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8 hours is generally whats recommend for our age. Really depends on you. I make sure I get this as often as I can to make sure I've got energy for the day, as I hate being tired all day. Normally try to be in bed at 11 and wake up at 730.

This is true that more accidents are now due to pilot error and hopefully in the future this can be eliminated even more. For example I was looking at one of the Cirrus aircraft (that new tiny jet it might have been) and in the PFD or ND the data has the height of mountains so if an aircraft his...

This would have to be very long term. Remember just because a plane has an auto-pilot doesn't mean the pilot sits back and does nothing. Also look at all the latest planes A380, 787 even down to the small size commercial they all have the same crew numbers as before just a better and more...

Here is a good guide from CASA on the licence stages, have a look around the rest of the site aswell. http://www.casa.gov.au/fcl/stages.htm PPRUNE can be good but be careful as some of the advice is often from some bitter and twisted people who just want their turn to complain. If you get...

Uni advantages points: i) It is a useless degree, airlines want to see real degrees from uni like engineering, economics, law.... so on they are the ones that really make a difference to show you can finish something. ii) Answered in i iii) Is this deferred payment new? May understanding is that...

Why don't you just go to your local airport and pick out a flying school? Can someone explain to me why everyone here wants to train through a uni instead of flying schools what advantages do you see in it, especially comparing cost? Cheers

Is coast guard really $100 000? Explains why the pilots don't run from there. That would be a really sweet job with that salary. honeynlicorice There is definitely alot of saving to do, I can tell you Im going to be poor for a long time. If by any change you think you will like it the Airforce...

True airbus I think have a lateral autopilot setting for takeoff and boeing just has the autothrottle. Both can land without a pilot, more getting on the side of no force feed back and the large amount of fly by wire airbus has. In the end my cockpit preference is really because one has a yoke...

Yer it is high at 88. Most engineering courses are 80 though. I don't want to do the space one which is about 96+ that I cant get but I could get 90 UAI if I work hard enough.

Airbus is user friendly in some ways but then you never fly the thing still it is kinda the same with boeings just not as much. Personally would prefer a yoke over a joystick that doesn't have the forces on it another of my airbus hates lol. Btw back to original topic quickly Dr. Zoidberg why...

I wouldn't mind starting out being and instructor, I get to stay in Sydney and your flying skills can go through the roof as to be able to teach everything you have to know it well. To me the 747 the Queen of the Skies is the plane to fly!! I would love to fly it with QF. For some reason I...

Agreed 70k is really low for a Captain that they want to keep.. I heard of a QF pilot how just converted to the A330 from B767 sat a home for a month or 2 and couldnt fly very often cause of the shortage training/sim captains and its happening in almost every airline now. Yer mate, sorry...

Lol there is no question to why the pilots leave REX its a joke and they just use it as a stepping stone but there are a few of them are going to VB and J*. The figures you got their are about what ive heard aswell 50k for FO 70K for Capt, if they fixed that maybe the pilots might stick around a...

I have done my research Ive had about 3 or 4 instructors say that from different flight schools. Yes, I understand possibly not right now with fuel prices, but the last 5 years before have been much better then past 20 years (EG. 1 billion dollar profits for Qantas and they have actually started...

Go to uni and do something else. I think you really need to do your research before deciding to become a pilot, you DO NOT just walk into an airline and get a job it is massively competitive even though this is the best time to enter the industry. I highly recommend going for a trial...