222. Are Your Pilot Logbooks Ready for the Next Job?

Ted (0:04)

I am a 100% real.

Dylan (0:07)

Ted, it's getting very real for Ted these days. Ted, why don't you tell Max about your recent home remodel to give you a little...

to shield you from reality.

Ted (0:21)

I've decided to just live my life in the garage now.

Max (0:29)

Sex, seniority, and salary, in that order.

Ted (0:33)

You're on 121.5, the emergency frequency.

Dylan (0:36)

It's a show by Professional Pilots, for Professional Pilots.

Max (0:39)

I looked back at them and I said, I don't think we're at the right airport. Each episode, we bring you fascinating conversations with industry experts.

Ted (0:48)

I think I should be a go-to on how to deal with 63, 64 year old men.

Max (0:53)

You're gonna chase it, like a dog chasing a school bus. But we're not just about the serious stuff. We're here to have fun.

Ted (0:58)

Currently on an overnight in Orlando, and this is by far hell. This is the worst place on earth.

Max (1:05)

It's a whole thing.

Dylan (1:06)

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City to city, coast to coast, around the world, 21.Five, the podcast for the pros. Hello, and welcome back to another episode. Hi, Maxwell.

Max (1:23)

Hi, there.

Dylan (1:26)

What's happening? How are you?

Max (1:28)

Oh, just great. Just deep in the annual airline recurrent training, CQ, as we call it.

Dylan (1:37)

Oh, I'm excited to talk about it, actually, for a minute. I hear that Southwest Airlines is teaching you how to shoot a visual approach.

Max (1:47)

Yeah, a little back to basics simulator today. I mean, I'm right in the middle, so I haven't done everything yet. But this was a little back to basics sim we just did. It was cool, I don't know. We flew some raw data, or raw data ILSs, some no instrument visual approaches, just looking outside with the fixed power setting.

You know, it was cool.

Dylan (2:13)

Pitch and power, bro.

Max (2:15)

Yeah, back to...

Dylan (2:17)

Did you focus on the zone of no movement on the runway?

Max (2:20)

Yeah, I was waiting for the NDB approach, but it never came.

Dylan (2:26)

Wow, that's good.

Well, welcome to the program. That's just a little taste of what you can expect to find here. You have a couple of professional pilots that are going to be chopping it up today. Maxwell, a airline and corporate pilot. And of course, my name is Dylan, and I'm just a lowly corporate pilot here with lots to discuss. Don't let him fool you.

Max (2:48)

He's the man.

Reggie (2:48)

Lots to discuss today.

Dylan (2:51)

206, it is turbocharged. Don't worry about it.

Cylinder head temperature is under control.

Max (2:58)

My boy CC. Puckock was talking about the hazards of the Turbo 206 go-round. Oh. I don't know if you've been following him.

Dylan (3:06)

No, I need to watch that video.

Max (3:08)

It could. It might save your life.

Dylan (3:10)

It could. Is it too much torque? You could torque roll it?

Is that the concern?

Max (3:15)

No, it's the situation with the flaps and the trim and the whole thing. You could just hammer the power and you might get some really large pitch up moments and could overpower you and cause you to crash kind of thing. You should listen to it.

Dylan (3:31)

You got to get them on the pod. Come on.

So, I was curious in recurrent if you guys did maybe on your loft if you practiced defending yourself from a co-pilot stabbing you with a pocket knife. Was that new?

Max (3:48)

I think that's going to be worked into next year's training, perhaps out of the memes are flowing now. Geez.

Dylan (3:55)

That's crazy.

I mean, yeah, if you don't know what we're talking about here, fly Dubai, the co-pilot apparently stabbed the captain mid-flight and then tried to bring the airplane down. He tried.

Max (4:12)

He was successful.

Dylan (4:13)

Well, he did. Oh, yes, he dropped the aircraft roughly 17,000 feet in two minutes. So that's, I don't like to do public math, but that's like what, 8,500 feet a minute?

Max (4:24)

Yeah. No, I mean, he was successful. He didn't try to stab the captain. He did stab the captain.

Dylan (4:29)

Yes. Tried to kill the captain is what I should have said.

Right.

Max (4:34)

So how did they get into the cockpit?

Dylan (4:36)

You know what? That was my question. And I found an article that talked about it. And apparently, it says, Captain Smit Makhar, ex-Spice Jet, who's been with Fly Dubai since 2022, fought back despite severe stab wounds, unlocked the cockpit door so help could get in, and is hospitalized in stable condition. Israeli officials are calling it an attempted terror attack.