Re: BEA : EgyptAir MS804 crash caused by pilot smoking

889091 wrote:

Are the masks supplied with 100% pure O2? I thought the human body can't handle pure O2 for extended periods?

Re: Too much fuel?

It probably has to do with landing weight. Too much gas and too short of a flight. So won’t burn enough to get below landing weight.

Re: Why do most airlines lease aircraft instead of buying it?

Or, if you're FR, you buy a shedload of aircraft from the manufacturer at heavily discounted prices, then on-sell them before delivery to finance companies for closer to market prices, then lease them back for a few years from the finance company before handing them back. Repeat every 5 years or so...

Re: What is this scaffolding for? (LAX)

It’s a support for the jet bridge for maintenance.

Re: Aeroflot circling over Copenhagen

I always get a chuckle out of the comments from passengers and the like "it's not foggy, I live really close to the airport." I've been on approach when the entire airport and terminal facility is totally in the clear but the touchdown end of the runway was 1/8 SM. Too true. But I've expe...

Re: Foreign Pilot Jobs in The USA

DiamondFlyer wrote:

bigb wrote:

This is mainly for Atlas Air

Regional airlines (the less desirable to work at ones, at least) have been brining in foreign nationals for a few years.

Re: Do Boeing 737 pilots use Flaps 1 or Flaps 10 very often?

Only in the classic. The NG won’t honk at you flaps 10. I use it frequently. Same. Flaps 10 quite a bit. Slow down/get down. Especially in the 900. Flaps 2 is pretty rare. More of a personal preference. Flaps 40 only on short runways or to “practice”. Heavy or short runway takeoffs will see flaps 1...

Re: If snubbers failed to stop wheel rotation during retraction, would this adversely affect the airplane?

CRJ-200 doesn’t have snubbers. Those wheels would spin and spin.

Re: Interference / Pranks on ATC

It has been happening regularly for the last few years. It’s usually on 121.5. Never heard of someone being caught.

Re: Question about cockpit audio warning

EGPWS also has flap warnings. “Too Low Flaps”

Re: Do Airbus pilots have nicknames for their aircraft?

A220 is the Canabus.

Re: Why do FAs collect trash 30 seconds after service ends?

Because if I’m sitting towards the front I have finished my snack and have my trash just sitting in front of me. They don’t want it put in the seat pocket. I can’t pull out my laptop with trash on my table.

Re: For older pilots: What was it like to fly commercial jetliners before FAR 91:117?

Also, the websites like FR24 use ground speed, not KIAS, for reporting. At 10,000’, 250 KIAS equals 288 KTAS in standard air plus or minus the wind. Yeah they are seeing TAS or GS. Nobody is doing 300 IAS below 10k. I’ve done it during an emergency and it’s definitely different. Have to think about...

Re: When did TWA start putting those big black stripe ice detectors on their aircraft wings?

Did the DC9 have the same icing issue? I know the 717 has the ice detectors on the wing.

Re: Chart of Jetliners with and without wing vortex generators.

No vortex generators on the CRJ series IIRC.

Re: Passenger opens door in Russia on a 747 deploying slide

BAorAB wrote:

Doors were in automatic mode so slide deployed. FA's should have quickly switched to manual mode knowing this was going to happen.

Re: How common is significant over fueling?

What is the minimum required to remove fuel from an airliner? Can all aircraft do it or only on some? I assume you can't put it back into a hydrant system, so would you need an empty tanker with the ability to pump in the reverse direction? All the aircraft I’ve worked (B72/74/75/76, A300, DC8, L10...

Re: Delta’s SLC hub-What’s next?

ICN once international comes back. Pretty sure Ed is on record saying he wants to add it.

Re: CRJ-700 “hole” in wing

It was a cover plate on the flaps. If I remember correctly they found the bracket was breaking and causing flap problems. The drag penalty was so small they just removed the plate and never fixed the bracket.

Re: When did GPS become mainstream in commercial aviation?

The mainstream use of GPS in the civil sector came in the 1990s. There were many aircraft over the years flying somewhat illegally with a garmin 100 Velcroed... VORs etc are still used every day as they are used to define airways and instrumental in approach design segments, I know VOR’s are still ...

Re: Why did HUDs come to airliners so late?

thepinkmachine wrote:

P.S. as my Boeing instructor put it on the beginning of the 787 type rating training: “by the end of this course, you will have become a HUD whore”

Re: Sea-Tac IAF status

You guys are wondering what IAF stands for but nobody is talking about POS?

Re: United upgrading in COS

BMcD wrote:

By the way it sounded the 200 will be gone for good out of COS.

Re: How many runways does an airport need?

e38 wrote:

How many runways does an airport need?

one.

e38

Re: Top 5 most missed Airlines ?

Mexicana. Never flew them. But they had the happiest pilots on the radio.

Re: CRJ-700/900 downwards angle?

I was told it was so the same door could be used on the 200/700/900. One less thing to change.

Re: BA selling surplus F cabin service items

IIRC the Delta Museum does garage sales of sorts. They sell pretty much everything. Seats, beverage carts, glasses, silverware, and everything else in between. Pretty cool if you ask me.

