Yes, the HUD may have washed out the Dash-8, but even without a HUD seeing a stationary aircraft on the runway at night can be very difficult. The runway is dark and all you have are a couple of lights amongst all the other lights. Spotting moving aircraft isn't that easy either, even if you know t...
Jump to postThe use of the term “runway” in the transmission may be critical. A non native English speaker and one not used to frequent ATC in English (like a Japanese military pilot) may interpret that as “enter the runway and stop in position”. Combined with no red hold short lights it could be misinterprete...
Jump to postIs it SOP (at JAL or anywhere else that mandates use of a HUD) for both the PM and PF to use the HUD? Or only the PF? We both use the HUD from pushback to FL150 (or transition if higher) and from TOD to blocks on. I thought the co-pilot on the right side of the cockpit was supposed to look for any ...
Jump to postIs it SOP (at JAL or anywhere else that mandates use of a HUD) for both the PM and PF to use the HUD? Or only the PF? We both use the HUD from pushback to FL150 (or transition if higher) and from TOD to blocks on. I thought the co-pilot on the right side of the cockpit was supposed to look for any ...
Jump to posthttps://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240103/k10014307511000.html The coastal guard pilot claim they have been allowed to takeoff, contradicting MLIT of Japanese government which said the instruction was only to taxi to until before the runway He would obviously say that, either because it's true or b...
Jump to postJL516 did get landing clearance at 14:52-14:55 into the below recording, they readback at 15:06. https://archive.liveatc.net/rjtt/RJTT-Twr-TCA-Jan-02-2024-0830Z.mp3 I can't be the only one struggling to understand 3/4 of what is being said on this recording! Are they speaking English and Japanese? ...
Jump to postIt's more useful to ask about monthly schedules, since that's typically what airlines actually do. Your weekly schedule could have nothing or it could be 100% full. But a monthly schedule is somewhat predictable. My airline's typical monthly schedule is based on around 70-80 credit hours, usually. ...
Jump to postWatching the live stream with the fire/rescue and investigation teams digging around the rear of the A350 cabin, presumably trying to get into the rear avionics bay to get the CVR and FDR out made me grin when I saw everyone in hard-hats, masks and safety goggles, and the JTSB team members in baseb...
Jump to postThousands of HUD hours, I don’t see it being a problem, if the crew had the intensity at a proper setting. You look through the HUD, NOT at the HUD display. If it were difficult to see through, it’d be one, useless and two, uncertifiable.Second, EVS, don’t know the A350 installation. would have sho...
Jump to postThis is actually very telling. The HUD displays and all the texts on it make it difficult to "see through", especially during landings at night. I could imagine the HUD being partly to blame for the crews inability to see the Dash 8 on the runway. I second that. Thousands of HUD hours, I ...
Jump to postJAL A350 are all fitted with dual HUD. I can see JAL pushing to implement such "runway night intrusion check" system on it. It will of course depend on the investigation results and it will takes year but Japanese airlines tends to be very cautious. This is actually very telling. The HUD ...
Jump to postI was line pilot (FO) on NW 747-200 and was called up to ferry a couple of the whales down to Pinal Airpark for salvage. The CPT was a management pilot who specialized in those type of flights. Evidently we were operating under Part 91 rules which I didn't know a heck of lot of the differences. He ...
Jump to postHello! Please write a sample schedule and list of flights for an airline pilot for a week. How does a pilot's week and flights for the week work out, i.e. an approximate schedule for the week? There are about a thousand answers to this question. Rosters depend on airline, fleet, season, seniority, ...
Jump to postAs N1120A says, filling up to the brim is practically unheard of. Yes - almost no widebody, except perhaps for the early A330 without the center tank enabled, can carry both full capacity fuel and an acceptable payload. But my math suggests that the Project Sunrise A350-1000 flying on SYD-LHR or ME...
Jump to postAs N1120A says, filling up to the brim is practically unheard of. On a widebody it would also cut into payload capacity to an unacceptable degree. At some point, you have to choose between payload and fuel, since if you max out both you'll exceed MTOW by a wide margin. I've rarely seen 110-120 tonne...
Jump to postI just think offering a field trip in New England to customers who paid a premium to fly SIN-NYC non-stop is not the right thing to do if I could avoid it by taking sufficient fuel to allow for long holdings. And the beauty of the ULR is that it can hold more fuel than the minimum required even tho...
