We have been having hurricane forced winds in this storm event, some areas exceeding 95mph. That's hardly a breeze. https://www.9news.com/article/weather/weather-colorado/high-fire-danger-colorado-wind/73-dedd3523-1c99-4024-b25e-5d4e19352ff2 Most hobbyist drones won't fly in winds even a third as s...
Jump to postWhy? Judging from the article all of the extra GA traffic in the vicinity Thankfully, when I opened the article I was worried it was going to be "We can do night but not short night during day" I was at an FAA WINGS event the other week and they asked everyone there that if we didn't have...
Jump to postn471wn wrote:This is so good to see. The Concorde I flew is now in Barbados and years ago we cruised down to see it and I sat in my seat once more. But I heard that the exhibit is now closed. Can anyone give us an update?
I am going to go out in a limb here and say the drop and the screen going blank are not directly related but indirectly related. The drop was likely caused by CAT/weather. The drop then caused other system related messaging and because it hadn’t been rebooted (as reported by others) caused whatever ...
Jump to postAirline apps are becoming more and more sophisticated and can handle cancellations, hotels and rebookings. One of my recent United flights was cancelled due to a mechanical. I immediately got an option for rebooking which I could accept or decline and then a hotel booking at their expense. I didn't...
Jump to postIf this is true, the crew should be held criminally responsible. I am all for obeying the crew and harsh penalties for those that don’t. But the flip side is that the crew is there to make the best health and safety decision for the passengers. And this seems to clearly be a severe dereliction of du...
Jump to postI'm interested to understand why 5 FAs were injured but only 1 pax. During landing all should have been strapped in ... Could be the seatbelt harness from the jumpseat. I could be awfully wrong, but IIRC, the jump seats and cabin crew seats has a more rough, uncomfortable seating, the seat cushion ...
Jump to postAll my checklists in my Cirrus are in the MFD. I would have assumed that was the case in the MAX as wel l. Sure I have the POH and laminated as back ups, but using the paper/laminated checklist is 3rd in my priority of options (iPad, MFD, Paper/Laminated, then POH). I can see a lot of problems in a...
Jump to postNail the checklist to the dash? Require headsets to come with chin straps? The 737 has a clipboard on the yoke that a lot of PNF hang the next checklist from. It's not like they just toss the checklists and other items wherever they feel like(as some people toss whatever, wherever in their cars). T...
Jump to postThere is a pretty big contingent - I am one of them - that thinks current NOTAMs are garbage. I hope, but doubt, this event will change. The taxiway closures and cranes are insane. Agreed. The crew or dispatchers of MH17 should have read the NOTAM warning about the active war zone they were about t...
Jump to postAgreed. The crew or dispatchers of MH17 should have read the NOTAM warning about the active war zone they were about to fly into, but you would have needed a university degree in navigation degree in linguistics to translate the NOTAM they were given. Here’s the current NOTAMS for Haneda: https://o...
Jump to postPF: “Did the tower clear us to line and wait at C5? PM: “the stop bar lights are NOT on, so yes”. You’ve had a long day, taxied around a busy airport, somewhat steep authority in the cockpit, tired, frustrated by the rescue work, could that be part of the JCG scenario? Sure could. Stop bar lights b...
Jump to postA technical question. Moderators, please move this to Tech/Ops if needs be, and thanks you. Here goes. When pressurization is lost quickly, like when a window, or in this case a large piece of the aircraft blows out, how does it affect the structural integrity of the rest of the airframe? Do things...
Jump to postkrsw757 wrote:Someday, somehow, ZMA and ZJX will see level 12. Probably happen the day after I retire.
I second that. Thousands 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....
Jump to postNothing officially sourced but I’ve heard from some other people I know more familiar with this airport that it’s sounding like less of an accident. Very unfortunate "it’s sounding like less of an accident. Very unfortunate" That's a nice way to put it as I am hearing the same thing. Trag...
