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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...

The focus has definitely moved from a heavy checking environment to a training one. This is a really good thing in my opinion as it's relaxing crew a lot more. The idea is that we are just rocking up to work like any other day. So really anything can happen on any given day. Know your memory...

I can definitely see where you're coming from. I would prefer to turn away from high terrain at all costs if the aircraft was still flying well. Over the ocean if gives us a lot more room to fly around. However, until there is some sort of controllability issue, I'd rather not fly up through a...

Yep. That’s exactly what we would fly too on 34L/R. In CNS on 15 it’s, by the departure end of the runway and you make a left turn to track north east and climb away. The 737 has a restriction that whenever we are below V2+15kts that we need to limit the bank angle to 15°. This means that in...

It doesn’t matter. It’s the same procedure. Our procedures off runway 34L/R are to maintain runway track until we reach the minimum safe altitude and then we can ask for vectors to go somewhere out of the way to do checklists.

Yes it is. What happened today was pretty much textbook in the sim. Engine severe damage at V1 and then come back around, and land. So we waited on the ground for an hour (with engines running) until QF520 landed and the runway was clear. They had to clean up a bit of fuel that had spilled...

I was taxiing down Charlie to 34L and something caught my eye on the 737 that just didn’t seem right. They looked much slower and a lot lower than normal. I noticed a bit of smoke coming from the runway but couldn’t quite see and that it was either coming from Foreshore Dr or a boat was on fire...

Is this why you see the “stirring of the pot”?

Yep this annoys us as much as it does passengers too. Especially coming back from DPS lately into SYD. Had one every week for the last 3 weeks and every time we had been put on the stand off bays just near the QF Jet base. The running joke is that it could be just a monetary thing, although I...

My university degree in aviation management didn’t help me at all during Covid. I agree with JB, if they’re going to go to university then go and do something non aviation related. As far as there being a “better” way, I’m not sure I believe there is a best way to become a pilot. I was washed...

They definitely wouldn’t allow that. It’s on the 737. A mate of mine just got to A330 FO after 7yrs in the back seat.