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Whoa...I would love to know how they didn't stall then if they had no engines? Minimum clean speed is around 200KIAS give or take. The QRH asks for an all flap up landing to maintain Vref40+55 (around 190KIAS at a conservative weight), and of course assuming you've still got engines.

Yes, that's right. If the B system (linked to the number 2 engine) has failed, and let's just imagine that both the electric motor and engine driven pump are not working due to the engine failure, then the standby system can open the reverser sleeves although it happens at a much slower rate...

Only a couple of seconds. It’s forced by gravity.

I am really left scratching my head at this one already as to why so many redundant systems have appeared to have "failed". This whole thing about the hydraulic system. Firstly, if the right engine is out, you have lost the engine driven hydraulic pump on system B only. This is enough for the...

All on or all off policy. Honestly, I haven’t been with any other crew member that won’t wear a tie at sign on or sign off outside of the flight deck. If all of the badges are off they’re most likely just paxing.

I totally get that. I’ve got a set of those wings and definitely preferred the older style too. Our wings have changed colour with the colours inversed on the tail. Maybe a change is coming?

If I’m rostered the day off I don’t need to come in. I bidded to have it off and the roster gods decided it was my year this year! So, working Christmas Eve, get Christmas Day off and then a stupid o’clock start on Boxing Day for a 2 day trip. A solid win in my eyes.

Some have a hard time of letting go. Seen a few of the older guys still wear their VB wings.

There should be a little check through the flare and then hold off. This ‘pumping’ or ‘Boeing push’ of the yoke thing (I wouldn’t even call it a technique) is not how you land the 737. It does nothing but make people sick down the back. I’ve seen it more often when guys have carried a little...

No way that was 25kts. Limitation for us is 25kt for take off on a wet runway and 34kts on a dry one. I wonder if they forgot? Landing however, we can go up to 40kts dry or wet.

If only one airspeed indicator was unreliable then you could still engage the autopilot on the opposite side. Just the autothrottle needs to remain disengaged. I’ve flown back from DPS with an inoperative autothrottle under the MEL, so no problem with that. As for RVSM, it starts from FL290...

That’s correct, but it won’t go back to Flap 15, it’ll just go back to the next flap setting. In this case Flap 25. So, with an unreliable airspeed it’s a technique to use Flap 15 for landing because the margins are higher and you won’t get as much chance of it blowing back late in the...

If they’re all the same speed then the checklist says if there is a difference of 20kts or less from the indicators to what speed we should be getting from the book, then they can be considered reliable and can use them for flight.

That’s pretty good. Unfortunately we’re not as well equipped as changing sources. The only time we change source is with a DEU failure.

That’s correct. There is no 3rd source for the primary instruments. The Aux pitot on the FO’s side is for the standby and there are 2 elevator pitots on the fin for the elevator feel computer. If all 3 airspeeds are unreliable we just need to fly the pitch and thrust we get from the QRH. Ground...

The Autopilot (B) for the FO would be available. There is only 2. But even with the Captain’s Pitot out, the autothrottle is not to be reengaged. The system goes pretty deep but basically the autothrottle is a function of the capt’s flight control computer. The flight profile you experienced...

If it’s about half way between taxiway C and D then they are the precision approach path indicator lights (PAPI). These guide us on a 3° approach to touch down about 300m from the now displaced threshold.

Absolutely they would appear in the NOTAM package. I would also expect them to be written on the flight plan as part of the dispatcher’s notes to the crew. Just like PER are doing works to runway 03/21 we will be (should) notified on the flight plan and then I will also go in and verify on the...

CASA's minimum is 4. If it's a 4 or 5 then it needs to be reassessed every couple of years. Level 6 is the highest (in Aus) and doesn't need to be reassessed if you are this level.

I tried to be very careful in my wording that the decision is actually made just prior to. If you haven’t applied the brakes by the time you’ve reached V1, then you have made your decision to continue. I thought it was 1 second for the aircraft to get into the reject configuration and then...