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No. That's the job of the cabin crew to call us every 30mins or so to check. It's amazing how many simply just do not care and why that call is there. Yes, pilots shouldn't be asleep or at the very least some controlled rest. But we are now pulling in 4 sector days over 12-14hr shifts. Do this...

This is the thing about seatbelt signs. Some crew like to think of it as law. But really, we can’t deny a person their dignity when needing the bathroom. So if they need to use the bathroom, then they do so at their own risk. The radar is pretty good and can see the weather. Obviously it can’t...

Here is my guess on the events that happened. Nothing is confirmed and as usual I will wait for the final investigation report. Aircraft was flying around the Bay of Bengal. Around this time of the year the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) moves North. This is essentially the monsoon...

It was absolutely textbook.

I think you mean taking off on 16L? This is known as simultaneous opposite direction parallel runway operations (SODPROPS). It is a noise sharing mode when certain conditions allow it, such as light winds and good visibility. This will usually only happen during periods of low demand. The way...

Probably a 3 day pairing, but if a widebody was to be introduced again (here's hoping!) then the pairing lengths could be greater as they would be under a different contract. I used to have 6 day pairings on the 777 to AUH.

Absolutely you can, if that's what you want. Some people would much rather do the day trips. I hate the Blue Emu that much that I prefer the overnight trips and get my flying out of the way in one big block.

International allowances for 24hrs I guess? 1714116860 You'd think so, but nope. They want their money's worth out of you.

Nope you would operate them. And it’s not just one sector on Days 1 and 5 but 3 sectors!

It’s essentially a 5 day trip. Our current agreement only states that we can be rostered up to 4 days away from home. If you look at the pairing, there is no CNS based crew, so we need to get up to CNS on day 1. Day 2 is VA77. Day 3 is VA78 landing on Day 4. We need 30hrs rest after a red eye...

I haven’t done that flight. It’s a 5 day pairing which goes outside of our agreement of being able to do 4 day trips. So because of that pilots need to opt in to want to do it. Because the trips that are paired before and after the HND flight to/from CNS is incredibly fatiguing, not to mention...

I felt that just sitting on the couch! Wind was a steady 240/12, so straight down the runway for 24R. It looks to me as though they just didn’t flare at all. If you watch the second attempt, it almost looks like they were going to do it again but looked like there was a sudden pull into the...

Definitely shaking my head at this one. The guy in the left seat got me nervous just looking at him in there. Not to mention, his knee close to the control column and even imitates the action of pushing it saying "I just push this button and...". Unbelievable. Charter or not, it is still a...

I wouldn’t say it’s common but it definitely does happen. It is part of the landing checklist which needs to be completed by 1000ft. Every airline will have their own stabilisation criteria and point at which the aircraft can continue if it’s within parameters.

Proud to say I have never done that. One bounce is enough for me 😂 Although, that’s what should happen when you arm the speedbrakes. Which in this case I think they forgot. Noted by the fact that they had positive weight on wheels (twice!) and that they didn’t deploy until the reversers were...

Given that they were still pointing the nose down and unable to adopt a normal landing attitude, sailing well past the touchdown zone and also landing on the nosewheel first. I’d say that would have been better to go around.

I haven’t found too many issues, but I did find a bit of the aircraft that came loose on the forward cargo door. When I did my walk around I noticed there was a little bit of aircraft missing and nice little gap. When I queried the ground crew over it I got the reply “oh yeah it fell off when...

The crew noted the cabin temp was high. The standby aircon pack temperature control valve wasn't working, causing the temps to skyrocket. So back to the gate you went. A talk with engineering meant the flight now needs to fly at 25,000ft as a maximum altitude on the remaining air conditioning pack.

Any one of the operating crew are allowed to come in and chill. Unfortunately it’s very few and far between these days that will actually come up for a chat.

He would’ve been very interesting to sit next to. I love hearing those stories. We had an ex USMC F18 driver on the 777 years ago while he was furloughed from UA. The crazy stories he had to tell, kept me entertained for hours across the Pacific. I’m actually flying next week with an ex RAAF...