OUR DEAR FRIEND HAS CANCER FCS

[timebuilder]

Good morning, Bret and everyone.

CM test tomorrow, so everyone pray for me!

[Moonrunner]

'Morning Bret and everyone. Bret, I'm glad you're up, about and able to help out. Great feeling Fingers crossed for Art!

[fcs]

Good morning, Bret and everyone.

CM test tomorrow, so everyone pray for me!

Good luck hope it goes well. let's us know tomorrow how it went

[fcs]

morning all

[timebuilder]

Good luck hope it goes well. let's us know tomorrow how it went

Oh, trust me. You guys will hear......

[timebuilder]

Good morning, Bret and everyone!

Off to Piscataway NJ in just a few. Dan Holohan, the steam guy, is the speaker today, followed by the testing.

[jpsmith1cm]

Good morning, Bret and everyone!

Off to Piscataway NJ in just a few. Dan Holohan, the steam guy, is the speaker today, followed by the testing.

Best of luck, Art.

[Doug Lockhart]

Good morning, Bret and everyone!

Off to Piscataway NJ in just a few. Dan Holohan, the steam guy, is the speaker today, followed by the testing.

Good luck Art.....see, you can train an old dog!!!!

[Moonrunner]

'Morning Bret and everyone. Good luck Art!

[timebuilder]

I spent two hours on the test. When it was complete, I had been up for13 hours.

Now, I wait.

[fcs]

I spent two hours on the test. When it was complete, I had been up for13 hours.

Now, I wait.

So when will you know ?

[jpsmith1cm]

So when will you know ?

If I remember correctly, it takes about 2-3 weeks.

[timebuilder]

If I remember correctly, it takes about 2-3 weeks.

That's what the proctor said, too.

[timebuilder]

Good morning, Bret and everyone!

I came home last night, made dinner, finished it, and I was in bed in no time. Mentally wiped.

Now, I go online and take a flight instructor renewal course for a week or so, then I go to the FSDO in Philly and they file the form 8710 and my printed cert.

I worked too hard to get that ticket to let it lapse. I have to do that every two years.

[Moonrunner]

'Morning Bret and everyone.

[spark]

That's what the proctor said, too.

I took the test on a Saturday afternoon and the results were posted online on Wednesday. It was quick. Granted i live in upstate NY and it only had to be mailed to Illinois so it didn't have long to travel to get graded. Good luck!

-Mark

[fcs]

Evening all

[fcs]

Good morning, Bret and everyone!

I came home last night, made dinner, finished it, and I was in bed in no time. Mentally wiped.

Now, I go online and take a flight instructor renewal course for a week or so, then I go to the FSDO in Philly and they file the form 8710 and my printed cert.

I worked too hard to get that ticket to let it lapse. I have to do that every two years.

What happens if you laps for a few months dyou you have to start from scratch again?

[Doug Lockhart]

Good morning, Bret and everyone!

I came home last night, made dinner, finished it, and I was in bed in no time. Mentally wiped.

Now, I go online and take a flight instructor renewal course for a week or so, then I go to the FSDO in Philly and they file the form 8710 and my printed cert.

I worked too hard to get that ticket to let it lapse. I have to do that every two years.

Art,
We are working with a company that designs/builds flight simulators and it has been told to me that in the next 5 years there will be a need to train tens of thousands of pilots. All that being said, with your experience and hours in the cockpit...would this be a opportunistic fit for you to make some excellent money at instructing with a shortage of qualified experienced people..??

[timebuilder]

Well, that's a somewhat complicated idea. For several years now, they have talked about a "pilot shortage." It happened once before, in the 1960's.

The reason it happens is because the companies fail to offer enough money to attract qualified people. What they end up with is a lot of folks who love to fly, but don't want to sit reserve for low pay for a year or two before they can bid decent lines (flight requests.)

As for me, even though they raised the mandatory retirement age for part 121 pilots (scheduled airlines) I am too close to it for any of them to be interested.

What they want as their ideal candidate is this:
a 21 year old female African American who is an Iraq veteran and aviation degree holder, and who is still supported by her family so they don't have to pay her much money.

Old white guy who fits into no "protected class status groups" is a dime a dozen to them.

It's a game of politics and money, and I am not their preferred game piece.