Jump to postThat's exactly it. If for the reasons I exposed above, they want more reserves for this trip than they would for another destination, the ULR has the capacity for it even though NYC is 8200nm from SIN. If for example, taking 30 minutes or an hour worth of extra fuel would reduce the chance of diver...
Jump to postThe basic reason is that PA used Planned Re-dispatch. I guess TW did that same. This technique is also how they could much later fly A310s westbound across the pond. 1. You plan a flight from LHR-LAX. 2. Instead of doing a straight plan, you do a re-dispatch plan for LHR-SEA That means you load: Es...
Jump to postBasically. But also, less flaps and less power when runways are nice and long with flat terrain. Less power also if the runway is contaminated. Because of counterintuitive minimum control speed reasons. Is changing thrust along the roll considered an option? I know that was done in Concorde, althou...
Jump to postSo in summary, more power and less flaps when obstacles are limiting; more flaps when runway is limited. Basically. But also, less flaps and less power when runways are nice and long with flat terrain. Less power also if the runway is contaminated. Because of counterintuitive minimum control speed ...
Jump to postIMHO a mixed fleet that is also a small fleet is an indicator of a poorly run airline. Not necessarily, as said upthread, they are leased and probably using power by the hour and so fleet commonality is less important. Also with 14 A330 total in the fleet, that's not a "small" fleet. 14 A...
Jump to postThe FAA has fairly recently granted first class medicals to a few persons with diagnosed Aspbergers. ADHD is probably not far behind Why can't they recognize that people take medicine to function normally?? A bit of a blanket statement. Many medications can be taken, as long as approved. If I test ...
Jump to postThis would be an improvement, with GLS you can have different approach angles on the same runway. FRA does this so you can have a medium following a super closer. The super on a 2.8 degree approach and the medium on a 3 degree. The other advantage of GLS is the one transmitter could cover all the B...
Jump to postWhy can't they recognize that people take medicine to function normally?? A bit of a blanket statement. Many medications can be taken, as long as approved. If I test positive on a drug test but it turns out this was due to a medicine that a) I have a prescription for, and b) the authority approves ...
Jump to postIMHO a mixed fleet that is also a small fleet is an indicator of a poorly run airline. Well I`ve flown Virgin many times & found them to be excellent, I`d choose them over BA & any US airline & while I don`t know the state of their finances but as a passenger I can`t fault them. They ev...
Jump to postI actually wanted to ask similar question... As far as I understand flap settings names have somewhat vague correspondence to actual airfoil positions. So are 17 and 18 are as close as they sound, or there is actually more or less uniform distribution of locked positions within the range of motion?...
Jump to postThanks for your response Starloin--much appreciated and was aware of many of your comments. Usually the ATIS has 2 and 34 in use, with general aviation (including biz jets) using 2 and virtually all commercial on 34. 2 is a quicker taxi to the terminal and slightly less air time. Again just an obse...
Jump to postIt isn't like we choose to "take" a runway on the day. We fly what we are cleared to fly, and the ATIS will tell us what to expect. We can request another runway if operationally necessary, but if ATC tells us to use a given runway, and we can do it in terms of performance, that is what ha...
Jump to postWhat is the difference between Flaps 17 & 18? Tweaking of leading edge devices? Trailing edge position. Boeing airplanes only have two leading edge positions: Sealed and Gapped. I actually wanted to ask similar question... As far as I understand flap settings names have somewhat vague correspon...
Jump to postAgreed with N1120A. Chinese ATC will do things like this. And offer no explanation beyond "level not available".
Jump to postOn Airbus, autotrim in pitch is on all the time. - Take off pitch trim is set once engines are started, either manually on older examples or automatically on newer ones. - In Normal Law, pitch response to a stick input is a a load factor, meaning the more you pull, the more G you get. - In the trans...
Jump to postDear all, Thank you for all the interesting information in this thread. One more question from my side: When you refer to "GPS", are you talking about the US-based Navstar/GPS strictly, or to all satellite-based positioning services like Galileo, Glonass, Baidu, etc.? I also wonder wether...
Jump to postFeet on the footrests on approach? Was the person performing critical safety of flight pilot stuff at the same time? Back in the round gauge days, guys used to break the glass on one of the 727 gauges all the time. I once saw a guy turning the OBS with his feet. I wrote "in the cruise". ;)
Jump to postThanks! Interesting! And could you as a pilot just decide to deselect GPS when flying in that region and revert to radio? (Or could you only do that on one FMS as an "isolated" reference for IRS/GPS on the other FMS? We can deselect GPS if we want. But I've never had to go there. GPS jamm...
