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Re: Wizz Air flight operations chief resigns after "bad apples" comment

Great to see true face of this horrow show. I wonder how long this post is gonna stay online.

Dufo

Re: Exclusive- Airbus floating concept for A380 combi

When we carry flowers and vegetables out of Nairobi, we usually max both on volume and weight (max weight is around 375 tons due to altitude/temperature). Most of other flights are maxed out on weight (126 tons max with variable ZFW on production freighter -400F.). Potential issue on A380 combi cou...

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Re: Exclusive- Airbus floating concept for A380 combi

When we carry flowers and vegetables out of Nairobi, we usually max both on volume and weight (max weight is around 375 tons due to altitude/temperature). Most of other flights are maxed out on weight (126 tons max with variable ZFW on production freighter -400F.). Potential issue on A380 combi coul...

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Re: Lavatories / Galleys in smaller freight aircraft?

No lavatory/galley on Saab 340. Just a bottle and a bag of snacks.

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Re: A350-1000 fuel burn

On 744 we could take 465pax and with max payload of 56 tons and fly for 11hours, burning on average around 10,5t/h on on such a flight. Don't just do raw comparison without comparing actual payload and capability.

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Re: Turkish Aviation January 2021

There is absolutely no excuse for reducing drinks service 'due to covid'. Same goes for food. Just another excuse not to get what you pay for.

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Re: N400PW Ditches in the Pacific

I was the Alaska pilot on the radio relaying all the information. We were communicating with ATC multiple ways. When they ditched there was a ship near by, but they were unable to get on board due to rough seas. The coast guard was waiting for daylight to rescue them. It should be soon. Hardest mom...

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Re: Flight Crew Duty Limits During Covid19-flights

There are always possible exceptions in such circumstances.
Longest legal (plannable) duty I know currently is 29 hours under EASA AOC, from UK to China and back.

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Re: Turkish Aviation May 2020

TK787 wrote:
-I don’t want to get too political here but it made me really upset to see runways being bulldozed at ISL to make room for a makeshift ]

What happened there?

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Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020 - Part II

https://twitter.com/alexinair/status/12 ... 25824?s=21

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Re: Admire the skill. EY A380 strong crosswind landing at LHR

Zeke, perhaps the poster was trying to say, fly as you train and train as you fly, which is a popular term in many training organizations I have been in. Our normal company limits for first officers is far more restrictive than the aircraft limits (10-15 kts crosswind), however in the simulator for...

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Re: Transfer at IST

Arriving from Schengen area you don't have to go thru transit security.

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Re: IAI Launches 777-300ER converted freighters with GECAS

If anyone has OPT for both 773ER and 747 (-400 or -8), could you please do MTOW out of NBO at 20deg, 0 wind, 1013hpa, packs off, the rest optimum? 77W with pack off or APU to packs with FULL CG 319,806kg With ALT CG 321695kg. Anyone have the Jumbo numbers? I got it for 744PF with CF6. 385584kg. So ...

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Dufo

Re: IAI Launches 777-300ER converted freighters with GECAS

If anyone has OPT for both 773ER and 747 (-400 or -8), could you please do MTOW out of NBO at 20deg, 0 wind, 1013hpa, packs off, the rest optimum?

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Dufo

Re: DL explanation on checking carry on bags

Hand luggage situation has gone out of control some time ago. What we see now is full sized luggage in the cabin. If it doesn't fit under the seat, it is not hand luggage, period. There is sufficient space for (properly sized) hand luggage under every seat except emergency exit and bulkhead seats.

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Re: Turkish Aviation September 2019

They need to improve their customer relations and punctuality. In last three weeks I missed two intercontinental flight connections in Istanbul. On the first occasion lady at help desk lied to me that the delay has to be 12+ hours to get a hotel, even though in their terms and conditions it says 8 h...

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Re: Istanbul new airport - latest pictures and discussion thread

Any pictures of current situation at Ataturk?

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Re: US To Restrict Use of EU Wet-Leases On TATL Traffic

For start EU could introduce crew visas instead of gendecs for all non-eu operators, just to make it a little bit more equal. And look more into UPS and Fedex intra-EU N-registered feeder flights.

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Dufo

Re: Gatwick drone closures

One is preventing a problem, another is fixing the problem.
Users need to know about safe operation and environment in which they can operate. Fines and penalties do not provide them this knowledge, they can only ensure there are repercussions if one goes beyond that.

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Dufo

Re: Gatwick drone closures

Penalties would not stop reckless people. What we need is a controlled environment and mandatory registration in which these devices (with no lower-end size or mass cap) can operate. Just because the technology is there and cheap doesn't mean we are entitled to it.

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Re: Gatwick closed because of 2 drones

Spotters are like security personnel, but they also use common sense, brain and are not brainwashed.

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Re: Airlines leasing houses instead of booking hotel rooms

Such discounts are also the reason that we get crappiest room they have. Close to laundry, elevators, connecting door, noisy family floor with screaming children running in the hallway.. It is always better (for us crews) to book ad-hoc instead of using contract rates.

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Re: How Long Have You Been On A.net?

