He was with ASA (Atlantic Southeast Airlines) flying Barbie jets, a slightly derogatory terms for 50 passenger Bombardier CRJ-200s. Yeah I know ASA has some larger 70 passenger CRJ-700s but it's more fun to think of 5' 7" Jake in the smaller 51,000 lb. aircraft. To my knowledge he isn't presently current to fly Part 121 but he may be flying Part 91 general aviation planes.
Note: the following is second hand information from the brother of an ASA line pilot who knows/knew him. According to his date-of-hire Jake was with ASA for nearly 10 years, enough to be fairly senior at a regional where there is sometimes a mass exodus of guys attempting to get hired on the big iron at major carriers. Pavelka apparently never made it to the big time, although he was said to have forked over countless thousands to get a Boeing 737NG Type Rating from a civilian aviation school in Dallas, all to apply for a Southwest Airlines F/O pilot class that never materialized for him. Jake also became disenchanted with the long hours and nomadic life of a regional airline line pilot because he applied- and was hired- on to the management training section of ASA. In his last job he was performing line checkouts and sim checks, with an occasional trip thrown in once a month. At the high end estimation, his take-home management-pilot Captain salary at ASA was around $75 thousand to $80 thousand, a fraction of what Delta or Fedex pay their more senior pilots.
I have no idea about his penis size, but I felt so sorry for him on that couch with Vienna. :biggrin1:
Wow! You know a lot!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the information. I know all about the "get the regionals first and the big guys will take you lickety split" con game. There are even now aviation schools that include these insinuations in their advertisements.
Not very many pilots ever even get to the regionals, therefore, I think it is unfair to not characterize them as real pilots. (I'm not interpreting
your comments as doing so) In fact, their job is tougher than the big guys because they fly into many small airfields that don't have anywhere close to the amount of aids that are required of the major airports. This also is a big reason the regionals can't match the safety record of their parent carriers. Most of their flights are fairly short which means that they often spend the entire flight in IFR conditions in turbulent air. They simply aren't in the air long enough to warrant them being allowed to climb above the shitty weather. Also, as the airways become more crowded someone has to be relegated to the less comfortable altitudes. We know how that game is played in every aspect of life, so, no big shocker there!
It is sad that he never made it to the big guys. Maybe he will make enough money (or already has) as a celebrity to pay off his debts.
Do you remember the Amazing Race that was won by Rheiken and Chip? When they were asked how they would spend their prize Chip instantly said that Rheiken had huge debts in his attempt to become an airline pilot and they would pay those off first. Of course, Rheiken ended up dumping Chip and attempting to move on to greener pastures. Rheiken had formed a company named "Tribe Airways" but I don't know what happened to it after those days.