If the plane is left overnight, the fuel pump pushbuttons would all be in the OFF position. Setting them to OFF is part of the parking flow, so after every sector. It would seem logical that this also resets the timer. I'm guessing CTR TK LOW LVL is the lowest fuel quantity that can be detected acc...
Jump to postThank you all so much for the replies here, they’re all a big help! I guess all I’m wondering now what exactly the 5 min time delay is. That sounds to me like something that is encountered when the tank hits low level in flight in the case that it is fuelled where after that time delay it will then ...
Jump to postI have a question regarding the motorized fuel pumps that are used for the center tank on the older A320s that have the center tank that directly feeds engines. https://i.imgur.com/FyJaYI4.png In this image at the bottom is the logic for how it is supposed to work with the pump selected on and mode ...
Jump to postMy hunch is that the pandemic is a convenient excuse for not having to admit that they’ve failed once again.
Jump to postIt’s times like this you look back and say if only they had diverted or been able to hold for better weather if it was that bad (IDK the culture of this airline or how they like to fuel their planes). We will see with time what exactly happened, I feel like we’ll see the choices were not made right ...
Jump to postWhat will AC use to replace this type? The A321 is too small (although it's a decent 762 replacement) and the 788 and A333 are too big. 787s, A330s and MAXs.... I imagine there will be an A321LR/XLR order at some point to replace some of the 767 flying. The MAX, assuming it ever comes back, isn’t q...
Jump to postWell I never got the chance to try the MD-90 so I better try the 717 before it’s too late.
I like how they were retired on the same day. At least they somewhat got the send off they deserved unlike Air Canada’s 767.
The arrival of AC439 operated by C-FTCA into YYZ gate D37 on June 2, 2020 at 7:30PM marks the end of the 38 years Air Canada operated the 767. This was the plane (the -200) that made the famous landing in Gimli and also was the plane we Canadians would fly on often times if we wanted to fly to the d...
Jump to postThe E190 is victim to how poorly it’s engines perform. It has been said that it has about the same operating cost as an A319 while carrying. I even saw claimed once that the fuel burn is comparable to a 737-8! It’s sad that it had do die off so quickly even if it was a type I wasn’t very fond of at ...
Jump to postThe problem I have with all of this is the general public, the media, and the the governments chest thumping about SCIENCE when they do not have any concept of science and how it is a process that takes years and is a process that is not designed to prove something but only to attempt to show a hypo...
Jump to postA 767 can't cross the Atlantic at full payload either, but that doesn't prevent it from somehow being the hottest cargo plane of A.net. 767F has a wingspan that can fit in far more common parking spaces on cargo aprons... Oh come one, not that nonsense again, you are better than that. This isn't th...
Jump to postThe only direct competitor the A330 had was the 767-400 which was a bit of a crippled design and otherwise the A340. The A330 did not have much for competitors back then. Now it competes directly with the 787. I would say that because of this the 330N won’t sell with quite the success the previous ...
Jump to postThe only direct competitor the A330 had was the 767-400 which was a bit of a crippled design and otherwise the A340. The A330 did not have much for competitors back then. Now it competes directly with the 787. I would say that because of this the 330N won’t sell with quite the success the previous r...
Jump to postAt 8:05PM C-FNAN operating AC621 arrived at gate in YYZ marking the end of E190 service at Air Canada. A few minutes before C-FMZD also completed its last service flight operating AC1130. There are no news links or anything yet as this is so recent and sudden. Think it’s sad when any type retires fr...
Jump to postI believe they start relatively instantaneous without delay and observing by ear they start within a fraction of a second. Another way to tell is how quickly they restart when there is a transition in AC source. It’s much easier with the newer version of the fuel pumps to tell by ear because they ma...
Jump to postIt sounds like you need to report a bug to whoever made this addon if it is an addon aircraft. I used the Aerosoft product on P3D and it isn’t perfect but the only issue it has at this point of the flight is that the CFM engines don’t reduce fast enough; otherwise, it never loses that kind of speed.
Jump to postEvery CF6 seems to do some version of this but anything -80A and newer doesn’t do that whine that these older ones do. This rumble I’ve noticed on some 767s for a split second hits just the right frequency to vibrate what seems to be ever panel in the cabin! Definitely a menacing sound.
