I’m an airline guy obviously, I fly because it’s been my passion since a child. Growing up in Alaska I knew Hudson, Sheldon, had dinner with Noel Wien. I fly the jet because I love to fly, and do it over Bush flying because of the same reason folks become doctors and lawyers, it pays the bills. The folks I fly with that have their own planes are very passionate about aviation but that is just one airline. Can’t speak for everyone.


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I’d rather look like this at work.

akaviator wrote:
I’d rather look like this at work.

Same here, and nice sunglasses reflection!!

G44 wrote:

gbflyer wrote:If it was an airline flight I'd say he tried to hand fly one.

In the airline world they are all hand flown unless doing an auto land in low visibility or for pilot proficiency or airplane currency. Auto lands are more complicated than actually hand flying it.

I don't think that worked as intended for Asiana,

If you want hard landings, try sitting in the back of a 737 on a 5500ft strip in a blizzard/ice storm, makes you appreciate the engineering put into the landing gear. They want the plane down firmly, greasing it in isn't always the goal.

My hardest airline landing was my first with passengers. I had three touch n gos in the DC10 before IOE (initial operating experience) then had a trip to RSW. Night and only a VOR approach with 380 folks wedged into a SunCountry DC10.

Instructor says “don’t get fancy and just fly it on, don’t float it” so...I drove it on with a bang. On roll out, he says I could have flared a little. I’m red faced and waiting to hear it from the flight attendants. The cockpit door opens, two flight attendants come up and yell “look at what you did Jake” I turn around and they both have their pantyhose rolled down to their ankles.

It is all about the tray table. Finish IOE on the A350 tomorrow to China. Still amazed at how nimble it is vs the A330. 600,000# beast Flies like a light A319 and climbs to 370 at max weight. Remember, it’s not a hard landing unless the “rubber jungle” gets deployed.

C130jake wrote:with 380 folks wedged into a SunCountry DC10.

Yikes! Thats a lot of peeps!

C130jake wrote:Finish IOE on the A350 tomorrow to China. Still amazed at how nimble it is vs the A330. 600,000# beast Flies like a light A319 and climbs to 370 at max weight.

Does almost as good as the 787!

C130jake wrote:....I drove it on with a bang. On roll out, he says I could have flared a little. I’m red faced and waiting to hear it from the flight attendants. The cockpit door opens, two flight attendants come up and yell “look at what you did Jake” I turn around and they both have their pantyhose rolled down to their ankles. ....

Now that's funny!!!

Jake, that was good enough I had to send it to my sister that retired as a supervisor at Chicago Center.