I'm surprised that more folks aren't losing their minds about this coming out in the open. It's not supposed to. The CVR is never supposed to be in the wild. I know it happens with foreign countries, but not supposed to ever happen in the US. I mean, there are all kinds of CVR’s out there. Air Flor...
Jump to postIn my experience working in cities that are hot in the summer, but not PHX hot, think 33-38c (95-100f) but 65-75% humidity, you try and stay out of the sun when you can, and drink lots of cool water or drinks with electrolytes on your breaks and spend time in the AC when youre not working flights. W...
Jump to postPlease correct me if I am wrong!!! But is there not a bathroom in that particular spot on that plane? Rear galley? I have not flown Spirit, so I have no idea how many lavs they have on their planes. Did the flight attendants lock the bathroom door? Yes, the passenger is leaning on the lav door. Fro...
Jump to postAs others have said, a high cabin altitude would trigger alerts that would be nearly impossible to miss. Therefore, my guess is the pilot became incapacitated for reasons other than decompression/hypoxia, such as heart attack, stroke, etc. With no other crewmembers on board, the poor family was hel...
Jump to postSome thoughts come to mind over the whole issue of EI and its fleet and in particular, their t/a fleet. EI has now been in IAG for eight years and I have always supported this. I think it has been beneficial for EI, but of late, I am disappointed in EI and I think the issue is that EI has the compo...
Jump to postUnder what circumstances would flashing nav lights be selected? Turning left or right, or pulling over to the side of a busy airway. Ha! From what I understand they were turned onto flashing mode from takeoff until landing, just like modern day wingtip strobes. For the DC-9 most were controlled by ...
Jump to postThe area of Boston Logan where this event occurred used to be specially noted on pilot airport charts as a "hotspot" where special attention was required. It is a jumble of intersecting taxiway and runways. Takeoffs on 09 while simultaneous landings on 04R is a common configuration at Log...
Jump to postHow is Massport not going after these guys over gate usage, especially AA that just got a new reno and entire side of Terminal B to themselves? Doesn’t make sense. Why would Massport care? The airlines are still paying to lease the space. Its not like any other domestic airlines are looking to mass...
Jump to postonly reason was because of the evacuation zone. RSW is not in an evacuation zone, and while TPA is critical infrastructure, the city is a ghost town tonight, as they were planning for a direct hit. Winds under 45mph don't really effect takeoffs and landings, the real reason they suspend flights soo...
Jump to postSo why does Airbus refuse to implement this advanced light? Even on the new A350 and A330-900, it’s still the “strobe” light. Thanks for the help! Airbus still uses LED's, they just choose to program theirs with a fast flash pattern. Any A320/321 with sharklets has LED wing tip strobes, same with t...
Jump to postWe work hard to repair the bridges but sometimes towing back is the only option. Airlines won't push back without the bridge off. I'm really curious if anyone has come up with a quick method ( preferably manual ) to move a bridge ? Not that I know of. I've seen chains connected to a pushback tug us...
Jump to postThe big difference I see in bulk vs cans is in manpower. At YYC, 3-4 guys can do the front and back of a can-loaded 321 in about the same time as 6-7 guys on a 737. 6-7 people loading a 737 seems like overkill. US airlines I'm familiar with typically use 3-4 ramp workers per gate working a turn on ...
Jump to postWell, they are faster than before. The 737 used to cruise at .74. Now they cruise more like .80. I think that faster NB speeds will only happen if they're optimized primarily for the longer sectors, which I don't see happening. The vast majority of 737s and A321s do 1-3 hour flights, and then pinch...
Jump to postETOPS started being "a thing" many years prior to the A330. The A300 started using 90 minute ETOPS in 1976. 120 minute ETOPS came along in 1985, and 180 minutes in 1988, well before A330 EIS. The A340 was the long haul version with significantly higher MTOW than the A330, and four engines...
Jump to postI know PT retrofitted their entire fleet with HEPA filters after the FAA approved it. I doubt they are the only carrier to do this. https://piedmont-airlines.com/2021/01/installation-complete-hepa-modifications-on-pirdmonts-e145-fleet/ Interesting, didn't realize the 145's didn't have HEPA filters....
