Line pilot rumor latest; recently SK said, the A350 order is still a go. After watching the effects of the MAX, we would like to not have all our eggs in one basket. Similar to Asia, and MidEastern airlines that fly widebody of both Boeing & Airbus.
Jump to postenilria wrote:Good catch. I forgot about CO.
Deserve, replace, Sky God, Employee Group vs Employee group, one group more important than another,,, all the insults on and on. Look, it takes everyone in a company pulling together, everyone is important. For an airline GSR's, <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym>'s, Ramp personal wo...
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Finally, Behaving like rational, prudent, smart businesses. Instead of, testosterone driven out of control expansion everytime there is a shot at an extra .00001 margin growth.
It's free market... Anderson, Parker, etc., are not colluding, they're just all using a practical business plan.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AADC10" class="quote" target="_blank">AADC10</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Airline's crew hotel deals usually include tra...
Jump to postI'm sure this will be lost in the post after post of people. Heck, maybe someone already shared. <a href="http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=147571" target="_blank">http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=147571</a> The aircraft had major damage history. Might be a good place to...
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Jump to postSeniority bidding,
A Capt check out given training scheduling availability takes approximately 5 weeks start to finish; that's something like 26-28 training events, plus 25+ hours of IOE flight training.
At the airline I fly for, in your example we crew it with 3 pilots: Capt, two F/O's all with the same Type rating.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/skipness1E" class="quote" target="_blank">skipness1E</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>So when does continental.com redirect ...
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Jump to postI'm just glad to reduce my weight!
My bag is 43lbs. lol
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ebj1248650" class="quote" target="_blank">ebj1248650</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>On the flip side, the Thunderbirds los...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/amwest2united" class="quote" target="_blank">amwest2united</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>Really, Where did you get that i...
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Jump to postIt is a test flight after the new paint job. There is no mystery here as to why you see picutres of the <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> B777, or the B767's <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Ka...
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What many here have failed to mention is that most modern aircraft have more than one A/P. Large Boeing airplane come with 3 of them, the B737 2 of them. It is very rare indeed to see all the systems on deferral.
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Jump to postA heavy "clean" 80 is not going to flying most day to day situations your speaking to. At my airline we have indeed put control movement and checks at before taxi; taking those critical configuration checks out of a time when the aircraft has 1, left the gate area, and 2, when other things on a taxi...
Jump to postMy first check out's as F/O where in the early and mid 90's on the MD80 and B727. At that time our program in basic form was six sim periods, a practice Proficiency Check ride, followed by the actual <acronym title="Air Fiji and Continental Airways (Russian Federation)">PC</acronym>. The sims at tha...
Jump to postRichm, don't know if you still are looking for the answer after 38 replies of BS, but
The callout is;
"don't sink"
Now let me qualify some of what you asked; the a/c sitting after he said preflight, that's ok, my question would be if he did do it, why check the oil? My guess that's the only thing he looked at other than the overview as he walked up. I do a walk through with the person on intro flight; then in de...
Jump to postThat's B.S.! That is no way to operate a first intro to flight. I'm embarrassed that CFI's out there still act like this. It's lazy and despicable. Sure you can fly a C172 that way; sure some would say you don't have to fly a Cessna like a Boeing. But to set you up as unprofessional as this person d...
Jump to postAircraft without CPDLC will still be able to fly to <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym>, just not on their "flex" (better known as random route). At <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> all B777, B767 a/c ha...
Jump to postI've got 3000 hours in the airplane, the only difference I feel is the last 20 feet in pre flare, and flare. It seems a little harder to keep the nose down, and there is a little more float.
Jump to postJust the basic math, lets just guess a little. *I do not know the exact price payed per gal by any company. B767-400 <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym>-NYC approx. 9.5 hr flt approx. 140,000 lbs wt of fuel 6.7lbs per gallon Ti...
Jump to postYes, showers in P-club.
I like the one between C2 and C3 the best.
Long haul, not the ultra long hall stuff.
8 to 10 hours legs for me, any time of the day.
At my company I bid -400 flying most months.
Long haul, not ultra long hall.
8 to 10 hours legs for me, any time of the day.
At my company I bid -400 flying most months.
[quote=Cedarjet,reply=12]The youngest pilot to fly a 747 as captain was 25. Some cargo airline. Might have been Connie Kalitta Airlines.[/quote
Nope, UPS
Me, last 21 years;
A300FE
B727FE
MD80FO
B727FE
A300FE
B727FO
B757/767FO
B737CA
B757/767FO
B737CA
B757/767FO
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Jump to postAre you a member of AOPA? Best organization for private pilots in America; they can assist with many medical questions. If not a member, join; best $39/yr out there. If not a member still call them, they might have some help? FAA is/has gotten better with foward thinking on modern medicine. [Edited ...
Jump to postLets see if my cut and paste works? We've gotten our memos on it, so should be soon.
http://blog.seattle-deliveries.com/2...tinental-737-n37413-first-pic.html
Many issues, The sham of it all is: 1. Taking the FAA out of the NPRM; congress has no business getting involved with the matter behind the FAA, 2. Ok so here we are fixing the great injustice brought on against old fart airlines pilots in the name of safer skys for the traveling public. How can the...
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Jump to postOn the B757 when the right engine is started first you are hearing the PTU running. Different from the two ele. hyd pumps.
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Jump to postI got mine yesterday; they dropped the article out of my copy...
NO,,, just kidding, well done, congrats
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