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Re: Question about Saudia flight 163

There were many problems with crew communication and crew management that resulted in this accident becoming a teaching example. One of the many things that the F/E did incorrect was to mismanage the pressurization such that the airplane remained pressurized after landing. This made it impossible t...

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Re: Boeing / Airbus - factory options?

There must be hundreds. On the A330, just to name a few: - GLS - ADF - Go-around soft - Auto TCAS - Avionics bay portable extinguisher - Brake cooling fans - Cockpit foot warmer - Datalink - Gaseous vs chemical oxygen system - Taxi camera - Runway awareness and advisory system - Alternate nosewheel...

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Re: Boeing / Airbus - factory options?

There must be hundreds. On the A330, just to name a few: - GLS - ADF - Go-around soft - Auto TCAS - Avionics bay portable extinguisher - Brake cooling fans - Cockpit foot warmer - Datalink - Gaseous vs chemical oxygen system - Taxi camera - Runway awareness and advisory system - Alternate nosewheel ...

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Re: Question about Saudia flight 163

If there's anything that keeps pilots up at night, it's the thought of a cargo fire. I hate to judge the dead. Pilots go to work intending to do the best they can. But in this case, it seems fairly clear that none of the flight crew had adequate situational awareness, and their CRM was atrocious. A ...

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Re: A380-841/842 Takeoff Thrust Procedure

The Trent 900s on the A380 have an area of the thrust curve that cannot be exceeded when aircraft speed is too low. Depending on the take-off thrust setting, this often results in two 'pauses' during spool up. The first is the pilots stabilising all 4 engines at ~30% thrust, the second pause is the...

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Re: A380-841/842 Takeoff Thrust Procedure

The Trent 900s on the A380 have an area of the thrust curve that cannot be exceeded when aircraft speed is too low. Depending on the take-off thrust setting, this often results in two 'pauses' during spool up. The first is the pilots stabilising all 4 engines at ~30% thrust, the second pause is the...

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Re: A380-841/842 Takeoff Thrust Procedure

I'll add that with a tailwind or crossind above 20 knots, the A350 thrust setting procedure is bit more involved. - Initially move the thrust levers from idle to the position that gives 25% thrust*. - Once thrust is stabilised, progressively move the thrust levers to reach the following: --- At 20 k...

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Re: A380-841/842 Takeoff Thrust Procedure

It seems to me as if the PF is just taking a bit longer than usual to go to FLX or TOGA from the first intermediate setting. For takeoff, you set the thrust levers to an intermediate setting (e.g. 1.1EPR on the A330 and 25% on the A350), then wait a second or so in order for the thrust to stabilise....

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Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

As much as we would like to have very precise data, my impression is that even using an app or other electronically calculated data, there is still conservatism factored into the calculations. At many operators, passenger and luggage weights are still either estimated or seasonally averaged. In the...

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Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

Pilots are conservative creatures and in the decades gone by where we did on occasion use charts, there was excessive rounding up and intercalation. As much as we would like to have very precise data, my impression is that even using an app or other electronically calculated data, there is still co...

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Re: International Flights' Listed Alternate Airport Questions

When the dispatcher or flight planner sends out the release/flight plan, the alternate(s) he selects get appended automatically to the ATC strip. Most controllers probably dont read it or notice but the alternate does get filed with ATC. In some instances, flight plans can be rejected by ATC becaus...

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Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

Other than perhaps Air Koryo, I doubt there is any airline in the world where paper charts are used for performance planning. Even with the detailed performance engineering graphs/charts we have for our Boeing fleet, it would take me 5 minutes or more to work out the figures which can be done more ...

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Re: 787-10 floor vibration

It can be run the entire trip. But if we want to get nitpicky, so can the APU on other aircraft. Do any airliners/bizjets that are still altitude restricted? Probably. :) Also, you have to more closely define "altitude restricted". For example, on the A330, you can run the APU the whole f...

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Re: 787-10 floor vibration

The 787 is much closer to a more-electric aircraft than most other models. This means that rather than distributing power in the form of bleed air or hydraulics, it distributes electricity from the much more powerful engine generators, to numerous electric devices running throughout the aircraft. T...

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Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

I would think manufacturer charts are for best case situation in terms of runway performance. Actually, Boeing chart specifically shows what flaps settings are being used at which conditions, so they must have some idea about flaps effect. If you choose to trade in longer roll for less engine wear ...

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Re: International Flights' Listed Alternate Airport Questions

Some random points: A filed alternate is not required. You can dispatch without one, but the dispatch requirements are different. The point of filing an alternate is for planning and is part of generating a minimum fuel figure. If you fly without an alternate, for example with "Island Reserve&q...

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Re: 787-10 floor vibration

The 787 is much closer to a more-electric aircraft than most other models. This means that rather than distributing power in the form of bleed air or hydraulics, it distributes electricity from the much more powerful engine generators, to numerous electric devices running throughout the aircraft. T...

