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Why be an airline pilot when one can do this instead.
I love aviation. There is nothing like flying for a living and being a commercial pilot. However, not all flying is equal. There is the kind where one merely sits there, watches the instruments, and let's the plane fly itself. This is the job of the airline pilot. Then there is the kind where one really flies and is in full control of the plane and becomes one with it. That's the kind of flying I love. To understand what I'm talking about just watch with the video. (vimeo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Love the cockpit visibility of that plane!
There is a new TV series about just the kind of flying mentioned in this squawk: It's called "Air Pressure," and it's on Discovery:
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/air-pressure/
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/air-pressure/
It was originally called "The Worst Place To Be A Pilot", but air pressure seems like a better fit...being in the American regionals is the worst place to be a pilot. Long hours, little pay, etc. , no real flying...
Not in Singapore. All we get on cable is endless repeats and all sorts of silly " history" docus about pawn shops and worst! Discovery channel is no better here..
stick and rudder judgement flying. Best flying memories for me back in the very early sixties a crop duster taught me how to understand and fly an airplane after I had acquired my PL & ME on my 16th birthday, I remember well the first thing he showed me was tying a string on the ceiling with a nut hanging down to give me bank info. realy hought me how to feel what the airplane was doing. Thank you Walter Reed.
extension tp first post: for ghelping give me over 18,000 hours of safe flying. Rest in peace.
As a 30 year airline pilot, I am blessed enough to be able to do both. Yes, the career is not the same as it was when my Dad did it, but it pays the bills and gives me the resources and the time off to do GA flying from my home - on an airport community. I have a lot of respect for those professionals who choose to fly in the bush, or in Alaska (my son has done that at 22 years old with 600 hours), so I know how challenging that can be. Airline pilots make their job look easy, but so do race car drivers and major league sports players - because we are all professionals with years of experience. That does not mean the job is easy. Enjoy your job - I will enjoy mine for a few more years, then plan to tour North America in an RV-10 I am building - another perk of the major airline career.