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Interesting, you mention this. I just finished my sim over the weekend, where we looked at GPS jamming and unreliable GPS data. The first thing we noticed was our clocks disappeared and replaced with hashes. We then got an FMC message indicating both GPS L and R had invalid data. When we...

The engines on the newest MAXs are rated to 28K vs 26K on the 800s. So yes, they will be able to uplift all fuel and pax up to about 42ºc, then things will start to taper off towards the 50ºc mark.

I can hardly hear the guy sitting next to me in the 737. Good thing the GPWS is loud 😜

I can hardly hear the guy sitting next to me in the 737. Good thing the GPWS is loud 😜

If you just want to know a thing or two, then any flying school will be able to accommodate you.

Bout the same as when I fly into a non towered aerodrome with only a traffic advisory service controller who is sitting in Brisbane. Or when I fly into a remote mining site in the middle of WA and talking to a controller who is sitting in Melbourne giving me traffic updates. Having a manned...

Simultaneous Opposite Direction Parallel Runway Operations (SODPROPS). One runway is designated the take off runway and the other parallel a landing runway. Used during quieter periods, but the weather also has to be ideal. It’s used as a noise abatement away from residential areas.

Well in the Max, yes. Across the rest of the fleet? Not so much. I guess our fuel burns just aren’t big enough to notice really. Even on the 777 I didn’t notice, unless you flew VPD which, unless you centred the control column, flew crooked and so the fuel burn was higher.

Nope definitely the Captain’s call on day of ops. The engineers who sign the aircraft for the day are usually onto it in those ports and they will have it ready to go once the pax are on board so we can push back immediately afterwards. If there’s ice on the frame it’s ordered. If there’s any...

I haven’t done a HBA overnight in a long time but I had to de-ice in CBR a few weeks back. Australia and New Zealand use a type I fluid. This is very different to the “coloured” ones you’ll see overseas. It’s a good de-icing agent but the anti-ice protection is no good if there’s freezing...

According to the DGCA (India’s version of CASA) it’s 200hrs. That is also required to apply for a job as a trainee cadet pilot at Air India as well.

Yes. Having an ATPL will allow you to be the pilot in command. Usually as a minimum, airlines will require CPL holders to have their ATPL theory completed so all they are doing is waiting for their hours to tick over to then gain the ATPL licence itself. But technically all that is required...

You’re asking a really good question here and I understand where you’re coming from. Here are just a couple of my points. The first (and in my opinion) the biggest reason is that it’s a design legacy. We know Boeing designs their coughpits to not over-automate pilot actions. They generally...

A single switch will definitely be quicker than that. Maybe if the time was both of them then that would make more sense. In a dual engine flameout I’m using both hands to get those engines started. So simultaneously moving both fuel control switches from run to cutoff and back to run to start...

Not sure what you mean by mode. But when you move the switch to cutoff the fuel, bleed, start valves etc, all return to their “default” position. The idea behind this is that the engine is now in a safe config to start the next cycle. Each engine is different and from what I can find in the...

Yes, I didn’t mean that there’s a physical rod or hydraulic linkage going all the way to the engine. That’s impossible for high bypass engines anyway. You’re right that electricity is needed. Obviously the pilot moves the switch and there’s a direct electrical path to the EEC. What I meant...

The fuel control switches are the same as the new 737s. That is, they’re mechanical. They’re hard wired to the EECs. So when you move the switch to cut off, it physically interrupts fuel flow by commanding the EEC (engine control) to shut off the fuel metering valve. There is no dependency on...

Yep, you’re right. I had to ask my mates over at QF and turns out there is a few parameters with flap and CG to allow you to increase the wet take off crosswind limit by 5kts. I remember they did something to it to get out of ports before cyclone Alfred hit but didn’t realise on the flap or CG...

From yesterday, Airservices is recommencing PRM ops when conditions allow. I hate it because of the extra track miles given for a longer final (20nm+) rather than the standard independent approaches they've always done. The overshoot thing has been an issue for a long time. The crosswind...

No it doesn't reduce distance. The fuel capacity is still the same but burning less per hour. The fuel efficiency is considerably greater and we uplift less fuel for a MAX than we would for an 800 on the same route. The added weight is more of an issue getting off shorter runways for long...