MMM your closer to the truth than you think.
Things are going to change for Ansett, soon.
We have a number of 767 routes that end up in LAX:
AKL/HNL/LAX
AKL/PPT/LAX
AKL/RAR/PPT/LAX
AKL/RAR/HNL/LAX
AKL/APW/HNL/LAX
AKL/TBU/APW/HNL/LAX
and return.
The 747 routes into LAX:
AKL/LAX/LHR
AKL/LAX/FRA
SYD/LAX/LHR
SYD/LAX/FRA
AKL/NAN/LAX/FRA
AKL/NAN/LAX/LHR
Not only can we switch your aircraft before departure. But we have in cases switched aircraft after loading, fueling and boarding. Creating a mad rush to swap everything down to the food over. Last case was a 763 that developed an APU problem..thus cant fly 180etops and cant operate the flight. Disp...
Jump to postOn cold days when I started in engineering here I liked to crawl into the cabin crew rest on the 744. Allways nice and warm.
Now Im a big boy and due to our pax loads I spend many many many long hours in the jumpseat. 744 742 763 762 733 732. No reclining seats, No BAR service...
FJ Dont operate to vancouver. Thats done by Air Canada from HNL. Current FJ routes: NAN/NRT NAN/HNL NAN/LAX NAN/AKL NAN/WLG NAN/CHC NAN/BNE NAN/SYD NAN/MEL NAN/SUV NAN/TBU NAN/RAR NAN/IUE NAN/TRW Current fleet: DQ FJI,FJE -742 DQ FJC -763 DQ FJG,FJH -738 DQ FJF -737 There are no plans for NAN/ADL at...
Jump to postThey came,
they saw,
they went.
It only lasted about two weeks.
reason: lack of interest.
The LAX/HNL sector is 180 etops. Weather and Availability permitting I plan using SFO/ITO as enrte altns. Which are the closest yet practical airfields. Thus reducing ETP fuel by about 1000kgs (2200lbs). ITO or (PHTO/Hilo) tends to be the Altn airfield for HNL. Dr EtOps
Jump to postDash8 is right. By virtue of what it is, you cant stop it from getting a ground return. You can 'tweak' things to reduce ground returns and clutter 'wx' or increase it 'map' mode. Its just playing with array angles (tilt) and the gain (sensitivity). Also software filters can enhance or exclude diffe...
Jump to postIm a little rusty on this, so Im sure someone will corect me. Jets dont have a critical engine. The dont have the rotational inertia of piston twins. The engine tourqe of a piston twin operates in the reverse direction to the blade rotation. Most twins have both engines rotating in the same directio...
Jump to postI would like to take a step back with SR111. Do you think it was a bad judgement call by the CPT to elect a turn away from the airfield. I understand there was smoke at this stage and an emergency called, but he didnt want to make a marginally overweight landing. Instead heading out to sea to dump f...
Jump to postSorry, but your right and Im wrong. See I can be honest. I wasnt thinking straight this morning.
Hope I dont change your mind about the trip. lol
A few different issues here. It is my understanding that for AIRBUS, their FBW soft and hardware, are sourced from different contracters. This prevents duplications of possible snags or bugs in the gear. From memory Airbus use 7 independant systems. With auto exclusion for any system that develops e...
Jump to postKrAPTON is evil, but its here. Your right. Its cheaper to buy a new aircraft than to fully rewire one. The thing to do is to inspect and or replace wiring in areas that are critical. Eg fuel, flight control etc. Finally inspect and or replace wiring in hostile areas. Eg places of high vibration, mov...
Jump to postOnce agin Ual 1636 is talking from a hole that isnt his mouth. Stop making dumb statements of fact based on your one horse town and narrow field of vision. Everything you stated may be true for an airline you know, or for your entire country. But the world is a much bigger place with different rules...
Jump to postSteady on Cedarjet. These UA zealots have been know to travel great distances ( in great discomfort ) to hunt down the disbelievers. Or maybe they are plannnig to turn the airliners.net convention into a Waco. Remember kids, allways wash your hands after playing with a UA. Rgds DR SpUd
Jump to postCongrats on a good choice. By the way, AIR NZ has full rights to carry revenue PAX from LAX to HNL, and from LAX to LHR, FRA. PPT, NAN, AKL, SYD. On this flight you have a 1 in 20 chance, that I will plan the flight. Its 180 min etops. Depending on the weather your en-route airfields are SFO and ITO...
Jump to postOnce they run out out of blue water, I start on the: beer, white wine, red wine, g&t,bloody mary and on long hauls a glass or two of whiskey to wash down dinner. I find they hold there taste better than other drinks in the dry air.
Jump to postI have noticed a genuine improvment in the KAL crew over the past 6 weeks. I dont know whats going on in that place. But crews are being more pro - active and are actually taking interest in my briefings. Or maybe its my new hair cut?
Jump to postI know of one pilot of ours in the 60's and 70's. He was well know among the flight attendants. They would give him a Gin and Tonic as they taxied in. Also note, a United CPT in the mid 80's. Was fined for driving with excess alcohol in his system. It was the same morning he flew out to LAX.
Jump to postI can understand it.. The Cpt making the fuss is right, ATC delays in MEL and SYD are getting silly. The second CPT was right too. Because if you upset an Aussie controller, you can be sure they will make life very hard for you and your airline.
Jump to postThis flight may be non stop. But there could be severe weight penalities. On the LAX/SYD and LAX/AKL we often knock around 5000kgs payload off to get fuel on. We also have been range limited on a few occasions. (tanks are too small). Considering the greater distance, QF an UA will probably be restri...
