I used to travel a lot on Emirates - mostly in Economy but sometimes in Business. Emirates is the classic "Overpromise and underdeliver" imho. The economy product is nothing special. Their 'ICE' entertainment system is one of the best systems I've used. Business is pretty good. The lounge in the A38...

Have to wonder how 2 Pilots got themselves into this situation in the first place.

Hopefully a full report will be published.

Are not test flights done after some maintenance task is performed? Therefore it's up to the Engineers not the pilot as to what's to be done on the flight. Normally test flights are performed by Pilots who have been trained for this. Normally they will have taken a course at the manufacturer. What ...

Just another day in India!

The only thing that surprises me is that there aren't more accidents.

Time to ban IndiGo from flying internationally - jmho.

They are legacies, you are not wrong there, albeit maybe the term legacy should be looked at with caveats, region dependent. But in the end yes it is to a large degree, subjective, and they all have their downsides. Like altiplano said, every individuals circumstances is different, and like I told ...

Back to the original topic. One possible alternative:- 28C does not have a Localizer - but 28L does! If the ILS is tuned for 28L then you're fine as long as it shows you right of the Localizer. If the Localizer for 28L is centred - you're lined up for the wrong runway. I believe the original topic ...

Back to the original topic.

One possible alternative:-

28C does not have a Localizer - but 28L does!

If the ILS is tuned for 28L then you're fine as long as it shows you right of the Localizer.

If the Localizer for 28L is centred - you're lined up for the wrong runway.

Ok, and that all makes sense. But then what's the value of the 'no complex entries below 10 000 ft' sop? When would that actually affect anything? I can't imagine an example where pilots would intentionally perform complex entries below 10 000 ft unless an external factor (ATC) is forcing them. Thi...

How does that work when there is multiple rwy changes below 10 000’? That's very unusual in my experience even at busy airports. I can't remember the last time this happened. But what if it does? Do you need to climb above 10 00ft and try again? Will you ignore your SOPs? Or will you land raw data ...

UPS and FedEx ground their MD-11 fleets.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2pr5y7p90o

The 38000 gallons that keeps being referred to is apparently the maximum fuel tank capacity.

I haven't seen any information about the actual fuel on board.

Debris from an uncontained engine failure can go anywhere - even forward. I know at least one case where debris bounced off the asphalt and ended up damaging the engine on the opposite wing. Most failures are contained within the cowling. I'm not sure it was debris that caused the second engine to ...

Terrible design to have engine 2 being able to ingest debris from an engine 1 catastrophic failure. Debris from an uncontained engine failure can go anywhere - even forward. I know at least one case where debris bounced off the asphalt and ended up damaging the engine on the opposite wing. Most fai...

As for the pilots, when cleared for a visual, tune in an approach in order to make sure that you are lined up with the proper runway. If the FMC is blanked at a complicated airport like this with loads of runways and taxiways, one could ask ATC to turn up the approach lights on the runway you want ...

At my Airline no complex FMGC entries are allowed below 10000' descending for the approach. Do they also define what is considered a 'complex' entry? Yes - anything more than a 'Direct To" or a couple of keystrokes. Putting a new runway with a new approach would be considered a 'complex' entry. Thi...

As for the pilots, when cleared for a visual, tune in an approach in order to make sure that you are lined up with the proper runway. If the FMC is blanked at a complicated airport like this with loads of runways and taxiways, one could ask ATC to turn up the approach lights on the runway you want ...

The aircraft did not have a navigation screen showing the aircraft’s position on a map, which would be another tool available to help the flight crew build their situational awareness of the aircraft’s position. The worst part about flying a Dash 8. I've seen plenty of cases where the moving map ha...

Z28 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 26, 2025 7:44 pm
Price is important as well as I know the Ipad products are more expensive but work better.

I'd look into a reconditioned iPad - save a lot vs. a new one.

For Aviation Apps apple is the way to go. Jmho.

My company uses FD Pro/airbus flysmart. We need to make our own loadsheets fairly often.

The MPL is also a cost saving for Airlines. It also ties the individual to a company because the MPL is Airline specific - until the individual gets an ATPL. I have flown with 250hour cadet Pilots at an Asian Flag Carrier - I never had to take over. Some of them developed into exceptional Pilots. Ob...

I've had this issue a few times now - I complete the online application for non-ac express pilot position, go through the whole process fill out each section on each page, verify everything is complete and receive the successful "your application has been successfully submitted" page at the very en...

Would it be practical to put a transponder on them so planes could avoid hitting them with TCAS? Don't know much about weather balloons but I'd guess the weight of the instrument package is an issue. Adding TCAS = extra weight. https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/668779-b737-8-hit-debris-f...

From Avherald:-

https://avherald.com/h?article=52e9be9f&opt=0

Appalling safety record - should have been shut down after the Kyrgyzstan crash imho.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_ACT

I guess if it's cargo nobody cares.

Much more likely to have been the radiosonde/instrument package hanging under a weather balloon - Jmho.

Occam's Razor.

Typically tanker fuel is an economic decision, cheaper to haul it than pay for it at destination. As for extra, if you can justify it, it’s not usually a problem with dispatch. The problem is when you have used your extra fuel and now you are on minimum fuel where a go around is almost an automatic...

pelmet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 08, 2025 7:35 pm The last two airlines I worked for implemented policies of a maximum of two go-arounds at destination. Apparently, someone did seven go-arounds on one of our jets that led to the policy at the former company.

Diverting after the second go-around was policy at every Airline I've worked at.

How much extra fuel do you guys carry Eric? That's my theory why people don't go around. I'll take as much as I think is necessary. I give a reason for the extra uplift - never hear anything further. It will depend on Location/Weather/Alternate/Client/Previous Experience. I work for a global operat...