I've flown plenty in Australia and have never ever been asked if we want to go on an earlier flight. I've never heard anyone else being offered that. Qantas? https://help.qantas.com/support/s/article/Qantas-standby-fares Qantas does not offer standby fares. I posted above in reply 44 that QF do not...
Jump to postBy definition Germanwings flight 9525 was no accident. Reference ICAO Annex 13 “ Accident. An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked, ...
Jump to postThe A350-900 already has a very high ACN. With only 4 wheels per main wheel gear I'm not sure how much higher the weight can go. I believe this is the highest weight of any aircraft with this gear configuration. This may end up being a limiting factor if they envision any higher weights. It may be ...
Jump to postIntentional control movements do not need to mean suicide. There have been numerous accidents caused by pilot input where the inputs by the pilot were indeed intentional, result of those inputs was not. Who would have thought something as simple as opening the cockpit door could almost crash an air...
Jump to postEven if this was deliberate pilot action, I think it was different than Germanwings. In Germanwings, the pilot was able to lock out the other pilot and was alone in the cockpit. He had a gradual steady descent. If MU5735 was deliberate pilot action, it was most likely a struggle in the cockpit. Fir...
Jump to postElroyJetson wrote:I understand your opinion. Sources cited from the NTSB in numerous articles state differently.
I can only cite the multiple media reports indicating likely pilot suicide. In fact the ABC News headline called the crash an intentional act and stated neither Boeing or the Chinese have found any mechanical issues with the aircraft, and reported the pilot in question appeared to have been "s...
Jump to postI agree, The Key quote from ABC News: . The officials who spoke to ABC News point to the plane's flaps not being engaged and landing gear not put down. The near-vertical descent of the plane, they believe, would've required intentional force. Investigators also looked into one of the pilots' person...
Jump to postI think that’s kinda rare though isn’t it? I’ve never known the other airlines, VB/VA, Jetstar, Tiger etc offer them or have ever seen anyone lining up waiting for a standby seat. I don’t know about the other airlines, on the QF citi flyer routes it is very common for passengers to request to be pu...
Jump to postThat was a hard link to read (I muted the video by choice). I'm sad to hear this. RIP to the passengers. That is not an easy conclusion to come to. Lightsaber The video I get when I open that link is very old, they are talking about just discovering one of the black boxes and citing “intelligence s...
Jump to postWhy speculate when it is already known what relief QR is seeking from the court? QR in their filings have stated they plan on accepting the remaining A350s, they have not expressed any intention to cancel the contract. Likewise Airbus appears to be conducting itself with a live contract still deliv...
Jump to postThanks for all your replies everyone, that clears it up :) Does anyone know why then the MCDU doesn't ask for winds, QNH, temperature on the takeoff performance but then allows you to enter this information for the approach/landing phase? The environmental conditions for approach and landing are us...
Jump to postI saw no injunction by Airbus to modify the contract terms, I did see a request for an injunction from QR to halt deliveries. That was not granted in the public records available. My personal opinion as a bystander is that it appears Airbus continues to meet its obligations under the contract. My pe...
Jump to postStrategically I think it would be best for Airbus if QR were required to take all of their contractural A350 with penalties
Jump to postjetmech wrote:Slats increase the useable AOA in the sealed position.
I’ve noticed that on the Airbus MCDU when calculating the V1, VR and V2 speeds for take off there is nowhere to input the airport QNH, temperature and winds which all effect your take off speeds, how comes the MCDU doesn’t give you this option to input this but it does for when calculating approach...
Jump to postEtheereal wrote:Pi7472000 wrote:65 seems very young for today's world.
huh? Really wonder what world you're living on. Are you trying to have pilots retire at 80??
And you're telling me that a healthy 66 yo can't do the job required in those 60 minutes? Come on now. My point is that there are a lot more safeguards today than there were 50, 40, even 30 years ago so we should be able to increase the retirement age. And it's not a misguided viewpoint. It's the f...
Jump to postIn the case of pilots that perception was a fact once upon a time but with today's technological advances, that is no longer the case. We are reaching a time when pilots exist merely to make passengers feel comfortable. We send tourists into space with pilotless rocket ships for chrissakes! This is...
Jump to postNow instead of a student I'm a passenger. I book a flight and pay for it, but at the last moment I'm not showing up. The airline reserved a seat for me, I paid for that seat. I would be okay with that seat going empty, but I'm not okay with the seat being sold to another passenger and the airline c...
Jump to postIt’s ridiculous when you consider that the 1500 hour rule had no evidence and is limiting the supply of legal pilots, but the age 65 rule is based on scientific evidence on cognitive decline. This is all about rewarding particular people financially… not safety. The US safety culture is really in d...
Jump to postRuddman wrote:Are you sure?
Ruddman wrote:Since it’s such a small amount of extra lift generated?
I’ve been told by a real pilot, using 26k ‘bump’ thrust, at MTOW, a 737-700 only needs around 2500-3000 ft maximum runway for take off using this flap setting. So why not just use zero flap?
Well, I was only joking. But all jokes aside, I think it’s only US airlines that offer standby seats? I know they don’t do it in Australia anyway. Miss ya flight and she’s an empty seat. There is standby seats available in Australia both domestically and internationally. Busy times of the year, or ...
