Could have been some sort of CDL penalty you weren’t aware of restricting the takeoff weight.
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Clearly you have never flown an Airbus. Just because you have you hand on the side stick, does not mean you are manipulating the controls, as it doesn’t move. It’s not like a Boeing with a yoke. I always keep my feet on the pedals and hand on the side stick, just in case. And I too am a check airma...
Jump to postI 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 you have 2 people flying you don’t have anyone flying. Clearly you have ne...
Jump to postFlyingSicilian wrote:Media reports Sen. Lindsey Graham is going to introduce a bill lifting the retirement age for commercial pilots to 67 from the current 65.
The Global will long-range cruise at .92, providing you with a full sized bed and a shower in a 4-cabin fuselage you may roam as you traverse the globe in giant leaps. The X at full chat burns fuel like it’s a renewable source, bringing the range down to something approaching ridiculous, and will d...
Jump to postDoes not state if it reached Supersonic in level flight or slight descent. Still impressive. GD/Gulfstream is no doubt paying attention. Shallow dive according to AINonline, and its not the first business jet to do that, or commercial airliner for that matter. Bragging rights and not much else. The...
Jump to postDelta slashed and burned fleets in their entirity putting way heavier requirements on training they still have pilots on md-88 and 777 that havent been moved over yet Nobody slashed and burned fleets more than AA (A330, 757, 767, CRJ-200, E190) yet they're not the ones looking to cut 100+ flights a...
Jump to postScope needs to be greatly limited by law. It is a restraint on trade which is tolerated in almost no other industry. (and I am pro union - was as a kid and still am). Police, pilots, and West Coast longshore men unions have way to much power, and they abuse it. Nor do their members support other le...
Jump to postI use VFLC practically every climb in an aircraft with no autothrottles. Set a power setting and leave the thrust levers alone.
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Q400 or earlier Dash?
I’m aware of no checklist item on the early Dashes that require delaying gear retraction but don’t have the books in front of me to look.
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Unfortunately airport fist fights are extremely common. I experienced a fist fight at the ticket counter in Tampa last week, only to experience another fist fight at my arrival gate in Atlanta. I don’t know about “common”. I’m in airports constantly all over the country and haven’t seen one. You ce...
Jump to postLet's be clear about this.... There is not a pilot shortage. There is, however, a shortage of pilots willing to fly regionals for what United wants to pay them, when so many other opportunities are available. It is not 2008, anymore. This was true 5 years ago. It's not true anymore. There is a pilo...
Jump to postPeople don’t seem to understand what’s really driving the pilot shortage at the regionals. It’s not a lack of people applying to first officer positions - OO is filling classes 6-7 months out, it’s a lack of people sticking around as captains and check airman, both of which are essentially for the ...
Jump to postI haven’t heard a thing on guard this week. Almost wondering if comm two needs to be written up.
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We circle at my company. Aircraft configured at 2nm from the FAF, ref +20 until aligned and begin slowing maintaining stable approach criteria.
I’ve never circled at JAC but don’t know why it would be a big deal.
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Looks like the AN-124 flight to Birmingham, noted above, is scheduled to arrive at 8 AM tomorrow. It is in ANC now and will make a stop at MSP first. It’s routed ICN-VVO-PKC-ANC-MSP-BHM. All under the same flight number, so I presume it’s all related to this BHM stop. Not sure whether it’s bringing...
Jump to postLooks like the AN-124 flight to Birmingham, noted above, is scheduled to arrive at 8 AM tomorrow. It is in ANC now and will make a stop at MSP first. It’s routed ICN-VVO-PKC-ANC-MSP-BHM. All under the same flight number, so I presume it’s all related to this BHM stop. Not sure whether it’s bringing...
Jump to postAt this point to me it has to be one of two things to last this long. 1. Tech issue 2. Manpower issue They can’t keep blaming weather. Either they have a major tech issue keeping them from running at capacity or they are short staff. With all the cancels already tomorrow they should be getting pres...
