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- Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:48 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The personal log book thing.
- Replies: 135
- Views: 17945
Re: The personal log book thing.
I was asked for my logbook in Heathrow when being ramp checked on a 777 by the CAA. Fortunately, I have such a thing and the Inspector was happy with my "Recency". The F/O was not asked; good thing, he didn't have one and we would have been grounded. AOPA just pointed out that a logbook is a legal r...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:37 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Never heard of this old AC incident before
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3986
Re: Never heard of this old AC incident before
It was a DC8 I was on a DC8 course in Montreal at the time; had been working on the ramp in YYZ just prior. The airplane was being fuelled; F/A's were on board preparing for flight. Possibly flight crew as well. One F/A told me that the interior of the airplane was starting to smoulder in the time i...
- Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Bonds
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6715
Re: Bonds
Remember JetsGo?
Leblanc required Training Bonds; 30K, a lot of pilots were out of substantial amounts of money when the company failed.
Leblanc required Training Bonds; 30K, a lot of pilots were out of substantial amounts of money when the company failed.
- Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
- Replies: 294
- Views: 53445
Re: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
Don't forget the Boeing history of covering up flaws in their aircraft. The 737 rudder actuator had a flaw that made it go hardover; caused several crashes which were blamed on everything but the unit. Finally, a British crew managed to land an airplane with the fault, and Boeing had to re-design th...
- Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:17 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 max
- Replies: 494
- Views: 66861
Re: Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 max
It seems that perhaps the tail of the MAX is too small to deal with the power on pitch up at low speeds; so, instead of using the elevator (stick pusher) they used the Trim System which is many times as powerful. If the tail is too small, making it bigger would be a solution; one that Boeing clearly...
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:48 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 max
- Replies: 494
- Views: 66861
Re: Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 max
We don't know what happened yet, but it seems there was a control problem. Putting the MCAS system in and not putting it in the Flight Manual is ridiculous! Why? Runaway MCAS should be trained for; repeatedly; can't do that if it is not in the Manual. Hopefully if there is any indication of MCAS pro...
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:33 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
- Replies: 80
- Views: 15368
Re: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
Even if you don't fly commercially, get egress training and always wear a life jacket when flying over or onto water. You won't even notice it after the first few times. Get one designed for constant wear and without automatic inflation. Buy a model for which replacement cartridges etc are available...
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:17 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: FO taxiing
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9238
Re: FO taxiing
I was a Training Captain for nearly twenty years. On aircraft with no tiller, I would have the F/O exit the runway if the taxiway could be negotiated with rudder pedal steering. On aircraft with a tiller on the right side, (when training F/O's) I would get the F/O to taxi after the appropriate check...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:18 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: L1011
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5742
Re: L1011
The galley was below the floor. If you sent both elevators up, then put a food trolley in each elevator bay, no-one could then get down to the galley. There was a US Military competition for a tanker/transport. All three widebodies were in the game; Boeing put a flying fuel boom on the prototype 747...
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:18 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Music Fest at Edenvale Airport
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3105
Re: Music Fest at Edenvale Airport
Milan Krupa (owns Edenvale) is a huge supporter of GA in Canada; support him any way you can!
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:16 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Garneau says Bombardier can't be favoured in Bids.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5753
Re: Garneau says Bombardier can't be favoured in Bids.
DeHAvilland is in Toronto; at least till Viking moves it.
Who thought selling Downsview was a good idea?
Who thought selling Downsview was a good idea?
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:06 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: L1011
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5742
Re: L1011
The 1011 was a wonderful airplane to fly! It had a huge cockpit with enormous windows, it handled beautifully and the engines were wonderfully responsive. AC had two versions; the -100 and the -500; they were really two separate aircraft. Both had the original "Dark Cockpit" design; when all the swi...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:28 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Boeing 727
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4404
Re: Boeing 727
I do recall one time when the landing seemed lost; I pushed as hard as I could and it was a thing of beauty!
I tried to do that on other occasions; usually worked.
I tried to do that on other occasions; usually worked.
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:05 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Savin' the Prop
- Replies: 62
- Views: 5595
Re: Savin' the Prop
So far as not being able to go around; that is the situation in a four engine airplane with two out, or a three engine with two out. The commit point is 500 feet; after that, no go around. How many have ever shut down an engine in flight and stopped the prop? In a 172 with either a Continental or Ly...
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:37 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: $55 charge, for processing medical?!
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7578
Re: $55 charge, for processing medical?!
You are paying them to send you a bill, then take your money, then send you a receipt.
You are not getting anything for this $55.
You are not getting anything for this $55.
- Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:25 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Boeing 727
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4404
Re: Boeing 727
it depends which version you were flying. The -100 flew much better than the -200. The original short version and the long version shared the same wing, so the little one was easier to land; more forgiving. The -200 was (after flying Douglas airplanes and subsequently other Boeings) a pig. A common ...
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:03 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Falcon 50 crash in Greenville South Carolina...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6493
Re: Falcon 50 crash in Greenville South Carolina...
I have a DA50 type rating as PIC and a fair amount of experience. The lightest Part 25 airplane I have flown. It is a straightforward aircraft, but it is a high performance jet. It only has a reverser on the center engine; If you landed in the right place at the right speed and used the brakes prope...
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:40 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 704/705 pilots still flying in GA
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1348
Re: 704/705 pilots still flying in GA
I flew professionally for at least 23000 hours Also a couple of retirement gigs which saw me in war zones on a turboprop as well as corporate in North America. I have also flown over fifty types of GA airplanes as old as 1943; every possible configuration from single seat up. I love flying; period. ...
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:29 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: TSB finds fatigue an issue in SFO lineup
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4379
Re: TSB finds fatigue an issue in SFO lineup
Marc Garneau was a Naval Officer; NOT a pilot. While he may have a couple of Engineering Degrees (no small feat) he does not have a background to help him understand this issue. Many people thought at the time that his selection as the "First Canadian Astronaut" was political. There were several goo...
- Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:45 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Uniform question
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5304
Re: Uniform question
Previously, once you got through the process to become a Captain at AC, you wore four stripes forever after. If you could no longer hold a Captain position due to cutbacks, or whatever reason, you had still proven you could become a Captain and wore the stripes. Then a few persons got upset if they ...