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Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2015, 07:04
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

All very interesting Cactus and I agree with your...

All very interesting Cactus and I agree with your thinking. What a great outfit America West must have been. You and your group were incredibly wise to fight for pilot benefit packages and policies...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Apr 2015, 02:05
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

Airline-subsidized LOL insurance, without the...

Airline-subsidized LOL insurance, without the mental illness clause would be one way through. ALPA offers such a policy, however it is not cheap and there's no payout in cases of being unemployable...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Apr 2015, 00:46
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

The solution will be knee-jerk reactions and...

The solution will be knee-jerk reactions and regulatory band-aids - par for the course in commercial aviation or anywhere government is involved - but serves only to kick that can a little further...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Mar 2015, 06:41
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

This must account for the United SOP,...

This must account for the United SOP, pre-Germanwings. Yet curiously, while more domestic airlines upgraded to Phase II and beyond cockpit door systems, the legacy procedures remained. Perhaps a...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Mar 2015, 01:33
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

Denti, In the US, has been airline SOP, following...

Denti, In the US, has been airline SOP, following FAA guidelines since Phase I post 9/11 cockpit door improvements, that there be two crew on the flight deck at all times. United Airlines, for...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2015, 04:14
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

Absolutely agree. I see no easy way to handle...

Absolutely agree. I see no easy way to handle this with the current AME and fitness for flight guidelines in the US and assuming the rules are similar, the EU and UK as well.

Interesting bit about...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2015, 16:36
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

Fullwings, once again I am mostly in agreement...

Fullwings, once again I am mostly in agreement with your thoughts on this event.



Where we have a problem in the system is the mental health conundrum. In the US, self-reporting of a substance...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2015, 08:25
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

Fullwings: I stated in a prior post (there have...

Fullwings: I stated in a prior post (there have been several on this issue) that the two-crew procedure for US carriers was there to mitigate a lack of both video cameras and magnetic locks on the...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2015, 06:36
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

Hunter, actually two-crew cockpit procedures come...

Hunter, actually two-crew cockpit procedures come out of a need to 1. identify cockpit crew for re-entry and 2. operate the door. (see my post about 11 pages back here...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2015, 07:48
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

The two-crew rule was mainly in place in the US...

The two-crew rule was mainly in place in the US to facilitate flight deck crew identification upon return to the cockpit after a break. For aircraft without video surveillance at the door, there was...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2015, 05:44
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

In the US, once you have a bout with depression...

In the US, once you have a bout with depression or other treatable mental illness, or admit to having a substance abuse problem, your career is over. While you might be able to get your 1st Class...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2015, 05:46
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

Psych tests are helpful but unfortunately not...

Psych tests are helpful but unfortunately not accurate enough to be usefully predictive.



The only system that has worked fairly well, although not 100%, but close, is screening and monitoring...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2015, 05:39
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

All of you gents are on to what this conversation...

All of you gents are on to what this conversation should be focused on - not reinforced cockpit doors, nor minimum crew numbers on the flight deck during lav breaks. It is the giant elephant in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 05:54
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

I've never noticed the oscillations like that in...

I've never noticed the oscillations like that in my V/S in VNAV PATH after the descent stabilizes. While I have seen V/S variations in LVL CHG and VNAV SPD, they are generally trending either up OR...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2015, 11:12
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

Agreed but there is no normal operational reason...

Agreed but there is no normal operational reason for an oscillation in the resulting V path.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2015, 03:59
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

While I agree the reported figures are subject to...

While I agree the reported figures are subject to variation, in my experience, Mode-S V/S data varies not by the thousands, but hundreds in a steady climb or descent.



Possibly, considering the...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2015, 00:04
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

Given the age of the A320, I thought the aircraft...

Given the age of the A320, I thought the aircraft would not have microphone auto select on their masks. Our older 37's did not. And M, no offence taken.



VA is also a standard abbreviation for...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2015, 23:15
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By vapilot2004

If the data provided here...

If the data provided here (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2015/03/rapid%20descent.jpg) is accurate, it suggests the aircraft was under manual control. The V/S and...
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