions, restaurants, and bars downtown. However, I haven't had much time to go and visit them because I'm usually too tired and just want to come home and relax at the end of each day. Buffalo Wild Wings and the bars downtown seem to be a class favorite, along with Brix.

Every basics class that I know of starts out on day shift. Then usually, the week after that is when the class gets moved to nights. During Air Traffic Basics, you usually have two weeks of nights. Your schedule for Tower Cab is dictated by classroom availability. There have been some classes that have been all day shift, and there have been some that have had a few weeks of night shift. It's all really in the luck of the draw, similar to anything else FAA related as most of you know from your application process experiences. ]]> swinte00 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/swinte00/134-weather-you-like-not.html OKC Day ##: The much needed update... http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/swinte00/133-okc-day-much-needed-update.html Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:46:21 GMT Hey everyone! First and foremost I want to apologize for the lack of updates recently. Last week we began night shift (July 27 through the 31st) and I was honestly too exhausted to get online and type about the evenings I had been experiencing. So, thanks in part to jeffm1999, I have decided... Hey everyone!

First and foremost I want to apologize for the lack of updates recently. Last week we began night shift (July 27 through the 31st) and I was honestly too exhausted to get online and type about the evenings I had been experiencing. So, thanks in part to jeffm1999, I have decided to start updating my blog again as much as possible. I will try to give a rundown of the things that we covered last week and this week as best as I can.

Last week we spent going over charts pretty much all week. You learn all about VFR Sectional Charts, Terminal Area Charts, IFR Low Altitude En-route charts, IFR High Altitude En-route charts, World Area Charts, and pretty much any other type of chart you can think of. I already had a pretty good idea of how to read the charts and what all of the symbols meant, how different airspace is depicted, and where to find FSS information on the charts. (Thanks Microsoft Flight Simulator for taking up all of my time from age 12 to 15!). We also covered SIDs (Standard Instrument Departures) and STARs (Standard Terminal Arrival Routes), as well as IAPs (Instrument Approach Plates). We covered MEA (Minimum Enroute Altitude), MOCA (Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude), DH (Decision Height), MDA (Minimum Descent Altitude), Circling restrictions, types of NAVAIDs, Radio and Satellite Navigation, RNAV (Area Navigation), GPS, LORAN, the different types of approaches, ie. precision vs non-precision, MLS, PAR, ILS, localizer, VOR, and NDB approaches, and what seemed like a million other things. It was a lot of information, but it really was not bad at all.

If you don't know what any of that means, TRUST ME--you'll have PLENTY of time to learn about it. I think we spent a total of about 30 hours on charts last week and the remaining 10 on Approaches and SID/STAR charts. We also covered a bit of the Airport/Facility Directory and that kind of stuff. All in all, you will be so sick of charts by the time Block Test 3 comes around, you will practically be able to draw them all from memory.

All of the stuff I listed above ran into Block Test 3, which was on Wednesday of this week. During our time on night shift, we also went over to the Stafford building and got to check out the Tower Cab simulators (fishbowls) and the tabletops. All I can say is: AWESOME! I can't wait until I'm telling Cessna 172PT to extend his downwind fifty times a day.

We also took a trip over to the RTF labs and got to watch some of the students over there do a problem. I can tell that RTF will definitely be more in-depth when I come back after I check out in the Tower at my facility.

We covered Emergencies and Search and Rescue after Block Test 3 on Wednesday. Those were fairly quick lessons and elaborating on them would be pointless, plus I'm not sure that I'm allowed to. Anyways, we finally started weather today and I have to say that I'm getting anxious to get done with basics. Everything that the instructors have covered is coming together for the class, and overall our class has the highest EoL Test average as well as Block Test average compared with the other two Basics classes that are going on right now. One tid-bit of information about weather--it's boring. I feel like I could get on channel 5 right now and give the forecast for the weekend and today was only the first day. However, it was also just the tip of the iceberg. Weather lesson plans are FAR longer than any other lesson plan we've had thus far, including aircraft recognition, so I know that the next two and a half days are going to be LONG.

Wednesday was Facility Manager "Meet and Greet" day at the Stafford building with free pizza for everyone. While my manager was not able to attend, I did get to meet with someone from my facility that is back for RTF after checking out in the tower. It was good to get some information from him. I also got to meet up with dredding, so we had a miniature FSM pow-wow at lunch that day.

All in all, things are going fantastic. There have been a few classes that have started basics after us as well as some military/CTI grads that have already started tower cab/ITR as of yesterday (I think). I will be going to nights the Tuesday after my basics comprehensive due to the way the class was split for tower cab, but I think that should work out fine.

Please leave comments and/or subscribe! Again, I'm sorry for the lack of posts, there WILL be more to come!

Thanks for reading!

-Swinte ]]> swinte00 http://forums.jetcareers.com/blogs/swinte00/133-okc-day-much-needed-update.html