Evan767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2957 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 3315 times:
Is it normal ops to deplane through a door on the right side of the plane at some airports? If so where and please tell me what the biggest type of aircraft is that flies there.
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EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9286 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 3305 times:
Very rare. Most right side doors are smaller the the doors on the left side as they are used for servicing only
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474218 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 6340 posts, RR: 10 Reply 2, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 3300 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 1): Very rare. Most right side doors are smaller the the doors on the left side as they are used for servicing only
The reason most airliners load from the left is because the cargo is loaded on the right. While a few airliners have smaller doors on the left it is far from most.
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21245 posts, RR: 19 Reply 3, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3276 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 1): Very rare. Most right side doors are smaller the the doors on the left side as they are used for servicing only
Does anything bigger than the CR9 have bigger doors on the left?
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FutureUALpilot From United States of America, joined exactly 13 years ago today! , 2561 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3276 times:
Quoting Cubsrule (Reply 3): Does anything bigger than the CR9 have bigger doors on the left?
DeltaGuy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3273 times:
MD-80 series does, correct.
I couldn't imagine the mess on the right side of the a/c, in terms of servicing.
Most aircraft fuel on the right side (save for the 767 and 777, etc), and all of their cargo bin doors are on the right- and oftentimes the catering is there too. Imagine having a jetway, fuel truck, k-loader, belt loader, and several tugs/trailers servicing one side of the aircraft. Heck, it gets busy on the right side as it is.
WNCrew From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 1317 posts, RR: 9 Reply 6, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3271 times:
Boeing 737 1L is bigger than 1R
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PennStation From United States of America, joined May 2006, 42 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 3255 times:
TWA had at least one gate at JFK with a jetway on the right side of the aircraft. I was aboard a TriStar that used this gate in 1986.
Dalb777 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 2192 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 3250 times:
Quoting PennStation (Reply 7): TWA had at least one gate at JFK with a jetway on the right side of the aircraft.
TristarSteve From Sweden, joined Nov 2005, 3694 posts, RR: 34 Reply 9, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 3231 times:
The BEA Comet 4B that I flew from ORY to LHR on in 1969 had the main passenger door on the right hand side. The L1 door was a small servicing door. No good for jetways, but there weren't any then!
474218 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 6340 posts, RR: 10 Reply 10, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 3178 times:
Quoting TristarSteve (Reply 9): The BEA Comet 4B that I flew from ORY to LHR on in 1969 had the main passenger door on the right hand side. The L1 door was a small servicing door. No good for jetways, but there weren't any then!
The Brits drive on the wrong side of the road too!
FlyingColours From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 2315 posts, RR: 11 Reply 11, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 3056 times:
The doors on the AC Right on the A320, B733,734,738 and B752 are all a bit smaller than those on the left. I should know, when I first started flying I would always hurt my head on leaning out of the RHS doors - took me most of a summer to remember to duck.
As everyone has already pointed out the servicing takes place on the right, and if you used steps instad of an airbridge to load on AC Right then there would be no space to do anything, especially on the 737.
Wasn't it the SUD Carvelle? that normally boarded from the right?
There is a shot of some SAA 747s with steps on the RHS taken on a refulling stop somewhere on the Database.
Phil
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FlyingColours From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 2315 posts, RR: 11 Reply 14, posted (6 years 6 months 3 hours ago) and read 2808 times:
Quoting WexCan (Reply 12): Are you sure about the A320? I fly on A319s as cabin crew and the L and R doors all look the same size...
I can't remember now (since I've not flown since the end of October - damned seasonal contracts), but I think the R doors are slightly smaller, but I guess you would fly on that type more than me I would only get one A320 trip a month with about 13 757 trips
It should be intresting to note however that on the 752 the doors at L3 & R3 are the same size (since they are both emergency use only doors), and R1 is the smallest door on the aircraft (its also the nastiest to open).
Phil
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WexCan From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2006, 100 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 6 months 2 hours ago) and read 2799 times:
Quoting FlyingColours (Reply 14): I can't remember now (since I've not flown since the end of October - damned seasonal contracts), but I think the R doors are slightly smaller, but I guess you would fly on that type more than me I would only get one A320 trip a month with about 13 757 trips
From what I can see they're the same - we use 1R for Ambulifts and 2R for catering and unless they're a little bit smaller in width they're definitely the same height.
3L/R on the 752 are the doors hinged at the bottom aren't they? The ones that "fall out" so to speak? I've heard that the main pax doors on the 75 are quite difficult to open in any case compared to other aircraft - gives me a nice fuzzy feeling having simple doors to operate. Handle goes up, door slides to one side, simple lol.
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58 Reply 16, posted (6 years 6 months 2 hours ago) and read 2799 times:
On our B737s & B757s during the Rainy season.We use the RH Doors due to Rain water rushing in from the Left side.All Airlines use this procedure.
