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1. AWIVR (awivr@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 08:50:35 JST AWIVR

   • GENSOKYO STRATEGIC AEROSPACE DIVISION
   • comradepond :susmoon:
   just hanging out doing white man shit over the city the other night, listening to @comradepond bitch at @randbot and turning dinosaurs into noise
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   • GabeLakmann (gabelakmann@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 08:50:55 JST GabeLakmann

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     • Dragon Zero
     • comradepond :susmoon:
     You can if you want one bad enough.
     
     They store the keys in the hangar usually and don't mind if you borrow them as long as you bring them back with a full tank of avgas.
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   • Dragon Zero (william_the_dragonborn@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 08:50:56 JST Dragon Zero

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     • comradepond :susmoon:
     @AWIVR @comradepond @randbot I wish I had an airplane.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 08:53:56 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Dragon Zero
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     • GabeLakmann

     @GabeLakmann @William_The_Dragonborn @AWIVR @comradepond @randbot Heard from a fren that our small town airport saw a kid log about 50 hours of flight time just by taking planes up, paid attention to the stuff that wasn’t flying, and nobody bothered to inquire until he’d been seen doing it enough times. THe first person was told “I’m just taking it up around the circuit, y’know, get the oil movin’”

     I think it took someone actually being furious enough to call the cops to scare him off, but by then he was on to bigger and better jobs. Most small town club craft or renters have the keys in the oil box,usually a tool kit or those compartmental padlocks. If it’s a club thing people usually won’t close it anyways.

     But why steal time when you could network? If you’re likable you could probably just ask anyone and they’ll take you up for a ride. Hit up the EAA chapter for the guys wanting a tax deduction for it, I think they do freebies a lot

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 08:56:44 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Holly Jolly D-Droid
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     • comradepond :susmoon:
     • InceptionState

     @D-Droid @InceptionState @AWIVR @comradepond @randbot Everyone from a pilot family I know was told over and over again NOT to do it, until the last 10 yrs the calculus wasn’t great. You had the 9/11 slump where tons of low-timers got furloughed, never went back into the industry too. In 2014 they added the ATP min, which only solidified their advice about how you’d have to be retarded to start civilian and fly for pay.

     Having good, reliable pathways to fly commercially outside the college system is kind of new to the industry. When I started I couldn’t find anyone willing to gimme a loan, now they’re offering them left and right. Have a bro who paid $55,000 for time building in a seneca just to hit his RATP mins

   • InceptionState (inceptionstate@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 08:56:45 JST InceptionState

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     • Holly Jolly D-Droid
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     • comradepond :susmoon:
     @D-Droid @AWIVR @comradepond @randbot It would be a lot of fun to learn, but it's pretty expensive and a big time commitment if you are doing it purely as a hobby.
   • Holly Jolly D-Droid (d-droid@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 08:56:45 JST Holly Jolly D-Droid

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     • InceptionState
     @InceptionState @AWIVR @comradepond @randbot Nah man I'd do that shit as a job, I have family that are pilots and they earned enough flight hours to make mad bank. I am very angry they did not hit me and force me into becoming a pilot when I was younger they bought the boomer "let your kids follow their dreams" bullshit that gets White kids broken out of succession jobs that pay excellent.
   • Holly Jolly D-Droid (d-droid@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 08:56:46 JST Holly Jolly D-Droid

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     • GENSOKYO STRATEGIC AEROSPACE DIVISION
     • comradepond :susmoon:
     @AWIVR @comradepond @randbot God damn I want to join the Poast Pilots club so bad