Tragedy of Malaysian Airlines MH370 on 8th March 2014

Today, our Prime Minister had announced the fate of MH370 last position indicated at the South of Indian Ocean, West of Perth today on 10pm press conference at Putra World Trade Center (PWTC). It's indeed a sad year for all the aviators and travelers around the world that such sophisticated aircraft which bounded for Beijing ended up at South of Indian Ocean.

Before truth revealed, people were making fun of generating different fake news around, bringing hope for all the families, relatives and friends whom were in despair. I have no idea what kind of humanity you are, but now the truth had revealed, are you satisfied with the result? Are you bringing their ups and downs on their families? Is it right for you to make such news you had made before? Are you an aviation experts? I assume you aren't concerning anyone.

This tragedy involve a Boeing 777-200 Extended Range series, Malaysian Airlines, type registration, 9M-MRO inbound from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, which consisted of 239 Passengers and 12 crews onboard. For your information, I did indeed travel on this aircraft before, from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu as upgraded flight, which scheduled as flight MH2640.

Truly, today is a deep black year for Malaysians. 2 accidents involving Malaysian aircraft, 9M-MDM and 9M-MRO. I truly beg for investigators to find for reasons, outcomes, answers and investigations on the fatal flight of MH370, so that no more innocent passengers and crews on Boeing 777-200ER be endangered.

My deep condolences to the families, friends and relatives concerned on the flight of MH370. I know there's no place for refugee to seek for comfort, nothing can be confirmed with all the loss you had encountered.

MAS370 passengers and crew, rest in peace assured.

Mike's A Commercial Cadet Pilot FAQ

Good Morning everyone, today, I would like to share and build up a blog regarding on 5Ws on becoming a cadet pilot. I had approached most of new added friends in facebook, where they asked lots of questions about how to be a commercial pilot. So I would like to explain everything here.

1) How to become a commercial cadet pilot?

To become a commercial cadet pilot, there are two ways (I believe so):

a) Private Funded 

- In this private funded, you need quite huge number of sum, for now, estimated course fees is around RM 270,000. However, I would like to emphasis that this sum is based on my year 2012. They may increase or decrease dependent upon the school's management. After graduation from the school, you won't be guarantee for a job and you may require yourself to get through some interviews as Direct Intake First Officers depend on Terms and Conditions.

b) Airline Sponsership

- In this airline sponsership, you need to get through number of stages, Cadet Pilot Assessment Test, ADAPT Test, Interview and etc. It requires lots of effort and time, as the golden seat in this Cadet Pilot Selection but the reward would be a sponership or loan for your studies on cadet pilot and guarantee yourself for a job. Therefore, there's no need for you to worry about whether you may secure a job in future or not

So in the end, choice is you whom to make. You will require lots of effort and time to think through before you make the best decision.

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2)  What are the steps to be a privately funded cadet pilot?

a)In my opinion, medical certificate is the first step to do. From here, I will break down to sub FAQs:

 (i) Where am I going to do my medical certificate? Can I do anywhere? 

Well, you can’t go any clinic, any hospital to do you medical certificate like those Goods Driving License (GDL) renewal do and as you like. There are various certified aviation medical examiners in Malaysia, here’s the list of all the aviation medical examiners in Malaysia. Phone and book an appointment with the doctor before you proceed.

(ii)  What are the fees of aviation medical examiners?

It's depend on where you accomplish your medical exam. Various medical exam venues have different price. Therefore, I advice readers to telephone and ask for the price.

(iii) What are they checking for?

Basically all parts of the body. Don't feel shy anyway since as a pilot, everyone will go through this phase. :)

(iv) What does Class I and Class II stands for?

