Just a simple hello

Tsuru · Post by **Tsuru** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 1:00 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(amartin @ Nov 25 2004, 04:50 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>So let's procede with this thread ... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif[/img] Being a long time admirer of RFP finally I made it to the RFP-VA and was accepted today - hoooray ! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/img] A big hello from Munich to all you 'seasoned' RFP pilots - looking forward to many and hopefully safe flights ! Glad to be here ! Cheers Albert [right][snapback]2274[/snapback][/right] </div>Hey Albert! Welcome on board! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] How are things at the FTG these days? "

JRBarrett · Post by **JRBarrett** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 2:12 pm

"And yet another new hire checking in... In the real ""flesh and blood world"" I'm located in upstate New York in the Finger Lakes region. In the virtual world, I enjoy flying long hauls to far-flung locations. Like most of you, I really enjoy complex sims. I've been flying the RFP 747-200 since it first came out. I'm employed in the aviation field as an avionics technician. Though much of my current work involves installing and maintaining state-of-the-art Garmin GPS systems, my heart lies with 60s-70s vintage aircraft with steam gauges, basic VOR/ADF nav and the wonderful Delco INS. In addition to RFP, I also own the Captain Sim 727 and Iron Knuckles DC-9.. two other period aircraft that one has to actually ""fly"" instead of simply ""manage"". I also really enjoy the pre-flight planning part of long haul flying, and am seriously considering pursuing training for an FAA Dispatchers certification. I've been an online ""freight dog"" for quite a while, flying for UPS Virtual Air Cargo. UPSVAC is a great bunch and they do use the 742 on some routes, but I was really pleased to find that Ralph had started a VA dedicated exclusively to the 747-200. My other passion (in addition to flight simulation) is golf, but now that cold weather has returned to the Northeast, I've put the the clubs away so I'll have plenty of time to spend in the cockpit. Looking forward to my first flight for Virtual Polar, and hope to see you in the air and at the pilots' lounge. Jim Barrett Pilot# 1144 North / South America Region"

jcboliveira · Post by **jcboliveira** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:48 pm

"Hi Jim Welcome aboard. Like you, I'm also a brown tail (the paycheck for cargo pilots is so bad that we need 2 jobs [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/img] ). Regards "

amartin · Post by **amartin** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:55 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tsuru @ Nov 25 2004, 07:00 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Hey Albert! Welcome on board! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] How are things at the FTG these days? [right][snapback]2275[/snapback][/right] </div> Hey Yannic - nice to meet you again [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] FTG - oh well - things are different nowadays ... I have quit [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img] Felt like I needed to have a change... @Jim & Jose: Nice to meet as well some UPS colleages here [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] "

Tsuru · Post by **Tsuru** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 6:45 pm

I see you guys joined at once.... Is the pay at UPS really that bad?

CraigM · Post by **CraigM** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:22 am

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JRBarrett @ Nov 25 2004, 01:12 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>...upstate New York in the Finger Lakes region.</div> Nice area, I used to go up to Seneca Lake for work every now and then. Haven't been up that way since the mid-80's

Welcome!"

JRBarrett · Post by **JRBarrett** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:11 am

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CraigM @ Nov 25 2004, 11:22 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Nice area, I used to go up to Seneca Lake for work every now and then. Haven't been up that way since the mid-80's

Welcome! [right][snapback]2281[/snapback][/right] </div> I love the area, especially in the summer. We're in Elmira, about 15 miles south of Watkins Glen. I co-own a boat with a couple of friends, and we spend a lot of time on Seneca in the warm months. Jim Pilot 1144 "

jcboliveira · Post by **jcboliveira** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 11:11 am

"Eddie They pay me a lot more at UPS. They are paying me 250$/hour at UPS plus a 50$ bonus per flight and over here 150$/Hour. Boss, I want a raise. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] Regards"

Jure · Post by **Jure** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:32 am

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jcboliveira @ Nov 26 2004, 03:11 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Boss, I want a raise. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] </div> A raise?? What is that? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] Jim, Albert, welcome to Globe Cargo! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]"