Exactly 9 months ago I was persuaded by a pilot friend to change my career and join the ranks of professional pilots. The idea sounded attractive because flying is my hobby since I was 16 and in my IT career I accomplished a lot finding it less and less challenging. So I started to investigate my op...

Good reminder, done.

MartinW wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:15 am
I WANT TO ATTACH PICTURES BUT THE BUTTON DOES NOT WORK. ALL IT DOES IS THIS:



Might anyone know what - I - might be doing wrong... I use Chrome.

The pictures (and other files) are added via Attachments rather than via “img” button.

Obviously EASA and Transport Canada (and FAA) are quite easy on them and that doesn’t contribute to transparent approach.

This attitude is cultural and was instilled by Christian Dries himself. It has been quite long since he has left and a lot of people changed in managing positions, so he can’t be blamed anymore. It’s the new owners who haven’t established appropriate corporate culture and they obviously couldn’t ca...

Diamond - the plane you love and the company you tolerate. Unfortunately and as you know, I’ve been telling this for years. Not because I have anything against DAI but because I want them to improve. It’s simply always same attitude, sometimes I have feeling that it’s even worse than it used to be....

blsewardjr wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:39 pm to purchase a hanger

I'm sorry I couldn't resist

CFIDave wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:27 pm I'm surprised that insurance for a new TBM pilot without much turbine experience was only $70K -- it was much more for us in the first year of Epic ownership.

And previous ME/IR didn't help in lowering insurance? What if you had previous turbine/jet experience?

nworthin wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:18 am Amazingly, insurance is only requiring 70 hours (!) with the mentor aboard, though they are charging $70k for the insurance (also exclamation point!).

IIRC legal requirement for TBM is 24 flight hours with mentor on board.

This translates to 2-3 persons working one whole day per engine.