Jump to postGryder’s video is filled with suppositions based on nothing. I’ve avoided listening to him, now I know. It’s a Part 25 jet certified to the same standard as a Learjet or a Boeing 777. No you could not put a Private Pilot without a ME rating. See Part 61.55. There’s an easy explanation for leveling ...
Jump to postRIP to all onboard. I did have a question, and forgive my ignorance to these things, but do corporate/GA aircraft that are pressurized not have a warning system of some sort to aler the pilots that the cabin is losing or is no longer pressurized? Granted, if it's a sudden depressurization (ie the W...
Jump to postCNN reporting that it was the pilot, the daughter of the owner, the grand daughter of the owner, and the nanny. Sad.
Certainly the most probable is decompression and incapacitation. The only somewhat good thing is that they likely just “fell asleep” and had no fear or pain. Rough still though.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/26/asia/south-korea-plane-door-opens-midair-intl-hnk/index.html An airline official said a man in his 30s who was sitting at the emergency seat seemed to have opened the door when the aircraft was about 700 feet (213 meters) above the ground and about two to three minute...
Jump to postWith logic like this, rural areas wouldn't have roads or electricity. Airports would need to be built by private entities without power of eminent domain or access to public bond issuances (hint: that means no airports would be built). There would be no public transportation. The non-sarcastic answ...
Jump to postI know the FAA has asked for service cuts at some eastern US Cities, BUT? are there reasons they cut service to smaller cities as well? I realize the express carriers might be short of pilots as they're jumping ship for the majors, but why not move more regional service west and connect non hub cit...
Jump to postThe graphic highlights one thing for me. In a past post I said something like this was 75/25 ATC vs Southwest fault. But that graphic… man… they essentially were along the same path for almost two miles (26 seconds!) with the only separation being the altitude FedEx climbed to. That is insane. No wo...
Jump to postThe way I read the article is that they are not asking to be off the record, they are asking for it not to be recorded and for it to be transcribed. Also, it does appear the Union is who is advising this course of action. Lastly, I really think the Crew knew they screwed up and screwed up bad. And ...
Jump to postThe way I read the article is that they are not asking to be off the record, they are asking for it not to be recorded and for it to be transcribed. Also, it does appear the Union is who is advising this course of action. Lastly, I really think the Crew knew they screwed up and screwed up bad. And I...
Jump to postWhile I don’t think it is 50/50 ATC/SW. To say no blame on SW is also not right. If they needed 30 second runup on the runway they should have made that known. Yes it doesn’t sound like ATC said “no delay” in the clearance, but by acknowledging FedEx on 3 mile final, should have had the same effect....
Jump to postI flew ORD-LAS on Sunday. We were filed at FL280 which was my first indication that something was up. Had ForeFlight going the whole time and the vast majority of the flight was GS 360 KTS. When we got closer to LAS we got up to 380 KTS. But that was it.
Jump to postLive streaming from the accident aircraft? Wow. Has to be a first right? I have never heard of that. 70ish people on an airplane landing? I would guess at least one of them flipped on cell data and is livestreaming on *some* platform their landing wherever. Probably less likely Cedar Rapids, more l...
Jump to postThe new philosophy for stall recovery no longer includes full power. Depending on type, that could lead to nose up forces. Just reduce angle of attack. Power when speed is recovered. Of course there are a lot of different aircraft, and different trainings, but I have always heard apply and have app...
Jump to postikolkyo wrote:Live streaming from the accident aircraft? Wow.
Yes flaps looks like are down. Just out of curiosity what is the stall procedure for the ATR? Standard like nose down, gain airspeed, flaps up? I wouldn’t touch the flaps, for one thing they reduce the stall speed so having them out would help. In any case and on any aircraft regardless of type or ...