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Re: FE on B-747-100, DC-10 and L-1011

I guess they would have been mechanically linked as well, I always marvel at the complexity of the old electro-mechanical flight decks. Either mechanically linked, or servolinked. Either way as you say rather complex. In particular, ADIs with mechanical flight director bars have always fascinated m...

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Re: FE on B-747-100, DC-10 and L-1011

Found a picture of the VC10 - interesting 2163856 Great picture Just in front of the Flight Engineer’s set of throttles on the left side of his desk is a transparent cover that can be opened Underneath are the engine start switches and several warning lights, another unique feature I guess they wou...

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Re: FE on B-747-100, DC-10 and L-1011

If you're a VC-10 buff, or just an "ops with FE" buff, there's a really interesting documentary about BOAC cadet and induction training around 1970 on YouTube. The initial sim conversion and base training bits are particularly good, starting around the 23-minute mark. There is definitely m...

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Re: FE on B-747-100, DC-10 and L-1011

The three man 767 certainly had thrust levers ! Ahh Max, your posts always brighten my day. I'm sure you're joking, as I was referring to the FE having thrust levers, not the entire cockpit :lol: When did the navigator position end? I know some early 707's had them I believe. Trans Caribbean had na...

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Re: FE on B-747-100, DC-10 and L-1011

Some pics of the 767 cockpit with FE panel. The one with the screen is Ansett I think. https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/1/8/0238819.jpg https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/2/9/0221929.jpg https://travelupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ansett-Boeing-767-277-Flight-E...

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Re: FE on B-747-100, DC-10 and L-1011

Some pics of the 767 cockpit with FE panel. The one with the screen is Ansett I think. https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/1/8/0238819.jpg https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/2/9/0221929.jpg https://travelupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ansett-Boeing-767-277-Flight-En...

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Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

Without knowing the TOGW, thrust settings being used, there’s little to make of it. You can’t compare dissimilar planes without knowing a lot of details. I'm totally aware of all that. If I watch tens of take offs from the same runway and half of them are heading to European destinations that are n...

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Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

1. New Ishigaki/Miyako-Narita/Haneda ISG-HND with the A330 would be able to take maximum structural payload, can easily do a 2 hr flight off a 6000' runway Dear zeke, I am always impressed about the RWY performance of modern WB jets at low weight. With a light fuel load, you can essentially operate...

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Re: Hawker siddeley trident wing

Sadly, any discussion of the Trident wing has to acknowledge the critical leading edge retractable droop element on the Trident 1s and that it was possible for flight crews to retract it prematurely with a catastrophic result. Trident 2s and 3s were produced with leading edge slats, plus other refi...

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Re: Barrel or frame & panel construction?

I'm a total layman in this area but Boeing's method is possibly cheaper considering that the nominal price of a 787 is surprisingly low and equal to the official price of an A330neo (while being a more modern and more competitive aircraft). Where are you getting your figures from? For all companies...

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Re: Question regarding the A350 and A380 MCDU

Thankfully, the hinged cover seems to keep pretty much all the crumbs and stuff off the keyboard. :) I can't seem to find any good images of the table with the cover in the "cover keyboard" position but it is a good snug fit and makes the table easy to wipe off. As more A350's come into s...

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Re: Question regarding the A350 and A380 MCDU

Thankfully, the hinged cover seems to keep pretty much all the crumbs and stuff off the keyboard.

I can't seem to find any good images of the table with the cover in the "cover keyboard" position but it is a good snug fit and makes the table easy to wipe off.

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Re: Question regarding the A350 and A380 MCDU

It’s probably a similar issue between sidesticks , but Is it easy for a right handed person to use the trackball/wheel with their left hand seated in the FO seat? I’m trying to figure out how you use the trackball and wheel. Are they used simultaneously or separately. It doesn’t seem to easily allo...

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Re: Question regarding the A350 and A380 MCDU

You could say that on previous generations, the MCDU is a standalone "box", whilst on the A350 the cockpit systems are much more highly integrated. What was previously in the box is now all over the place. Hence why you need the KCCU to interface with all of it. On the A320 and the A330, t...

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Re: concorde with more than 100 passenger?

AFAIK Concorde was planned for 144 pax in a nominal configuration. At least, that's the number I remember from coffee table books when I was a kid. Premium interiors limited this to 100. I can't imagine it would have been very different externally. Just a different interior. It's always like this. T...

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Re: Flaps and aborted landings/go-arounds

I'm also guessing this can be a huge workload almost instantly in which a lot of things need to happen at the same time Yes, there are quite a few items that need to occur when executing a go around or missed approach--power and pitch, configuration changes, and call outs--but we train this procedu...

