Oh SWA…how many is this?

Nothing.

Looking at this from the Flight Standards perspective, it appears they're having issues that most airline have, it's just that there is a microscope on them at the moment.

All Airbus pilots at SouthernJets: "Why are we saying SRS Verified?" "Because some 737 crew almost descended a jet into a farm when they got confused"
 
derg said:
Nothing.

Looking at this from the Flight Standards perspective, it appears they're having issues that most airline have, it's just that there is a microscope on them at the moment.

All Airbus pilots at SouthernJets: "Why are we saying SRS Verified?" "Because some 737 crew almost descended a jet into a farm when they got confused"
Click to expand...



You mean it isn’t verifying the air bags are armed? :)
 
derg said:
Nothing.

Looking at this from the Flight Standards perspective, it appears they're having issues that most airline have, it's just that there is a microscope on them at the moment.

All Airbus pilots at SouthernJets: "Why are we saying SRS Verified?" "Because some 737 crew almost descended a jet into a farm when they got confused"
Click to expand...
Some people say that crew is still waiting for the 737's SRS to activate.
 
BobDDuck said:
Do you not read all your FMAs and check them anyway?
Click to expand...

Of course, but this was before our alignment with Airbus.

A 737 supposedly went around on approach, didn't understand the mode they were in and basically didn't realize the FD bars weren't, well, directing and "at a very low altitude" realized that there aren't a lot of houses on the missed approach procedure finally entered a climb.

Some snicker at SWA's issues, however...
 
derg said:
Same… err, similar. My brain is weird and I have to literally try to forget things. I'll start out by using my last flights callsign. Like it was 171 on the way back over, I'll head to Shanghai this weekend and it'll be "1-7-0, I mean SouthernJets 3-8-9" for at least seven of those 13 hours and it's literally on the top of the MFD staring at me"
Click to expand...

I’m always amused when somebody asks what flight we were going through customs or something. Said it 100 times over the last 8–17 hours but have to look it up on my schedule.
 
derg said:
Of course, but this was before our alignment with Airbus.

A 737 supposedly went around on approach, didn't understand the mode they were in and basically didn't realize the FD bars weren't, well, directing and "at a very low altitude" realized that there aren't a lot of houses on the missed approach procedure finally entered a climb.

Some snicker at SWA's issues, however...
Click to expand...

Hmmm. Missed approach. Place aircraft somewhere in the blue (upper) portion of the ADI. Seems simple enough. :)
 
I'd always forget TOGA in the sim. I had good survival instincts. Pitch up to climb pitch attitude and manually add thrust. Then the instructor would yell "TOGA" and I was "oh year". The the command bars would go right where my pitch was anyways and the autothrottles would start working.
 
DE727UPS said:
I'd always forget TOGA in the sim. I had good survival instincts. Pitch up to climb pitch attitude and manually add thrust. Then the instructor would yell "TOGA" and I was "oh year". The the command bars would go right where my pitch was anyways and the autothrottles would start working.
Click to expand...

How dare you try to actually fly the airplane!
 
derg said:
Of course, but this was before our alignment with Airbus.

A 737 supposedly went around on approach, didn't understand the mode they were in and basically didn't realize the FD bars weren't, well, directing and "at a very low altitude" realized that there aren't a lot of houses on the missed approach procedure finally entered a climb.

Some snicker at SWA's issues, however...
Click to expand...

I’m surprised the 737 flight director hasn’t killed many more. During initial training an instructor was explaining how stand off mode on the 737 flight director worked.

The only response I could muster was “Why would anyone make a flight director that intentionally tells pilots the wrong guidance, when they need good guidance the most?”
 
DE727UPS said:
I'd always forget TOGA in the sim. I had good survival instincts. Pitch up to climb pitch attitude and manually add thrust. Then the instructor would yell "TOGA" and I was "oh year". The the command bars would go right where my pitch was anyways and the autothrottles would start working.
Click to expand...
I just did that a few short hours ago. Windshear escape maneuver. Executed appropriately but never clicked TOGA. Everything went fine except modes weren’t correct at level off.
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
I’m surprised the 737 flight director hasn’t killed many more. During initial training an instructor was explaining how stand off mode on the 737 flight director worked.

The only response I could muster was “Why would anyone make a flight director that intentionally tells pilots the wrong guidance, when they need good guidance the most?”
Click to expand...
What is stand off mode?
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
If you get far enough out of sorts on an ILS it stops telling you to go toward the LOC and just appears as if you’re on the LOC 🤷‍♂️
Click to expand...
It’s not a problem if you stay coordinated, which would be a lot easier if the slip skid indicator wasn’t useless and you didn’t have to rely on keeping the yoke level.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top