Jump to postWidebodies tend to operate within a more limited set of parameters on the ground, which also influences their design. When all your departure runways are 10000' or so, gates wide enough to handle more wing, etc., the aircraft can be built to take more space on the ground and use more runway, but th...
Jump to postEspecially the regionals that had to perform modifications on some of their aircraft. Which aircraft had modifications made? I know PT retrofitted their entire fleet with HEPA filters after the FAA approved it. I doubt they are the only carrier to do this. https://piedmont-airlines.com/2021/01/inst...
Jump to postfreakyrat wrote:Especially the regionals that had to perform modifications on some of their aircraft.
Widebodies tend to operate within a more limited set of parameters on the ground, which also influences their design. When all your departure runways are 10000' or so, gates wide enough to handle more wing, etc., the aircraft can be built to take more space on the ground and use more runway, but th...
Jump to postI flew on a DL A321 and A330-300 today, and it appears like that they have a unique three-tone cabin chime that I have not heard on any other airlines' Airbus aircraft. As with the hi-lo chime, the red light illuminates over the FA panel. Is this chime to distinguish FA to FA calls from cockpit cal...
Jump to postThat's really cool. The Apollo mission simulators also used a camera over a model for visuals. I'm wondering if that was the first application. Later simulators went to very primitive (by today's standards) computer graphics. Yeah I remember seeing videos of sims from the 80's and 90's that looked ...
Jump to postIn my opinion the 1500 hour rule was political to show something was done and solve a pilot surplus. Politically, there must be a solution to the pilot shortage. It is unacceptable to enough people that RJs are being parked (no matter the reason), that there will be changes. The first officer on Co...
Jump to postRemember though, the Colgan pilots had way more then 1500 hours. The first officer on Colgan 3407 had 1500 hours of prior experience as a flight instructor in Arizona. How did all that experience watching students do circuits in a Cessna 172 in the beautiful permanently sunny weather of Arizona giv...
Jump to postI'm not sure how you can say that. We haven't seen a significant fatal crash since Colgan and the rules were implemented. Remember though, the Colgan pilots had way more then 1500 hours. Could argue though we have had some similar accidents. Atlas 3591 has lots of parallels, a pilot with a very poo...
Jump to postI think you’ll find most early long range transport aircraft had crew rest facilities. For example, Trans-Canada Air Lines’ DC-4M North Stars had a crew rest cabin ahead of the forward passenger cabin. This was in 1948. Going even further back, the Boeing 314 of Pan American had crew rest for the p...
Jump to postDoes anyone know when the separate crew rest area came to be? The earliest aircraft I can find reference to a rest area is the Tu-114 on a Wikipedia article. I know for a while the norm was to block off a row of seats, or a first class seat, still used on some airlines.
Jump to postRJNUT wrote:does anyone think they should just retract back to New England and Caribbean only?
The major regionals are now paying the contract break fees for “Exceptional” candidates. Plus big bonuses… Pay more, get the pilots. Choose not to, and lose… Bedford called this back in 2017. Interesting that they are paying the contract break fees. Heard from another source that theirs a shortage ...
Jump to postAirframe anti- or de-icing equipment is for dealing with airborne icing, very definitely NOT snow/ice covered critical surfaces before take-off. Exactly, the deicing system on the aircraft is only designed to deal with ice that accumulates on the airframe while inflight. What the NTSB report seems ...
Jump to postInteresting news from 9K. They are suspending their FO hiring due to a high number of FO's leaving the company before completing their training contract. From what I understand, Cape Air will hire low time FO's, then pay for their ATP rating with a contract that they will fly as a captain for a set ...
Jump to postStrebav8or wrote:I worked on the production lines at HJ, two words to remember:
STAY
AWAY
If I remember correctly PIT would let non passengers go airside or s this still allowed? Could allowing this be a way for a airport generate some profits from parking food/beverage and maybe selling a ticket to pass through security? And would any of you be willing to pay a small fee to do such a t...
Jump to postWoodreau wrote:NK just instituted all windows shades being open after the ACY rejected takeoff incident.
