Jumpseating on a Continental Air Micronesia 727 flight before push back, I observed the CPT opening up the side window and reaching around and applying Rain-X to his front window. I asked him how it worked, and he stated during the rain showers when landing at the airfields in the islands, it did t...
Jump to postNo reason to use them in flight except for landing and then only in heavier rains.
Jump to postThere's also the issue of leaving with a known problem.
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:Flying taildragger off grass is a whole different deal than off asphalt—the forgiveness of slipping is great.
We had an unusual situation sometimes where two trips would arrive one city and then both crews would depart on one jet for a 12+ hr leg. In this case the senior capt was PIC.
Jump to postAnd to add to GalaxyFlyer, the EFVS is great for those low vis taxis. STN comes to mind.
Jump to postDH106 wrote:CosmicCruiser wrote:Holding the nose wheel off certainly won't adhere your landing distance data.
Adhere it to what?!
During the famous last landing of DDR-SEG this technique has also been applied to improve the braking action. But of cause this was a one off under very special conditions. But I find it still worth watching https://youtu.be/3w_Qj2jwxi4?t=73 I can't see how that is accurate. It was a gooned up land...
Jump to postDH106 wrote:CosmicCruiser wrote:Holding the nose wheel off certainly won't adhere your landing distance data.
Adhere it to what?!
Holding the nose wheel off certainly won't adhere your landing distance data.
Jump to postI remember some guys in the 727 holding the nose off while going to idle reverse. It was strictly a no no to hold the nose off anytime for all the reasons mentioned above. Hard on the nose gear,
Jump to postI’m not sure how CPDLC works/ if the text messages are going directly between the flight crew and the ATC controller But when doing it via voice on HF. The controllers and flight crews aren’t talking directly with each other. Instead there is an intermediary ARINC radio operator that relays message...
Jump to postFed Ex paid for customs/immigration folks to man their HUB in ANC so they didn't have to be transported to the terminal. Unfortunately, we freighter folks at NW up there didn't rate that luxury, so we parked at the north freighter terminal and taken by company folks to the pax terminal C/I and then...
Jump to postI would say that the crew may not know the actually RVR when they touchdown. We had a co. policy that if the RVR dropped below CATIII mins after G/S capture, actually the feather, we were to make a MAP. I asked about it and was told that if below mins they didn't want you to try to taxi therefore mi...
Jump to postFed Ex paid for customs/immigration folks to man their HUB in ANC so they didn't have to be transported to the terminal. Unfortunately, we freighter folks at NW up there didn't rate that luxury, so we parked at the north freighter terminal and taken by company folks to the pax terminal C/I and then...
Jump to postCustoms and Passport Control, pretty normal procedure for CI to only be available at pax terminal, not elsewhere. GalaxyFlyer is correct. It depends on the city as well. At some places we were dropped off at the pax terminal and met by a co. rep who would accompany us thru CI and then take us ramp ...
Jump to postAS I commented on another post, We were it in a DC-10 MEM-BOS. Loud bang but all indications were normal. Afer landing in BOS there were 8-9 burn marks around door R-1 and a 7-8" piece of the left elevator missing.
Jump to postObviously we had no reason to be scared but we departed MEM-BOS early one morning in the DC-10. We were about 60nm NE of MEM in the clouds with moderate rain when there was a huge 'BOOM"! I turned on the thunderstorm lights and as we got our vision back we scanned the instruments. I asked the F...
Jump to postI believe 80kts is when Airbus transitions from flight phase 2 to flight phase 3. Not phase 1 to phase 2. It's the transition from phase 3 to phase 4. Phase 3 starts with "ENGINE TO PWR" and ends at 80kn. Phase 4 starts at 80kn and ends at liftoff. Thus, take-off inhibits starts at 80kn. ...
Jump to postA friend of mine’s brother at AA went from Super 80 to B777, left seat in both. Sat on his seniority until he could hold senior trips in the T7; hadn’t been outside the US until first trip on the B777 And that is why we hear pilots from the USA on the freq. in Europe and elswhere that don’t seem to...
