jwp_145
GhostRider in the Sky
I was seated on an AA MD-8x the other day, in the seat that has a nice view of the engine nacelle and nothing else!!!!!
So I'm siting there during cruise, and about ten minutes after level-off, the engines started a surge cycle. They would spool up to what sounded like about 75% take-off thrust, and then go back to flight-idle... this oscillation would take about 60 seconds or so.
So I ask the F/O after the flight, and he said it is "because of the operator" and kinda indicated I was bothering him, so I left it at that.
I'm assuming they were JT8D-21x.
Any clue as to why they would go through such a cycle?
So I'm siting there during cruise, and about ten minutes after level-off, the engines started a surge cycle. They would spool up to what sounded like about 75% take-off thrust, and then go back to flight-idle... this oscillation would take about 60 seconds or so.
So I ask the F/O after the flight, and he said it is "because of the operator" and kinda indicated I was bothering him, so I left it at that.
I'm assuming they were JT8D-21x.
Any clue as to why they would go through such a cycle?