My First Jet Job

Yesterday we flew into Nampa, ID for the day. Loved the airport. Lots GA activity and a great airport cafe.

I got to talking to an instructor who was there trying to drum up business. Turns out he was a riddle grad who had been a former Indy Air pilot. I felt bad for him. He really did seem like a nice guy. Talking to him made me think of all the lives ruined by the airline execs and their shitty decisions. Here was a guy who had over 3000 hours and was forced to get back into instucting. Not a diss on instructing, but you could tell is wasn’t something he didn’t want to do.

His reason for instructing: Horizon turned him down because he hadn’t flown 60 hours in the previous 6 months (his fault, but still). It just made me hate the airline business even more.

Little stats on our trip.

2600 nm
7.2 hours in the air
Average GS of 361 (had more headwind than tailwind)
Moderate turbulence for some time going through the jetstream
Made a 1000 NM leg with 9 total passengers into 65 knot headwind

Needless to say the owners love their jet.

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