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I tend to agree. As a Airlines pilot myself the amount of broken stuff (read MEL , CDL) on a supposedly state of the airplanes are daily.…

Pilot here. All cabin crew are trained and practice yearly at dealing with this exact scenario. The Usual answer is to divert to the…

Here's for the comment ... period.

Microsoft simulator with Fslabs 320. Literally taught me how to do my job.

Lol your last sentence summed it up well.

Here in Saigon Vietnam, I shower twice a day

Love me job!

For me Maui Jim. Their lenses are fantastic. I used them for driving/riding. Disgusted at myself for getting a pair of Rayban Caravan for…

More reason to look after my 12 years old boot !!!

There are many types of turbulence. The one we can see involves water I.e. around a thunderstorm or cumulus cloud. We avoid these area. We…

Medical class 1 is always once a year.

Medical is once a year. And How what compared to Qantas ? Unsure what you’re asking.

Lol it happened. It was a joke from me but I have heard it on frequency.

My fav plane right now is the 321 :) The best thing about being pilot is a good landing. Sometimes I do a walkaround and think to myself,…

>How do you manage your jet lags? Alcohol. Joking I try to stay to my local Timezone. On the narrow body, our maximum time difference is…

Looks pretty reasonable to me. Domestically VNA is pretty reliable. Vietjet is a bit less since their aircraft roll over is higher. But…

It has the potential to interfere with the signal of the navigation system. Having said that, I personally haven’t seen it happened yet.…

Shhhhhh 😂 my wife on ozbargain you know.

Not really.. unless there’s a reason for it.

At least 7 full nights every month. And every 2 months I have 1 week off. Have been doing a lot of night flying lately. I could use more…

Heaps but unfortunately I'm married. Don't let me wife see this.

>How easy is it to become a commercial pilot? Not easy. Even for the route I took which consider a shortcut and cut out the years of low…

Very basic math. Mostly just x3 or /3 and /2. Easy peasy. That said, it’s funny seeing new pilots lose their most basic math skill while…

For me it was around 100k NZD, including PPL, MEIR, CPL, Frozen ATPLs and MCC. Type Rating and Line training was bonded by the airlines for…

lol. I'm paying for my mother and sister if that's what you're implying ;))

No I’m flying at 9pm tonight. :-(. What’s the flight number ?

The cockpit is always locked. Our SOPs demands if one pilot is to go outside, he/she must get a cabin crew in the cockpit until returns.

Yep on our way to Bombay. We reverted to old means of navigation with heading and track.

I miss my daughters very much. I go back to NZ every 2 months to see them. It is the sole reason I want to go back to Aus or Nz to fly.

First solo is what every pilot remembers. I remember it very vividly although that was 7 years ago. The very first landing on my 321 was…