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Misjudged it. Given the conditions seem pretty mild, the aircraft is moving around a bit on the approach, so I get the feeling that he's...

#1 wouldn't shut down at all. The reason was actually a safety system, working as it was designed. Basically to ensure that an...

Maybe air intake for the APU

Not that I know of. With four engines it was considered unnecessary. And not all RATs are equal. Some provide electricity, but others...

Did any model of the 747 have a RAT?

I can't really tell you much about this at all. Whilst it existed for some years prior to my retirement, I never saw it in action...

OQD has a bung APU - that was the initial cause of our delay apparently, and then we sat at the hold point at the runway for a few...

You have to remember that I was only ever part of QF mainline, and we simply didn’t see any FOs until they had been around for quite a...

Although I posted a laugh at the comment above, my experience is that Australians have no issue with authority at all, as long as the...

I believe an academic in the UK researched this phenomenon several years ago as part of a broader study into flight safety and culture...

Specific CRM training was introduced around 30 years ago. The initial idea was to ensure the quieter amongst the crew stood up and made...

I work with hardware and software engineers. I can verify that they most certainly are in a league of their own.

F-4 Phantom. ‘Cos basically they just looked mean. In the airliner world, perhaps the 767-400. Though not dramatically different to the...

SR-71 Blackbird.

Been a long time since I’ve travelled on a QF A380 but they are my favourite aircraft so need to give them another go at some stage