I’m short, yes the operations software is updated.
On older systems, it requires a shop visit. Newer units can be updated/upgraded via data loader/PMAT/laptop/PCMCIA/whatever.
Some computers, such as the FMC or the EGPWS have their databases routinely updated.
phatfarmlines wrote:E-payments aside, do postmarked dates not matter anymore?
the white arcs give the allowable difference between the left and right flap. If there is an asymmetry where the indicators go outside the bounds of those white arcs,. I’m not sure that’s quite right. As I recall, the allowable asymmetry between sides is something like .045” or .050” on the indicat...
Jump to postIt’s how airlines deemed the MD-11 to be unsafe (or less safe, for you fans of semantics, but the effect is the same) in the first place all those years ago. Actually, there is a big difference, semantics aside. “Unsafe” tends to be an objective determination. If an aircraft is deemed unsafe it wil...
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DaProf wrote:Ham
Beer can turkey…an adaptation of my beer can chicken recipe 12 hour slow cooked brisket Sausage-Apple stuffing Mushroom stuffing Pumpkin pie Pecan pie Pumpkin loaf That’s what I’m putting on the table. Rumor has it, other folks will bring the stuff I’m not responsible for. Pineapple Casserole That’s...
Jump to postconvair880mfan wrote:have changes mandated by the FAA
convair880mfan wrote:safe
ItnStln wrote:Thanks, I'll give them a shot! Do you do them on the stove or grill?
30’ish years ago, we were contracted to fly Paul McCartney’s (I think) stage set from city to city. No way the set could be loaded from the side door. Some of the individual bits were too long. So, any load that can not be loaded through the side door would be a candidate, though going through the n...
Jump to postDo you guys have recipes you can give me by chance? This is one of those recipes that I wing every time I make it, but basically: 1lb brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved 1 tablespoon or so of your fat of choice (butter, oil, bacon grease, etc.) !/4 cup honey 1 tablespoon soy sauce Medium to high h...
Jump to postWell it’s still amazing that a device designed to kill is simply to be made safe by what enthusiasts think is obvious and therefore everyone else should know too somehow. So, it's not obvious to you that a "device designed to kill" should be verified safe by the end user prior to use as a...
Jump to postHere's George Clooney's take on it. It seems that he's always done his own safety checks and it's kind of the industry standard. https://www.wfsb.com/george-clooney-rust-shooting-insane/article_2871d6a6-80c0-56a7-a161-24ae21146814.html#:~:text=George%20Clooney%20has%20shared%20his%20thoughts%20on%2...
Jump to postDo you add toasted sesame seeds, or even almonds to that? No, it's a very simple and quick recipe. Though sesame seeds may add a little depth. I thought this was going to be about how you should wrap the brussel sprouts in bacon and add a honey glaze. No need, if you use bacon grease to cook the sp...
Jump to postI work with a bunch of diehard Being the boss on this shift, I've pretty much banned political talk if it even looks like it'll get spirited. Though my employees and colleagues may suspect my political leanings, I take pride that I've never confirmed them to anyone. Why talk sports? Or finance? My ...
Jump to postUnless you're trying to prove causation, it really doesn't matter, though reconciling...does anyone do that anymore?...is made simpler if your ledger entries match the bank's. So, the pizza pi(e) at 3:14. Your real ethical dilemma should be obvious: why buy brussels sprouts? They are nasty. Clearly ...
Jump to postNope, got one cousin who is a far right nut. I just try to talk to him and it usually goes nowhere. So we agree to disagree. It's not worth it. Why talk politics at all? Realistically, if you let politics get between you and your friends/family, you’re the problem. I’m the outlier amongst my siblin...
Jump to postHmm I must be misremembering the location then! I have decided that the brain has limited capacity and once that capacity has been reached, new things bump out old things. The catch: it's not a first-in, first-out process. The brain randomly kicks out data to accommodate the new data. I completely ...
Jump to post[twoid][/twoid] Those are the packs you can hear in that location as well as the pack cooling fans. The pack cooling fans turn off automatically after the flaps are retracted. I was thinking pack fans also. The hydraulic pumps tend to whine and change pitch a little bit, even under steady load. Thou...
Jump to postYou’re not using the pneumatics for T/Rs very often, so not an issue. Pneumatics on the 727 IIRC and on the Challenger/CRJ Yup, the B727. It seemed to me that those actuators froze up more often than the hydraulic ones on other aircraft. And, you never know you have a leaking line either, until it ...
Jump to postIsn't this also a bit of a chicken and egg problem? There is typically no hydraulic pressure before the first engine has started. So you can't run the actuators on hydraulics during engine start because hydraulic pressure is provided by the running engines. The fuel pumps, however, will be running....
Jump to post25 years of marriage have taught me one thing, unless a woman asks you, explicitly to fix something or provide advice, all she wants is somebody to vent to...someone to listen to her and support her. Until her body's chemistry establishes the new normal, your buddy needs to be patient and be there.....
Jump to postWoodreau wrote:Neither. Spoiled airport fast food that waited a little too long to get to cruise to consume it
You say ‘down’ is ‘on’, but it only applies to the overhead panel as I recall, where ‘down’ is actually ‘forward’, so ‘forward’ is ‘on’,
As explained to me when we (Evergreen) had TWA do some of our work. Incidentally, we had an ex-TWA bird with the ribbons…N472EV, I believe.
If the aircraft have systems that differ greatly…or sometimes not too greatly…from the ‘base’ fleet, then a differences course is put together. This course may be a formal class, or just a document highlighting the differences. In the days of paper, micro-film and micro-fiche, you may have had a dif...
