EWR radios and radar fail again
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Roger Roger
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Just operated into EWR. Other than 2 new divots in the TDZ of 29 everything seemed normal
Minuteman
I HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING!
Out of curiosity, what approach did you use?
Roger Roger
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RNAV W
We has a neat RNP but that were issuing the W so we just rolled with it
Oh God. An opinion piece (no paywall) in the WSJ that proposes a system using Starlink, Fortnight, Amazon Web Services, running "on laptops in cockpits," and "By using GPS instead of beacons, cross-country flights can be more of a straight shot, shaving an hour from flight times and using less fuel." My favorite: "Radio communications with pilots can be texts, with voice as an option."
Is he kidding or serious?
Is he kidding or serious?
Karnage
I-am-a-pirate. I do not need credentials!
I love how he ends it,
"OK, this is a technologist’s plan—fast and cheap. There are lots of caveats, especially about safety, reliability and redundancy. But we can’t wait until 2040 and risk fatalities as today’s system crumbles. Safe travels."
So his solution to aging systems that risk fatalities is to replace them with new technology... that risks fatalities.
Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
The key to understanding TechBros is that they really don’t do “tech”, they just know how to use/abuse people who do. They’re the same financial clowns that have been ruining things for generations.
Never think that they have anything more than a VERY surface level understanding of the tech they push. Like “Here is a toaster. I understand it makes toast”.
They’re the same people who went into “business” in college, because they didn’t have talent for the arts or the brains for math, science or engineering.
My buddy and I spent the entire semester in “Financial Accounting”, which was supposed to be some kind of “gateway” class, wondering when we were going to get to the hard part.
Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
Computer scientist here, and these people deserve to be vigorously mocked.
Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
I don’t even pretend to hide my scorn these days. Friend of a friend’s husband used to do home inspections for mortgages. I had more respect for him than these guys.
NovemberEcho
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The RNP Y goes too far out into the river and has caused issues in the past. Tower hates it. Who were you? I might have worked you in. I was 20.15 from 1230-130L
Roger Roger
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Makes sense. I figured it was just because not everyone has it
Just missed you, landed about 1415. But you probably felt my landing clear down in Philly.
NovemberEcho
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The RNAV W will be replacing the stadium visual. I like it a lot better but I know some pilots hate it. I even had a delta refuse it because it’s “unsafe” (their word).
GolfChuck
Trustworthy Source
Can I assume that when we are on 120.15 for departure over at my shop that no more than 2 scopes are open?
NovemberEcho
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No more than 2-3. Depends if Mugzy is split off or not. If you’re on 20.15 for departure (only happens departing 4’s) and you hear TEB stuff then yes 2 scopes.
Fixtur
Dunning-Kruger Expert
(Laughs in TEB ILS 06 circle 01)
CPDLC in the enroute environment is fine, but a high traffic airport the amount of “heads down” time would be disastrous.
“Jetliner 123, turn left heading 120, maintain 2000, cleared for the approach” becomes audible alert after not seeing the flashing ATC light for ten seconds because you’re looking at other things, open the message, scroll through it, accept it, ROGER it (giggity), close the message and then perform the requested task.
Fantastic in low workload environments, but if Road Rules thinks it’s going to fly in a terminal environment, I have bad news.
And yes, I am a millionty-times more subject matter expert than him.
(Millionty is a word in Lang Derg)
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KPWK ILS 16 circle 34.
Better keep it tight…with that tailwind that’s preventing you from landing south…
Attachments
Good news! They now have a RNAV to 30 so you don’t have to do an entire 180 degree course reversal.
I’m going to be blunt and say that while the airlines have an enviable safety record for a lot of great reasons, that safety record is also partly due to the FAA forcing GA to do crap like this. A procedure to keep pesky NearJets away from the sacred ORD Class B would never fly if it was done in reverse to keep those annoying 757s away from SMO…
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
With slightly better circling minima than ILS16. Not bad.