Jump to postI'm with Aaron 747. Wake turbulence is likely. I don't understand why the autopilot disconnect would go off twice though. Unless they re-engaged the autopilot after the first event. If you were getting a little close in trail behind a heavy, and had an inkling to expect a wake encounter, would it n...
Jump to postI'm with Aaron 747. Wake turbulence is likely. I don't understand why the autopilot disconnect would go off twice though. Unless they re-engaged the autopilot after the first event. I'll be the 3rd to say wake turbulence was most likely. Only thing that comes to mind about the autopilot re-engageme...
Jump to postA lot of knowledgeable and interesting posts on this topic. But I wonder, how does pilot scheduling outside of the US, e.g. in Europe, Asia or Middle East work? I work in Asia but my post above only applies to my airline of course. In general, I get the feeling that in Asia, seniority has meaning, ...
Jump to postI'm with Aaron 747. Wake turbulence is likely.
I don't understand why the autopilot disconnect would go off twice though. Unless they re-engaged the autopilot after the first event.
Thanks for that link! It makes for a very interesting read! Here's an excerpt: [my annotations] ⋅ Consider de-selecting GPS as a sensor input to the FMS (to avoid nav uncertainty) [... or], if possible, de-selecting GPS updating to the IRS (to avoid loss of IRS) [that's also suggested in...
Jump to postIt could have been a gradual process no? And since the nav display doesn't show anything suspicious (you're still in course it thinks) it might be hard to spot Actually, it happens pretty quickly......https://ops.group/blog/gps-spoofing-update-08nov2023/ Thanks for that link! It makes for a very in...
Jump to postA lot of knowledgeable and interesting posts on this topic. But I wonder, how does pilot scheduling outside of the US, e.g. in Europe, Asia or Middle East work? I work in Asia but my post above only applies to my airline of course. In general, I get the feeling that in Asia, seniority has meaning, ...
Jump to poststeamgauge wrote:I have only seen 4 in my career:
DFW's twy EE
ATL's twy Victor
AMS's twy Zulu
FRA's twy's Tango and Uniform
The only reason LH, or any other airline, has this policy of no visual approaches at night, or similar policies, in place is because of repeated incidents of pilots being unable to hand fly visual approaches. There have been many incidents (go arounds, hard landings, landing beyond the touchdown zo...
Jump to postOne question that I haven't seen answered...is it unusual for a major airline like LH to not be able to fly a night visual? Is it only certain crew or everyone? AFAIK this sort of company regulation, or some variation, is not unusual. For example, our ops manual states we should only conduct visual...
Jump to postI must admit that going from #1 F/O (most senior) to second most junior CA on the 777 in the same base feels like a step backwards at first! There's nothing like having total control over your schedule and nothing to loose as the pay of both positions is actually comparable when you consider that w...
Jump to postThanks guys. Loving the circular runway ! Lol. Just out of curiosity what would happen to an aircraft taking off down a hill, a runway with say a 30 or 40 degree downward slope ? It would definitely get a performance boost. But it raises issues in case the takeoff needs to be rejected. You'd have t...
Jump to postIf you want to make the airplanes more efficient, you're probably better off increasing the takeoff roll. Many engines are sized for OEI thrust and climb gradients, so if you double the length of every runway out there you can get away with smaller engines, which will then weigh less and consequent...
Jump to post3. As far as what we do on weekends, many of us work! We "bid" for schedules each month and they are awarded in seniority order, so typically the most senior pilots have the most "normal" schedules (i.e. weekends off) and the rest of us get what we get. As others have pointed ou...
Jump to postAs a surveyor I'm curious how the aircraft's GNSS systems work. Are they only using one constellation? Between GPS/GLONASS/GAL/BDS our receivers can be picking up 30+ satellites at any given time, and that's in much less favorable conditionsfor satellite signal, dealing with tree cover and multipat...
Jump to postAs a surveyor I'm curious how the aircraft's GNSS systems work. Are they only using one constellation? Between GPS/GLONASS/GAL/BDS our receivers can be picking up 30+ satellites at any given time, and that's in much less favorable conditionsfor satellite signal, dealing with tree cover and multipat...
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