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I’m hoping for the 757.

The requirements of the clearance must still be met all while we don't hit the other aircraft. For example, if we are inside ATC's wake turbulence separation, we'll get a "caution wake turbulence" advisory from them, but not necessarily reduce speed to gain that distance back. I agree, to use...

TCAS is a wonderful tool. When I'm required to "maintain visual separation", I am now responsible for flying a safe distance (don't hit the other guy!) and for maintaining my own wake turbulence separation. You can try to eyeball it, but at night it is much harder to tell if you're closing in...

Anything that has offensive language or symbols. A little while ago the policy was relaxed and staff are now able to wear the same as passengers. So basically anything that resembles footwear, and anything that looks like clothes is ok to be worn.

On staff travel, you have access to the lounge only if you are a member. You don't need to have airline status. But there is an annual fee to pay. For pilots only, during the Paul Scurrah days, we were given access to the lounge during extended turnarounds to get watered, caffeinated, and fed...

Yes. Especially during the wet season, if CNS has weather requirements on it, ie holding, you can bet that TSV will also have it as well and that also needs to be carried.

Not a whole lot to be honest. The Max is much better on fuel and has an operating weight of 3 tonnes more than an NG. I think there still are some caps but from what I can tell from crew operating it they’re operating pax loads of about 140. Will be interesting going into northern hemisphere...

That's why I was glad to see LH ops before moving to domestic. Certainly made my comfort zone bigger. You definitely know the type.

Yep, no idea. I tried getting it out of him later enroute, and he wanted some sort of performance margin in there. Still makes no sense to me. Not quite. We will both look at the plan, and then each come up with a figure. Most people will take more than the flight plan on most flights (good...

An alternate is not required for every flight. The ability is there (i.e, there is space if you want to carry it). If weather conditions require an alternate, then Sydney or Adelaide will definitely be carried. Correct, it's not our money. But in my experience, it'll usually come from the top...

Nope. At a previous airline you would have been called into the office to explain why you would take "more than others". Then they put a Westwind into the drink for not having an alternate. In the VB days there were fuel meetings showing where Captains sat and had a board of who took the least...

Normal policy is to arrive with no less than 1hr's worth of fuel. That's 30mins above the minimum fuel reserves. Of course, the Capt has the ultimate say in the amount of fuel carried. This has always been a touchy situation for some commanders who want to carry more than the company, but with...

Mechanical uplocks hold the gear in place and the hydraulic fluid returns to the reservoir.

Landing gear on the 737 can be extended at any speed but can only be retracted once below 230kts. Just to add a bit more context. The after take off scan requires the pilot monitoring to move the gear lever from the UP position to the OFF position. It has happened that it has been inadvertently...

I’ll always be conservative in the take off figures. So even if there’s a 30kt headwind I’ll account for nil wind. Any kind of cross wind and I’ll account for 5kts tailwind. And if there already is a tailwind component I’ll go to the full 10kts. Especially with a place like Melbourne when they...

A few different scenarios come to mind. 1. They went to the wrong holding point. 2. They were ready but something in the cabin meant they were no longer ready so moved them out of the way. 3. Conditions changed so they needed to rerun the figures and then required the full length.

There are no height restrictions for commercial pilots in Australia. You may need a cushion for flight training in some of the single engine propeller aircraft but the modern jet aircraft all have adjustable seats and rudder pedals so you can reach the controls. Some of our smaller pilots still...

Yes mostly cost for the airline and the airport themselves. Lots of maintenance at the airport with regard to keeping the ILS operational plus all of the associated lighting. Cost for the airline to keep crew trained in the simulator and the aircraft themselves being able to conduct the...

For the majority of flights, not really. Most aircraft can take up to 10 or 15kts tailwind. I suspect there will be a few operators out there who would "operationally require" the most into wind runway and they are quite within their rights to do so. ATC will have no other choice but to grant...

It's the same accuracy. It just receives a lot less interference from other aircraft as it's GPS based and cheaper for airports because one transmitter can sit in the middle of the airfield and have a GLS approach to all runways. Also, once you're within 23nm from the runway, you can use the...