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Fixed Wing/Rotor

interesting about Hawaiin honoring helo time. I really ahdnt thought too much about the airlines but maybe as a retirement gig.
 
We actually have a small Seattle pilot base. We used to have bases at Los Angeles and San Francisco too but those went away in 2003. There are many pilots who commute from the mainland. I know on who commutes from Virgina and one who commutes from the Philippines. I split my time between Honolulu and Vegas with "homes" in both.
 
Basing in HNL. Oh man what a rough life that'd be. I always liked flying on Hawaiian vs. Aloha when I was in the islands. Maybe someday.....
 
HAL Pilot said:
I split my time between Honolulu and Vegas with "homes" in both.
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But do you need to learn pidgen to fly for HAL?
"Wot, boddah you? You got beef?"

If I could live in a decent place on Kauai or Lanai I would fly a little island hopper like Mahalo, (remember, way back when?)..as long as I could spend plenty of time on the deck in my shack drinkin' the G&Ts and watch the crumb-snatchers catch geckos.
 
BigIron said:
Helos are all good.

Of course I joined thinking I was Maverick and was going to cloud surf in my F-14, but things happened.....things called Precision Aerobatics and I realized I don't like negative Gs..... I also remember cleaning up my vomit after a short break in the T-34 so helos it was.

I am sure I would have eventually adapted, but my IPs were lessed than impressed with my stellar puking, so here I am today flying giant helicopters that tow things through the water.
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This might become a deciding factor for me as well. I puked on my first flight in a Cessna 172 on a hot summer day. My second flight was in a Cessna again, I got REALLY nauseated. I flew a bunch in gliders and they weren't as bad, but I remember having to concentrate very hard on the instruments to keep from puking. Then, I flew in a Schweitzer 300C Helicopter and I had no problems at all. As well as the Chinook I flew in as a passenger once. I wonder what makes helicopters so different for "sensitive" people like me. These events were in exact order and I remember every flight remembering my first horrible experience which could have contributed a bit to the rest of my nausea.
 
Fetter:

Don't base your career decisions off of a few flights in a Cessna. In flight school, you'll fly much more often which allows for building up an immunity to airsickness for the average student. The same thing happens to IPs that come back after flying non-TacAir aircraft. Generally everyone needs at least one flight to get reacclimated and there are always cases of those that need a bunch more. It's not a big deal.

If I could live in a decent place on Kauai or Lanai I would fly a little island hopper like Mahalo,
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As beautiful as Lana'i is, I think I'd go postal after a month there. Other than the resort, there's pretty much nothing there and the beach isn't all that great (a lot of dirty water from the runoff from the island since it's on the windward side of the channel).
 
Yeah, especially when pulling that whopping +4.5 the T-34's limited too<---sarcasm.
 
Yeah, especially when pulling that whopping +4.5 the T-34's limited too<---sarcasm
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Pulling G's for their own sake...at least for me...is not what makes flying fun...Just getting accustomed to it...but the T-34 is a sweet little plane. The only thing I've flown as a civilian thats come close is the Swift S1.

As far as airsickness goes, the only people I know who haven't overcome it...didn't want to. They were looking for a golden BB and found it in a barf bag. Again...don't let that make your decision for you. If you want to fly, you'll overcome it.
 
gatordev said:
As beautiful as Lana'i is, I think I'd go postal after a month there. Other than the resort, there's pretty much nothing there and the beach isn't all that great (a lot of dirty water from the runoff from the island since it's on the windward side of the channel).
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Exactly...nothing around...I'm envisioning a Mosquito Coast scenario...or perhaps Heart of Darkness. The horror, the horror. So, like you said, perhaps I would go crazy as it's been 10 years since I've been there and I mainly remember the beauty of that place.

When stationed in HI (mid 90's), the ship I was on would visit there yearly; great hiking/mountain biking (Munro Trail) and shipwreck beach was pretty cool from what I remember. I think we dove off of there, but it has been a while. A couple of great golf courses as well.

Not a ton of great diving around HI, but the reefs around Lana'i were in great shape. And the Lodge at Koele is off the hook. My wife's real estate office would have a yearly retreat there (a point where prices were soaring in the market). I saw the pics and it looked incredible. The island is the anti-Waikiki/Honolulu IMO.
 
Not a ton of great diving around HI, but the reefs around Lana'i were in great shape. And the Lodge at Koele is off the hook. My wife's real estate office would have a yearly retreat there (a point where prices were soaring in the market). I saw the pics and it looked incredible. The island is the anti-Waikiki/Honolulu IMO.
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Yeah, I always thought the leeward side looked like it should have lots of life on it still w/ all those rocky cliffs jutting out. While Maui always had awesome water, that channel between Molokai and Lana'i was usually pretty murky w/ all the fetch. Didn't know diving was that great.

As for Waikiki/Honolulu...I like the city, so the perfect compromise was living in Kailua. Awesome beach, beautiful part of the island, and the city was just far enough away, but close enough to run errands.
 
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