Re: RTO for impending fire

Take-off is engineered, in the latest Part 25 amendment, to accelerate on all engines to Vef (engine failure), one second of recognition at OEI acceleration (that distance), taken the first action to begin the RTO at V1, come to a stop within the available runway. That plan does not overrun. Vef mu...

Re: RTO for impending fire

But let's take a step back for a moment. On a normal takeoff, you stay on centerline and rotate when the PM calls rotate. On a takeoff with an engine failure, you stay on centerline and rotate when the PM calls rotate. Notice how there is no fundamental difference besides more input being required ...

Re: RTO for impending fire

In this case, you have two independent indications of engine failure. One is the yaw moment and another is the master warning and associated message . I meant that the PF preoccupied with keeping the aircraft going straight would probably have difficulties with checking for an engine failure messag...

Re: Tu-204 requiring no anti-icing system

I imagine that the particular wing profile influences how easily ice will accumulate. No idea how this factors in this particular case.

Re: RTO for impending fire

In the case of an engine failure what does come first: tendency to veer off the centerline, the horn or the callout of the PM? ... Is there a thing other than engine failure that can cause the aircraft to veer sideways and the horn to sound? And should a captain hearing the horn while struggling to...

Re: Pilot retracted flaps one notch just before landing

A configuration change below 1,000 feet AGL is prohibited at most airlines. It would also be captured and reported (de-identifed per union requirements for some strange reason) by FOQA. I'm leaning towards load relief. How is a 757 "capturing" FOQA data regarding flap settings for landing...

Re: Airliner ferry

The way to get this kind of highly specialised job is to work your way up, show initiative, willingness to work hard, and a good attitude. Make contacts. It takes time. And success at achieving the dream position is not guaranteed. However, there are often opportunities along the way. It's about the...

Re: Have most or all B737 pilots now been trained on handling rudder hardover incidents?

At high AOA, rudder was how we controlled and rolled the F-100. Get sloppy at the top of a loop, use aileron instead of rudder to pick up a wing, you could come down the back side 45 degrees off the track you went up. But isn't picking up a wing with a rudder kind of frowned upon in transport categ...

Re: RTO for impending fire

On the line, although we brief we still do not expect an RTO (they are rare events) and the startle effect of an RTO listed malfunction may mean lost seconds in identifying and accepting you have a problem and must act.... As some on here have already mentioned newer airplanes inhibit warnings/caut...

Re: RTO for impending fire

I'll add to Dogbreath's excellent post that the Airbus philosophy is really no different. The FCTM emphasizes strongly that high speed RTOs are not to be taken lightly. Physics is physics, regardless of type. From the A330 FCTM: DECISION MAKING A rejected takeoff is a potentially hazardous manoeuvre...

Re: RTO for impending fire

It this issue trigger a Master Warning, Master Master Caution, a long of thrust/Engine failure, loss of directional control, or renders the aircraft unsafe or unable to fly at 10 knots V1. If the answer is No, then I am not rejecting. I would take into the air as there would be a better chance and ...

Re: ATP: Skip the Regional Jet Go Direct to the A320 & B737

Heck what exactly do major airlines want from any pilot before they can join? Enough PIC turbojet time? And what’s the lowest average experience a major FO has? There is no "exactly" and it varies widely. Some major airlines will take you with a CPL and multi rating plus a few hundred hou...

Re: RTO for impending fire

As an aside, would you really be looking at the fuel flow 10 knots before V1?

Re: No-wind conditions at parallel runway airports:

Your example is from late 60s. Much less traffic compared to today (pre-Covid), so that stuff is possible. Nowadays, traffic volumes mean you'll typically just see unidirectional traffic at busier times. In many places, e.g. HKG, HND, and BKK, a certain direction is preferred, typically due to noise...

Re: Are holding patterns used very much anymore and at which airfields?

Is anyone at "fault" when an airplane has to enter a holding pattern or is it weather, SOP or something else? Seems like a holding pattern would add to the fuel bill of an airline. Maybe I am wrong. Do airplanes still fly a racetrack pattern in the hold. As 77west says, due to the complex...

Re: Cathay Pacific Suspends 747F and Cargo-Only Pax Flights for 7 Days

The crew were not required to stay home, however the government is now trying to deem such lack of requirement as Cathay violating guidelines, according to my understanding. I can guarantee you that every staff direction given to the crew complied with the government requirements and copies of the ...