Jump to postDoes Boeing have any investigators left who came from McDonnell Douglas? I highly doubt Boeing would be a party to an investigation involving a seventy plus year old aircraft. In general aircraft manufacturers, component manufacturers, pilot groups/unions, etc are asking the NTSB to participate, no...
Jump to postI wonder how much seniority based captain upgrades to captain versus merit and ability upgrades factor in to some of these situations. When a captain upgrade class goes through, you arent necessarily getting the best and brightest available going first. You are getting whoever was hired first. It o...
Jump to postThanks. So, GalaxyFlyer/others, you think nothing will be changed with ops at this airport after this accident ? Note that this wasn't, from my understanding, a training flight, but it seems the airport has significant training activity. Training goes with mistakes... I’m not exactly sure what coul...
Jump to postairlinepeanuts wrote:I think NIMBYS would like a non-stop west coast on a smaller jet. Who knows there though lots of $$$$$ and influence.
Airlines will not require the vaccine in the short term. They will incentivize vaccination and disincentivize not getting it until one or more countries require flight crews to have it for entry.
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Who cares what the MEC agreed to? What this weak MEC agrees to matters not if the members vote it down. Also, it is the same MEC that violated ALPA policy by not even giving the members a vote for LOA 12, and they should have been recalled for that. It wasn’t until recently that the full details of...
Jump to postNot a good spot to be in for who, the company? Why? LOA 12 already authorized them to move forward with it. The pilot group should be worried about an arbitrator who is going to point to it already being implemented, pax who have already bought tickets, and saying "what's the real damage here?...
Jump to postYou're forgetting protecting Scope. B6ALPA is avoiding the slippery slope the other pilots groups did not, and are paying for to this day. Once they allow company a chip in scope, company will be back for a chunk. The no vote here protected Scope. You know what it is? many of these posters are fanb...
Jump to postI actually think HSV has a decent chance to land WN. It is clearly an underserved market. I realize WN has primarily been adding vacation destinations, but they did recently announce JAN so they are not completely opposed to traditional markets. Outside of the big 3, HSV has little other service be...
Jump to postIt looks like SNA only has 16 CPC's on staff so with COVID and contract tracing I bet they are hurting right now. Looks like the average delay is 94 minutes with nationwide EDCT's in place using 20R for arrivals and departures. Edit: I bet the controllers in the Coast area at SCT are having an awes...
Jump to postZiyulu wrote:Wasn't the aircraft in Home Alone 2 a widebody and it landed at La Guardia?
Couldn’t tell you why the cowlings were blue, but it wasn’t the same blue as the white scheme.
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I think that last CRJ-200 will be taking all the crews back to SLC too. It's only scheduled to be on the ground for 30 minutes. Maybe the old aviation meme will finally become true! The cost of parking airplanes is amazing. Pilots awaiting training are still getting paid. At my airline I have a mat...
Jump to postLast five flights on Mesa, 900s, all had an inop lav and inop pack. I’ve got a picture somewhere of nine MEL/CDL stickers on the panel. I’ve ripped pants on screw heads protruding from seats, seen missing lenses on PSUs, and gone back to the gate once when a brake stuck after engine start. Those pro...
Jump to postzeke wrote:
I don’t know enough about the type to know if the use of speedbrakes on final after gear down also played a part in them not being deployed on touchdown.
Well crew members just got a layoff notice for October 1st with closure of three crew bases.... so hopefully this is not the writing on the wall. That’s when the CARES act allows for furloughs and has nothing to do with the SNA deal. Sadly, 10/1 is going to be the effective date for a ton of furlou...
Jump to postYou are conflating multiple issues. Part 380 is the commercial / operational relationship and has nothing to do with the benefits of 30 or fewer seats - most Part 380 prospectuses are filed with mainline aircraft. The benefits of <31 seats fall under the purview of Part 139 (airport certification) ...
