nine... my condition??

SEVERELY MYOPIC

R: -4.5 -1.75
L: -4.25D -1.75D

i hold a valid class-1 Till january 2007.

go check MFA's website FAO section.. can see a list of doctor.. i recommend Young Newton and Co >> Dr. Kee

MFA full already? I though you booked a seat in there.

Anyway I will reserve a seat either in melaka or langkawi later. While waiting for MAS, I will try to finish my stpm. If no news from MAS, then with stpm certificate i will apply for SIA cadet, alternatively I will get loan and study myself.

So if fillet after you study in there,remember to give me some feedback

nope...

i Booked myself a slot in HMA through a person who know them well...

maybe in the late future I will need your help. Its an advantage to know someone inside, unfortunately i doesnt have this chance

Anyway, today's news paper, HMA cadets graduated already. Our PM also attend the ceremony.

deathwing,
which fleet you r flying now? wat should be considered if i wish to get shortlisted? anyway, is it posible to promote as 744 f/o without spending a long term at triple 7?

hoongji,
really that easy the 1st phase interview? i though the interviewee will abuse you charm charm @@" actually i scare the question, what make you so impressed in piloting >"< i couldn't get a really answer for myself, i love aircraft just like the feeling of "love a girl" hahaha.... spotting is my hobby and flying is wat i aspired! But i can't tell the HR/ capt. like this rite hahaha.... headahcing...


*25 weeks to go for stpm trial... sigh..... no more spotting recently

Har...the problem is I wear spec..if not..I would like apply for the course.....do they create new exemption???

i dun think so... still need gud eye sight

NOT INTENDED AS FLAMING, just tired ..people asking the same thing.. and some people giving the wrong answer when they have no knowledge bout it themselves

SERIOUSLY guys... if u don't knwo much about the medical.. don't misled other people...

eric84cool .... you can be a pilot... with specs...

but i guess you are not fit to be one.... Because if you're really interested... you would have did your own research......

let me tell u...

A pilot in Malaysia and singapore Needs at least an Uncorrected vision of 6/60 ,correctable to 6/6 .

i have a Class-1 Medical.... my vision correction?

R: -4.5D -1.75D
L: -4.25D -1.75D

Layman's Term
Right eye 450, Astig 175
Left eye 425, astig 150

So my adevice eric84cool, find one profession where u can survive with spoonfedding.....


In USA, FAA standards says that you can Be a pilot regardless of your refraction error(glasses power) as long as you are corrected to 6/6. SAME appliese to CASA australia.

in UK, it's JAA LAND......
you cannot exceed Initial
+/-5D with no more than 2D Astig

Renewal
+/-8D with no more than 3D astig

ALL THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET, IF U CAN'T FIND THEM and tell us you want to be one.... I GUESS u are not FIt to be a pilot

Eric84cool, if u wnat to make sure u can be one before applying.,..... go get a medical done... cost less than RM200 ...

This post has been edited by fillet: Apr 24 2006, 03:48 PM

Those triple sevens are just superb and technologically advance, the cockpit is comparable to even the A350 or A380. I dont see any reason you would prefer an old 747-400 (SIA phasing them out) against a cutting edge 777.
Not to say that there is possibility for dual rating with 777 and 787 Dreamliner.
Was kinda disappointed when not assigned to the Airbus fleet, after all, A380 is what everyone hunting for.

Sorry to disappoint but AMBLYOPIA will make one of your eye non correctable to 6/6, which means you're not qualified medically in any sense.

PS:Make sure piloting is what you want, you cant be so sure until you get your hand on a control yoke yourself, and it is very very different from what you see on the TV, good luck and tailwind always.