Re: Cathay Pacific Suspends 747F and Cargo-Only Pax Flights for 7 Days

I guess there are also transfer passengers among outbound flights, and Cathay crew are based in Hong Kong unlike foreign airlines, which make them stay in Hong Kong after flights, which cause the government to be concern about it? They didn't elaborate on it in the TV news. Not sure if that is true...

Re: Oceanic Clearances: Then and Now

Satcom does work for voice. But most comms is done via CPDLC (not ACARS). Controller–pilot Data Link Communications. ACARS is used for communications with your own company, not ATC, as well as for weather like D-ATIS. Before GPS, it was INS, which would drift. Once an aircraft arrived within range o...

Re: Hours on Type/Total Flying Hours Question

At least at US air carriers. your experience as a pilot has no bearing on what seat or aircraft you fly. It's strictly seniority. Experience is not portable between airlines. I had a new FO at my ULCC recently. I never assume the experience or inexperience of the other pilot - it's a bad habit to g...

Re: ATP: Skip the Regional Jet Go Direct to the A320 & B737

I was scrolling through the internet today and I found an ad for this: Skip the Regional Jet Go Direct to the A320 & B737 ATP is your airline career solution. Complete pilot training in seven months, then go directly to the Airbus and Boeing flight deck as a First Officer at 1,500 hours. Fast t...

Re: Curvature of PW JT8D engine assembly?

Just a guess but it could have something to do with aligning to the local airflow. If you look at an 727 from above, or indeed at a DC-9/MD-80, you can see how the engines are not parallel to the midline, and even curve a bit to follow the fuselage. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/35/47/1e3547ccd1...

Re: QF 64 JNBSYD ETOPS

Thanks 'RyanairGuru'; that is then EDTO330 = 5 hours 30 mins on one engine over the Southern Ocean? WOW! Midway on the route, what would be the alternate airports, do you know? The single-engine case isn't typically the most critical thing for EDTO. The remaining engine will keep running until it r...

Re: Overconfidence In Aviation Technology

A lot of folks here who believe Airbus side stick/FBW system and automation is the best thing since slice bread…. I am one of those people. :D I find the system delightfully elegant and robust. However, I also am acutely aware that this wonderful system can get me into trouble if I mismanage it. Au...

Re: aerospatiale A200 from the 1980'?

If memory serves, the A200 project was one of the origins of the A300. It was merged into the project alongside a British concept if memory serves. The A300 is mentioned in the link ("Maximum commonality with the A300B"), so this A200 brochure must be jounger. If I remember well (ok, I ca...

Re: QF 64 JNBSYD ETOPS

Thanks 'RyanairGuru'; that is then EDTO330 = 5 hours 30 mins on one engine over the Southern Ocean? WOW! Midway on the route, what would be the alternate airports, do you know? The single-engine case isn't typically the most critical thing for EDTO. The remaining engine will keep running until it r...

Re: Overconfidence In Aviation Technology

Sorry, I didn't do a very good job defining the question. Right now, in the cockpit & the ground, we have a system where everything is cross-checked with redundancy in the system. However it seem like more & more people think or see computers/automation as being the way to solve all problem...

Re: Hours on Type/Total Flying Hours Question

Typically, and especially in North America, promotion would be strictly seniority-based. The discussion does get a bit complicated since you might need more seniority to be an FO on a certain aircraft than captain on another. 150 hours on type is not a lot. 2-3 months of flying. But you have to star...

Re: Dimming Cabin Lights on Takeoff - Depends on Aircraft?

This has been discussed multiple times. It is typically due to operator and/or national procedural differences.

Crew don't typically forget such procedural items, but it does happen.

Re: Overconfidence In Aviation Technology

Sorry, I didn't do a very good job defining the question. Right now, in the cockpit & the ground, we have a system where everything is cross-checked with redundancy in the system. However it seem like more & more people think or see computers/automation as being the way to solve all problem...

Re: aerospatiale A200 from the 1980'?

There was a lot of information in this book I used to have. If memory serves, the A200 project was one of the origins of the A300. It was merged into the project alongside a British concept if memory serves.

Re: Overconfidence In Aviation Technology

Sorry, I didn't do a very good job defining the question. Right now, in the cockpit & the ground, we have a system where everything is cross-checked with redundancy in the system. However it seem like more & more people think or see computers/automation as being the way to solve all problem...

Re: Cathay Pacific Suspends 747F and Cargo-Only Pax Flights for 7 Days