Career update for our mate Requiem

[Freycinet]

It is very heartening to me that doing youtube flight sim videos can actually lead to somewhere respectable in life. I'll have to tell my wife.... 

[Giggles]

On 4/13/2022 at 1:07 PM, Noisemaker said:

 

Just because it's bigger, doesn't mean you can't do a barrel roll.  I mean, you probably shouldn't, but you could. 

Congrats!

bigger plane means bigger fuel tanks means

 

BIGGER FIREBALLS  on impact

hey wait up,  strange just saw an article on yahoo the other day about a pilot who faked his creds and was flying a 747 mega when he wasnt trained on it

[Cynic_Al]

19 hours ago, Charlo-VR said:

We won't know if Requiem is our pilot unless he introduces himself

 

You'll know all right.

[BlitzPig_EL]

 

[firdimigdi]

https://www.travelmarketreport.com/News/articles/Your-Next-American-Airlines-Flight-Could-Be-a-Bus-Ride

 

Finally, the true reason behind @busdriver starting this thread.

[DD_Arthur]

So…is it the wonderful 737 or is it that other plane with the flight deck that reminds me of all those horrible cars made by British Leyland in the nineteen eighties??

[BlitzPig_EL]

55 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

those horrible cars made by British Leyland in the nineteen eighties??

 

*SHUDDERS* Perish the thought, and we only got the Jaguar/Rover/Triumph cars over here back then. The hideous rubber bumper MG cars were done, thankfully, after 1980.

[ST_Catchov]

Harsh. If it don't leak oil it ain't a car innit.

[BlitzPig_EL]

Being a life long British car owner in the colonies I have every right to call them like I see them...  

 

The MGB needed to be replaced by the early 70s, ditto the TR6 and E-Type.  They were very long in the tooth.  BLMC was a rudderless ship in a stormy sea of change.

 

 

The British Racing Green TR3 with the alloy wheels has been my mount for 40+ years.

 

 

[ST_Catchov]

8 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

The British Racing Green TR3 with the alloy wheels has been my mount for 40+ years.

 

40 years! She's a magnificent motor vehicle Blitz and lovingly maintained by the looks. I've always been a sucker for British Racing Green. I must admit I'm a little jealous. You must get all the chicks! I reckon even Req wouldn't mind a bit of that after a long flight. Your Triumph I mean ....

[busdriver]

Okay here it is 24 August 2022 and our hero @Requiem has completed his first flight as a First Officer at American Airlines. Flt 1239 BOS-ORD. He's about to board Flt 1165 for his first layover at a major airline...to AUS (Austin Texas). That's a pretty great layover to start career at major.

 

Well done mate!

[DD_Arthur]

Thank you busdriver, that’s great news and quite an achievement too?.

 

So right now they’re programming the fmc and trying to work out whether the stains on the seat covering are coffee or ketchup?

 

[GenMarkof007]

Congratulations @Requiem!

I'm a bite late from the original post, but I want to wish you all the best in this new (RL) pilot adventure!
And thank you for all the time you gave us with those great IL2 - FC and ROF tutorial videos (and even DCS).

 

I'll try to book an American Airline flight..., thinking that you might be our pilot!

 

Cheers mate and congrats again,

GenMarkof 

Edited August 24, 2022 by GenMarkof007

[A-E-Hartmann]

Congratulations Requiem ?

[PatrickAWlson]

1 hour ago, busdriver said:

Okay here it is 24 August 2022 and our hero @Requiem has completed his first flight as a First Officer at American Airlines. Flt 1239 BOS-ORD. He's about to board Flt 1165 for his first layover at a major airline...to AUS (Austin Texas). That's a pretty great layover to start career at major.

 

Well done mate!

 

Austin is a fun town.  As a new pilot you don't want to take too much advantage of the night life, but if you're willing to drink club soda you can listen to some good music.  Home of Stevie Ray Vaughn.

[JimTM]

2 hours ago, busdriver said:

Okay here it is 24 August 2022 and our hero @Requiem has completed his first flight as a First Officer at American Airlines. Flt 1239 BOS-ORD. He's about to board Flt 1165 for his first layover at a major airline...to AUS (Austin Texas). That's a pretty great layover to start career at major.

