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Pay/base/days off?COMAC C919 coming soon, you heard it here first.
Pay/base/days off?COMAC C919 coming soon, you heard it here first.
CAS or EICAS on the 737?
Operationally we’ll do that sometimes when anticipated - but that’s more because the auto throttles have a different limit stop when on, and we need to proactively slow for fixes. Speed brakes for us are really noticeable and I prefer not to drag them all the way down.I’ve never “inadvertently” left A-ICE on. That’s because I only throw it on moments before entering the clouds, and then take it away as soon as we are out.
I’ve had FOs on my leg, we start down from FL350, cloud layer around 20-25k, and they just throw it on. Well it’s anticipated they say. Okay, but we are now drumming around in clear air with 10,000+ ft to go down before hitting ice. Worse, you condition yourself for those switches to be on even when in clear air.
I’ll wait until about ~1000 ft before layer and then throw it on.
We seem to have gotten better about it ever since the MAX A-ICE memo.
Operationally we’ll do that sometimes when anticipated - but that’s more because the auto throttles have a different limit stop when on, and we need to proactively slow for fixes. Speed brakes for us are really noticeable and I prefer not to drag them all the way down.
On the flip side - our slats are super temperature sensitive and if we land with anti ice on, it’s a log. Cool down before we can clean up… so much so that we usually clean the wing after shut down using the standby pump.
Having to do that dance = not forgetting to turn it off. Ever lol
On the VNAV descent forecast page, we can enter FL altitude for antice on, and altitude for anti ice off. And it will use that to calculate the higher idle power for descent for that portion.
Operationally we get 3 minutes below the minimum idle setting for descent (manual doesn’t speak to doing it again after idle up so maybe more? Idk)On the VNAV descent forecast page, we can enter FL altitude for antice on, and altitude for anti ice off. And it will use that to calculate the higher idle power for descent for that portion.
With flaps 2 right?I would just bump up the manual throttles a bit to a higher idle setting if needed.
With flaps 2 right?
Hilarious that people are still pretending this is some aberration instead of the inevitable consequences of capitalism's built in incentivesBack to Boeing the safety review panel’s report came out this week.
Expert Panel Finds Deep Cracks In Boeing’s Organizational Safety Structure | Aviation Week Network
The congressionally mandated report called for an independent review of Boeing’s safety management processes.aviationweek.com
And now the FAA has given them 90 days to fix their systemic quality control issues.
Five years after the start of the MAX debacle and these clowns still don’t get it. It won’t happen due to the addiction of the quarterly earnings disciples in the US but if there ever was a case study in the failure of GE style Jack Welchian management it is here.
But hey at least they are now focused on the important stuff, like relocating the HQ to DC…
Back to Boeing the safety review panel’s report came out this week.
Expert Panel Finds Deep Cracks In Boeing’s Organizational Safety Structure | Aviation Week Network
The congressionally mandated report called for an independent review of Boeing’s safety management processes.aviationweek.com
And now the FAA has given them 90 days to fix their systemic quality control issues.
Five years after the start of the MAX debacle and these clowns still don’t get it. It won’t happen due to the addiction of the quarterly earnings disciples in the US but if there ever was a case study in the failure of GE style Jack Welchian management it is here.
But hey at least they are now focused on the important stuff, like relocating the HQ to DC…
This was exactly my take. The ole “30-60-90 360 world-class” think about it for a quarter and then never again.90 days to fix large and probably irreversible systemic issues?
Yeah but in the interim they created so much shareholder value!The ghosts if the 787 outsourcing fiasco are coming back to haunt them. Just like straightening out that program required buying out Vought Aircraft in Charleston and placing a significant permanent presence at Kawasaki and Mitsubishi to coach them on manufacturing the composite wing. Some bean counters thought they'd get clever by outsourcing more of the manufacturing process, and in some cases the engineering process as well. Now it's going to cost them more to bring it back in house than if they'd left it alone to begin with. Just like the 787 [insert facepalm emoji]
Yeah but in the interim they created so much shareholder value!
Yeah but in the interim they created so much shareholder value!
I’m not at all convinced that there is any way it doesn’t, while still remaining what you can call capitalism.Capitalism has become three-card-Monty, but on a global scale.
Have you read the Mars trilogy by Kim Robinson? The answers you seek...I’m not at all convinced that there is any way it doesn’t, while still remaining what you can call capitalism.