Jump to postThis is slightly off the topic but may be of interest: A runway would only be unusable for the following reasons: (hurricane) 1. X-wind above type limits 2. Vis or cloud base below minima 3. Severe flooding In the Pacific, there is alomost always one active tropical cyclone or typhoon. So its part o...
Jump to post4 chimes usually means the bar is closing. -last drinks please. every airline is different.
Jump to postAs stated, the change was made because to many drunk's were braking legs on the stairs.
Jump to postI guess it obvious to most that the cups are designed to be short, so they wont tip over easy. Also, made of plastic to save weight.
Jump to postI guess ,the sun dosnt shine from your ...... Its weak I know. lol..
Jump to postThis is an actual flight plan. I thought some of you might not have seen what they look like. Its a cut and paste, so it dosnt look quite right. It has been de-identified, otherwise its standard. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AIR ************** FLIGHT PLAN B747-40...
Jump to postyep, When I flew. Tuning the ADF into a local am station was the trick. We can tune the HF into the Radio NZ network and get the news, programs, sport and music. But that runs out about HNL/GUM depending on the conditions.
Jump to postLufhansa, your ASK's etc crap does not impress me. I could answer these and list some that youve never seen or will understand. If we all listed our sacrifices and achievements for the profession. It would make you look like a snoty little schoolboy. Grow up. Its not a competition. Mirage great come...
Jump to postGPS requires 4 sats to give an altitude fix. It should never be used as sole means of Nav. The coment that airways are based on ground nav systems, is not completely true. Both the PACOTS (pacific organised tracks) and NATS are airways. They are published daily and consist of up to about 10 routes e...
Jump to postA ground bassed vor system is great over the mainland. But usless over the ocean. A set of Required Navigation Performance has been agreed on and is in use. RNP 5 being the highest standard in use. Basiclly it depends on the type of airspace you operate in. Mainland Europe is RNP5, trans Atlantic NA...
Jump to postMaybe pax need to be reminded that we carry handcuffs and a baton. Under NZ law we can use force to restrain a pax that endangers a flight. By all accounts, rage is on the rise. Our most common one is the stressed out smoker. All our flight are non-smoking. But its the drunks that are most verbal an...
Jump to postAir NZ have just spent the last week boosting share prices, in anticipation of a buy in or maybe a sell off. Im glad its off. I dont want to work for SIA. Talking to people in Ansett, doing the same job as me. They get paid twice as much yet have half the skills and at least half the responsibility....
Jump to postI kept some sick bags from a few chinese internal airlines I flew on this year. I cant read the inscriptions. (funny that). But For the first time in my life, I alomost used one. Only because of fear. Also found a pan-am carry on bag in perfect nick, at a fair in Brisbane. The only good thing in tha...
Jump to postThree best spots on a 744 to shag or whatever: 3: Both aft toilets......10 pts 2: Cabin Crew rest bunks up in tail.....20 pts. 1: Flight Crew rest, behind the f.deck....30pts note for #1: if you dont know the pilots add 50 pts if its one of the piolts add 1000 pts. Down here a short flight is 3 hrs....
Jump to postFrom Boeing 767-300ER / cf6 80c2b6 / general charts, flaps 20, temp 15 deg c, nil wind
max tow for 2200m or 7040ft
is 163900kgs or 360580 lbs
This is 22950kgs below max (or 50490 lb)
This is from our company performance manual, not boeings. So it may differ somewhat.
The cost would depend on engine, ZFWT, FL's, head wind component, etc etc. Its never the same twice. A very rough guide for fuel burn is: 742..10000 kgs/hr...22000lbs 744..9000 kgs/hr...19800lbs 767..3500 kgs/hr...7700lbs The cost would also depend on where the fuel was bought. So the the end its a ...
Jump to postFirstly RE 777 etops, Remember this will apply only to U.S. reistered 777's with the engine/airframe combination specified. That dosnt mean they cant certifiy every combination , nor does it mean that the CAA cant apply the rule. RE 120 ETOPS: First point to note is that on an etops plan, your not r...
Jump to postMaybe but it would be tight. I will run the figures at work and post it tomorrow. The max tow of the avg 763 is 186000kgs or 409200lbs. The length required will depend on head wind, temperature, pressureand if the runway is wet or dry. We run a 763 out of a 2000m / 6400ft airport. We have never need...
Jump to postGuys, sit down.... It gets worse.... They paid a professional to come up with the design. Not one child helped. This guy needs help. It could be worse again, I feel ill when I see the Qantas vomit comet come in!!!
Jump to postSee the previous post on etops for the certification answer. It would save alot of time. It is up to the company of manufacture to prove to the civil aviation authority of its government. That a particular aircraft is capable of an etops flight. As the airarft builds up trouble free hours in flight,...
Jump to postAir NZ has tried for years to break into the Aussie market. The open skies policy of the early 80's was to bring commonality and free rein in each others country. Gullable NZ govt say 'cool' and signed away. Hence Ansett NZ was born. But surprise surprise, The wise Ausie govt said NO, 'we want more ...
Jump to postIm sure there service is great, like Garuda. When you know your days are numbered, you tend to give it your best!! We (work) deal with the flight crew daily.....Dont do it.
Jump to postI flew them many years ago once on BAE111 and latter on 737. ok service, there isnt much you can do in an hour really. They are flying LAX / DUB now, with A330. Might try it out in July.
Jump to postI totally agree with you. One Air NZ 744 has 'nose cam'. The 744 was ordered by garuda, but they couldnt pay. ANZ took up the offer, hence the one off 'nose cam'.
Jump to postI cant provide the proof remember, but every story has its origin in truth. A guy I work with was offered the left hand seat, while visiting the f/deck during a flight. The crew were playing cards. The Garuda ground staff are quite happy to accept $50 to overload or include dangerous goods. They hav...
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