Jump to postIf my memory serves me right, with no center electric hydraulic pumps running and the ADP in auto, there is 0 hydraulic pressure with no demand ( ex flap operation) and you can’t hear anything even standing by the ADP exhaust but if the ADP is turned on it is ridiculously loud. The 767-300 AMM stat...
Jump to postWell there goes any enjoy emend I had flying anywhere! No more 767s and nearly no more 320s so what’s left? The 737 :yuck: I guess the A220 will become my new best friend. I still wish they’d just cancel the thing. Boeing miserably failed to fulfil contract and lied about it being a safe product. If...
Jump to postWell the CF6 ended up being the most powerful of those level of engines and it also is louder than the PW4000-94 which makes sense. The most powerful engine in this case is simply the biggest one. The CF6 basically began as the CF6 and got changed here and there every time there was the need. The PW...
Jump to postIf my memory serves me right, with no center electric hydraulic pumps running and the ADP in auto, there is 0 hydraulic pressure with no demand ( ex flap operation) and you can’t hear anything even standing by the ADP exhaust but if the ADP is turned on it is ridiculously loud. The 767-300 AMM stat...
Jump to postThis is for anyone who knows about such things; I have been involved in project for a flight simulator that adds realistic audio for the 767 using the correct logic for all the systems. The ADP has to be about the most complicated to simulate with scripts and sound files since it is so dynamic on th...
Jump to postNothing for at least the next 15 years. Why not use brand new ATR42/72s? Canadian North, Air Saint Pierre, Northstar Air and First Air use them in Canada, without a problem. is sure the solution for long term fuel gozzling dash 8's That’s just it though; the -300 really isn’t a bad fuel guzzler, wh...
Jump to postEveryone" does not know this. What we do know from the aviation media is the software went through its audit with a few small problems that are being addressed, and before the covid shutdown the airplane was a few weeks away from the certification test flight. We do not have any credible repor...
Jump to postWhy on earth would the rest not be so easy to cancel? Boeing had not fulfilled their contractual obligations. With the delays already incurred, why is it not up to Air Canada to decide if they want to cancel some, all or none of their order? Just because they cancel some now doesn't mean they will ...
Jump to postWell there’s at least one I know for sure was in service still yesterday but that’s all I know.
Sad thing is apparently Jazz finds the -300 per seat more efficient than the -400.
I wonder if Boeing could re-engine the existing MAX-8 and 9 with the NG engines? That would at least salvage the airframe value. you dont understand the case the aerodynamical atittude of the airframes are the underlying problem other engines dont change that Well to be picky, if the fan is smaller...
Jump to postNot the first time this has happened to a 737 by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe it shouldn’t be certified for 75,000 to 100,000 cycles (or where ever in between it may be) because it seems like it’s just not cut out for that. Cracking is dangerous and shouldn’t happen. The 737 has a history o...
Jump to postMCAS was put on the MAX to make it's handling characteristics be so similar to the NG that pilots didn't need simulator training. By doing so airlines would save money on training which ultimately makes ordering the MAX more attractive. The higher placement of the engines does increase lift during ...
Jump to postNo! the problem isn't the engines. It was the stall protection MCAS system! Wasn't the MCAS install needed because the engines had to be set up higher on the pylon than previous models? So as a result, it is the engines. As the end of the day, it's a management failure to build a new design years a...
Jump to postAnd? You're including a tiny fleet of 37 Airbus at Air Transat in that figure. The 737's in Canada far outnumber the A32X fleets by a fair margin, still a minority. The numbers don't back you up on this. Not counting the MAX, as of March 8/2020, 5 largest airlines in Canada, or 4 if you want to be ...
Jump to postLikewise — I don’t know what Air Canada we’re thinking, buying the MAX. Canadians are getting as wide as their neighbours to the south, and the seats on a 737 are an inch narrower than on an A320. Huh? Not to mention clearly a regressive step in technology, and that was before MAXes started droppin...
Jump to postThe ET report points to a very serious problem with the MAX: when it goes out of trim nose-down, it's almost impossible to bring it back. Quite apart from the report, this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed by Boeing (who reduced the size of the trim wheels, and hence leverage, back with...
Jump to postWhat happens to this 300nmi range when the plane gets stuck in a hold or has to divert to an alternate? Is this 300 miles considering that possibility or can it literally only fly for 300 miles; if it’s the latter, that is basically useless for anything more than 20-30 mins of flying. I have nothing...
