Thanks for the pic, that is quite a large aircraft. Underwater escape from that cockpit likely ain't simple, and looks like your head may be some 20 feet deep, upside down. Water pressure and temperature, combined with darkness and confusion, shock of water impact, assuming the pilot has not been k...

If I don't want to retire (with no pension) as a turboprop driver, I wouldn't get into this career. Well, that isn't reassuring that I am making the right decision. The reality bites doesn't it? Bede hit the nail on the head. I'm 35, done all the "interesting and adventuress" flying I've wanted to ...

CID wrote: Is this what this forum is becoming?

Yes. It's time to adjust and adapt

I agree on the Life Jacket topic. Wearing one in an seaplane is another recipe for disaster. I have a hard enough time getting a passenger to understand why I remind them to exit the aircraft before inflating the PFD. I can't imagine what would happen when everybody on board is in a panic pulling re...

My question for you is have you done any flying yet? What has made you sure you want to fly for a living? If you haven't DO NOT quit your current career yet. Actually keep a well paying job all the way through your PPL and your CPL if you can. You wouldn't be the first person to decide you don't act...

Doc, I can't quite tell if you're being sarcastic or not. I hope not, I hate to speculate but before people should start jumping on flying vfr in the mountains let's think for a minute here.

How come no one here has questioned where his fuel selector was? Didn't a first report say he went down 3 minutes after departing?

Also, not all of us flying on the west coast are bad for flying into marginal(er) weather...

This isn't a thread about what you fly with your PPL. He asked what your first job was flying behind.

Must have come from all the pennies saved using sweatshops.

Seems my post was deleted. Maybe I was to subtle and light hearted compared to a few other posts on here. SO like Doc has said know where your bloody gear is before you land. It's that simple.

Some of you guys need to go join forces and start the worlds greatest air service...I'm sure nobody thought of any of these questions before you guys did...

Yes. What city are you thinking and have you been denied already?

OldnCold the only personal attack I will make on you is your posts are hard to read. Then again as a pilot who cares about grammar or proper sentence structure?

I could probably draw one on ms paint if you'd like....

Important accident right here. Let the speculation followed by name slandering begin.

yup Trey you're right. $950-1000/hr is the magic number myself and many other operators have come up with if you're trying to do sightseeing and float/amphib charter.

pdw I'm sorry I don't understand you. Are you saying I am cleared to land?

If it has anything to do with his previous posts about "starting a sightseeing" my advice is to walk away from your idea. But if you're that keen where do you plan to do this work with the beaver? The reality is most major cities someone has tried to do it. Only a very few have lasted more than 1 se...

I try and wait till I am on my days off and can have a few drinks before reading PDW posts...

Were they in control of the jet? Sure...did they hit terrain. Yup. You could call it CFIT. Anyone who doesn't think CFIT isn't caused by pilot error needs to give their head a shake for a loose screw. The airplane doesn't know it's about to fly into the side of something...weather it's in cloud, sno...