Class I entitles you to pursue your dream as a pilot to a commercial Pilot, while Class II, entitles you to get a Private Pilot License. So, if you want to be a commercial pilot, go for Class 1. Leisure flying and Sightseeing, Class II. However, Class I entitles you to have Class II privileges too. So, aim for Class I.

b) After you successfully obtain a Class I aviation Medical Certificate, time for you to write in a letter to Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). Wow, a letter to DCA. What am I going to write for the content? Here's a sample letter to DCA from Asia Pacific Flight Training (APFT), (Credits to APFT). Of course you may write yourself a letter too, and it's encouraged to write on your own and sent the letter you had wrote to this address:

Director of Flight Operations

Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Malaysia

Level 2, Blok Podium B

Lot 4G4, Precinct 4

Federal Government Administrative Centre

62570 PUTRAJAYA

Reply of this letter from DCA may take weeks. So I would suggest earlier submission as you could.

c) Thereafter, after you had your the DCA letter and Medical Certificate, you are off to go for piloting flying school. DCA will provide you all the details of the school you are going to. However, you may require to survey and choose the best school for your own. It's based on different opinions and thinking. I would suggest a visit to their school to know their status and outcomes will be.

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3) Is Pilot Hard and Difficult? 
Well, this depends on individuals. I have observed that with difficulty on subjects in piloting is based on how much basic concept individuals had mastered and how individuals can receive information day by day. Things are dependent upon individuals look upon the career. Piloting is about studying throughout the whole life. I personally found this piloting as an interesting career though. Even though study keeps following me around, but as technology advances, study will keep continue till the day you are retired. So take it as part of your learning in your life. Learning never stops in your life. Questions maybe hard, but you have to face it anyway, and your job is to find a solution to solve it. Pilots can't escape it just because it's a question. Perhaps there's some day, where the plane starts to behave things what you don't want to, and you have to deal with it, but you can't reject yourself to solve it because it's a thing you don't want to deal with, Right? 

Let me tell you a story about my time in my Phase II training. Phase II is a tough phase (I believe) comprises of Meteorology, General Navigation, Radio Navigation, Flight Planning and Monitoring and lastly Instrumentation. Questions are coming in bunches, dealing five subjects in 14 weeks. Studies have to be made everyday, every night. It's countless studies about this phase. There are numerous cadets I had approached. Some are lazy, some are hardworking, some are diligent, some are dedicated, some are simply minded and other sort of cadets. They do pathetic things, but one thing you gonna know,

 You learn for your own good, Knowledge is the wisdom in your mind, and No one will snatch the Wisdom from you

Therefore, whether pilot is hard or not, is based on what you are thinking now on your current study. If there's a will, there's a way. And if other people can do, why can't you?

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Well, this is it. If You have anymore questions, please do comment below and I will approach your question and may be written above.

Thank you :)

Motivation about being a person

Many of people might lose their way while doing work on his/her way. Some of them might be not able to achieve their desire and their dream. There are certain answers you might be finding, where you have seek something you want to. A lot of things you have to keep remind ourselves, but basically there's three basic questions where we should consider. I approached to a wise man on our motivation lecture about becoming a human being.

Person are easily deviated from a target once they were distracted, which commonly by self induced or external influenced. However, keep in mind that there are three basic questions you have to keep remind all over and over again. Meditation helps you to clear your mind and thoughts, finding your place a quiet and peaceful imagination. For Example, you could sit around a beach or a quiet place for you to see the wonders of nature.

In fact from here, start asking yourself from the truth of your heart, that what you really want to. But the basic of questions you will ask are:

" Where Am I ?"

" Why Am I Here?"

" What Am I doing?"

These questions are quite easy to ask eventually. But the trick to this wisdom lies upon the depth of your heart. What are the basic elements to solve this questions? From here, start build yourself to a better person from those questions, that's how a great leader was built.

I approached myself this song, Return to Innocence. A song introduced by my great buddy, Dennis Fu, and I  found it interesting it actually. Here's the lyrics below:

That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence.

[Love - Devotion
Feeling - Emotion]

Love - Devotion
Feeling - Emotion

Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence. 
If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny.

Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence.

That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence.

[Don't care what people say
Follow just your own way
Follow just your own way
Don't give up, don't give up
To return, to return to innocence.]

[If you want then laugh
If you must then cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny.]

 It's quite meaningful and yet simply amazing in terms of bringing its words. Basically this song tells us that we need to return to the starting point, where you don't know anything innocently. What it plans to tell us is that children are innocent, but they are naive and yet to be destressful. What they do is just go ahead and they do what they love to do. I did meet some of those people with insulting and teasing you all over the time, but I believed upon this song, returning to innocence makes you know more about a true self and not to go beyond stress limits, where you don't want to be.