Duggar Aviation Part 2

[anniebgood]

Remember the student pilot can be the PIC but has to have an instructor with him till he gets his ticket. I forgot how many hours you need to get it, but I know that a lot of regional airlines (feeder to the mainlines) like Midwest, Skywest, Mesa, Compass and the like are hiring FO's at 1500 hours. Maybe JD is planning on literally flying the coop and trying to get on with a regional even though the pay stinks and the schedules are like dirt. But it's one foot out of the TTH and JBob and ofJbobs reach. I too drive the ISB once in a while.

[djmd]

Maybe JD is planning on literally flying the coop and trying to get on with a regional even though the pay stinks and the schedules are like dirt. But it's one foot out of the TTH and JBob and ofJbobs reach. I too drive the ISB once in a while.

He's gonna need a heck of a lot of multi-engine jet training before any regional carriers touch him, correct? A bunch of hours in a piston single with a parachute isn't gonna cut it. Degreed Air Professionals, please chime in!

[genueny]

This is the most amazing thread . When Joshie comes out of hiding I'm sure John David will be there to pick him up. You guys will be the first to know . Excellent sleuthing.

[sophrosyne]

This is the most amazing thread . When Joshie comes out of hiding I'm sure John David will be there to pick him up.

Seems likely, if Joshie comes out on the right side of Jesus.

I figure that before he comes out of hiding, and if he sticks with the program, and if he's a good 'student,' we'll see a plane trip or several to the hiding place for family visitations.

[HereticHick]

Remember the student pilot can be the PIC but has to have an instructor with him till he gets his ticket. I forgot how many hours you need to get it, but I know that a lot of regional airlines (feeder to the mainlines) like Midwest, Skywest, Mesa, Compass and the like are hiring FO's at 1500 hours. Maybe JD is planning on literally flying the coop and trying to get on with a regional even though the pay stinks and the schedules are like dirt. But it's one foot out of the TTH and JBob and ofJbobs reach. I too drive the ISB once in a while.

I have read that all the major US airlines require college degrees for their pilots. I guess regionals do not?

[lookinggoodforjesus]

I have read that all the major US airlines require college degrees for their pilots. I guess regionals do not?

It's not a necessity, but it increases your chance of being hired. Kind of like most things, I guess.

[HereticHick]

Can he sell his soul twice? The second time at the Xroads?

Oh please. The Devil has standards.

[gustava]

Oh please. The Devil has standards.

LOL!

[FlamingFundie]

Oh please. The Devil has standards.

Can this be a post count title?! "Even the Devil has standards."

[Srilaura]

The cirrus seems to have landed at Big Sandy, TX.

[MatthewDuggar]

Have any of the planes been spotted in Florida? There have been sightings of JB and an older boy at Epcot.

[sophrosyne]

The cirrus seems to have landed at Big Sandy, TX.

Hmmm. Alert Academy has an 11 week Aviation Course that begins Sept. 21. Today, Sept 19, is "transportation" day. I wonder if Josiah is doing the Aviation Course.

A number of other courses also begin on Sept 21.

Info here: alertacademy.com/alert/training/calendar/

[sophrosyne]

Have any of the planes been spotted in Florida? There have been sightings of JB and an older boy at Epcot.

Over on p. 14 of the Anna and M-kids thread, there's news of Anna in Florida staying with her mom. Perhaps JB escorted her there to negotiate next steps with Anna's parents. And if JB and an older Duggar boy and at least Meredith of the M-kids went (Kynzie and Michael are in Arkansas today, per Jill's Instagram photo of the Krispy Kreme pirate dress up day), they'd have flown commercial or driven, since the Duggar planes can't carry that many passengers.

[watchdog]

I realize I'm late to the party here, but there was some mention of one or the other of the Duggar planes landing in Paragould, AR a while back and speculation Josh may have been dropped off there for rehab instead of RU in Rockford.

I just wanted to add that there's a flight school in Paragould. A family member who lives an hour or two from there (by ground) had to go there recently to get his IFR certification. So perhaps it was just JD or Josiah flying there for additional training or certification. That's all I've got.

