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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.

Without knowing why they've had the delays, you can be sure that your connection will NOT be a consideration in any future delay.

Even when looking out, it's not necessarily all that reliable. Unalerted see and be seen is just an accident going somewhere to happen. But even when you know an aircraft is there, it's not all that easy to find them, and various factors of coughpit design, and even your eye's design, work...

Which is why there has never been a mid air collision in the entire history of aviation whilst employing "see and avoid".

Yes, and no. The EBA structure does work like that, and has done so ever since QF merged with TAA. But, all that means is that there are two different pay structures, and sets of rules. The pilots can, and do, change from one to the other other. 737 FOs all come from the SO ranks on long haul...

To be honest, the uniform is something they should be listening to staff on. They didn't last time, so I have little reason to expect they will this time. The current pilot uniform is universally despised. People who took the time to attend the design meetings were uninvited if they didn't...

QF, under various leaders, has separated the "group" into various entities that don't cross over. Presumably these aircraft are being flown by mainline pilots, in which case it's an entirely new aircraft type. Now, there's no shortage of Airbus experience within mainline, but it's all on the...

Ibis. Short walk. Pretty cheap. I used it a lot when working.

I don't think they'll have the slightest trouble defining power banks and spare batteries. People will want to argue, and but as far as I know, nobody has ever won any argument about what they should be allowed to carry.

We now will go through a cycle of normally reasonable people attempting to work out how they can circumvent these rules. They will slowly tighten (or rapidly if there is a bad fire) until power banks are completely banned for carriage.

ICAO moves slowly, but I suspect we'll see a worldwide ban sooner rather than later.

No, not really. Especially for another $10k.

We're probably going to sell our caravan (Centaur Karavane), and once that goes no need for a tow car. So, that means that the Range Rover Sport will be downsized. The boss's current thinking is a new Golf GTI.

I don't know that trying to push it down would have had much effect. They really needed the spoilers (or speedbrakes) to destroy the lift. And even then, what's the braking coefficient of an engine nacelle, vs wheels and brakes. Not terribly good...

It's intentional. They're simply better than you, and therefore do not have to take you into consideration at all. 1754471401 I've found that joining in on their conversation, irrespective of the language, seems to hit their privacy switch, and they suddenly stick the phone to their ear.

I think you'll find that it varies with the sector.

Very sadly, that appears to be the case.