 

Well done mate!

 

So, Requiem got the 737-800 and he is still busdriver's friend.  

 

Congrats Req!  

[BMA_FlyingShark]

Congratulations Requiem.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[Requiem]

1 hour ago, JimTM said:

 

So, Requiem got the 737-800 and he is still busdriver's friend.  

 

Congrats Req!  

I'm still his friend, but I'm just disowned now. @busdriver has to tell his friends I fly the Airbus to avoid the shame I've brought on him and his wife by flying the 737.

 

Both flights were great! My first landing in Austin was very smooth, but I'm told that on really nice landings the spoilers won't deploy...so there's a new goal.

 

I'll have a hero shot in front of the plane at some point in this trip

 

Cheers all!

[busdriver]

On 8/24/2022 at 4:46 PM, Requiem said:

I'll have a hero shot in front of the plane at some point in this trip

 

Like this? He's so cool he needs to wear long sleeves in the summer.

 

 

[Requiem]

11 hours ago, busdriver said:

 

Like this? He's so cool he needs to wear long sleeves in the summer.

 

 

Hey that guy looks familiar...

 

If I can wear short sleeve in the middle of winter on walkarounds then it means I can wear long sleeve during summer!

I wanted to look a bit more professional for my first round of flying with this under the blazer though ?

[Irishratticus72]

2 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Hey that guy looks familiar...

 

If I can wear short sleeve in the middle of winter on walkarounds then it means I can wear long sleeve during summer!

I wanted to look a bit more professional for my first round of flying with this under the blazer though ?

That's a nice prom date you've got there.

[Avimimus]

Pretty cool (Although I'm not sure I'd trust any of us to fly an aircraft IRL... but then I'm probably projecting my flying habits onto some much saner people here!)

 

Anyway, cheers and S!

[Ghost666]

12 hours ago, Avimimus said:

Pretty cool (Although I'm not sure I'd trust any of us to fly an aircraft IRL... but then I'm probably projecting my flying habits onto some much saner people here!)

 

Anyway, cheers and S!

Sane! How dare you accuse us of that! 

[Avimimus]

3 hours ago, Ghost666 said:

Sane! How dare you accuse us of that! 

 

Yeah, looking back at this thread I really don't feel so much alone.

 

 

It does make me wonder how passengers would feel knowing that their pilot goes by the handle 'Requiem' and hangs out with people who try to land on top of WWI observation balloons for fun.

[Requiem]

1 hour ago, Avimimus said:

 

Yeah, looking back at this thread I really don't feel so much alone.

 

 

It does make me wonder how passengers would feel knowing that their pilot goes by the handle 'Requiem' and hangs out with people who try to land on top of WWI observation balloons for fun.

 

They would probably be thinking... great, there's a flight sim nerd flying us up front.

 

Years ago I had someone comment on my YouTube channel (well before I learned to fly in RL) that they hope I never fly a real airplane because of a demo video I did in Rise of Flight. That's aged well in retrospect ?

 

Without a fear of death you will get abnormal behaviour. We're all invincible 1G comfy chair fighter pilots in here (1GCCFP trademarked by Busdriver).

 

As a CFI I would trust an aircraft to someone who has flown sims more readily than to someone with no experience, even if the sim pilot tried landing on a balloon or train ?

[JimTM]

5 hours ago, Requiem said:

 

They would probably be thinking... great, there's a flight sim nerd flying us up front.

 

Years ago I had someone comment on my YouTube channel (well before I learned to fly in RL) that they hope I never fly a real airplane because of a demo video I did in Rise of Flight. That's aged well in retrospect ?

 

Without a fear of death you will get abnormal behaviour. We're all invincible 1G comfy chair fighter pilots in here (1GCCFP trademarked by Busdriver).

 

As a CFI I would trust an aircraft to someone who has flown sims more readily than to someone with no experience, even if the sim pilot tried landing on a balloon or train ?

 

"Ladies and gentlemen, we're getting a bit close to the plane in front for landing. Please tighten your seatbelt while I do just one lag roll."    

Edited August 29, 2022 by JimTM