I'm tenth oldest member, joined on May 18, 1999

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Re: Bathroom cleaning on long haul flights

In the airline I work for, worst are flights to/from Bangladesh. India is very close behind.
I never knew such a mess could be done in such a short time. Great respect for our cabin crew having to clean this shit.

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Dufo

Re: Crazy A380 landing in DUS during storm

Touchdown was ok but de-crab was over-controlled. It happens.. nothing dangerous, just uncomfortable. Sometimes getting on the ground safely and staying on centerline without pod strike does not look nice but that's how it is. When you are tired after a long flight, it is even more difficult. Just m...

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Re: How much weight is added to cater a 747?

On 744 we use 3500kg for flights above 4 hours and 1600kg for less than that. This does not include water.

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Re: 727 Aerosucre is down

What is tragic is that such companies are allowed to operate at all. Who needs performance calculations when you have done it thousand times before? Nobody, until you crash like this.
You know something is wrong when you have your own Youtube section of close calls and crashes.

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Dufo

Re: Boeing 747-400ER engines

http://www.boeing.com/resources/boeingd ... senger.pdf , RR is indeed not an engine option for ER.

Perhaps it is due to RR maximum thrust of 60,200 lbs whereas PW and GE provide up to 63,000 lbs of thrust.

Dufo

RE: Egypt Air 804 Paris-Cairo Missing Part 3

I can only imagine an inflight event, similar to this one:

http://avherald.com/h?article=44078aa7/0000

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RE: Thai Government Acquires Ex TG A345

HS-TLC has 15,785 hours TT and 1163 cycles

This means 14 hours per cycle, which is a lot. On which routes were these planes used?

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RE: And Another ‘737 Across The Pond!

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/stburke" class="quote" target="_blank">stburke</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Or even somethi...

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RE: BRU Is Open Again, But........

I don't see a problem for anyone to produce fake boarding pass and blow themself up inside the 'secure' zone in check-in hall.

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RE: Insurance Dictates Where To Fly?

Last year we did a series of flights to Libya and had to arrange insurance permission for each and every flight, which was valid for specific rotation and was valid for 24 hrs.

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RE: MIA May Start Bussing To Hard Stands

What MIA also needs is a dedicated immigrations terminal and not the current fiasco.

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RE: Inflatable Tent For Engine Repairs

I remember when our techinican was changing propeller deicing cables when it was -20C and windy outside this winter. Two broken frozen screw bits for start and couple of thawing sessions in the car got the job done properly. For the human part of the job it's not really for comfort but bare necessit...

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RE: Virgin 25B Calls PAN Because Laser Attack At Pilot

http://www.ifalpa.org/downloads/Leve...20illumination%20of%20aircraft.pdf

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RE: Virgin 25B Calls PAN Because Laser Attack At Pilot

Similar problem as with cheap drones. Accessible to anyone, both financially and legally. At least it has been recently proved that such illuminations don't pose long-term damage to eyes.

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Dufo

RE: Design Flaw Uncovered With The AN-178 Transport?

737-400F converted by AEI require 1000kg of ballast (or cargo) in the rear to be inside the CG envelope. Not all planes are withing the CG limits when completely empty, some also have 'minimum flight weight' limits.

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Dufo

RE: A350 Vs B787 Rapid Decompression Grille Size

These grills are simply distribution channels in dado panels, they don't have anything to do with pressurization.

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RE: 737NG Vs 737MAX / A320ceo Vs A320neo Visually

From what I have seen, 737max has completely different APU exhaust cone and 737 dino/classic/ng and very disctinctive winglets,
while A320neo has much larger engines.

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Dufo

RE: Tipping Problems On Tail-Heavy UA 739s

And I thought that our good old Saab 340 with booty stick is old school

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RE: Qatar - 748 - Different Windows

It looks these are dark patches imitating windows. Similar to what was used on some Raytheon Premier 1 jets.

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RE: MH Not Carrying Bags On Flights To EU

Amazing. Not to plan a fuel stop but simply announce you don't carry baggage. I wonder if those lower holds are really empty or full of other high-value cargo.

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RE: All Air Traffic To Be Suspended Between Saudi-Iran

Any religion-driven government is not a good idea. It is still interesting how they intend to break all ties except for religious practices.

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RE: CSeries With 6-abreast Seating: Any Chance?

You can choose to go dirt-cheap and not pay for emergency evacuation option. What is the chance you'd use it anyway?

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RE: 26+ Pounds Of Coke Found By AA MX In TUL

So this was the plane which flew higher than rest of the fleet!

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RE: Impressive Citation Jet Takeoff From Courchevel

I don't see a large safety issue here, speaking for private operation. As both engines simply do not fail simultaneously on such planes, there is no need for aborting the takeoff here. After the runway you have more than 1km of available elevation drop (potential energy) at disposal, which is more t...

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Dufo

RE: Report On TK A330 Incident At KTM

At 01:29:35 hrs, after first missed approach, a cabin attendant talked to the Captain
in the Cockpit that if they diverted to Delhi, there would be a big burden.

Amazing safety culture.

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RE: Istanbul New Airport, Latest Pictures

To cancel such project due to environmental issues.. in Turkey? Seriously?

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RE: SAS/Blue1 Retires The Boeing 717

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bobnwa" class="quote" target="_blank">bobnwa</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>When has any airline ever fired pilots becau...

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