[halcionne]

Cirrus. Big Sandy. 325 miles south. 90 minutes by plane, 5.5 hours by car. My sense of geography is so bad that I had no idea Big Sandy was south of the TTH; I thought it was west. :embarrassed: Interesting about IFR stuff in Paragould and aviation events in Big Sandy.

[watchdog]

To your comment about geography, sometimes what we think and what is fact are different. There are parts of NE Arkansas that are east of the western border of Tennessee. There are MANY places along the Mississippi River where adjacent states "cross" because the state line frequently runs down the middle of the very curvy river. Example: There are many places where if you could walk it, you could walk west from the Arkansas side and end up in Tennessee. Or walk east from Mississippi and end up in SE Arkansas. There are even places you could walk in a straight line from, say, Arkansas, walk through Tennessee, back into Arkansas, and back into Tennessee.

Here's one to make you think about U.S. geography. Name a state you can start in, walk straight south, and end up in 6 other states. (You'll need study a map if it's not obvious which it wasn't to me.) :think:

[halcionne]

To your comment about geography, sometimes what we think and what is fact are different. There are parts of NE Arkansas that are east of the western border of Tennessee. There are MANY places along the Mississippi River where adjacent states "cross" because the state line frequently runs down the middle of the very curvy river. Example: There are many places where if you could walk it, you could walk west from the Arkansas side and end up in Tennessee. Or walk east from Mississippi and end up in SE Arkansas. There are even places you could walk in a straight line from, say, Arkansas, walk through Tennessee, back into Arkansas, and back into Tennessee.

Here's one to make you think about U.S. geography. Name a state you can start in, walk straight south, and end up in 6 other states. (You'll need study a map if it's not obvious which it wasn't to me.) :think:

Blegh, I can't handle it. I live in California, where you can drive for hundreds of miles in any direction and still be in California. :lol:

[CloakNDagger]

Blegh, I can't handle it. I live in California, where you can drive for hundreds of miles in any direction and still be in California. :lol:

You think that's bad? Try Texas.

[church_of_dog]

Blegh, I can't handle it. I live in California, where you can drive for hundreds of miles in any direction and still be in California. :lol:

To watchdog's challenge, I'm going to guess (without looking at a map) maybe North Dakota?

But mostly I agree with Halcionne -- I'm used to the west where the states are big! (That said, I'm in California but tucked up into the corner where the two of the three states that border CA come together. Two of the three "big cities" where we go when we need shopping or major medical services are outside of California -- try getting insurance to deal with that, ugh. Or DMVs and the smog requirement... In fact, my ex-BF's place, which is only 13 miles from me, requires crossing a state line more than once just to get there! It does make life a bit entertaining at times. I guess the east-coasters and western europeans are used to that, but it's a rarity here.)

ETA: looked at a map. There are places where you can hit more than 6 states going straight south! I think I see two places where you could hit eight, not counting your starting state...

[Maggie Mae]

You think that's bad? Try Texas.

Pfff. Texas is puny compared to the great state of Alaska.

[MatthewDuggar]

You think that's bad? Try Texas.

Try being in very south Florida.

[Ella]

A good part of Canada is farther south than a good part of the USA.

[EmainMacha]

Here's one to make you think about U.S. geography. Name a state you can start in, walk straight south, and end up in 6 other states. (You'll need study a map if it's not obvious which it wasn't to me.) :think:

Oh I love geography quizzes! Is the answer New York?

[anniebgood]

If JD is going to a full fledged flight school somewhere maybe he's working on his multi-engine/turbine rating. If he is good for him. The sooner he gets out of JBobs greasy hands the happier he will be. And no not all majors require college degrees. They do get feeds from the military, but there are pilots out there who started out in a field and worked their ways up. He needs a good grounded education in math though, how he got that at the SOTDRT and managed to get his PPL is beyond me. (The worst part of the IFR test is the hood).

He may be shuttling ATI people from IL to TX since Big Sandy will be Got Hards new home we think.

[singsingsing]

I live in Canada and I have to go north to get to the United States.