Priceless200:
How much and how long does it take to train a pilot to standard and how much does a pilot earn generally, both here and abroad. As there some kind of discrimination between foreign trained pilots and home trained.. Also is Challenger and eeeehhh... (I forgot oo) only for private jets...?

Hmmmmm, I ve got plenty questions ooo.. No vex

Boeing777pilot:


We use ILS (instrument landing system) when visibility is low, so we trust our instruments and not what we see.

Olisa4all:


Get a gaming laptop, they have high end graphics card coupled with the high specs which would make your flight sim run effortlessly albeit they're expensive..

Boeing777pilot:


Budget around 10m, training time frame PPL to CPL is usually around two years, type rating maybe six months.

Salary scales differ by airlines and country

Don't know about the discrimination sha

Yeah, challenger is for private jets

swagifted:
i believe dia should be tons of flying simulators on ios.. Meanwhile search the appstore.. Got mine on the android platform

jude33084:



Oga Boeing777 let me add a little to that, correct me if I am wrong; Pilots do 3 things when flying; they Fly, communicate and Navigate?

At times visibility level may be less than 100meters lols

Instrument Landing System (ILS) becomes a key when you are in such situation to align you with the runway from xx miles and YY high.

In a challenge in FSX, Monsoon approach, I discovered that I had to do 100% exactly what the ATC said in order to land the bird,....If that is truly what you guys see up there? piloting is not for the faint heart

AgentGoat:
carry your helicopter comot here no cone spoil this tgread for us. Over do dey worry you...

Boeing777pilot:



yes boss.
You are largely correct.

Boeing777pilot:



yes boss.
You are largely correct.

jude33084:



Our Speaker Pilot,....Why don't we have a Cessna172 trainer school here in Lagos?


I do Cessna172 and Piper Cherokee single propeller engine virtually though


I read manuals and books about them too and I have come to love them for scenery viewing


I have A2A C172 SP and its Cherokee counterpart in FSX. According to the review of pilots; the physics feels like the real thing


Can you please give it a try and tell us how you feel about it?

Thanks.

jude33084:



All lappy have limitations,....flight sims are not for lappy


Even i7 lappy will give up on you one day but in desktop, there are rooms for improvement as in, removing and replacing any parts you don't like or want to upgrade

I can upgrade my processor, my Vcard, my rams etc

Olisa4all:


same can be done on a gaming laptop sir

Boeing777pilot:


LOL, I have since upgraded, I fly the big Bird now

jude33084:


That is the more reason I am asking you to test it. Your view will make me concentrate more since I can't afford aviation school.

Thanks.

Originalsly:
Moving on!...... just before getting ready to take off or land...you pilots send your air maids hostesses to tell passengers to shut off their cell phones/laptops and other electronic devices. Do the signals from these devices....in this digital century... really interfere with the plane's communication?....or is it just a ehmm....big fat lie they be telling while watching the passengers in the eye?!

Originalsly:
Very good answers!....moving on! Taking off .... from a pretty short runway.... I guess you have to consider the weight of the cargo. How do you know how much you have to power up to take off? Do you guys guess and hope and pray that the plane would take off?.....especially coming back from the US when passengers try to fetch back America.

Originalsly:
Very good answers!....moving on! Taking off .... from a pretty short runway.... I guess you have to consider the weight of the cargo. How do you know how much you have to power up to take off? Do you guys guess and hope and pray that the plane would take off?.....especially coming back from the US when passengers try to fetch back America.

Boeing777pilot:


that's not feasible for me at the moment

jude33084:


I know but had to try lol

Do Pilots even have time to spend with their spouse?

Boeing777pilot:

For those that have, sure.

ademolamiowon:


Good day Bro...., I'm a prospective pilot student as I have contacted some academies in south Africa and by God's grace, I'm hoping to start by August.

Now, my major concern is that, I dropped out of university 3years back and I'm just afraid maybe issues of Bsc will be a barrier when I finish my training in terms of job offer.

Secondly, I wish to do my PPL and Night Rating training in South Africa and then continue my CPL/IR in either UK or US....I want to know if this will be possible and will not be a stress.

Please kindly advice me.

thank you!

Boeing777pilot:


You are good to go sir.

The BSc will only become an issue IF (God forbid) you don't get a job after your training and want to switch career.

If you can afford it, you can get your CPL anywhere.

All the best.

Boeing777pilot:

For those that have, sure.

blessedfavoured:


But you said you work 20 days a month, and you're on standby the rest of the time. Is there a different schedule for married pilots?

When you have to do really long flights like dxb to jfk for example, do you get to sleep or you have to stay up the whole time? What happens if you doze off?

Can you call in sick when you're already booked to fly? Or you have to go to work regardless ?

phibetakappa:
The captain and the co-pilot, who actually steers the plane?

Originalsly:
Doing very well!...moving on!... now let's say the ehmmm...captain and co-pilot?...the two guys flying the plane... what if while over mid ocean while chilling in the lounge they got into a fight over an air hostess and knocked each other out....are air hostesses or maybe one ...trained to operate the communication system and follow instructions from traffic control/whoever?... if not can the plane be remotely controlled and safely brought down?.... or maybe we passengers would be directed to ehmm... reach for the parachutes under the seats and decide when to bail out?!

Boeing777pilot:

We take the safety of our passengers seriously so
That's highly unlikely sha.