BBall How Is 767PIC compared to the real 757 you fly wi

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first i would like to say thank you for your professional inputs. you are difinetly my idol, i am working on my seat with an airlines, hopefully by the time i make it airlines will still fly 757-767, not the 400 it looks much like the 777, without the three wheels (lol.well i just would like to ask you if you rate it from 1-10, how close is the 767PIC to the real sisters 757-767. in the real world.2. i have a question about the log book. this log book is based on my real world log book, if you can tell me what would you put for the box, (remarks and procedures) if you have a normal flight. and also what would you do when it comes to entering the time of flight. days or night especially when you fly during the afternoon, and you end it landing at night or the other way around.Thank You Sir.Best Regards Adib Afraj PS. i don't know if this is exeptable but will it be possible if you post a page from your log book, i am sorry if i went out of hand.disregard this if i did.

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I would call him more of a "demi-god"! Lol Just kidding The very helpful Captain has finished writing his PIC review and as soon as Mark {edit man} gets some sleep from all the crying he'll post it for sure. I like to think of his review as a x-mas gift. Best Wishes, Randy Smith

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Adib and Randy,O.K., now knock off all that "idol" and "demi-god" stuff....don't you know that all airline pilot's egos can barely fit through the front door? **side note...my favorite "Hollywood type" airline Captain was Dean Martin's portrayal in the classic movie "Airport". Swarthy, good-looking guy, a hit with the babes, but a HUGE ######... always barking orders and in someone's face, plus he wore his epulets on the OUTSIDE of his rain coat....LOL....I love watching that one!**Back to the questions at hand.To answer the first inquiry about the "realness" of flying a Boeing 757 vs. pc flying Wilco Publishing's 767 PIC, let me start by stating the obvious. It's too completely different experiences. My best analogy would have to be: 1)catching the winning touchdown pass for your football team, and 2) watching the movie of said catch. Both are great, but one is "real" and the other not. Doesn't make the "movie catch" any less spectacular, especially if you've never caught a winning touchdown pass. It's just two totally different experiences.O.K. with that said, your question is, coincidentally, the yardstick by which I based my review....Microsoft's boast of "As real as it gets" as it applies to 767 PIC. Are all the buttons and switches accurate? From the cockpit I call home, I would say...90%, yes. Are all the actions that pushing said buttons and switches accurate...again, almost completely yes. Did they replicate an accurate flight model in 767 PIC? Well....if I answered all these questions, there wouldn't be any reason for you to read my reveiw...right? LOL. Realize that in the multi-million dollar flight simulators that we do our training in at the NWA training facility, where EVERY button and switch is modeled perfectly, even those flight models are not exactly the same as the real jet. I personally don't think it's possible to 100% re-create the experience of flying (until we all have Star Trek holodomes....hehe).Now on to the logbook thing...First of all, as you know, in (civilian) aviation you are the "great exhalted keeper of the logbook", not some faceless entity back at base operations. As such, I would hazard that most of us have used them not only as a record of flight times, but also as a bit of an ad hoc "diary" to a certain extent (where do you think I get the inspiration for my "Logbook" tales over at Frugalsworld?).As far as entries, well, as you'll see below, I tend to make comments in the "remarks, etc" section. For the night versus day hours comment, I think the FARs are rather specific about when defined "night" actually begins, but again, you're keeping the record, so just do your best.Here are some examples from my four different logbooks....the last time I made ANY entries was way back in '94! I'm not required to keep one, and since I (hopefully) won't need to provide them on any more job interviews, it just became something that I didn't keep up with. The airline has records of all my accumulated flight times, and when I was asked a few years ago about my flight time (I was checking out in a Piper Arrow at a local FBO), I went into the Chief Pilot's office at NWA, and they printed up all I needed to know.(these brought back memories looking over them :D)Sorry, but my scanner wouldn't allow for just one pic, so they're broken down into 2 pics each.http://images.andale.com/f2/109/127/632235...3_logbook01.jpghttp://images.andale.com/f2/109/127/632235...178_logook1.jpgFrom "Day one, page one" at Ft. Worth School of Aviation, Meacham Field, Ft. Worth, Texas. My instructor (John Dittmier) was tragically killed a year or so later in a light twin crash. The piece of my clipped shirt tail from my first solo is stapled on the inside cover.--------------------------------http://images.andale.com/f2/109/127/632235...00_logbook2.jpghttp://images.andale.com/f2/109/127/632235...6_logbook2a.jpgThis is from my days flying the Sa-226TC Metroliner at Scheduled Skyways. As you can see, I've become quite "anal retentive" about all the different type of entries. **note the fourth line down is the entry for my ATP checkride. :D--------------------------------http://images.andale.com/f2/109/127/632235...37_logbook3.jpghttp://images.andale.com/f2/109/127/632235..._logbook3a1.jpgFrom the last page from the last logbook that I've kept. As you can see, the diversity of my entries has tailed off to just the basics. Notice on the second pic, the fifth line down (in the remarks) mentions the time I had a bomb threat agains the jet. (I also penned a Logbook tale about it over at Frugalsworld:http://www.frugalsworld.com/logbooks/index.shtml ...it's under BBall's Logbooks with the title "Did He Say Bomb?")hope this may have answered your questions...take care,BBall-------------------------Capt. William "BBall" BallBoeing 757, Northwest AirlinesSenior Editorwww.frugalsworld.com

