Delaxio wrote: If you look at FR24, the AA 777 did accelerate while crossing the runway. IIRC, they went from 10 kts to like 20-25 kts to get off the runway. Not sure how noticeable it is for pax onboard But......most pilots do that, don't they? Scoot across the active, I mean. I've watched as a pa...
Jump to postIf the reverser on the failed engine opened then the engine was running. IIRC if the engine is INOP you can’t get the reverse selector out of the interlock and it won’t deploy. I’ve been off the 737 for a while though so take that with a grain of salt.
Jump to postNot all slots require the same noise emissions restrictions. Some are “louder” some are “quieter”. The airlines that still utilize the cutback procedure do so because they are using slots that are more strict about noise emissions. Not for nothing but I don’t think that is telling the entire story....
Jump to postA CAT I approach usually can be flown by autopilot and making an auto landing depends the runway itself and company policy. Personally I would do it manually but I’m old school. The XW/HW for autoland could have been out of limits. Can’t auto land on a CAT I ILS. Sure you can. At least in the 737 a...
Jump to postI still say, I can plan a better route into KJFK 22's more direct. You have so much space over Long Island Sound and Conn. to line the planes up away from KLGA, KEWR and KISP. Think about the extra 1/2 hour x 1000 planes x 365 days. The fuel saving along will be astronomical. Somew how, you can hit...
Jump to postIt’s NYC airspace. You said it yourself. There’s traffic to LGA, EWR, and HPN. Additionally you have arrival and departure routings to work around from each of those airports in addition to VFR and IFR routes through that area running up and down the coast. You do the loop from the west even for the...
Jump to postAre there any operators still actually doing that ridiculous procedure? With the RNAV departures now and airplanes being much quieter my shop hasn’t done that for years. Just a plain old boring NADP-1 departure. Big Ern did a video not long ago detailing the pull back that WN still does out of ther...
Jump to postAre there any operators still actually doing that ridiculous procedure? With the RNAV departures now and airplanes being much quieter my shop hasn’t done that for years. Just a plain old boring NADP-1 departure.
Jump to postSEAorPWM wrote:How does the PW2000 reliability compare with modern engines like the CFM56 or IAE2500?
I understand it's from the '80s.
Not sure if posted yet but config for MAX 10 should be 20/64/105=189 for standard jets and 22/45/96=163 for lie flat jets. No plans for PP on the lie-flat jets? I can’t imagine there is enough demand for a PP like product on domestic flights to realize a return on it that is worth the time and spac...
Jump to postSince LAX and SFO both get regular 737 service mixed into their Hawaii service, I'd imagine they can simply do the flights as revenue and rotate the incoming GUM plane with the outgoing at HNL. No, they ferry to and from mainland USA, in fact one is currently ferrying GUM-HNL-SFO-CLE. https://www.f...
Jump to postOutsider question. How senior does LHR bid for the US3 ? That’s a difficult question to answer because many factors must be taken into account and every body has different bidding priorities. Things that will matter in no particular order: 1) How many days is the trip? 2) What is the credit value o...
Jump to postOne of DL/AA/UA capitalizes on the as of yet untapped and lucrative SAT-VIE nonstop market. Whoever starts it first prints money on the route and opens up an ICN hub as a follow up.
Jump to postIt's no secret that there has been a pilot shortage for some time, worse after the Covid pandemic. So, I'm wondering where do the startups, especially those growing quickly, get their pilots? Hard to believe these people left majors unless they were passed over for upgrade, etc. A close friend and ...
Jump to postI saw a post the other day where it mentioned UA 747-400 engines are now being used on the 767-400 aircraft Not a chance. UA had Pratts and CO's 767-400s were GE. You can't just swap them out. Also, if I'm not mistaken, only the legacy sUA fleets do engine overalls in house. COs fleet was all "...