Jump to postIt’s not what anyone thinks is the “.spirit” of the law or regulation, what matters is what’s written down, certified by the regulators and operated that matters. JSX meets all the regulations and operates within the FAA regulations. What you believe is the “spirit” of the law matters not and is ju...
Jump to postThey’re, obviously, flying a scheduled passenger service with 30 passenger aircraft, why are they not required to operate as a Part 121 carrier and operate via TSA controlled facilities? Because they operate as a Part 135 carrier, similar to others around the country. Quite simple actually. 135 is ...
Jump to postThe claim that the pilots won "all their grievances" is incorrect and so is any claim that Delta was in violation of the scope provisions governing the Korean JV in a pre-covid world. The pilots lost on the issue of how to calculate compliance and, accordingly, lost on the issue of consta...
Jump to postDL did touch-and-goes at HSV in the 1980's. When I moved there I was surprised to see L1011, 767 flights - this is when DL didn't have pax service to HSV. Sure did. I remember seeing everything they had. 727s, 73s, 75s, DC-8s, -9s, MD-11s and even an A-310. Saw Valujet come through around ‘93 or ‘9...
Jump to postFound a picture in a -100 where we were burning 680/side at 11,000 ft in cruise. Up that 100 or so for a -300. 87.8% torque which would have been 96 in a -300 at that temp/altitude.
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350 fuel burn? Same engine as the Longitude. Now what the Long burns per hour I don’t know, but around 2200-2000 in the 350. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Actually more like 2800 the first hour and 1800 per hour at cruise M.80 at 430 or 450. Even a CL 605 at 38000# won’t burn 2200 pph We’re us...
Jump to postI want to expand on the Longitude's Hawker wing. Textron, if they acquire Bombardier's business jet line will mix and match cockpits, landing gear, doors, cross sections, wings, and tails to minimize development cost. Since the 777 has a 767 cockpit/nose, why not? For certain Cessna want to keep Ch...
Jump to postIt makes perfect sense for Textron/Cessna. Since they halted further development of the Hemisphere, the Challenger 650 can fill it's role. Then you have the Global 5500, 6500 and 7500 to offer your high-end customers. Lear seems like the casualty in all this. I don't see it sticking around when you...
Jump to postIt makes perfect sense for Textron/Cessna. Since they halted further development of the Hemisphere, the Challenger 650 can fill it's role. Then you have the Global 5500, 6500 and 7500 to offer your high-end customers. Lear seems like the casualty in all this. I don't see it sticking around when you...
Jump to postToo bad Skywest can’t be bothered to follow the AIM’s guidance when it comes to light usage. They just taxi around with their landing lights on all day, confusing everyone on the airport about what their intention is... If the Skywest FOM says they’re required to taxi around with all the lights on,...
Jump to post71Zulu wrote:Amazing the pilot thought this was a good idea.
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Wow, I guess you think the crews of Hughes Air West, Aeromexico, and PSA were unable to fly their planes safely too. Why must you be insulting in trying to support your position? Which of these incidents occurred in airspace that currently do not require ADS-B? We fly our Cessna 150 in rural Alaska...
Jump to postIsnt a raft required over 50 miles off shore? Bermuda is a bit more involved, an HF radio is required at least. There is one small area east of L462 that exceeds the 60 minute requirement, but otherwise all the L routes are available and are pretty in line for GEO ops, I don’t think anyone is going...
Jump to postTell that to the victims of Avianca 52, USAir 1493/SkyWest 5569, Aeromexico 498, and PSA 182. This troll can't cite anything more recent than 28 years ago. Everyone involved here seems to have done a tremendous job, flight crew and ATC alike. Trust me, no one wants to work with the FAA willingly. N...
Jump to postHard for me to imagine a -200 that far out of CG to where it wouldn’t rotate. I’d be interested to see if something was off with the spring tabs.
I’m not going to say it’s not possible, but I bet there’s more to the story.
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