All 8 billion humans need clothes. So on a pre capita basis, the greenhouse impact of shipping and aviation would have to dwarf "fashion". Regardless, something about seeing people in a yacht or using a private jet rankles many who are asked (shamed perhaps) to reduce their impact. In rea...
Jump to postWinds usually. Flight planning engines usually use minimum cost or minimum time as the primary parameter. Possible routes have to then not cross any route restrictions, such as the Russian airspace or any airspace that has very expensive overflight costs. Of course, overflight costs are considered i...
Jump to postIt has to programmed to either one click unlocks driver’s door or all the doors. Been true for 16 years st least
Jump to postAirspace is significant part of the problem, but, yeah, staffing . Somewhere, I read, ATC is expected to do overtime as a regular scheduling plan. Absurd.
Jump to postFDX 704 was a hijacking and attempted murder, a bit different in intent. There’s not reason to conclude this crew intended to kill anybody, the US attorney will have to consider gross negligence in a manslaughter case, I suppose. Not often used in aviation accidents. Look up the Sabre Tech case over...
Jump to postWell now, this was an unexpected development. Active winglets are to be fir to the KC-135 fleet, with some possibly in service toll FY 2050... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/kc-135-tankers-to-finally-get-fuel-saving-winglets As with winglets, aircraft engine upgrades are another item that th...
Jump to postNot disagreeing with this crew’s failures, but the seat belt rules are based on the fact that passengers are not competent to judge the potential risks; that it is why it is the crew’s knowledge that dominates. Rare doesn’t mean 10E-9 unlikely. I’m not sure why Part 91 is irrelevant; it’s Part 91tha...
Jump to postThe problem kind of reminds me of golf. At a local course you have your regulars that get the same tee time every day. Then the holidays hit and all the tourists want to play at the same time. Most courses don't all of a sudden allow 45 tee times at 8AM just because of the tourist demand. When the ...
Jump to postIf the crew’s instruction is to be in your seats with the seat belt fastened and you aren’t, you have definitely contributed to whatever up injuries you or others around you suffer. Not saying that’s the case here, but not be belted when directed is assuming a lot of risk. Her not being belted is ce...
Jump to postWhen I was young and dumb (much the same thing); I was doing a passenger drop at JFK in a Citation II. In those days, VFR in the NY TCA was common, but jets had to join the IFR line up because of noise restrictions. IOW, we couldn’t zip out at 1,600’m cross the island and change over the BDL TRACON ...
Jump to postAgain, it is not a loophole, it’s the way the regulations and long custom is designed to work. A loophole is an unintended workaround the law or regulation. None of those waiting bizjets are departing VFR, then getting a clearance, that’s why they’re waiting. Having flown bizjets, I guarantee, they’...
Jump to postNobody is bringing back A-6 or A-7s; if a MDS is still in-service, parts will be taken, reman’d and sent into parts supply. The rest will be scrapped at some point.
I delivered a C-5A into AMARG; our Wing Supply got parts off it a month later.
CAT III isn’t cheap to maintain, either. But for most operators it’s one or the other, not both. Fly with a HUD and you won’t go back, but that’s not part of airline financial considerations. A HUD is a great piece of kit for lots of things beyond CAT III, too.
Jump to postThe incidents keep coming. Runway excursion, or more accurately, lined up off the edge. Departed after damaging the runway edge lights.
https://avherald.com/h?article=506cea77&opt=0
Question for IAHFLYER: does cruise flight level factor into the in-trail spacing and number. I’ve flown up and down the East Coast for decades, mostly above F410. Does it help?
Jump to postPut a line of weather between PNS to offshore JAX and flow gets pretty restricted regardless of RNP and RVSM. I’ve seen days where there’s maybe one hole and everybody has to fit thru it or wait on the ground. JAX Center has been a bottleneck forever.
Jump to postProbably French ATC strikes limiting, but not stopping service.
Jump to postThese are all good points - but none of them solve the problem. How do you organize an influx of aircraft (almost exclusively corporate/GA) on specific (predictable) days? This isn't a one-off event like the Derby or SuperBowl - its like having those days, twice a week - for three months straight. ...
Jump to post"Airports are not paid for by the taxpayers just for airlines. GA and corporate have just as much right to them." I agree completely. Just trying to organize both of them. It gets hard to do when there are 300 corporate jets one day and 50 the next - when the airline schedules are very pr...
Jump to post"Airports are not paid for by the taxpayers just for airlines. GA and corporate have just as much right to them." I agree completely. Just trying to organize both of them. It gets hard to do when there are 300 corporate jets one day and 50 the next - when the airline schedules are very pr...
Jump to postI’m not a pilot - please explain why VFR or IFR helps pilots get into a congested airport? Specifically - does one allow a flight to get in or out of a congested airport without being counted or subject to airline restrictions. Basically - is it a dodge? And I’m talking how it’s really applied - no...
Jump to postThe wait is common, predicting it is not easy by the nature of GA. Flexibility in scheduling is expected, so reservations wouldn’t help as you wouldn’t know when to impose the reservation system and once imposed every operator would work around it. Make reservations required for PBI, Sundays from no...
Jump to postNot insanity, just a normal day at PBI. A dozen, I’ve seen twice that on any given weekday at KHPN or KTEB. An hour wait isn’t unusual at either airport.
Jump to postIf you’re having second thoughts about lane changes so frequently the 3-flashes is an issue, perhaps you should consider whether you’re doing it right rather than blaming this feature? In heavy traffic you very well could. Two things I need before a lane change, see the trailing car in both the rea...
Jump to postHow many GA departures are going VFR, then trying to get a clearance into the high structure? Is that causing delays at KPBI, KBCT, KMIA? I rather doubt it, having done tons of flying down there in bizjets. VFR is not a “loophole”; it’s a perfectly normal operation. In any case, there’re not causing...