Jump to postFunny story, I think I saw SFO-HNL or LIH scheduled with a 737 MAX. :eek: Since we all know those planes crash, I can't imagine who in their right mind would take something like this to Hawaii... I hear there's lots of water along the way. :biggrin: Of all the stupid crap I see on this site this is...
Jump to postBut aren't they too small for Premium Transcon? Especially given that United has been flying international WBs many times a day? Don't forget that UA deployed multiple 757s in a 28-J config (the Pratts - since retired) between EWR/BOS, SFO, and EWR-LAX. United doesn't appear to be up to their pre-p...
Jump to postThe Pilot Group may have screwed up by not taking the money when it was on the table. The European Economy is heading for a depression, the US Economy is teetering. It’s not the money. It’s the failure to achieve any gains in work rules and actually giving away other work rules. Rushing into a lous...
Jump to postSorry my bad… I meant “do an autoland.” Autocorrect sucks. There we go! That sounds more like it! Thanks :D LOL no problem. Anyways, what I was asking was if the pilots were the only people behind the decision to autoland. I guess I could have worded it differently. If the visibility is below certa...
Jump to postSome pilots at LH earn 20.000+ euros a month. And they demand a pay raise? Shame on them. Is that take home pay? And how many of those LH pilots make that much? I'd be wiling to guess it's not that many. It's interesting how many A'neters are all about the free market, but when it impacts travel an...
Jump to postIIRC, the Take Off Configuration Warning System at my carrier was added by the airline after operating the type for several years. Also IIRC, the first batch of 737NGs were also delivered without such a system, but later deliveries came from Boeing equipped that way. Are you talking about a switch ...
Jump to postNot true, I can tell you from personal experience the 737 and 767 (flown both) do not have any warning system. We do have a before take off checklist which does have both pilots verify the flap/slat setting for take off. Slats can be MEL'd but you take a huge take off penalty. The 737s and 767s I’v...
Jump to postThat seems like an incredibly stupid procedure. The PM is no less likely to be incapacitated than the PF and now you’ve got one extra set of feet resting lightly on critical flight controls at a low altitude which doubles the chances of some incapacitating event accidentally putting an incorrect inp...
Jump to postHow times have changed ! Main thing you notice how lots of these jobs are outsourced to places outside the airline now Mostly due to unionized threats by the employees. Of course! It certainly can’t be at all related to activist shareholder activity, or corporate raider CEO’s, banks that stand to m...
Jump to postAll passenger aircraft are certified to land at MTOW so just because one can dump fuel doesn’t mean one will have to dump fuel. Since they were airborne for about 40 minutes getting back on the ground was apparently a high priority. That being the case whatever is going on dumping fuel is a low prio...
Jump to postNo, you would not, it depends on your training. See FAA Part 61 Section 160. Even so, where else would we accept 9 months work experience where hundreds of lives are at stake. Even 1500 hours is slim work experience. How many hours did you have when you first started flying transports in the milita...
Jump to postStories based on the word of one passenger are almost always hyperbolic and inaccurate. The only thing worse is the need for so many people on this forum to jump straight to the expectation of discipline for any employee involved, or merely present. For an aviation board, a surprising number of pos...
Jump to postFO wouldn't normally have his feet on the pedals if the CAPT is flying. I would fail any pilot who does not have their hands and feet on the controls in a critical phase of flight. They need to take over quickly in the event of incapacitated PF. Then you have no business being a check airman. If yo...
Jump to postIf I remember well, the Fokker 100 (maybe the F70 aswell) can takeoff normally without any usage of flaps/slats, depending on the conditions. Not so sure about other aircraft... specially MD-80 series! Northwest and Spanair crashes come to mind Ick..Horizon used to have these...like riding on a pie...
Jump to postAll transport category aircraft have some form of a take off configuration check/take off configuration warning to alert the crew should the airplane not be properly configured for take off. Many airlines are making the setting of flaps a requirement prior to beginning the taxi. Not true, I can tel...
