mar said:And lots of GAS!!!
Gas is GOOD.
VERY GOOD!
Fly smart.
Assuming that you are not on fire.
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mar said:And lots of GAS!!!
Gas is GOOD.
VERY GOOD!
Fly smart.
wrxpilot said:How does one get AK time if they are a "southerner"? It is possible to get hired as a CFI up there and build AK time?
Vladimir Lenin said:Leave the jobs for the whipper snappers and buy yerself an old cub, old man[/QUOTE}
Disregarding any tirates, Vladimir's response was snotty. I personally have little respect for low timers with an attitude. By the same token, I have a great deal of respect for the 500 hour pilot who flys well, and can listen, and wants to perfect. One who wants to become a seasoned aviator. I said aviator, not pilot. ........Ernest Gann has the definition of pilot and that of aviator........Most of the youngters on this thread won't even bother to look up the difference...Most do not care. They do not have the foggiest idea of the history or how they came to be either where they are, or how they got there...............As for Alaska and the NW Territories, I have not flown there in the last 38 years. But the land and weather was a challange. I shall never forget it. I loved it........I will take exception to a **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** who has grown up with an airplane with an electrical system, with a nose gear, and a gps.........Sorry, I had to vent.
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nosehair said:Yep. That's exactly how you do it. Gettin' a CFI job there is as easy as it is here. You are basicly stayin' in the local area with students and gettin' out away from home base at your and your student's own pace and not being pressured into flying when the wind and weather are no good for you, and you are learning the mountainous terrain features which is the sole source of navigation, so you really need "some" Alaska time before you get too far too deep too soon.
And networking. Getting to know people and build trust. Airplanes are stolen at the same rate as cars in the lower 48, so you ain't gonna just walk in off the street and be trusted with the keys to the company's airplane.