Air India plane crash

SeanD said:
Seriously. This tight fitting pilot shirt thing needs to end. It doesn't look cool or professional, women think the pilots wearing them look like creepers (according to my wife). Based on his choice in shirts, he is not a credible source for anything.
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I had a friend that wore pilot shirts like that. I asked him if he was aware that they made them in adult sizes.
 
SeanD said:
Seriously. This tight fitting pilot shirt thing needs to end. It doesn't look cool or professional, women think the pilots wearing them look like creepers (according to my wife). Based on his choice in shirts, he is not a credible source for anything.
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There’s a line between this and the ballooning drape tents that I’ve seen some pilots wearing. It’s really not hard to find a good-fitting shirt for one’s body type.

Our company-issued shirts are a joke; they’re enormous and cut as if each pilot was cube-shaped. Embroidered wings are nice but not worth the cost I’d have to absorb to have them cut properly. Even with expensing the tailoring.
 
I couldn’t pull off the tight look but I agree with @killbilly that the oversized shirt looks worse. The dress pants situation is just as bad. Most are either way too baggy or they go with the Urkel vibe. I sat on the employee bus today and there was guy on there whose sleeves went past down to the elbows.
 
@derg who's the "influencer" that got fired from Delta and now she's an "expert" since she has flown IRP in a widebody. She had a disgusting linkedin post with her take on the accident. Is she a known commodity?

Linkedin keeps trying to get me to connect with her and I'm too dumb to figure out how to mute her.
 
jhugz said:
@derg who's the "influencer" that got fired from Delta and now she's an "expert" since she has flown IRP in a widebody. She had a disgusting linkedin post with her take on the accident. Is she a known commodity?

Linkedin keeps trying to get me to connect with her and I'm too dumb to figure out how to mute her.
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Are you referring to the nutcase?
 
jhugz said:
@derg who's the "influencer" that got fired from Delta and now she's an "expert" since she has flown IRP in a widebody. She had a disgusting linkedin post with her take on the accident. Is she a known commodity?

Linkedin keeps trying to get me to connect with her and I'm too dumb to figure out how to mute her.
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That’s the love of @Mattc206’s life… Karlen Petit. I may have the name wrong.
 
derg said:
Tight shirts are for fat people and male escorts. And that video is AI filtered as hell.
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IMHO there should be four (male) pilot shirts. 1) Fat, 2) Pear-Shaped, 3) Skinny, 4) Ripped. In that order of production priority, for obvious reasons. Assuming we don't do the sensible thing and just go to Flight Suits (RIP Toddler). But in an astonishing feat, they keep shipping us stuff that doesn't fit *anyone*.
 
WacoFan said:
Did Boeing sub out the seats to Cessna?
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That rumor was false apparently.



I’ve never understood accidents where pilots did not firewall everything they had in order to avoid crashing / ground contact.

C5 Galaxy - thrust lever swap, effectively taking them from 3 working engines to 2. But only 1 engine was truly down, 3 were good. If you’re about to crash, why not firewall all 4 levers forward?

Air Florida - improper thrust set due to probe icing. If you’re about to go down, why not firewall both engines?

Transair 737 HNL. 1 engine fail, working engine was idled accidentally. But at no point was either engine shut off. Gliding to the water. Water contact imminent.. why not firewall both engines?



In all 3 cases, grabbing all thrust levers and shoving them full forward could very well have saved the day. Nothing is worse than hitting the ground and crashing. Push ‘em forward, every thrust lever.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
That rumor was false apparently.



I’ve never understood accidents where pilots did not firewall everything they had in order to avoid crashing / ground contact.

C5 Galaxy - thrust lever swap, effectively taking them from 3 working engines to 2. But only 1 engine was truly down, 3 were good. If you’re about to crash, why not firewall all 4 levers forward?

Air Florida - improper thrust set due to probe icing. If you’re about to go down, why not firewall both engines?

Transair 737 HNL. 1 engine fail, working engine was idled accidentally. But at no point was either engine shut off. Gliding to the water. Water contact imminent.. why not firewall both engines?



In all 3 cases, grabbing all thrust levers and shoving them full forward could very well have saved the day. Nothing is worse than hitting the ground and crashing. Push ‘em forward, every thrust lever.
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Which is why I hate EPR! :). Gimme N1 or, even better, on the Trash Panda, N1 + percentage of maximum thrust.
 
Boris Badenov said:
IMHO there should be four (male) pilot shirts. 1) Fat, 2) Pear-Shaped, 3) Skinny, 4) Ripped. In that order of production priority, for obvious reasons. Assuming we don't do the sensible thing and just go to Flight Suits (RIP Toddler). But in an astonishing feat, they keep shipping us stuff that doesn't fit *anyone*.
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If I had my way, I’d take my dad’s approach. Any uniform piece you have must be tailored. Basically everything except for my shirts are.
 
derg said:
Which is why I hate EPR! :). Gimme N1 or, even better, on the Trash Panda, N1 + percentage of maximum thrust.
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as it should be…TPE331 had percent RPM and percent torque. Perfect. And the computer adjusted the temp reading so your redline was always in the same place. Then I flew Pratts and it was all like “1875 RPM? 37 PSI? WTF do those mean? Are those good numbers or bad numbers? ITT limits is 840 degrees, except when you’re doing a start, or cruising, then it’s variable depending on the phase of the moon…..
 
Roger Roger said:
as it should be…TPE331 had percent RPM and percent torque. Perfect. And the computer adjusted the temp reading so your redline was always in the same place. Then I flew Pratts and it was all like “1875 RPM? 37 PSI? WTF do those mean? Are those good numbers or bad numbers? ITT limits is 840 degrees, except when you’re doing a start, or cruising, then it’s variable depending on the phase of the moon…..
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Nailed it!

1.3 EPR. WTF does that even mean, it’s .4 less than 1.7 but WHAT?! :)
 
jhugz said:
@derg who's the "influencer" that got fired from Delta and now she's an "expert" since she has flown IRP in a widebody. She had a disgusting linkedin post with her take on the accident. Is she a known commodity?

Linkedin keeps trying to get me to connect with her and I'm too dumb to figure out how to mute her.
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She got her job back after being retaliated against.

www.seattletimes.com

Seattle pilot fought back after Delta ‘weaponized’ mental health rules

When Delta grounded her after securing a bogus bipolar diagnosis, Seattle-based pilot Karlene Petitt fought back. She resisted. And she won.
www.seattletimes.com www.seattletimes.com
 
Roger Roger said:
as it should be…TPE331 had percent RPM and percent torque. Perfect. And the computer adjusted the temp reading so your redline was always in the same place. Then I flew Pratts and it was all like “1875 RPM? 37 PSI? WTF do those mean? Are those good numbers or bad numbers? ITT limits is 840 degrees, except when you’re doing a start, or cruising, then it’s variable depending on the phase of the moon…..
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I mean its not "my" plane, but I don't think id care too much about redline anyway, in that scenario. Better to get away from the ground right now, and have one of them overtemp/blowout once I have some altitude to use.
 
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