![]() ![]() I am not even suggesting she did anything improper to get her JetStar rating, I should have put lol after my statement. It was not the airline Jetstar, but the 4 engine Lockheed JetStar corporate jet.Īre you saying you don't believe she could get a type rating with the problem she had with reversers without any additional circumstances ? I would like to know she got her type rating, lets see, female pilot, male flight examiner, Hmmm, I wonder.īy the way, which type of aircraft did she fly? I used to fly Jetstar, but that was before my aviation life, so I don't know the type. I also knew of a petite female JetStar captain, her only problem was she could not activate all the thrust reversers at the same time because her hand was to small to grab all 4 of the reverser levers, so she could only pull up 2 at a time, I heard that the first officer or co-captain used to operate the thrust reversers for her. I tried to sit in the seat of a Model 24 LearJet one time and I could barely fit in, The Chief Pilot of this LearJet was 6”5”, but somehow he managed to get in and out of the seat and also fly the airplane without his knees getting in the way of the controls. I think I still have the impression of the altitude control knob in my skull from all the times I banged my head into this knob. I am 6’ 3” and getting in and out of the seats in the Lockheed JetStar required a little contortion act, especially to avoid hitting the pressurization controller which was centered and protruded out from the overhead panel. I will be very thankful for any information you can provide! Does it mean I will not suit with 156 or is 1 sm not so important? And of course, apart from official things I have to find out if it is really physically possible to operate an aircraft with such a height.įfuf, many questions, aren't there? I have to clarify everything though. My impression is that it is easier for pilots, rather than for people of other professions, but I may be wrong.Also would you be able to somehow estimate the percentage of airlines which have certain height requirements above mine? I know, for example, BA require above 157 sm. Then it is important to know, how easy it is to find a pilot job in another country, if you are not a resident. #Fighter pilot height requirements license#Nobody can give exact answer to the question whether it is possible or not to validate later a foreign license in Russia without the necessity to pass through our med checks. Due to this fact (but not only this, of course) I am going to learn abroad. Without it one will not be able to pass through our state medical examination for pilots. ![]() In Russia, where I live, we have federal aviation regulations which state that a person, who wants to learn pilot skills, has to be between 160sm and 190sm. ![]() So, I have to understand the chances to find a job with such a height before making any step towards studying. As you know, ATPL courses cost huge amount of money. The problem is that I am only 156 sm tall, or 5 ft 2 inches roughly. Being a licensed flight dispatcher, I am thinking about obtaining ATPL. I've decided to make this topic live again, as for me this is quite a problem now. However we didn't enlighten much about short people. I manage fine and it's somewhat of a non-issue, but my heart was pumping as I went in as I knew if I didn't get it, the career would be on hold. I passed the Class 1 first time, all the doc did was spend a bit of time talking to me about how I managed. You wouldn't notice it in every day situations, but if you shook my hand you'd notice. My right hand - the fingers are about 1cm smaller on each side than the left hand. Perhaps I should probably find out what is involved in a commercial medical - maybe there is no way that you can pass it with restricted mobility of any sort?Īgain I can only speak for CASA but being weighed is a feature. If you passed and then became overweight and unfit to fly before your next renewal (in the case of CASA, Annually for Class 1) then I don't know what would happen. I have no doubt that you would be grounded if you failed your medical, but what if you passed your medical despite (for example) becoming overweight ![]()
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