When I was working I refused to get on 19 passenger aircraft, that is aircraft that have only a crew of two. Those pilots are bottom of the barrel and just beginning to amass flying hours If they can get a couple of thousand hours of flying time then they can go on to better and bigger things
Air Wisconsin flight 965 Minneapolis to Lincoln Nebraska crashed in Iowa, flew right into a thunderstorm. The only reason I wasn't on that thing was because another service call in Iowa opened up, so I decided to drive Michael Monsour On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 9:28 AM, K5HM via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Age is not the barrier. It is very expensive to get multi-engine jet > qualified. Even then you have to have a minimum number of jet hours beyond > qualification to be eligible for hire. That’s why UPS and Fed Ex hire as > many ex-military pilots as they can. Very few civilians can afford to > amass the required experience and hours it takes to get hired by these > companies. > > > > OTOH, it is very easy to get an amateur license, get on the air and make a > fool of yourself. You may crash and burn but only in the figurative sense. > I guess that’s why they call it “Amateur” Radio. > > > > 73, > > Ron, K5HM > > [email protected] > > www.qrz.com/db/k5hm > > [image: ARRL Logo][image: logo (2)][image: smaller Prize] > > * Excelsior!* > > > > *From:* BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *david > bankhead via BVARC > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:14 AM > *To:* Bvarc List <[email protected]> > *Cc:* david bankhead <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [BVARC] UPS flights > > > > > 9-3-2010 and 8-14-2013 UPS flights had accidents and both times pilot and > co-pilots were killed . > > As Eddie pointed out 16 years old you can get your pilot license . > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone <https://yho.com/footer0> > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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