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Did FOs and Captains also need to have the same (restricted?) FE license and associated FE knowledge? Or would it be possible for a Captain to get a promotion from say a 737 without FE station to a 747 classic with FE station and not have any formal training on how to do the FE's job on that...

So how does that work if you are doing a go-around at end of a flight with much less than 25,00kg of fuel in the tanks? Or is the acceleration profile a lot more gentle for a go-around such that there is no risk of the pumps becoming dry? Interesting that acceleration is more of an issue than...

Not sure if the video will be viewable for those not in NZ, but I thought JB might enjoy this view of an A380 landing with a cross wind. https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/300981765/watch-incredible-onboard-footage-of-worlds-largest-plane-landing-crooked-during-christchurch-gales

In the latest Mentor Pilot crash investigation video () it seems one of the main triggers to the ongoing mistakes they made was the first officer saying the wrong engine had failed. In the video it is said the pilots knew each other well and the captain considered the first officer very...

OK - sorry I misread that. Should NZ board force be able to do it also?

Great thanks. I think this is exactly what I was looking for. Will try it on my next trip from NZ to AUS. What's the chance the Qantas (likely contractor) or Air NZ check-in staff at AKL airport will know what I am talking about and be able to link them? 100%?

I have dual AUS/UK citizenship but have been living in NZ for the last ~14 years and over COVID decided it was time to become a citizen there (a relatively easy process for an Australian - something that ended up being quite helpful as I had to leave NZ during COVID to visit my very sick father...

Interested on JB's take on what caused this... https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/131785244/watch-cargo-plane-hits-runway-hard-bounces-and-then-aborts-landing

A very comprehensive and interesting reply. Thanks. So in the photo, the levers will have been moved together by the AT and then a pilot will have increased the left one manually a bit so their power output matched? What happens when the AT decides another change in power is required, do...

In the "coffee" photo why are the #1 and #2 engine thrust levers not perfectly aligned? Does the AutoThrottle set non-symmetrical thrust in cruise to compensate for other factors or is it just a fit and finish thing that they don't align perfectly?

Did you ever (or would you ever) move the controls to try and avoid birds ahead or is there no warning due to your speed/their size and/or it would be more dangerous to try and "steer" around them?

Staying on the topic of runway alignments. In your opinion, which airports around the world that you have operated to, have been designed with the worst alignments relative to prevailing winds. And which of those were for fair reasons, i.e. mountain in the way and which just appear to be bad...

Out of curiosity.... could the pilots (both JB and AI) describe how they would get their aircraft on the ground in the following event: You are flying directly overhead a viable airport for their aircraft type at high altitude and normal cruise speed and you get a cargo fire warning. No other...

Came across this video today. 1st half is an interesting walk through of some parts of a decommissioned BA 747-400 that most of us wouldn't normally get to see.

Did you have any more faith in an ocean ditching in your A-4 or were you always taught to eject if that was inevitable? What about an unpowered landing on land away from an airport - i.e. using a long road? Out of interest why does being at night make an ocean ditching so less likely to lead...