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MEL
WNCrew From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 1317 posts, RR: 9 Reply 18, posted (6 years 6 months ago) and read 2790 times:
Quoting HAWK21M (Reply 16): On our B737s & B757s during the Rainy season.We use the RH Doors due to Rain water rushing in from the Left side.All Airlines use this procedure.
regds
MEL
Not her ein the US they don't. The doors on the right in the Boeing 737 are smaller, I'm 5'5" and I have to duck to go in and out.
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FlyingColours From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 2315 posts, RR: 11 Reply 19, posted (6 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 2772 times:
Right, like I said its been some time since I worked an Airbus. Abilifts would come to R1 and the catering would come to both RH doors.
Yup those 757 doors are hinged on the bottom, nice and simple to operate just lift the handle up and push the door out, the door drops out like a drawbridge. The normal entry service doors are awful (the UK CAA has now officially noted that these doors are overweight and dangerous, however nothing can be done about it). They don't have power assist for during normal ops and they are real hard for anyone to open, especially some of the girls.
I admit, those Airbus doors are great, but they also seem to make new crew nervous (since both the arming lever and door open lever move upward to disarm...).
1R on the 737-400 at least was always a bit tricky because of the curve of the fuselage, or was that 2R? I forget ....
Phil
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WNCrew From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 1317 posts, RR: 9 Reply 20, posted (6 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2754 times:
You are correct, 1R on ALL 737's is hard to close due to the curvature of the fuselage. I almost need to get a "running start" to close the door....I hate when it's left open.
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WexCan From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2006, 100 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (6 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2747 times:
Quoting FlyingColours (Reply 19): I admit, those Airbus doors are great, but they also seem to make new crew nervous (since both the arming lever and door open lever move upward to disarm...).
Can understand that, but surely new crew should have a bit of sense to work out the arming lever is the small one and the opening lever is the big one? Or that the arming lever is (usually) yellow and the opening lever is (usually) orange.
FlyingColours From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 2315 posts, RR: 11 Reply 22, posted (6 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2722 times:
Quoting WexCan (Reply 21): Can understand that, but surely new crew should have a bit of sense to work out the arming lever is the small one and the opening lever is the big one? Or that the arming lever is (usually) yellow and the opening lever is (usually) orange.
Yeah but over here blowing a slide is the number one fear amongst new crews simply because they would get sacked. Yeah the arming lever is yellow and the opening handle is orange. The arming handle also has a plastic cover over the top and on some airlines birds actually has part of "ARMED" written across it (so when you push it down it makes the word armed on the door).
Mind you I suppose people are just afraid of the Airbus in general, most of the crews I flew with prefered the 757 because it felt tougher (the little bus really creaks and everything). I like it though, Mind you I'd like it if they stuck me on a tri-motor
Phil
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I remember my first flight as A319 crew - I'm by no means a nervous flyer but it would have been nice if they told us the doors creaked so much. They did tell us about the "dog barking" sound pre-pushback though which was nice of them - I'd have been on the phone to the FD asap about a poor dog barking otherwise
FlyingColours From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 2315 posts, RR: 11 Reply 24, posted (6 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2713 times:
Quoting WexCan (Reply 23): remember my first flight as A319 crew - I'm by no means a nervous flyer but it would have been nice if they told us the doors creaked so much. They did tell us about the "dog barking" sound pre-pushback though which was nice of them - I'd have been on the phone to the FD asap about a poor dog barking otherwise
Well my first flight as crew we had a full compliment (the 5 + myself and another supernumary), the captain was on a check flight so I couldn't sit in there (there's only 6 jumpseats on the A320), I had to take a passenger seat. As we were heading out to the runway the guy infront of me reclined his seat - he got a shock when I calmly stood up and leaned over the back of his seat to say "could you put your seat back sir?". Anyway I remember the approach into RHO was very windy and I'm sat in an isle seat this time and boy those oveheads shake a lot - still had a laugh chatting to the woman in C.
They never told us about the creaking, shaking or even the PTU but I already knew about that since it comes up here once a month
Phil
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25 HAWK21M: I meant All Airlines out here The Rains in BOM can be really bad at Times. On the Contarary 1L being Bigger is more Heavier than 1R on the B737. regd
26 WexCan: It may be heavier but what he's saying is that the shape of 1R makes it more difficult to close.
27 HAWK21M: How would the Shape differ on the B737,its just the Height. regds MEL
28 WNCrew: The FWD doors of the 737, contrary to what it may seem, do NOT sit exactly across from each other. The R1 door sits further up than the L1 door and i
29 CSDBA: I have been cabin crew for many years now and I can count the amount of times I have seen pax using doors on the right hand side of the aircraft on tw
30 Andz: Ilha do Sal in the Cape Verde Islands, I have done this a couple of times myself, it's funny how approaching the aircraft from the "wrong" side under
31 HAWK21M: True.....However its lighter & easier to move according to Me. regds MEL
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