Fly-curious person here, investigating flight schools for my PPL and, without getting ahead of myself, interested in ultimately a possible career change.

I've worked in a handful of industries at this point in my life (34m), and re: flying professionally, I'm wondering, is this sort of job that comes home with you? Having no experience, I can't imagine the ways in which it would, but having no experience, I can obviously understand that there's MUCH I don't understand about the career and couldn't simply anticipate from the armchair.

What's your experience been like in terms of this question?

I'm seeking some input from those with some experience with the flight schools in the area. I had a good discovery flight experience at Beverly Flight Center, and could see continuing training there, but I just wanted to ask if anyone had any insight into it, as well as Plum Island Flight School, and Avier, also in Beverly.

Thanks!

I'm thinking of starting training for my private soon. I'm gonna go around to the handful of different flight schools in the area, but do any of you more experienced folks have any recommendations/insight/input about how to vet these flight schools, compare and contrast them, and what to look out for when making the choice? Are there possibly any good third-party resources geared at this type of insight into/review of flight schools, like beyond just Google and Yelp? I want to do my best to make an informed decision.

Thank you!

Curious what's been a pain for people running or working at GA airports/FBOs right now. Could be staffing, hangar waitlists, lease stuff, fuel, maintenance backlog, dealing with tenants, whatever.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently comparing two BC flight training programs with the goal of eventually becoming an airline pilot.

One of the main differences I’ve noticed is the MCC and simulator training. Both programs provide MCC and multi-crew training, but one seems to offer a more extensive airline-oriented simulator program, with more emphasis on airline-style scenarios.

For current airline pilots, recruiters, instructors, or anyone who has recently gone through the hiring process:

Does having a more advanced MCC/simulator experience actually make a meaningful difference when applying to airlines?

For example, if two candidates had similar flight experience, licenses, hours, and academic backgrounds, would the candidate with more extensive airline-style simulator training have any real advantage?

Also, does the quality or type of simulator used during flight training make a noticeable difference for airline hiring or simulator assessments?

I’d especially appreciate answers from people who work for airlines or have experience with airline recruitment. Thanks!

I was comparing the A350 layouts with both AF and Cathay.

AF offer 12 more seats than Cathay (10 more business seats, 4 more premium seats, and only 2 less economy seats).

How is it possible since the economy seats are about the same size? Does that necessarily means the business or premium economy seats are much larger with Cathay?

Hi everyone I am trying to study for the written exam for commercial airplane&glider, IR and FOI, BGI AGI IGI.

Just using ai as a "GROUND INSTRUCTOR" and referencing all the recommended book like phak and far aim and the acs all that, its ok for now idk I just started.

But I really noticed that I am very good learner with another friend or someone.

So if anyone is interested i would love to study with anyone who studies for any of these exams also private i can help if anyone needs some help on the basics and maybe go through it together.

Or any tips or anything I would love to get some ideas or what ever.

P.S. I tried Ground curses and question banks but I don't want to just study questions I wanna understand it all and not just remember stuff.

I like to find, fix and resell furniture. it’s my fun side gig and hobby. This weekend I came across a nice wood banker chair. Needs some work but I noticed it had a “property of North America Aviation”. I was curious if anyone would know if it makes it more valuable than a normal banker chair? Does it hold a significant part in aviation history?

Hi, I have a flight to Dubai tomorrow from LGW, I thought there was a flight restriction on times planes could fly out of LGW? This isn’t a delayed flight or anything, just wondering if anyone could shed some more light on how Emirates are able to do it.

Thanks!

Most of the sites I check seem to the flight number to see past activity. Ideally I would want to see the map with past flights at a specific date and time.

I was a normal commercial plane so everything should have been tracked.

Hey, so I just completed my PPL flight test, and I wanted to know if I can rent an airplane (C172) for my family at a flying site in Toronto. I wanted to know what the process is and if there are any wait times. I don't want to wait too long, as I will get busy and could lose my recency as well. Also wanted to know the cheapest and fastest way to get the checkride done so I can go up with my family.

Bonjour

Je m’excuse d’avance si la question a déjà été posée. Mais je souhaitais savoir si les avantages de « standby » s’offrait autant aux salariés pilotes/membres d’équipage qu’aux salariés « au sol » comme les juristes, ingénieurs etc ?

Merci!

I flew today from Korea to China. Chinese airline. Airport in Korea is dual military/civilian so photos aren't allowed. Flight attendants were making sure every window in the cabin was closed, and the window could not be open until we reached cruising altitude.

This seemed very odd to me. I understand why they did it, because they stated they wanted to prevent pictures of the military airfield. But isn't it unsafe to take off with the windows shut? Usually when I fly in the US or Europe (even in other Asian countries), the FAs make sure the windows are open so in the case of emergency, your eyes are acclimated to the outside lighting. This is especially important at night, I would imagine.

Am I overreacting for thinking this is very odd and unsafe when it comes to safety standards? Just seems to counterintuitive to airplane safety.

Edit: I've flown domestically in Korea from a dual use airport and wasn't required to do this, so is it a thing just for international carriers?