This post has been edited by DeathWing: Apr 24 2006, 08:06 PM

triple 7 is on yoke while a380 is on sidestick. which one do you prefer?

btw deathwing: you are in selatar or jandakot at the moment?

agree... it is different from the tv drama. actually, while we take off and landing properly we will prefer head wind and while we cruising to higher altitude we prefer tail wind.

and make sure piloting is what u want improtant message.
any spotters frm penang here?

hoongji,
honestly, not really much pilot frm MH love airbus, they prefer boeing. mayb causes of the sidestick from airbus?? not sure abt this. But surely, AK pilot prefer buses


deathwing,
although 744 is a old model and without fly-by wire system but it is a some kind of prestigous for a pilot if flying on it, a SQ 777 pilot and MH777 pilot told me that. But they have no complain on their rating currently.

I ain't gettin anny replies,from MAS or SIA...........,how dissapointin........

Tatayoung,
May i know your qualification?

Teddie,
I am not sure which tv drama you meant, but if you mean a hong kong drama named 'triumph to the sky', I remember it did told us when an airplane take off it prefer head wind and when on high atitude, it prefer tail wind?

hmm....

some pilots prefer sidestick.... some prefer the boeing type.. the yoke..

BTw deathwing.......... has anyone in your batch got CHOPED halfway by SIA..??? SIA ,unlike MAS will kick anyone out if they think that the performance is not up to their liking........

BTW... HK drama 'Triumph in the Skies' is ALMOST BULLSHIT when it comes to PILOT......... they focus on their love life..... it's a bullshit when u see the FLYING scene.............


there's one reason why when a PLANE takes off, the pilot will almost always face the PLANE opposite the wind direction...........

this is to create MORE lift, because of the Velocity difference between the PLANE and the Headwind........... the plane can takeoff at a shorter distance.........

let's say a plane take off speed is 60 knots with calm wind........ but on a particular day when they're a headwind of 10 knots.. this plane can takeoff at 50knots...


taking off with tailwind is kind of risky............ and remember the Famous AIR FRANCE's Concorde accident?? one of the many reasons is the pilot took off with tailwind...... and because the plane needs a longer distance...... the pilot used a stretch of the runway which is under repair ............

This post has been edited by fillet: Apr 24 2006, 09:59 PM

I watched this drama with full expectation that it would give me more detail about a pilot's life and in the end, majority of the story was about love. And unfortunately the time I sent my resume to MAS is when the drama started on tv3, i am sure after while a lot of people will rushing to become a pilot
However I did gain some knowledge from it, and yet, when I online check the information it gave,mostly50% are wrong

I doubt they took those airplane scenes using FS2004

This post has been edited by akira de aimbuster: Apr 24 2006, 10:05 PM

yes it is totally different when talks abt pilot in that drama.
aerofoil needs head wind to produce elevatory and the theroms is just the same as what we studied in form 4 physics. IF tailwind occuring while take off, they need a longer runway to take of as the pressure at the lower part of aerofoil is not enough to produce an elevation same story to upper part, need to cut down the pressure.

when lifted and crusing at a certain/ increasing altitude, they require tailwind to cut down the wastage of fuel. that's wat written at some webside and i can't provide the link because i had lost the url>"<

I got a question. According to MFA alumni record, mostly people only graduate with cpl.
http://www.mfa.edu.my/alumni.html#1990

they are not going for atpl?

They GRADUATE with CPL/IR with PASSES in ATPL paper...

until they have flown 1500 hours, they cannot be GRANTED ATPL.


ATPL will only be granted to someone who has flown 1500 hours...............

your cannot obtain ATPL fresh from flying school...


the Term Frozen-ATPL means

a CPL/IR with passes in ATPL papers.

yea to unfreeze your license nid 1.5k flying hours included sim. training. afterward you will promoted to junior f/o with 2 bars


This post has been edited by teddie: Apr 25 2006, 01:08 AM

Not really la brother.
Full ATPL aint that easy to gain, and may takes several years time after getting the FO position.
Promotion from 1 bar SO to 2 bar FO on the other hand, takes only around 6-9 months of line duties. Some said SO are boring, I would regard it as a dormant/resting period.
SO FTW!