The First Thousand Hours

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Life is full of little transitions and milestones. Back in 1995, when I
got my ticket, I privately vowed that I would fly 1000 hours in the next
ten years.


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Jay H,

Outstanding! And also very interesting how you've managed to keep track of
all the small details from day one.

Jay B

PS ... While 1000 hrs in 10 years deserves a hearty "Huzzah!", would you
believe that when I was going through my training, there were two
20-somethings from Iceland who were flying 100 hours a *month* as part of an
Ab Initio program for Icelandic Air. They started about the same time I did
but racked up over 700+ hours in the time it took me to reach the 51 hours I
had when I took my checkride. Must have worked because according the one of
the owners at the FBO, they're now both wearing three stripes for their home
airline.

PS ... While 1000 hrs in 10 years deserves a hearty "Huzzah!", would you
believe that when I was going through my training, there were two
20-somethings from Iceland who were flying 100 hours a *month* as part of
an Ab Initio program for Icelandic Air. They started about the same time
I did but racked up over 700+ hours in the time it took me to reach the 51
hours I had when I took my checkride. Must have worked because according
the one of the owners at the FBO, they're now both wearing three stripes
for their home airline.

Holy cats! I presume Icelandic Air was picking up the tab?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Holy cats! I presume Icelandic Air was picking up the tab?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay H,

Near as I could figure out, it was a program similar to Lufthansa or SAS
where they recruit them, screen them heavily then ship the "best of the
best" to the desert SW where they do basically nothing but fly, fly, fly and
fly.

Lufthansa even bough their own airport at Mobile, AZ to accomodate their
intensive schedule.

Lately, it's begining to sound like I'm not flying in the US anymore with
all the foreign accents on the radio. Pretty good english spoken by all but
the Chinese...they're brutal and can tie up the freq pretty well trying to
make themselves understood to ATC.

Regards,

Jay B