JHof

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by JHof 9y ago
Here are AA’s current pay rates - https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/legacy/american... Multiply the rate by 1,100 for a ballpark annual salary. This doesn’t include per diem or benefits, which can be qu
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by JHof 9y ago
Can confirm.
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Ask HN: Anyone working in aircraft automation/pilotless technology?
1 points by JHof 10y ago|0 comments
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by JHof 10y ago
An airliner at that altitude would be well outside of any city's airspace.
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by JHof 10y ago
Interesting that they intercepted after only 15 minutes. Maybe the aircraft had crossed the border without making contact. In the US, airliners accidentally lose contact for close to this time period quite frequently. To reestablish, the co
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by JHof 10y ago
Can confirm. I moved from downtown Detroit to Austin. Austin is great but the core of Detroit is also pretty cool (except for the weather). A lot of the popular restaurants/venues have sort of an 'underground' vibe, and typic
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by JHof 10y ago
It'd be interesting if they took over one of the carriers they've contracted with (ATI or Atlas). The company is vehemently against organized labor, yet both companies have unionized pilot groups.
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by JHof 10y ago
Will Amazon eventually buy one of these carriers? Or maybe start their own thing?
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by JHof 10y ago
If you're going to do it, I'd try to join the industry ASAP. It's a good time to get in, though entry charter jobs can be pretty brutal.
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by JHof 10y ago
I used to be quite into doing exactly what you've written here. Even wanted to compete in an NPC competition. Your guide is the exact same stuff that's written about ad nauseam everywhere. That's fine, because it works for ac
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Ask HN: Why Is the US National Airspace System So Dated?
2 points by JHof 10y ago|0 comments
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by JHof 10y ago
Exploiting this aviation-related post to see if any aerospace folks will comment on my two-month old Ask - Ask HN: Why is the National Airspace System so dated? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12651244 In regard to the
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by JHof 10y ago
Change fitness to "bro-fitness".
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Ask HN: Why is the National Airspace System so dated?
4 points by JHof 10y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Best resume format for auto-fill online job apps?
50 points by JHof 10y ago|33 comments
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by JHof 10y ago
Here's a very similar article from 1990 - http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/10/world/cia-tie-reported-in-...
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by JHof 11y ago
They sensationalize this as "worst", but I'm sure many pilots would choose jobs such as this over the mundane task of operating a large airliner if the pay and career prospects were equal.
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by JHof 11y ago
How would a degree like this look in the job market compared to a traditional CS degree? This looks more vocational, which could actually prepare a student better for many software jobs.
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by JHof 11y ago
I feel like there's something there - updating the training process, making it "cool". Flying yourself is viable if you can afford it, and not as expensive and some might think when the costs are shared. Plus, a modern plane,
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by JHof 11y ago
Is flying popular among the tech professionals who can afford it? Where do they do their flight training? Typical flight schools seem sort of old school for a place like the Valley.
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by JHof 11y ago
Automated, yes. Autonomous, no. The plane voices an alert, but the pilots still have to react to it.
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Ask HN: Where do Valley tech entrepreneurs do their flight training?
1 points by JHof 11y ago|0 comments
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by JHof 11y ago
Even the newest airliners of today still triangulate their positions off of radio beacons (VORs) as a backup to the GPS system and also contain an inertial system. GPS being the most accurate, it's normally the primary navigation syste
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by JHof 12y ago
Phillips County, Ark., home of Marvell Academy. Founded as a segregationist school in 1966 and still 100% white - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvell_Academy http://marvellacademy.org/
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by JHof 12y ago
Regis University offers the only ABET accredited online CS degree, however, in my research, it seems like the actual delivery of that degree is somewhat lacking. If you already have another degree, Oregon State's post-bacc online CS de
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by JHof 12y ago
The Colgan pilot pulled back on the yoke due to the belief that the aircraft had accumulated, and was stalling due to, ice on the tail. A correct response in this case is actually to pull back, rather than lower the nose as in a typical sta
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by JHof 13y ago
I don't like all this talk of risk and death. While it's true that more accidents happen with small GA aircraft, it isn't really the dangerous activity non-fliers make it out to be. When accidents do occur, it's almost a
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by JHof 13y ago
Whatever her reasons, Missy Cummings frequently overstates the role of automation as it's currently used in commercial aviation in her public comments.
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by JHof 13y ago
They do. Autoland requires a CAT II/III ILS. WAAS is very accurate and will surely be used for this purpose in the future, but it isn't at the moment.
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by JHof 13y ago
Maybe piloted is the wrong word. It's not AI. They're still directed and monitored by an operator.

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