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Perhaps a combination of missing the high speed (for whatever reason) and some taxiway closures. But, we really need AV, as the last time I operated into Brisbane was an eon ago. Well, 2004,...

They will build the rail line to Tullamarine, about six months after completion of the replacement airport. Which will be 50km in another direction.

Without wanting to be harsh, I don’t think you know a great deal about flight time limitations.

It will be defined within the company’s paperwork, and agreed with the regulator. QF duty period started one hour before planned departure, and ended 30 minutes after doors open. Delays after landing, but prior to doors open, could push you past a limit. There’s no real issue with that, as long...

It can certainly happen, but it will result in a section of the aircraft needing to be emptied out. So you could end up with an entire cabin unable to be used.

Oh, I think it will rewrite the history of premiums.

I don’t know exactly what they did, so I think media reports need a fair bit of salt. FMC takeoff data is approximate, and is overwritten with the flight bag calculations. 10 minutes is an age.

Qantas management consider all of the staff to be the enemy. Anything you can do to disadvantage them is a win. They’ve totally destroyed the Albury-Melbourne service, which once supported 3 return Rex flights per day. I was able to commute quite easily with the offered flights, buying full fare...

QF is relatively alone in the way that it uses SOs and FOs. In pretty well all other airlines, a heavy crew will consist of an extra Captain and FO. And historically, they seem to be the most disconnected when it comes to being involved pre-flight.

Ok, pretty bad. https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/latam-777-300er-pilots-100t-calculation-error-preceded-tail-strike-at-milan/166239.article The idea will all of these calculations is for it to be done completely independently. You both source the ATIS. You both read the load sheet for the...

I'll have to see what data is out there on this one, because in some ways it doesn't make sense. If you calculate the take off data using a weight that is so far from reality, not only will the speeds be wrong, but the power setting will be massively too low. Yet they've rotated at around the...

The only time V1 and Vr are close to each other is at very light weights. If they've reached Vr, then I'd expect them to be well past V1. In any event 170 or so knots sounds too fast for V1. Note that the numbers being reported are ground speed, but IAS is used for these calls. Whilst V1 is...

Sitting in the coughpit wondering why the FO is taking so long......

Without far more detail, it's difficult to even guess. But, as I've said many times previously, you cannot judge the conditions that one aircraft sees by comparing to another. Nor can you make any call re the motivations of the pilots. A simple illustration might relate to fuel loads. The Rex...

How to fly the aircraft, or why go around? Procedurally a go around is a very well practiced set of steps. The reasons are varied. You can be told by ATC, traffic may cause an issue, you just don't like the way the approach is working out, you hit one of the defined performance limits (i.e...

All approaches, navigation, everything, has some form of tolerance. The PAPI that the airliner crew are looking at shows a range of possible approach angles, and whilst they ideally might want 2 red/ 2 white, slightly high or low would be acceptable. An older altimeter might have tolerance of...

So, they've successfully made the economy experience so bad that you (everyone) needs to upgrade.....

Probably not relevant, but I always found there was a big difference between the motion of Boeing and Airbus fuel control switches. The B was a more definite action, and very easy to operate, whereas the A seemed to be a less defined motion and so a little harder to complete. You had to think...

Well, overall I think the whole thing is somewhat tacky, but I guess I’m in the minority. As for the pilots, you can always give them an assessment of their landing. They always appreciate that.

F16. Isn’t that like being a genius. You just don’t say anything.