Jump to postNo, but a HUD is one of the options for CAT III ops.
Jump to postRight off the bat, turn off the transponder of ADS-B and the FAA is coming after your certificate. Just Ask Martha Lunken. They made that a serious violation as it is seen as an effort to avoid detection.
Jump to postThe subject here is airline pilots, the Delta contract would pay a new hire about 11.24MM over his or her career. https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/southwest/142169-even-if-upgrades-flipped-dl-3-1m-ahead.html#&gid=1&pid=1 No one’s career ends in 12 years, we generally have a 40- year workin...
Jump to postYou can’t outrun the speed of light, er, radio waves. Go ahead and try it, let me know what the interrogation was like. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a24152/area-51-history/ https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/this-is-what-happens-if-you-illegally-enter-area-51/ https://www.reviewjourn...
Jump to postFrom my two guys that worked Area 51, they had helicopters available. It’s really secured, can’t say about an alert fighter, but it won’t be missed and they will track them down.
Jump to postIn R-4808N, you’d be intercepted, alright. It’s “the box”, Groom Lake, Area 51. Anyone, even a wayward military jet will get intercepted, directed to land and be, say we say, interrogated. The SPs in the Vegas ranges have plenty of resources, including helicopters and planes to investigate any intru...
Jump to postHere is an analysis by Peter Lemme. He raises several good points. https://www.satcom.guru/2023/03/severe-stabilizer-mistrim-pitch-upset.html?m=1 Raises good points, but he doesn’t know daily bizjet operations in the field. If they couldn’t fix the problem, Bombardier has a mobile team 65 miles awa...
Jump to postThat’s not the case here, not contractors. But, it is a concern as was documented by the KTRK accident. I’ve actually flown with lots of international crews and, with challenges, there’s better standardization that you might imagine. US operators never use international pilot contractors as the work...
Jump to postIt doesn’t, just looking at the report and g loads. There are maintenance procedures to be followed. That said, the 605 over-g’d over the IO and the Luftwaffe Global were both written off. Just saying, it’s not impossible, but resell has gone down considerably. All Part 25 planes are incredibly stro...
Jump to postFamiliarity is a big thing. Kai Tak was a very challenging, captain-only airport for most carriers. For Cathay, it was home port and FOs flew the approaches routinely. The same would go for many airports. Many places are quite challenging if you operate once every couple of years, but fairly straig...
Jump to postWhy's that "unfortunate"... no one other than corporate bean-counters in a dark cubicle actually WANTS that. You most certainly do not speak of USAmericans, nor for American policy as it stands in that regard. At all. :lol: Do you have an example of free $10 million careers? BETTER QUESTI...
Jump to postTurn signals that flash a minimum of 3 times+ when the stalk is momentarily pressed. One of the actually useful features for Highway lane changes. Not if you have to change your mind about the lane change. Perhaps if you could cancel it by flipping the stalk the other way momentarily I could see it...
Jump to postA stall won’t dramatically damage the airliner, they’re tested for it. An approach to stall where the shaker sounds at low altitude doesn’t require much altitude loss. The RNAV arrival, in your example is all managed by the FMS, displayed on the PFD and FD cues and can be hand flow, more accurately ...
Jump to postAge won't be such an issue with reduced crewing, and then no one in the cockpit at all. No more human error. Unfortunately, it'll happen overseas first, since the US is abrogating its leadership role. We'll I guess it already exists in the military and the corporate world. I've often wondered if si...
Jump to postUnfortunately, it'll happen overseas first, since the US is abrogating its leadership role. Why's that "unfortunate"... no one other than corporate bean-counters in a dark cubicle actually WANTS that. “We” as in the USA, as a population of 330 million don’t give out $10 million careers li...
Jump to postWould it be on for a crosswind landing? Does yaw damper only dampen external yawing and not pilot induced? I can only speak for Airbus but we can't actually turn the yaw damper off as it is an integral part of the flight control system. Large swept wing jets tend to require a yaw damper on at all t...
Jump to postDH106 wrote:Turn signals that flash a minimum of 3 times+ when the stalk is momentarily pressed.
Here’s the NTSB preliminary report. From it we learn the crew used the wrong checklist for the indicated EICAS message. EICAS messages were AP STAB TRIM FAULT and AP HOLDING NOSE DOWN, which is serious situation but they went with the PRI STAB TRIM FAIL, which nowhere addresses the out of trim condi...
Jump to postReading is a good thing. Should that be expensive to learn? As a modern society, we’ve all agreed that a certain baseline of literacy, maths skills, etc are expected, so education, however good or bad are provided by society, We don’t expect advanced education leading to very remunerative careers a...
Jump to postIt’s not mentioned in the latest NAT Manual on the ICAO website. FAA .65 does shoe ITP climbs on the WATRS. I’m thinking it doesn’t exist in NAT HLA.
Jump to postl Um, why should people be paying for a career? Because the get the benefits. Good things in life don’t come cheap, somebody pays. Reading is a good thing. Should that be expensive to learn? As a modern society, we’ve all agreed that a certain baseline of literacy, maths skills, etc are expected, s...
Jump to post750 for the military, 1250 for a 2 year college program, 100 for a 4 year college program. And students still have to pay near 6 figures in most cases. The pipeline is nice but still cost prohibitive for a lot of people and still doesn't address the lack of mental health acceptance evolution at the...
Jump to postI got a better idea. Lower the ridiculous 1500 hour rule (those Colgan pilots both had over 1500 hours total time, rest was the factor in that crash). And be more adapting to people that have actually pursued mental health treatment and have had success from said treatment. With MH awareness becomi...
Jump to postSantos Dumont in Rio, ASE or EGE in Colorado.
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