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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 10:19:23 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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   • salty_apollyon
   • The Forbidden Dreamer
   • Sick Burn, Bro
   • transgrammaractivist
   @rlier23 @transgrammaractivist @ForbiddenDreamer @sickburnbro It's all bad
   
   > Personal piston aircraft are 60-80 years old, corrosion on spars and inaccessible inspection locations mean the wing could snap on and kill you at any moment
   
   > Private charter aircraft operate on shoestring budget, people cut corners, parts reused, not many honest people when they pay is shit (just heard about a fine for one vegas op, they didn't want to replace a bent rudder assy so they just....reinstalled the busted one and ran that for a few months until someone reported it to the FAA)
   
   > Regionals only have the lowest-quality, least likable guys who can't get hired anywhere better, getting worse since the ALPA keeps beating the "hire SAFE old pilots!" discourse, maybe older Saabs (hard to fly if you're retarded, from what I hear) or Twin otters (less automated, sometimes quirky avionics, handle diff. from other aircraft, all require attentive piloting...and their pay doesn't buy that)
   
   > Take risks with ULCCs and their....boeing planes, except they cheap out on people who know what they're doing on the MRO side.
   
   > Pay more to get similar quality in maint but newer <10 yo boeings
   
   
   Just focus on what's under your control, pay attention to all the evidence. It's marginally safer than driving with USA's 2024 demographics at least?
   • salty_apollyon (rlier23@bae.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 10:19:24 JST salty_apollyon

     • The Forbidden Dreamer
     • Sick Burn, Bro
     • transgrammaractivist
     @transgrammaractivist @ForbiddenDreamer @sickburnbro imagine having to pilot an airplane whose quality is extremely dubious.
     
     i know these guys have a decent paycheck but is it really worth it anymore?