Jump to postAir Canada just can't stay out of trouble in SFO, eh? The joke doesn’t work sadly because it’s Jazz, not Air Canada. Flying on behalf of Air Canada, so yes, the joke does work :sarcastic: Only these things are Air Canada: the crew uniforms, the food, the coffee, the paint on the aircraft, the desti...
Jump to postThe foreign trained pilots did not hit the two switches that are memory items and would have saved their lives......and so they died. These US trained pilots lived.....seems like prof of training there. That’s not proof of anything as there is nothing to substantiate this as proof. In the first cas...
Jump to posttheasianguy wrote:Air Canada just can't stay out of trouble in SFO, eh?
It sounds like at this point they really would’ve been in better shape if they had ordered new A321s. It’s too bad they didn’t realize that the A321 can do great things the 737 cannot and thought that saving money was worth it. I mean their s20 would be in much better shape that’s for sure. What I’m...
Jump to postIt is fascinating to view the unfortunate Canadian regionalism issues manifest themselves on this aviation forum. You have Alberta/pro-carbon/anti-east WestJet people vs east/anti-climate change Air Canada people on here in many iterations. The WestJet (Alberta) fans are very sensitive to criticism...
Jump to postIt is fascinating to view the unfortunate Canadian regionalism issues manifest themselves on this aviation forum. You have Alberta/pro-carbon/anti-east WestJet people vs east/anti-climate change Air Canada people on here in many iterations. The WestJet (Alberta) fans are very sensitive to criticism...
Jump to postI can't find an article confirming it, but my mid-August YOW-YYZ flight on AC that was originally supposed to be a 7M8 has been swapped to an A320, so it seems AC is further extending their groundings in the schedule as well. I believe previously the cut-off date was July 1. I think they loaded a b...
Jump to postWhich other aircraft have garbage left in 80% of the fuel tanks by careless workers? They don’t (I hope). That’s a Boeing thing and it’s not surprising considering the other horror stories of those lines in Renton. It’s just an attempt to make Boeing not look as bad or as incompetent as they are. I...
Jump to postPeople seem to conveniently forget how many of these issues crop up in service on Modern Jetliners even some that have been in service for decades. Excepting for MCAS all the other issues regulators are finding with the MAX are usual ones that would not require a grounding and be covered by the AD ...
Jump to postIf only they had picked the A320... When the MAX entered service, I thought that AC had dodged a bullet because of the engine problems Airbus was having with the NEO, and the MAX intro seemed to go without a hitch. Then when I heard Lion Air crash was a MAX I thought "oh-oh". I have a hun...
Jump to postAir Canada is reportedly starting to think about a post-MAX world: https://www.lesailesduquebec.com/air-canada-en-discussion-avec-airbus/ They are considering an A321LR/XLR and A330 NEO order according to the link. Especially interesting was this part (my translation): "I think... we have exam...
Jump to postWith so many newer A330-300s around, I can see AC picking up a few more A333s. Great YUL/YYZ -Europe routes!! I do see some A321XLR in the fleet. But I cannot see a big fleet. Probably around 10. In reply #12 above, the guidance provided by Air Canada shows 15 321's in the mainline fleet and 14 in ...
Jump to postWith so many newer A330-300s around, I can see AC picking up a few more A333s. Great YUL/YYZ -Europe routes!! I do see some A321XLR in the fleet. But I cannot see a big fleet. Probably around 10. In reply #12 above, the guidance provided by Air Canada shows 15 321's in the mainline fleet and 14 in ...
Jump to postJust another sign of Boeing's endemic cultural problems. Shareholder value is priority first, second, and third at the expense of cheapening everything else like safety and quality. This myth needs to end. There is no shareholder value if you don't produce safe, quality products. They all tie in to...
Jump to postRight on. It’s almost like you were in the briefing. As stated by Delta, nothing in production comes close to the 757-200 and 300. The 321 neoLRwhatever is the stopgap but can’t quite do the job but is the closest out there. They were banking on the 797 but that’s not working out presently either. ...
Jump to postWell it would be more fair to compare the -500 to the -600 as they are more similar in size and role. The only thing that could be advantageous on the -500 is it’s still set up to be more of a regional jet, but that doesn’t seem to matter as much since it is just so old and considering what 737s do ...
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