Imagine trying to turn every thread you post in into a "poor me I'm a major airline captain" conversation.
Vietnam B789 at Munich on Aug 15th 2026, late rotation, tailstrike, runway overrun, tyre damage
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Skåning
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Applies, gets hired, upgrades quickly, bitches the entire time. Victim mentality.
Pilot Fighter
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Water injection for the win.
BEEF SUPREME
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Nah more like it’s weird I work with people that don’t understand how brake energy works. Or that there aren’t any gates when you arrive in Seattle.
It’s really not hard but like someone said “life is harder when you’re stupid.”
Skåning
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tcco94
Future GTA VI Pilot
I’m in there somewhere asking about a interview 7 years ago with DL
don’t worry I didn’t take it personalBtw new Boeing doc on Netflix was good…
BEEF SUPREME
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Says the guy who was hoping he’d fly an Airbus out of PDX. Probably the dumbest thing I’ve seen in my entire career. Medical grade moron.
///AMG
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I’m in there somewhere asking about a interview 7 years ago with DL
Btw new Boeing doc on Netflix was good…
Is there a new Boeing doc, or is this just the old one from a couple years ago?
Skåning
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Call your mother and spend less time on the internet
Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
Those are rookie numbers. My SO has commas (plural) on her “unread messages” badges.
DropTank
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tcco94
Future GTA VI Pilot
New one about the whistleblower and subsequent whistleblowers. It’s a sequel to that one in 2022 and uses the same name, Downfall but labeled “A reckoning for Boeing”
DeltaAlphaNovember
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Just watched it the other day. Good show.
schloopy
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Not to interrupt the tradition of rampant speculation and punching down on aviation incidents occurring at the hands of aviators deemed “less than”…But preliminary info has been released.
-According to the captain, two instances of momentary uncommanded power reduction, once prior to V1, and again past V1. Maximum power was applied to get the plane off the ground.
news.tuoitre.vn
Not saying an incident captain’s immediate recollection of the incident takes precedent over the preliminary, but certainly a different tune than “south Asian flight crew forgets parking brake.”
-According to the captain, two instances of momentary uncommanded power reduction, once prior to V1, and again past V1. Maximum power was applied to get the plane off the ground.
Vietnam Airlines crew’s account of what happened to Munich flight
A preliminary report by the aviation authority has revealed that flight VN34’s speed briefly stopped increasing during its take-off roll in Munich before dropping after the aircraft reached V1.
news.tuoitre.vn
Not saying an incident captain’s immediate recollection of the incident takes precedent over the preliminary, but certainly a different tune than “south Asian flight crew forgets parking brake.”
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Not to interrupt the tradition of rampant speculation and punching down on aviation incidents occurring at the hands of aviators deemed “less than”…But preliminary info has been released.
-According to the captain, two instances of momentary uncommanded power reduction, once prior to V1, and again past V1. Maximum power was applied to get the plane off the ground.
Vietnam Airlines crew’s account of what happened to Munich flight
A preliminary report by the aviation authority has revealed that flight VN34’s speed briefly stopped increasing during its take-off roll in Munich before dropping after the aircraft reached V1.
Not saying an incident captain’s immediate recollection of the incident takes precedent over the preliminary, but certainly a different tune than “south Asian flight crew forgets parking brake.”
Are we reading the same thing? Speed stopped increasing for 2 seconds it says.
Windy/gusty day can cause the speed indication to hang for 2 seconds before increasing again. Not sure this is some a ha! moment.
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Not to interrupt the tradition of rampant speculation and punching down on aviation incidents occurring at the hands of aviators deemed “less than”…But preliminary info has been released.
-According to the captain, two instances of momentary uncommanded power reduction, once prior to V1, and again past V1. Maximum power was applied to get the plane off the ground.
Vietnam Airlines crew’s account of what happened to Munich flight
A preliminary report by the aviation authority has revealed that flight VN34’s speed briefly stopped increasing during its take-off roll in Munich before dropping after the aircraft reached V1.
Not saying an incident captain’s immediate recollection of the incident takes precedent over the preliminary, but certainly a different tune than “south Asian flight crew forgets parking brake.”
Not sure if you are seeing a different source, but what you posted doesn't mention a power reduction, but rather a speed reduction. Two very different things.
HeyEng
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So I've been out of the big-plane game for a while now (11+ years?!? That long?!? Oye!) but I guess most of the big jet operators don't have any sort of acceleration check or similar? Back in the day (apparently WAY back in the day) if Freddy was heavy enough (or runway short enough) and we had to do a standing take-off, we would calculate a acceleration check. Basically after XX seconds after brake release you needed to be at XXX airspeed or well, RTO.
This was used in addition to the normal V1/V2 and all, but a good way to make sure you were going fast enough. I know this was the way with the legacy (TF-39) jets but I don't remember if it carried over the the CF6s.
This was used in addition to the normal V1/V2 and all, but a good way to make sure you were going fast enough. I know this was the way with the legacy (TF-39) jets but I don't remember if it carried over the the CF6s.