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Interesting stuff BBall. Thanks for sharing once again. :-)

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thank you very much for your help and your great inputs like always.You The Best. Most Pilots are very cocky ( I am not sure if this is the right spelling) but you are different it's what i call giving back to the community most pilots forget that they also past through this stage befor they made it even that i know more that they do when it comes to big jets I use to work for Piedmont Hawthorne down at KORF and i use to talk to them all the times and i bring then into my house and teach them how to use a real (FMS).Well Thank You Again i am going to say it again you are different my freind.Thank You.

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You're entirely welcome.And again, thanks for the compliments...though undeserved. Funny you mention "cocky" pilots, there are indeed some of that ilk. I would guess that most are like yours truly. I try to never forget my roots in the wonderful world of aviation, a pimply faced teenager in the summer of 1973 strapping on a Cessna 150 (and being totally in awe of said machine :D). Then the trenches of working the line, sweeping the hangar floor, finally getting the coveted CFI and "turning the corner" on the $ part of the equation (someone actually paying me to fly!). Night freight, commuter airlines, and finally a call to the "big show".... It was a long ten years, but in the end, more than worth all the heartache and sweat.To get from here:http://images.andale.com/f2/109/127/632235...3686_N5305Q.jpgThat "pimply faced" teenager in '73 (yeah, I had long hair like everyone else :)). This is the airplane that I soloed in...like a first girlfriend, you never forget her..N5305Q.to here:http://images.andale.com/f2/109/127/632235...5761_pic_28.jpgWhere'd all the hair go? LOLtook a lot of hard work, a bit of good fortune, and a ton of desire....never give up the dream...take care,BBall-----------------------Capt. William "BBall" BallBoeing 757, Northwest AirlinesSenior Editorwww.frugalsworld.com

[Guest GeorgeDorkofikis]

Hey Bill...Hope you don't get me wrong, but if you put on some white beard, a red hat and a red coat you will sure look Santa Claus to me!Happy flyer and it shows!Man... I wish I could be that lucky!Another big THANK YOU from me as well for all your help!Fly safe and happy landings!George DorkofikisAthens, Greece

[F16_Driver]

hahaha when you mention that, he realy does ;-) So watch out for those letters..

[Guest crashing_pilot]

1973......man....you are uhh.....not the youngest....:-)...i wasn

[Guest]

this is the first time i saw a picture of you. you difinently look like a nice person (NO IDEAS) lol. i would like to give you a litttle background on me, and tell me if i am heading on the right direction.i am 25 years old i am starting college this upcoming semester, and i am going to be enrolling with the US Air Force program (ROTC) (Reserved Officer Training Corp). and taking from there or transfer to Embery Riddle University, after two years and follow their Pilot program, and have a lot of money to pay back. there is advantages in both programs and of course disadvantages. what makes more since to you and which way did you go. Thanks.

[Guest TerryT]

Hi Capt. When I saw your picture of the C-150 I said, that is my airplane. Well at least a close cousin. Here are several pictures of the Cessna 150 (N5219Q) I owned while stationed in Clovis NM at Cannon AFB. I repaired, modified and operated the F-111D flight simulators. Thanks for bringing back fun memories of the little C-150LTerry

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Hey guys,George,HA! Now that you mention it

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"Reasons? Excellent training, superb equipment, and I guess, my overall sense of patriotism."I feel exactly the same way. I'm in Air force rotc, and am praying for a pilot slot this March (when the selection board meets and lays down their fist)... If anything were to happen, I wouldn't stop either. I love to fly. And growing up as an airline brat, I've come to greatly appreciate the lifestyles of an airline employee. Of course I would like to participate in a more direct way, as an Air Force officer, to our conflicts abroad... We'll see... Fingers crossed.Sincerely,Phil GeddesThis is me during a flag-folding ceremony last year to commemorate Veteran's Day:

[Guest crashing_pilot]

well BBall...i must be ol.. "(oops... pardon me...)i mean.."chronologiccally challenged" (nice one he!) as well....i would never have used those words...i guess you pilots like to show off your education eh :-)"...cos i like to listen to The Eagles now and then :-)...great music...when i feel like it...anywayz.. guess you had to recover longer as normal after that flight?... :-).. i mean,i would feel depressed being told that by someone who probably just learned how to tie her shoes(well....if she needs to :-) )you know what,i

[Guest GeorgeDorkofikis]

Right!...I had that photo somewhere on my HDD but I lost it when that HDD failed...So, here's another one... To light up the Xmas Spirit!Enjoy!George DorkofikisAthens, Greece