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Re: Fictional scenario PC-24 emergency take off (novel related)

As Woodreau says, inertial alignment will be the bottleneck for any aircraft equipped with it. It takes 7-8 minutes at most latitudes. Those 7-8 minutes leave enough time to prepare everything else. Switches and pushbuttons arranged in an eye-pleasing manner, and I bet I could program the FM well e...

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Re: Fictional scenario PC-24 emergency take off (novel related)

As Woodreau says, inertial alignment will be the bottleneck for any aircraft equipped with it. It takes 7-8 minutes at most latitudes. Those 7-8 minutes leave enough time to prepare everything else. Switches and pushbuttons arranged in an eye-pleasing manner, and I bet I could program the FM well en...

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Re: Flaps and aborted landings/go-arounds

It is indeed.

The whole point of the "alt-go" procedure is to give us a "calmer" option compared to a standard go-around if we are above 1000 feet and not in a hurry. Level off. Take a breath. There's no rush. Everything set? Ok, "go around flaps".

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Re: Landing at New Delhi airport

I sound stupid probably, but can’t the pilots do an airplane if they feel like the conditions necessitate it? They already have a lot on their minds during landing phase, so I don’t know. How does a pilot 'do an airplane'? Did you leave some information out? I'm sorry, I just don't follow the quest...

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Re: Life as a Pilot

One sage piece of advice. Always respect your maintenance crew. Remember Maintenace and Quality are teh two departemtnst that ensure the airworthiness and safety of every single flight. Yes! And respect your cabin crew! They deal with the passengers so you don't have to. And if you're not nice to t...

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Re: Landing at New Delhi airport

It is indeed quite hazy sometimes. However, the visuals in flight simulators, both for computer ones and full motion ones, tend to be a bit less than realistic when it comes to visibility. Haze can be a bit "on or off". In reality, if the RVR is 550m, for example, it isn't like you can't s...

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Re: Flaps and aborted landings/go-arounds

I think the abandoned approach, or early missed approach can cause more issues than a late missed approach. I nearly saw a guy execute a go around at Heathrow while we were still above missed approach altitude. I’m not sure where he was going to, but it would have been chaos For an "alt-go&quo...

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Re: Life as a Pilot

All, I’m also a teenager who’s a prospective pilot. I’m a sophomore in HS and I’m gonna start my PPL training soon after I turn 16 (because the flight school is waitlisted). I’m also gonna volunteer as a line boy if I can, while I’m waiting on the waitlist. I went to a summer camp at embry recently...

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Re: Fictional Story Question: Considerations for operating a DC-3 Single Pilot

I'll start by saying that I've never flown a DC-3, but I think the same principles would apply as with any large-ish airplane of which I've flown a few. When everything is working, a competent pilot can fly just about anything solo - even a 747. Takeoffs and landings are definitely higher workload ...

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Re: EV support vehicles at airports.

I can only speak for the airports where we operate, but EVs and EV chargers are becoming commonplace.

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Re: Parallel Runway Ops

Source: I am a controller at LAX. We don’t have to apply SSDO, the runway centerlines are all far enough apart to not need it. To the OP’s question, we are not waiting for the arrival to land or be short final before we depart an aircraft off the parallel. We are waiting for appropriate IFR separat...

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Re: Technical=Arithmetics question

10 statute miles up in the air is more like 52800 feet.

Hollywood isn't very good with technical accuracy. Story always wins.

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Re: Jets gain weight? Really?

Video showing dust accumulation inside a 737NG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BH_xBL5RMw So all the hoopla about planes having HEPA filters to minimize the risk of airborne transmission during the peak of the Covid19 pandemic is untrue? I mean, the dust particles should have been captured by the...

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Re: Airline route databases for uplink into FMS?

It's all done by dispatch. They use a flight planning system that presumably does a lot of the heavy lifting. Routes change daily not only for oceanic. Winds are a bit considerations. Uploading directly into the FMS or not, the flight plan is still generated by dispatch. Their workload doesn't reall...

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Re: EWR displaced threshold

The runways were shorter back then. 4L/22R was built in 1970 and was only 7,000 feet when it was first constructed and 22R only started where Taxiway W is today. It only increased to its current length - 11,000 feet - in 2000 (the 4L end was lengthened in the early 90s). And quite interesting that ...

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Re: Parallel Runway Ops

Caveat: I'm not ATC.

It think it is in case the landing plane goes around and potentially impinges on the departure path. Of course, the landing plane could initiate a go-around even after touchdown, but I guess that is less likely.

It isn't because of thrust or wake turbulence.

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Re: Jets gain weight? Really?

Lots of pens dropped down out of sight by the rudder pedals. Ha yes. I was going to say... Also the pen holders in some planes don't have a "backplate", so if the pen falls through the holder it ends up behind the panel. True story... Lots of pens dropped down out of sight by the rudder p...

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