Jump to postI had LASIK 21 years ago, so I'm not too sure that my experience will translate very well. I did it right after working a night shift. Went home and slept. Woke up feeling fine. Had a halo in my vision for a few days. Put rewetting drops in anytime I felt the need. As I recall, they gave me some ana...
Jump to postAlso wondering, since I lack aircraft manuals for the type, how the DC-8 flaps worked. Flap hinges? Flap tracks? Looks like those little square things on the flaps have something to do with it. So hard to know what is going on if one lacks the manuals. Thanks for any explanations and insights! Flap...
Jump to postI can't imagine that de-ice trucks would be brought along.
I suspect that the trucks to be used are inspected, filled and then quarantined, under guard, until use. The crews are probably screened and cleared by the SS. And, the entire de-ice operation overseen by the appropriate crew chief.
An attorney for the armorer on the movie set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer said Wednesday that he believes someone might have been trying to sabotage the set by putting a live round in a box of dummy ammunition. So, were they supposed to be blank rounds or dummy rounds? Th...
Jump to postAnyone know how much longer it would take to stow a #2 reverser that is stuck in the deploy position? Can you do it from the patio, or do you need a lift truck? 1604340 You should be able to do it from the patio. But, if you've got to gain access to that upper actuator, you'll need a truck or snork...
Jump to post77west wrote:I would have thought an INOP reverser on the center engine is preferable to 1 or 3.
delta-flyer wrote:, but I assume it was a fan blade separation.
That would be great. Would save a lot of downline delays and interruptions. We didn't have such restrictions. Funny thing is, if there was a stuck reverser or any other engine problem, there was a more than 1/3 chance it was #2. Not because of maintenance, #2 always got the same love as the others. ...
Jump to postWhy should they be held to a higher standard than the average American? It is still a weapon. I’m not sure they are being held to a higher standard. Yes, it’s in the news quite a bit, but that’s because of the people involved. When Cheney shot his buddy in that hunting incident, it was in the news ...
Jump to postYou seem to expect service above what you want to pay for. No, I expect the agreed upon service that I paid the agreed upon price for. Nothing more, nothing less. I was commenting on McDonald’s past(?) practice of providing some sort of small compensation if you had to wait too long or if they got ...
Jump to postI think everyone responsible for the weapon on this set was supposed to have training and I bet the studio has insurance. Lots of good questions from that statement. Is there a training requirement for those handling firearms on a movie/tv/theatre set? Who does the requirement apply to? Is it an in...
Jump to postQuestions about the horizontal stabilizer tank: 1) on planes that had/have the horizontal stabilizer tank, is that used primarily for feeding the APU? ; 2) How do they fill the tail tank? Is it through the ports on the wings or is there a separate filling point? Thanks for any responses to these qu...
Jump to postOh thats very intresting to know I wasnt aware of such malfunction flight..Thanks for making me aware of such flights too which I will keep in mind for it could be one of the myriads of possibilities why landing gears arent retracted. A gear down dispatch does not necessarily mean the flight is a m...
Jump to postOne thing he said always stuck with me and that was if he were a ball club manager, he would wear a suit instead of a uniform. That made sense at the time, but, managers now wear uniforms because of history. Back in the early days, managers would actually play so the tradition just stayed. https://...
Jump to postAt McDonald's in times past if you waited a bit long they would give you something, like an extra hamburger, they don't do that anymore though (probably because it used to be a burger that had been there for some minutes and now they trash it...). I can’t recall if it was because of a long wait or ...
Jump to postNo, we do not. Pilots do not check that engineers have locked out a valve, pulled a C/B or have correctly performed any of the maintenance procedures called for by the maintenance manual. They just trust that it has been done, by qualified professionals, then accept and fly the aircraft upon checki...
Jump to postShould there not be a level of trust in there to?. Read my post about trust and verification. I’d refer back to it, but I’m on my iPad. Simply, pilots and mechanics trust each other, but we verify that each other has properly done their jobs, because mistakes do happen. Further, as a mechanic, I pr...
Jump to postL410Turbolet wrote:To love animals not necessarily means one has to OWN animals.
Other than Dunkin Donuts for coffee, nothing else; haven’t stopped for fast food in decades. Thanks for the warning, I’ll keep my record going. Same here, except for the occasional Egg McMuffin. I really don’t do fast food, I didn’t outgrow so much as never tried it. I lived on that trash, but turn...
Jump to postFedEx literally flies empty planes around in circles to make sure there is always a spare nearby. Operational reliability and flexibility are far more important than whatever savings they would get from generating an STC that allows for non-CDL use of MD-11s w/o winglets. UPS used to fly an empty D...
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:Red Sox should call it the Lobster Pound, just because.
Yes, as it refers to safety. What does responsibility mean with regards to gun safety? How does (or doesn’t) competency with regards to that play into that? Wow, getting deep. Safety and responsibility are intertwined. In this specific case, as the end-user, Baldwin should have checked the conditio...
Jump to postI am confused by what is meant by responsibility then, specifically as it refers to safety. Responsibility and safety are interrelated. You didn’t ask that. You asked about the relationship between competency and responsibility. If it weren’t for the constitution you would agree with only allowing ...
Jump to postAs PETA slowly descends into further irrelevance.
Brewers: Bar Stool
Mariners: The Beach
Red/White Sox: Sock Drawer
Too easy.
By responsible do you imply competent? Not all all. I, unfortunately, know a person or two who are very competent shooters, but I would not exactly call them responsible. I think complacency play a part in that; or maybe it doesn’t. I have helped plenty of folks learn to shoot that were fastidious ...
Jump to postWhy, then, is it not possible at all in any way to think Baldwin is a responsible gun owner? Because of this one incident? If we are going to do that, let's go down the list of "but it only happened that one time" that were excused through history. Yes. This one incident caused the death ...
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