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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff" data-source="post: 50816" data-attributes="member: 7961"><p>Did you do any training with Flight Safety in Orlando? I had a very good friend who was a ground school/sim instructor there-Tom Reininger. I went down to visit him last summer & was able to spend about 5 hrs in one of the sims. Even though I have never flown a Citation & hadn't been in a cockpit for nearly 8 yrs, I was amazed at how quickly the instrument scan came back. It was like time had stood still, very satisfying and a lot of fun. I really miss the flying but since we did a lot of charter, I don't miss all that bs. We were a small department, 1 plane 3 pilots but when we had a tsa inspection the officer asked if I checked the id of the other pilot assigned to a flight every day. I said excuse me, I have known him for 5 years and can tell if he had a fight with his wife the night before, no I don't and it is unreasonable to expect that to happen. There was also the time when the tsa wanted to put air marshals on our a/c, meaning if it was full of the owners friends/relatives he would have to kick one off to accommodate the marshal-that didn't go over well. Wealthy people have lots of contacts and that proposal died quickly, but is an indication of how out of touch the government is with corporate/private aviation.</p><p>Enjoy what you do cause time passes so quickly and never loose sight of uniqueness of your job. When surrounded by your piers it is easy to take for granted how special the corporate flying experience can be.</p><p>Good luck, safe flying, and alway stay vigilant.</p><p>Geoff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoff, post: 50816, member: 7961"] Did you do any training with Flight Safety in Orlando? I had a very good friend who was a ground school/sim instructor there-Tom Reininger. I went down to visit him last summer & was able to spend about 5 hrs in one of the sims. Even though I have never flown a Citation & hadn't been in a cockpit for nearly 8 yrs, I was amazed at how quickly the instrument scan came back. It was like time had stood still, very satisfying and a lot of fun. I really miss the flying but since we did a lot of charter, I don't miss all that bs. We were a small department, 1 plane 3 pilots but when we had a tsa inspection the officer asked if I checked the id of the other pilot assigned to a flight every day. I said excuse me, I have known him for 5 years and can tell if he had a fight with his wife the night before, no I don't and it is unreasonable to expect that to happen. There was also the time when the tsa wanted to put air marshals on our a/c, meaning if it was full of the owners friends/relatives he would have to kick one off to accommodate the marshal-that didn't go over well. Wealthy people have lots of contacts and that proposal died quickly, but is an indication of how out of touch the government is with corporate/private aviation. Enjoy what you do cause time passes so quickly and never loose sight of uniqueness of your job. When surrounded by your piers it is easy to take for granted how special the corporate flying experience can be. Good luck, safe flying, and alway stay vigilant. Geoff [/QUOTE]
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