Re: In your airline, do you start the APU upon landing?

At my former airline on the CRJ we would often shut down the left engine and wait until the ground crew plugged in ground power before shutting down the right engine. We were told that saved more money than running the APU. Current airline, on the 737, we always start the APU on the way in.

Re: Collision question

a Beech-18 in cruise slamming head on into an L1011 on approach with 200m/s collision speed carries about as much energy as about 15 Kg of TNT. There are probably few impact points where that is survivable. Thomas While mathematically correct you have to keep in mind that depending on the geometry ...

Re: ATC Command “Change my Frequency”

It is done for frequency coverage or another controller is getting ready to split off a sector or sectors and having aircraft on the proper frequency ahead of time reduces workload and also the risk for potential confusion. Splitting sectors when a controller is busy can be pretty chaotic. It can b...

Re: Pilot / ATC Repartee

:rotfl: Not me, but now that I've heard it, anything is possible. I agree that well-placed levity is a good thing. Too many pilots and controllers have an "us vs. them" mentality, which I've never understood. Reminders that we're all human helps bridge that gap. Back in the spring, I was ...

Re: Pilot / ATC Repartee

I’ve heard you! I’m always happy to play along. I know it’s not kosher but introducing a little levity in a chaotic environment seems appropriate from time to time. The whole Star Wars thing is funny, Jedi, Skywalker, Sith. You weren’t the one who blurted out “SHART” were you? We heard some traffic...

Re: Are the displays in the 777 Interchangeable?

They get changed regularly. You will often see burn in from where the screen used to be. But they get swapped to try and prevent this. We don't do that. Not that I'm aware of at least. And I've never seen burn in. Did they use a different part number earlier? Did they changed it when they upgraded ...

Re: Are the displays in the 777 Interchangeable?

They get changed regularly. You will often see burn in from where the screen used to be. But they get swapped to try and prevent this.

Re: No Reverse Thrust Landings

Could be a couple of reasons. Light load, operational policy, pilot option, one reverser is deferred and don't want the yaw, etc. Could be that you just missed it. I remember not using reverse thrust on a flight into PMD (or brakes for that matter) and having 2 passengers ask me about it. It was a s...

Re: Ethiopian A350 in SLC

Yeah you are correct. I could barely see it. But it’s a 788. Just taxied by it. My mistake.

Ethiopian A350 in SLC

Sitting in F terminal in SLC I noticed a Ethiopian A350 parked in the deice pad. Anyone know what it’s doing here?

Re: Silly designs in otherwise great aircraft

CRJ100/200 had a cup holder that was too small for a can of soda. As the CRJ100 probably has a nearly identical cockpit to a Challenger which went into service in the 80's: Soda cans in Canada were smaller than the US until 1990 or so... http://www.coke-cans.com/canada.html Had no idea. That’s inte...

Re: Silly designs in otherwise great aircraft

CRJ100/200 had a cup holder that was too small for a can of soda.

Re: Rumor: Trans States Shutting Down & ExpressJet losing the 175s

Is this really a rumor? Here’s a link to the memo saying they’re shutting down: https://www.avm-mag.com/trans-states-airlines-to-conclude-business-at-end-of-2020/ No it's not a rumor - not sure why the thread states it as such. Probably because OP didn’t post a source. This will make for some inter...

Re: Color of the 787 Engine Nozzle

asr0dzjq wrote:

VSMUT wrote:

They replaced the engine probably. Does Eva Air have Rolls Royce engines?

They got GE.

Re: SFO landing Rwy 01R today

Its been a long time since I have done the visual to 01R but as I recall you would turn a downwind between Foster City and Cyote Point, the do your base inside of the 280 Freeway. Minium required power to keep the noise down. Was a lot of fun. Great approach. I was able to do it once and its a lot ...

Re: Wheel retraction question

For the nose gear, it doesn't matter, and it has no brakes anyway, so there's a snubber that stops the wheels as it comes in. You can often hear this as a little screech sound in the cockpit. The CRJ 200 didn’t have snubbers. You could hear the nose wheel spinning away for quite awhile after retrac...

Re: St Elmos fire

Most aviators refer to this as St Elmos fire. However, this phenomena is technically not. It's a static discharge, no different than when you shock your fingertip touching a doorknob, a spark plug arcing, or simply a bolt of lightning. As airplanes fly through highly ionized storms (usually near th...

Re: Safety of Flying over The Middle East

arfbool wrote:

Malayil wrote:

Considering only the Russians and Americans have shot down civilian airliners, I think you’ll be alright.

That’s not even close to true.

EK 216 (LAX-DXB) has detoured around Iran each of the last 2 days.

Re: AA Strands Dallas Cowboys

I’m no AA fan but is a 2 hour delay really “stranding” the team? This really seems to be blown way out of proportion. Something broke and a part had to be changed. Things happen regardless of who’s onboard.
But on the other hand it has led to some great jokes so thank you for that.

Re: STOL performance from airliner