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    Best Premium Economy SYD-SIN

    When travelling in PE I found the hard product to be the most important thing. My biggest issue is that the seats normally slide forward so at 194 cm my knees get sqashed in the seat ahead. The soft product is not so important. Some airlines just give you economy food while others have a...
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    Ask The Pilot

    Overnight,for us , there has been flooding at Frankfurt Airport. I was wondering how deep the water has to be before taxiing, takeoff and landing becomes too hard. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-66533844
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    Ask The Pilot

    Hi JB . There's were 2 articles about the same plane , vh oqi, flying QF1 and 2. For QF 1 I was wondering with the autopilot failure would the captain allocate different roles to normal and would someone be allocated the role to resolve the problem or would the pilots just fly the plane...
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    Last Friday (21st July) I was on a 737 QF 541 from Brisbane to Sydney and we only got to 24 thousand feet. The plane's previous flight was at 37k and the next flight was at about 28k. Would there be a reason or were just luck that ATC wanted us to get such such a close up view of the clouds as...
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    Why don't governments put up taxes instead of interest rates?

    It is called fiscal policy and governments of all persuasions will tell you that the central bank is independent and that they can do nothing about monetary policy.
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    Ask The Pilot

    Will the Virgin flights to Tokyo only need two pilots or will there be a third? If a third is needed how would that be arranged as virgin does not have 2nd officers.
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    Ask The Pilot

    I was wondering for flights to and from America with the recent weather and closure of Auckland would you still consider Christchurch as an alternative or would you go a little further north of new Zealand to avoid the weather and avoid the congestion caused by flights being diverted. On qf 12...
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    What cheeses me off

    I would like to tell you what cheese my wife off at the airport... it is me...it is little things like: Why do I need to check the regos? Why do I want to I want to take photos of every plane we pass? Why do I want to go to a gate that is at the other end of the airport to see that plane...
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    I have noticed over the last few days that occasionally QF2 is flying almost directly east to over Tajikistan and then almost heading south to India and Singapore rather than going over the Persian Gulf. This appears different to others flying from London to Singapore and I was wondering why...
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    Ask The Pilot

    Today sept 7 there may be two QF11s in the air at the same time as yesterdays flight departed very late. When there are two flights in the air at the same time I have see the second flight called something similar but different such as qf 11d or another number like qf 311. Sometime I have only...
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    Ask The Pilot

    I was wondering with wake turbulence separation and the Concorde was there more turbulence near the ground compared to subsonic plane of a similar size?
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    Ask The Pilot

    Hi all. I was looking at the following photo and I was wondering how close do the flaps get to the ground in a heavy landing? When there is a strong cross wind would you use a smaller setting to avoid hitting the ground with the flaps? Does each incremental setting for the flaps have same...
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    Ask The Pilot

    I was wondering in the case when something has gone wrong and the pilots may not have time to communicate can another pilot who can see the event from another aircraft call a mayday and or can ATC do the same thing? On the same line can you cancel a mayday if the issue is safely resolved?
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    What's your favourite aircraft type?

    For me it would be a 747 400. Especially when they were full of people and fuel for a long flight. The noise of the engines as they wound up and the push back in the seat as we rolled down the runway. Everything shacking and every small bump felt . Then when in the air watching the flaps fold...
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    I think read that when Qantas takes an a380 out of desert storage they have flown the plane back to LAX with the wheels down the whole way. I assume that they can't test the undercarriage so they don't take the risk of putting it up and down. Is that correct and what other parts or systems...
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    Qantas to Lax questions

    Thank you all so much for the information
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    Passport Renewal / Application - Time Taken?

    Just wanted make a small point that sometimes you may need a passport domestically. For example to show an employer that you have the right to work in Australia and you may need it to identify youself to open bank accounts. I think in Austrac's rules you can only use a passport for upto 1...
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    Qantas to Lax questions

    We hope to go to LA in September on Qantas and the options are the A380 and 787. We are all tall and can't remember where and how big the entertainment boxes are on the old and new interior A380s and the 787 on the Qantas planes. There are 3 of us and would be most interest in the 3 seats...
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    Ask The Pilot

    JB if the illness had occurred with only 2 crew, ie no second officer, would you have diverted or what action would you take ?
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    Ask The Pilot

    Hi all. When leaving Dubai an Emirates 777 appears to have an issue. Can you please explain what went wrong. The Aviation Herald
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