Jump to postBut, some codes are based on plain French! And, how would weather geeks remain geeks if not for using special codes. Pilots do it all the time, heck, we have whole conversations no outsider would understand. While weather is easy, I agree on NOTAMs, most are so obscure and indecipherable as to be u...
Jump to postAnd you've got bigger problems to worry about! LOL!
Jump to postWhat parameters were you using for a stabilized approach?
Jump to postAs long as you have your "D" ring to prove it. LOL!
Jump to postReading this post, I was visualizing Fedex having only one runway during the afternoon and night arrivals and departures. They will use 3 and sometimes all 4 at MEM.
Jump to postCorrect. I wasn't going to get into 9/11 but that's true, Calloway had nothing to do with it, I was incorrect that the 727 had j/s in the foyer. It did not. Didn't the expected performance of the 9G net have something to do with it too? Most everything in the galley would be crushed if the only supp...
Jump to postAll of our freighters have doors here at FedEx. This is probably because all of our ships have entry way jump seats, except for the 767's which have the jump seats on the flight deck itself. Several years back we installed locking ballistic doors on the MD10's and 11's. It was an interesting projec...
Jump to postAll of our freighters have doors here at FedEx. This is probably because all of our ships have entry way jump seats, except for the 767's which have the jump seats on the flight deck itself. Several years back we installed locking ballistic doors on the MD10's and 11's. It was an interesting projec...
Jump to postThat's why we kept it locked.
Jump to postOur MD-11s had a locking cockpit door with a key pad for entry and an allow/deny switch in the cockpit. It was closed and locked regardless of jumpseaters or not. Yea now that I know I remembered it correctly, I believe the crew closed the door for takeoff until cruise, and then kept it open for th...
Jump to postOur MD-11s had a locking cockpit door with a key pad for entry and an allow/deny switch in the cockpit. It was closed and locked regardless of jumpseaters or not.
Jump to postDidn't 27 originally have an ILS until the parking garage was built?
Jump to postI knew a pilot that had a twin Cessna that ran a Part 135 operation and flew for a 121 carrier too. It was a little shady since the FAA and the 121 carrier really looks at flight AND duty time totals. He was a risk taker being the only pilot in his operation.
Jump to postWe had an internal dept who handled hotel/transportation. There were staff that would fly/ J/S to any new hotel and check it out before it was added to the accepted hotels.
Jump to postWe had some hotels that would give you the company discount even if you were on a personal/ family trip and it was definitely significant. As well as the freebies that went along with it. Nice deal. To the poster who asked me about turning in an ops report to the hotel dept for bad experiences at co...
Jump to postWe had certain hotels that on occasion would play dumb "we didn't know you were coming today" because they did sell our rooms to a wedding party though we had contracted rooms. One in particular was in Campinas, Brazil where we stayed at a "resort" hotel outside of town. They con...
Jump to postOf course length of layover often determines where you stay. We had airport hotels for layovers less than 24 hrs and other hotels in the city for longer layovers.
Jump to postI doubt that hotel budgets bankrupted the airline. If it did then going to cheaper hotels wouldn't have kept them afloat much longer.
Jump to postHow funny Starlionblue, before I ever opened the thread to comment my first thoughts were practice, practice, practice!
Jump to postOn the -11 we never had AOA until the HUDs were installed. The HUD displayed it in the upper right corner.
Jump to postOne of the most frustrating moments boarding at a hardstand was in Rome. Two buses pull up to the jet and both front and rear doors were open. One bus load went to each door. Unfortunately there was no organization regarding seating so as people boarded there was a big gridlock in the airplane as pe...
Jump to postAS Starlionblue said it's done very well and I always found it as real as it can be. The only inaccuracy I ever saw was making tight turns taxiing and looking out the side window. The projection could cause a little dizziness for a split second but that's all I ever saw.
Jump to postDepending on the location we would be told if ground power was available or not. If it was we didn't start the APU.
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