Jump to postThis was out yesterday afternoon but I was to tired to post it before bed. According to Delta spokesman it says the crew timed out and that is why it was delayed until Saturday morning.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/jfk- ... index.html
Did the FAA ever stop and think that when they let everyone and their uncle issue Notams instead of the old way of doing things of FSS issuing Notams that they opened up their system to the transfer of Computer Viruses and Trojans? Probably wasn't even a virus or trojan; it was probably someone add...
Jump to postgoboeing wrote:The entire NOTAM system is a joke, separate from this outage.
https://news.yahoo.com/doctor-battled-5-hours-save-112609356.html Doctor saves man for 5 hours on a flight from LHR to BLR. Impressive if true. But man, you’d think they could have diverted somewhere? I know the article says they requested to go to Pakistan and was denied (not sure I buy that either...
Jump to postUnless they are packaging this with a major tourism expansion, I just don't see it. The big pacific islander markets are California and Hawaii. The one exception to that is Tongans in Utah, but the overall demand for something out of SLC isn't great and they don't work with Delta anyway. Honestly t...
Jump to postAlso, I’d think the spoilers would be impacted by the hydraulic lines being drained due to the sheer of the landing gear.
I think upthread someone said likely 2 of the 3 hydraulic lines would almost certainly been useless immediately after the impact with the 3rd potentially also impacted.
So, the fire truck missed the turn? It would seem like it, the truck was supposed to turn right on the road that runs parallel to the runway, that is what is being investigated now. BTW, all ARFFs have a black box as the aircraft, all of them have been shipped to the manufacturer (Rosenbauer) in Fr...
Jump to postPilots were taken into custody https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/cockpit-representatives-bristle-over-police-detention-of-lima-collision-pilots/151046.article Oh for Christ sake….this is the most moronic action I’ve seen from the authorities of a country in decades…every single piece of informati...
Jump to posthttps://news.yahoo.com/peru-airport-say ... 11135.html
Interesting. Sounds like finger pointing already.
Airport saying ARFF had clearance from ATC.
ATC saying they had a clearance, but not a clearance to enter the runway.
Going to get interesting…
A closer look at his path I think he overshot the ILS intercept and likely got disoriented and probably didn’t recover from that disorientation. To me it looks like right when he should have turned left to intercept the localizer, he turned right instead. And then recognized he wasn’t on the locali...
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Jump to postA closer look at his path I think he overshot the ILS intercept and likely got disoriented and probably didn’t recover from that disorientation. To me it looks like right when he should have turned left to intercept the localizer, he turned right instead. And then recognized he wasn’t on the localiz...
Jump to postThis happened about a half a mile from my house right next to a popular bike/walking path. Luckily due to the weather, not many people out on the path. Was headed from Jekyll Island to PDK. Alpharetta isn't exactly "on the way", unless perhaps they were spotting fall foliage, which is in ...
Jump to postSomething needs to be figured out for the A321 and 739. Boarding (and more importantly) deboarding those are the worst. It’s gotten to the point where I’ll pick around flying on them. Even with (lowly) status on DL, I find unless I am in Comfort Plus it is just such a pain. I really think Airbus mis...
Jump to postI fly GA (Cirrus) with a TCAS-like alert system TIS. It won’t do RA, but the rest is very similar. I am also an advocate for ADS-B being expanded to E under 10000 and G. I was climbing out of Bentonville (KVBT) a few months back on an IFR flight plan but in VMC. We were just outside the Class C. ATC...
Jump to postI have flown on 9 trips in the past 3 months. Never waited in TSA line more than 5 minutes. Yes I am PreCheck but the non-PreCheck line at most looked like 30 minutes and usually 15. I’d say that I am sure there are some anomalies sometime, but overall I have been a lot happier with TSA than I have ...
Jump to postThat’s quite an assumption, isn’t it? Not really, considering most of these flight schools take a student from zero to CFI and then have the CFI fly with and build time while instructing sometimes multiple students in the same airplane. And yes I understand that he has every right to operate out of...
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