Jump to postExcept a re-dispatch type plan would still have SFO as the destination. ATC wouldn’t be aware of ORD being on the table at all unless at the re-dispatch point it was determined that a diversion to ORD was required (or whatever new stop the dispatcher and PIC coordinate and agree upon). As far as ATC...
Jump to postAirKevin wrote:How in blue blazes did he manage to get a DUI in an airplane. I guess we drive airplanes now?
It would be interesting to hear the ATC tape. Was there ever an acknowledgement from either side that "hey, I'm / you're landing on the wrong runway, should I proceed / you may proceed anyway?" I'm certainly no pilot, but I do have to wonder whether I would just silently land anyway once ...
Jump to postCorporate headquarters? Like the other labor groups, people do not care unless it affects them directly. Until my package is late/ my flight is cancelled it does not make a difference to anyone. No one is saying"oh those poor pilots are picketing, they must be underpaid and overworked". D...
Jump to postI’ll echo Galaxy. Get a degree in something not at all aviation related. This is important given you can medical out or be one MBA’s stupidity away from the unemployment line. Also given that this board is weirdly excited about pilots being automated out of a job I’d have a backup plan. Apply to Gua...
Jump to postThe radar on the Max is fantastic. The displays are really nice. It actually flies really nicely also. The second cup holder away from the trim wheel is welcome. These are the pros.
It’s still the same cramped crappy cockpit layout with no bag room and cramped torture device Jumpseat.
AngMoh wrote:So he did not get fired for the incident itself, but for making false statements in his report (and maybe the actions during the flights which drove him to make false statements).
737-500 Cramped, slow, unstable, really terrible ride in turbulence Hw come people don't really hate the 737-600 for that reason? I always seem to get the 735 and 736 confused, since their seating capacities are about the same. Because like 4 were made. (Yes that’s an exaggeration). The type is so ...
Jump to postFANTASTIC ! ! ! Herb Kelleher would have LOVED to have been there for that! It does bring up a question, though. I've wondered this for years but I've never asked. If the captain of a ship has the power to marry couples, does that also mean that the captain of an airliner has the same power? http:/...
Jump to postHow much time do have in the -400 or MAX to back up that proclamation? How much time do you have on a A330/A350 ? About the same as you have in the -400 and Max. Which is why I don’t make blanket statements about Airbus or make proclamations about how they fly. So your assessment of how similar or ...
Jump to postzeke wrote:The A330/A350 are far more similar in terms of procedures and handling than say the 737-400 and 737-8 MAX.
That’s the SPIRIT!
I’ll show myself out now.
Did we learn nothing over the last two years? You should be quarantining if you have a cold. What did we learn over the past two years that suggests we need to have an over the top knee jerk reaction to a common cold? If he’s tested negative for Covid and verified it’s simply a cold, wearing a mask...
Jump to postjetBlue takes out Spirit and dumps the E190s as fast as possible. Some of the Spirit markets do not make the transition just like airTrans take over. Breeze picks up E190s at pennies and suddenly has new markets that were just abandoned by the new jetBlue. Seems like Neeleman might make out pretty ...
Jump to postHello, everyone I had a conversation recently with a fellow student concerning the already retired 757's that belonged to American Airlines, both pre-merger AA birds and those inherited from US Airways. Both from personal perspectives and YouTube videos, there seems to have been a change in sound. ...
Jump to postIt looks like they might have had a pressurization issue early in the flight since they held under 14,000 feet for 15 minutes before climbing to cruise altitude. They ultimately continued as planned and had the rapid decent about 90 minutes later. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/dl339#2b...
Jump to postMy shop all the variants have the same crosswind limits.
Jump to postThe 767-400 uses pneumatics for the reversers. The -300 is regular old hydraulic power. Our -300 are all pneumatic. 767-300s use pneumatics for thrust reversers. They work very well. Ya think? Chap 78 has always been an exception driver for us. Must be an engine difference then. Ours have hydraulic...
Jump to postLpbri wrote:767-300s use pneumatics for thrust reversers. They work very well.