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I honestly don't know about that. I haven't heard anything like that happening before. The spoilers on the ends (closest to the fuselage and outboard near the ailerons) are the ground spoilers. After landing, the captain initiates the scan for the FO by retracting the speedbrakes. We don't have...

Nothing too special about the ATR specifically, I actually tried it in the Saab when another aircraft parked off their line and there wasn’t enough room to power out. The thing here is not to use the brakes to stop but you’ll need to come out of Beta range (reverse) and power forward...

Money would be a big driver for only having minimum crew. The maximum we could do in a single duty is 10.5hrs of flying with 2 crew. Controlled rest works by one pilot effectively napping (not sleeping) for a maximum of 20-30mins at a time. Any more and you go into sleep inertia and wake up...

It would make sense for 3 but no, it’s all done 2 crew. So we manage our fatigue with periods of controlled rest.

I’ll be on leave for most of January unfortunately. I’ve got nothing this month to HND but might see if there’s another one for me in Nov. I have a feeling it’s getting competitive now that they’ve decided to close the route and people are opting in to fly it.

Was a first for me as well…

We will select a number of miles to start with when going off the route. Then once we’re happy to come back we can either request a waypoint to track to or ATC will give us one. In the second diversion we were 300nm off the route. To then come back onto the flight plan route would cost us more...

The MAX is great on fuel. Block time home was 8hrs 12mins and we still landed with about 2hrs on top of our fixed reserve fuel. Pax loads were light so the aircraft was just sipping the gas at the other end. The diversion cost us about 800kg or 50mins of fuel.

It was actually really good. Day one was a killer to get to CNS though (SYD BNE PPP BNE CNS). The trip to HND itself was really good. Really took me back to my long haul days and using CPDLC (datalink - a text messaging service with ATC) again. The way up was quite uneventful and at 7hrs...

I haven’t encountered it no, and neither has anyone else that I’ve spoken to. I wouldn’t think many people would even realise they’re on it. VA make no reference to the word MAX in any of the comms as far as I’m aware.

There is trailing edge there at flap 5 but the slats will only extend to the first stage (sealed). Depending if it's an SFP (YI* series, etc) or not (VBY, VOU, etc) then the slats will only go to full (slotted) at F30 and F10 respectively. This is why if we need to slow down on approach, flap 10...

Yep it is. I ran those numbers at Flap 5 because that is our most common setting. If I left it at optimum then it would have been flap 1 with a V2 of 166. I actually needed flap 25 to get out of Hamilton Island the other day. That's always fun as the aircraft levitates off the ground rather...

Seeing as I can't use take off data from KLAX, I've also done a take off performance calculation using the same data. (HW5, 24ºc, Q1010). I thought your speeds looked familiar...

Unfortunately no. I’m on days off before my first HND trip on Friday. Yes I finally opted in given that they are now ending, figured I might as well do a longhaul flight again for old time’s sake.

We check the numbers at least 3 times before departure. After comparing that we have both entered the same information on the iPad then each pilot will verify the numbers written on the take off data card to the FMC. Then again after the final load sheet has been sent to the aircraft. After...

Correct, the threshold of runway 12 is being done first. This will give us a displaced threshold of 829m. Because of this, the ILS is now out of action. Very similar to BNE's 01R displaced threshold. So increased minimums and visibilities have been calculated with temporary charts using GPS and...

Welcome. Turns out, it was the right pack that tripped offline as well, which means no pressurisation of the aircraft, so a return to MEL was a good choice.

I flew VUK yesterday with an air con pack inoperative. Maybe the other one has let go? It sat on the ground for most of the afternoon due to a possible bird strike on arrival into MEL earlier on. I’ll do some digging and see if I can find anything.

Exactly the same technique. Crab into wind and then straighten up during the flare. I’d say the single engine piston is more advanced these days than the 737. Momentum plays a big role for sure though. The Cessna 210 that was landing in front of us as we waited at the holding point was getting...

Pretty much, the keyword there being most. Yesterday's duty was PER-BME-PER-MEL. I operated the PER-BME and PER-MEL sectors (given to me by the Capt). Both had their challenges. BME was 34° and only 10kts of crosswind but the ride was so bumpy and the speed all over the place due to the...