Jump to postEven with the door locked, I can think of two safer/easier ways to gain access that I won’t post for security issues. This is stupidity. It is just dumb to attempt this without fall protection. No one would use a belt loader to clean the windows. How anyone thought this was a good idea is beyond me.
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Jump to postWhat if QR pays and claims the A350's tomorrow? Won't make a difference legally. QR are still in breach of contract because this payment would be too late to meet what was agreed to. The ball is completely in Airbus' court here. I don’t think the preferred process for Airbus is to continue with thi...
Jump to postThat's obvious but that sort of presentation is not going to convince Greta and the likes that there is no way to burn less fuel (or maybe 10% less at best) to transport 238 people between Sydney and London. It would just convince the climate activists that Qantas and those non-stop travelers have ...
Jump to postWell, the climate fundamentalists are already telling us to use sailboats for intercontinental travels. So if there is a way to fly such a long distance while burning 50% less energy with the current technology, I don't think there is much argument to support the non-stop fly with such a waste of c...
Jump to postHow do you make that estimate? If we talk about passengers and not payload, we could compare this non-stop flight to putting 238 pax in an XLR that would fly 3x 8 hours to get to LHR. Considering an average fuel burn of 3t/hour, it would take 72t of fuel to the XLR to accomplish that journey. I don...
Jump to postI wonder why Alaska hasn’t argued that this is a moot issue, since the FAs are now all union represented. Or is this more about damages pre-merger? I don't think this is a moot issue, if you look at the rail industry which is also regulated under the Federal Railway Labor Act like aircraft crew, th...
Jump to postNot in the airline I operated. All the airframes of each same type were equally ETOPS/EDTO ‘rated’. Since we operated A340-300, A340-600, A330-200, A330-300 and A350-900 as a multi-fleet (pilots flew all types), we would just check the Computerised Flight Plan had the correct ETOPS (actually EDTO) ...
Jump to postHowever even with 0.2% missed connections one out of 3 narrowbody flights would get one. So check-in data is unusable for exact weight on that many flights... One passenger would be around 100 kg, which would be in tolerance band for most airlines. And its on the plus side, i.e. we are actually 100...
Jump to postWe don’t leave 20% of our connecting pax behind. We would typically have more passengers rejected by immigration than by missed connections.
Jump to postI had made a long post yesterday on how this worked, it seems to have been removed. Pitch control on the A350 comprises of 3 different systems, the THS, the left elevator, and the right elevator. Each element is controlled by a different set of quad redundant computers (combinations of different PRI...
Jump to postFrom check in data you get passenger weights and baggage weights, that is recorded in the system even for connecting passengers.
Jump to postIt is revenue management in a way, it is also a way to maximize payload. Where I work several hours before the flight leaves the airline has an estimated zero fuel weight (ZFW), that is a mix of number of expected passengers and estimated baggage weights, catering for them, as well as cargo. This we...
Jump to postIt is with sadness I have learn that James was critically injured in a 3 vehicle crash on a major Sydney highway at about 8.50am last Saturday not far from his home. James did not survive the injuries sustained in the accident. James was a young a.net member, a photography contributor to this site (...
Jump to postOkay, but that's not even the point. Regardless of how they ended up in that predicament, the point is, if they can't staff the current flight schedules now, how would they do it under the new regulations if put in place. Cancel more flights? It's not like they can snap their fingers and suddenly h...
Jump to postProbably not too much. It should be possible to use tickets sold for draft calculation, and that is all what checkin data would be good for. Now-shows are relatively small %% of sold tickets. Standby/non-revs, misconnects, connecting bags misdirected and/or left behind would be a greater fraction o...
Jump to postWhich means that airlines have a shortage of pilots. It may be a shortage of their own making but it's a shortage none the less. I still disagree, a shortage to me means they tried to recruit these pilots 12-18 months ago and were unable to fill vacancies. In reality these airlines made business de...
Jump to postThis happens after they have a wash, when they get dirty they are easier to see without FR24.
Older A340s needed about 2.5 million each frame to rewire them to get ADS-B installed.
I think some of the 330s have tech crew rest behind the flight deck before the forward galley. Just no cabin crew rest. Not sure if these are used to LAX, where as 788 doesn’t even have tech crew rest is that right? My understanding is they were delivered without the forward and aft crew rests in t...
Jump to postOh. So the attempted cut of EAS by Skywest due to lack of pilots, and the cut of regional hours due to lack of pilots isn’t a lack of pilots at all. You obviously know better. This is not something that is unique to the US, IAG and EK have also indicated the same. During covid airlines did no hirin...
Jump to postdfwjim1 wrote:Do airlines ever put a sign in the cockpit indicating whether or not an aircraft is equipped for ETOPS?
You would be very wrong about a shortage of pilots. (At least in the US) There is no shortage, the was a halt on hiring during covid, a pilot entering a company takes time to get them online. There is a delay between hiring a pilot and getting them online. This rule will only apply to pilots employ...
Jump to postAs appalled as I am, BNE-LAX (coming in under 14 hours) doesn’t require crew rest so they could continue to use the 788s there. They could presumably do the same with SYD-SCL. I’m not aware of them seeking EDTO >180 for the A330s, but that could be a hypothetical 788 route if they do end up with Qa...
Jump to postI'm guessing cost and finding available pilots. If they're already struggling now to get pilots for their flights under their current flight schedules, adding relief pilots to flights that short would make that even worse since they aren't going to magically obtain extra pilots out of thin air. The...
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