Comments on: Vade retro

By: Chris Parkes

Chris Parkes — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:36:15 +0000

The airlines here are sucking up RAAF pilots as fast as they can. The well-connected manage to hang around on reserve status. It helps if you you know somebody, but I hear they are interested in foreign instructor pilots…no hard and fast rules, if they like what they hear, they’ll talk.

By: Nose

Nose — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:03:39 +0000

Pinch – I always loved my NFOs, but I usually introduced them as “200 pounds of gas I don’t have”.

Nose

PS Nice pic. Triple bubble and a pretty slick looking wing. Must be going over 200 NM.

Har har har. I kill myself.

By: Pinch

Pinch — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:26:43 +0000

Throw somebody in the trunk? Not some of that “Talking Ballast” I used to hear my dad speak of!

By: P-3W

P-3W — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:03:57 +0000

I’m with you b2 — been celebrating anniversaries of my 39th birthday for — ahem — a while.

When I finished my AA in Info Systems (yeah, I went backwards and got an AA after my BS) I looked at Federal jobs — the coooool ones. The meanies told me 35 was their max age to start, because they had mandatory retirement at 20 years and age 55. I whined. A lot. Who said I want to stay that long? Anyway, it was just a dream — no way we’d be moving

But it was fun to think about … and a way for an “old” woman to participate in something grand.

By: badbob

badbob — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:48:45 +0000

39?

My name is Jack Benny and I hereby apply.

By: Sim

Sim — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:54:20 +0000

As I said over at Skippys place:

Last I heard the max age for air crew is 39.

That said you only need to be a FLTLT so there may be exceptions for those with a little more bling on the shoulders.

BTW – Only 24 Super Bugs have been ordered, all the rest are the vintage variety.