Hired!

[ian]

Man, lemme tell ya, the simplicity of a 402 sounds pretty nice right about now!

We just finished ETOPS and long range navigation, and today had a simulated oceanic crossing (well, the start of one anyway) with all of the fun stuff that comes along with that. I thought that it'd be 9 hours of reading a Maxim while watching the jet fly itself across the ocean; I was sorely, sorely mistaken.

Between the time/fuel scores, getting the oceanic clearance, coast out FMC/nav checks, position reports, GNE checking, 10 minute plots, and probably several other things I'm forgetting, well, you're a busy little bee. I felt like I was sailing a steamship across the ocean in 1904, not flying a modern jet aircraft. Guess all this will take some getting used to.

If you are CPDLC oceanic crossings are a breeze. My last trip, I had to make 2 position reports via voice because we lost datalink....2 whole position reports.

 

[dasleben]

If you are CPDLC oceanic crossings are a breeze. My last trip, I had to make 2 position reports via voice because we lost datalink....2 whole position reports.

Nope, unfortunately not! All HF, but at least we have SELCAL. Heck, I heard some airlines use CPDLC and don't even plot. How do I sign up for that?

 

[X-Forces]

Man, lemme tell ya, the simplicity of a 402 sounds pretty nice right about now!

We just finished ETOPS and long range navigation, and today had a simulated oceanic crossing (well, the start of one anyway) with all of the fun stuff that comes along with that. I thought that it'd be 9 hours of reading a Maxim while watching the jet fly itself across the ocean; I was sorely, sorely mistaken.

Between the time/fuel scores, getting the oceanic clearance, coast out FMC/nav checks, position reports, GNE checking, 10 minute plots, and probably several other things I'm forgetting, well, you're a busy little bee. I felt like I was sailing a steamship across the ocean in 1904, not flying a modern jet aircraft. Guess all this will take some getting used to.

You can keep that!!

Just flying 1000nm legs has me feeling like the plane is arriving 20 minutes before I am.