They should have all been tested at MTOW.

About time...that always seemed like a ridiculous way to do things.

I used the Dauntless program a number of years ago and it was fine. All the questions from the question bank and good explanations of the answers. I recall the question banks are all pblic information so all of the programs should have them all. I think it was 10% of the questions did not need to be...

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/police-escort-for-tennessee-takeoff/ Avweb says it was a precautionary landing due to low fuel, not a forced landing due to a lack of fuel. If it was a precautionary landing before they ran out of fuel, kudos to them for doing something we are trained and supposed...

Actually, Wamena is in New Guinea (an island - whereas Papua New Guinea is a country). It is in the Indonesian province of Papua, not West Papua.

tractor driver wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:32 am Wamena is actually in West Papua ( Indonesia). Not New Guinea.

Is there anywhere online that details the requirements for the issuance of a RAIC after working overseas? I looked a few years ago but did not find anything definitive about the process. I was under the impression a police check from where you lived was sufficient. Is the list of dates and addresses...

I think the major airlines are feeling the shortage but the general public hasn’t yet. I suppose it depends on your point of view. I do not think the major airlines (ie Air Canada & WestJet) are feeling the shortage yet, I have not heard of either of them hiring 200 hour pilots. Once they are typic...

If you can get a flying job from the start, go for it. Hopefully more companies hire local rampies and pay them a fair and competitive wage (compared to other similar jobs locally, outside aviation) while hiring pilots straight to a seat. Until that is common, if you don't get offered a flying job, ...

http://m.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2146003/chinese-airliner-makes-emergency-landing-after-cockpit-window FO injured / half sucked out, CPT loses all automation which presumably would have cut the ground to flight connection. This just happened and is another example of how 2 up front incr...

Think about it this way, a 172 only requires one engine yet 2 engines is safer. Why? well at a point the risk reward doesn't add up, at the end of the day safety costs money and the line usually gets drawn around the 9 passengers in the back. Then it becomes more essential to have the added layer o...

The 1.5 pilot idea is a Pandora's box. The FAA is only being directed to study reducing crew complement, not make regulations or implement it. Sounds like a good idea to me, even if it points out what issues are preventing it. How quickly a ground-based system can take over (and how ground-based pil...

"Action Needed: Tell Congress No Single-Pilot Aircraft What allows some business jets flying at the same speeds and altitudes to fly single pilot but not a jet carrying cargo? If telling "Congress no single-pilot aircraft" does that mean all single pilot planes (including 172s) should require two c...

This sounds like a TC exam question? METARs and AWOS are observations, not forecasts, so cannot be "the most useful forecast". FDs would only be more useful than TAFs if it was windy aloft and you were flying with relatively little fuel. If you can carry a large reserve and/or have numerous places t...

One type I flew had three MTOW increases for the airframe without any changes. The first two were fine. The third one was over 1000 lbs, suffice to say it was often difficult to get a full payload in the plane while also being within CG. Eventually an STC came out to help, but there are still some l...

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Engine troubles, landed in a field short of the runway. Three minor injuries treated on the scene, no one taken to hospital.

I am not certain how it all works exactly (ie read the STC) but Wipaire's website says 3450s give 206s a 3792 lb gross weight. In their blurb about their 550 conversion it also says the 550 conversion with 3450s gives most F&G models a 200 lb increase in gross weight - that would give you 3800 lbs i...

I have minimal experience with 206s but Flint tip tanks increased the MTOW to 3800 lbs, although I am pretty certain the MLW remained at 3600 lbs. The Wip tips (Wing-X STC for 206s bought by Wip) does not grant a MTOW increase. I have never dealt with it, but have heard about an STC from Aeroacousti...

It's about time. Several US regionals have been employing Australians on visas for 2+ years already from what I have read.

You're right, who need experience or facts lol "Facts" like saying it is BS because there is no way he could depart a 1,000' strip at 8900 lbs, which was never stated in the first place? I would definitely want some experience and to be comfortable in type before making a go/no-go decision, as well...

How much time do you have as PIC in the PC-12?? Sorry, but even if he left damn near empty and super light on fuel, 1k worth of dirt is most likely BS at best, and very reckless at worst. I have no time in PC12s. I don't need any time on type to consult an app or performance charts. I have not disp...

Nah, I'll go a step further and just call him out right now as BS, and I do fly the PC12 Check the numbers out, at 1k shy of gross, which is his most... "optimistic" weight mentioned, shot field takeoff, he couldn't make it out of that 1,000' strip, and these numbers are for PAVED strips, so it wou...

The pilots have been fighting a contract that was forced on them in 2015, contrary to their previous contract. They are waiting on a verdict from the courts that is supposed to be coming soon. 122 of 200-something pilots have left since the start of the dispute at last count, nationals and expats. L...

I think the first companies that will need to increase pay will be the 703/704 operators that want to keep operating without (too many) parked planes. If 702/703/704 pay and conditions go up enough to attract a lot of new pilots away from the regionals, and the regionals are hiring 250 hour pilots, ...

Early (pre-N) 172s and early (pre-E) 182s are not listed in the AD. Presumably those early 172s/182s and 180/185s (that have a common fuselage with early 182s) have a different structure than the models included in the AD which has not led to cracks (yet). Not overly expensive and I will be happy to...

Link PNG is a subsidiary of Air Niugini. Air Niugini's pilots have been in a court case against the company for two or three years now over a contract that was forced on them in contradiction to their previous contract. Supposedly a final verdict will be released soon. Lots of pilots are looking for...