ALL commercial flights in the US via an airline EVERY passenger MUST go through security, what are you talking about? Have you heard of 9/11 and the TSA. There are no exceptions. We’ve had employees fired for getting on a flight right from their work area and weren’t security screened. All ramp emp...
Jump to postEvery airport that sees commercial service has air stairs. Even FBOs have them. Not always true, plus, just because an FBO has airstairs doesn't mean they will be able to handle all types of aircraft. All commercial flights passengers MUST be security screened. This is also not true, there are plen...
Jump to postMy flight with B6 last month had a 4 hour delay and none of their ground personnel even offered an apology or a reason for the delay, and all I got from it was a $100 voucher and an apology later via email. I hope you made your complaint to the DOT. https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/file-c...
Jump to postReverseFlow wrote:Flaps are extended but I'd hazard a guess that the bleed temp is more the slats, which are also extended, which help the cooling.
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Perhaps Lufthansa could switch the aircraft type used for these ghost flights ? Stop using an A320, and lease a few Cessna 172s instead... :-) You say that in jest, but Britt Airways in the late 70s/early 80s used to have a Beech Baron that they used to “slot squat” on their O’Hare landing slots. T...
Jump to postThis is a rare image of a parked A319 in SDU today with both spoilers and flaps extended. I always wondered why this is not standard. At take-off you need to extend anyhow. https://i.postimg.cc/Vkz21vnT/0-CD96889-FC73-44-CE-BEEF-521190431-F92.jpg On the 320 series if the temp is above 30c, flaps ar...
Jump to postUsually senior pilots can’t displaced a Junior pilot out of seat/fleet/base unless there is a specific displacement vacancy bid put out for bid. That usually only happens when fleets get parked/retired, downsizing, furloughs are about to occur. Thank you for the correction on the junior pilots, I w...
Jump to postSo is that good for those junior pilots in the long run? I imagine once everything returns to normal they’ll already have their foot in the door for a long and profitable career in the big jets. I think you're referring to them being able to stay on widebody's for the long run? US airlines are base...
Jump to postOA260 wrote:Air Canada have a dedicated team at DUB who can arrange things for crew and any other issues that may arise. They also have back up from London AC operations too if needed.
Thank you for your swift responses. We're going to start a test with a de-icing pad but there are some people who are raising concerns about this procedure on an aircraft that has engines on idle. We will go ahead and check with the airlines if they have procedures for this, and also talk to tech-o...
Jump to postairportugal310 wrote:The damned DME arc!! Used to do that one in PVD a lot during instrument training...wonder if it even still exists anymore
You can have as many plows, deice trucks etc as you want, but it still cant overcome the time it takes to deal weather. The biggest factor that snow adds is time. it can take 15-30 min to deice an aircraft, every airport can only deice a certain number of planes at a time. For snow removal, airports...
Jump to postGo read the website and once past the sales snow job, you’ll see “gain experience” meaning get 1,500 hours and an ATP after being a CFI. And, one doesn’t have to go to the regionals, there’s many paths to travel. Yeah, this is isn't really anything special, bit of a marketing gimmick. Plus, not try...
Jump to postN1120A wrote:Cubsrule wrote:N1120A wrote:
Pretty sure Chautauqua flew 145s for United prior to the merger.
Correct. I believe they flew 145s for UA after the merger as well.
Yeh, until they were merged back into Shuttle America
A jetbridge driver may not know from the outside which one has stairs. Training was to look for the window. Door with a window means conventional door, no window means airstairs. Trans States was a mess for a bunch of different reasons though, their procedures and equipment was always different fro...
Jump to postA jetbridge driver may not know from the outside which one has stairs. Training was to look for the window. Door with a window means conventional door, no window means airstairs. Trans States was a mess for a bunch of different reasons though, their procedures and equipment was always different fro...
Jump to postThey don't always need adaptors. It depends on 2 things, if the aircraft has air stairs or a conventional door on the L1. As mentioned above air stairs require that an adaptor be used. For a conventional door, the jetbridge must be specially equipped to handle regional jets. Some bridges cannot get ...
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