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ive had a few flights with a piper warrior. i love it and wish i could get my personal in a few years.
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I've just passed my test for my commercial instrument license about 2 weeks ago. I'm rated and current in the TH-67, AKA Bell 206 Jetranger now. I have a few hours of Cessna time and I enjoyed it. Believe me, flying Helo's is work compared to flying an airplane!  I thought 'how hard can it be'? Well, now it isn't hard but in the beginning I was sweating after 20 minutes of hover work!  I mean all tense and tired. Took me about 7 hours to find the hover button and about 12 hours to become pretty decent at it. Now I don't even notice it anymore. Amazing!
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I can imagine that. Considering that a helicopter needs that itty-bitty tailrotor to maintain directional control can be disconcerting. Actually, considering the entire balancing act a helicopter needs to do is discouraging. My first CFI is working on her helo rating, and an ATP.
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Haha that's awesome! Go GM!
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BTW if any of you guys have a degree of any kind and would like to be an Air Traffic Controller the FAA is looking for new people to replace those that started after Pres. Reagan fired those on strike and the new hires are beginning to retire. Tough job but somebody has to do ir and the pay is $80,000 to $120,000. That, the input I have been hearing.
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Originally posted by Blevans:
BTW if any of you guys have a degree of any kind and would like to be an Air Traffic Controller the FAA is looking for new people to replace those that started after Pres. Reagan fired those on strike and the new hires are beginning to retire. Tough job but somebody has to do ir and the pay is $80,000 to $120,000. That, the input I have been hearing.
Dang, thats way more than I make.
But I like my job right now.
I could never give up being in a leadership position again unless I worked for myself.
ATC requires some skill though, I have a lot of respect for the good controllers.
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Originally posted by Blevans:
BTW if any of you guys have a degree of any kind and would like to be an Air Traffic Controller the FAA is looking for new people to replace those that started after Pres. Reagan fired those on strike and the new hires are beginning to retire. Tough job but somebody has to do ir and the pay is $80,000 to $120,000. That, the input I have been hearing.
Being in the ATC industry, it is not just that easy to get an $80000 job. Granted, there will be many people retiring, there is no denying that. But to say that anyone with a degree of any kind can get that job is a little presumptious. There is a long waiting list for ATC school, so there will be no shortage of qualified candidates seeking controller jobs. Plus, their is the job itself. Sure it may pay $80 - $120K (In high stress sectors or centers), but you pay for it in high stress, bad hours, and long work days. I have been contemplating pursuing this path for a while now, but I can't just up and leave to go to whereever they assign me. If I could choose where I work, I would certainly pick Philly Int'l or Atlantic City Int'l, but I don't think I have that choice.
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Got my license in 95. I've got about 800 hours mostly in homebuilts, some cessna and a bit of Grumman Tiger time. Got my complex rating in a T34 by the great Thurston "Jaybo" Hinyub before his untimely demise in a AT-11 crash on a road in Tampa. I'm working on my instrument and commercial ratings now. What a bytch. Never do two ratings at once. I've built a Challenger ultralight, a spacewalker two, and a Europa mono-wheel. Damn, I wish I knew how to post pictures.  Jim
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I think I figured it out. [image]http://  [/image] Maybe, Jim
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Originally posted by warmonger:
I've just passed my test for my commercial instrument license about 2 weeks ago.
I'm rated and current in the TH-67, AKA Bell 206 Jetranger now.
I have a few hours of Cessna time and I enjoyed it.
Believe me, flying Helo's is work compared to flying an airplane! I thought 'how hard can it be'? Well, now it isn't hard but in the beginning I was sweating after 20 minutes of hover work! I mean all tense and tired. Took me about 7 hours to find the hover button and about 12 hours to become pretty decent at it. Now I don't even notice it anymore. Amazing!
Hover button, LMAO!!!
As an r/c heli pilot, I can say it took a lot longer to find that button. One teacher had a great piece of advice for me though; think of the helo resting on a bubble about 2x the size of the bird, and you don't want to slide off of that bubble. I don't know why but the analogy worked for me. It helped me move the cyclic stick the right way. Kudos to you guys who have what it takes to fly the real thing.
Mark
Semper Fi
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