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Nobody is really at fault. If you're not sure, for whatever reason, going around is a simple and safe option. As to how it came about...well, I can't really say. US controllers have a habit of dropping a landing clearance in on first contact, which is truly weird as there might be a couple of...

If they really existed. Fumes/smells can be affected by what you might call "group think". Any work would probably be done by QF engineers. A BA endorsed person would sign it off. BA may have a multi licensed engineer in Sydney, though they're just has likely to have contracted that to QF. I...

The automated systems do look for unexpected differences in the levels in the tanks, though I have no specific 787 information. It could also show up a different fuel flow, or fuel used, by an engine. Or, perhaps, seen and reported from the cabin. Whilst a mayday wouldn’t have been my first...

Well, perhaps it actually fits people, doesn’t crush and actually breathes.

Landed a tad long perhaps.

The current uniform has many failings. Ranging from a cap that is made of hard plastic, and is far more suited to use as a drinks holder than something to have on one's head, to shirts that don’t breathe, and a suit that is made of material that crumples if you even look at it. In general...

I think it was a case of the airline/maintenance needing the engine run, and ATC having trouble fitting that in. You can't have aircraft moving behind you if you're at anything above idle Doesn't sound like Changi. In some aircraft. 380 you could. Probably a cultural thing, but hopefully the...

I'm impressed that it stayed on with only one attachment point.

They might watch, but unless the aircraft are identical, there's not a great deal to be learnt. QF has long experience of operating aircraft to their range limits, so I'm sure the flight planning department will be well ahead of the game. I think the biggest issue will be ATC, not just in the...

Generally the Captain, but if the saw something in close, then the FO would. You talk to each other about things you're seeing, so a go around shouldn't be a total surprise. No. Probably clean up back to flap 2, and gear up. But, the only go around that I ever did there in a 380 was for a gear...

No. It's one hour more than on the timetable. The flight plan is redone for every flight and the actual timing will vary. It's difficult to say without seeing their actual flight plan. Do they normally take off at max take off weight, or is there some margin? How much fuel to they normally plan...

Yep the free long service first class tickets were so good that I abandoned them. Scam of some sort.

I consider both of these people extremely unreliable. GT hangs around the periphery of aviation like a bad smell. He is not an expert. The other bloke is behind a supposed method of tracking the missing Malaysian flight. The veracity of that method, and of the experiments behind it, is the...

For the actual approach, or the landing? The only aircraft that I've ever flown in which you used bank instead of drift to offset the wind during the approach was the A-4. But, it also didn't have a flare (at all) so landing it wasn't actually comparable to airliners. None of the airliners...

Weather and fuel planning doesn't work on the basis of "there's a typhoon", let's carry an alternate. The forecast will be broken up into periods in which the cloud, visibility, wind etc will all be forecast. If any of those elements goes below the alternate criteria, and is there for the...

Takeoff was always done with the autothrottle, though it made very little difference. It just rolls the power to the target, then locks itself out. The 380 was a bit more complex with a pause along the way. Landing in the 767 and 747 was always done with manual thrust, unless you were doing an...

You are assuming he had a choice. For instance, if the airport required an hour of holding, that amounts to about 8, 000 kgs for a 747-8. So, on arrival he has the mandated holding, and that probably gives him a couple of close diversions. As the time passes, whether he is holding or flying an...

Some may, but generally it will be external power carts, not some fixed infrastructure.

The 747 can be landed with all drift intact, and this is a bloke for whom removing it is apparently a bridge too far. Taking the drift out involves an input of rudder, which will give a secondary effect of roll (in the direction you don't want), which has to be countered by an aileron input. All...

So that they can turn the APU/air conditioning off, and save a lot of fuel, without it becoming too hot.