Originally Posted by
admiral ackbar
Yes this is an ex-CP bird and I have no idea what Robert Milton has to do with any of this.
Commander Taco is very knowledgeable about the Air Canada fleet and my thinking that B-763 fuel dump was at one time deactivated by Air Canada is probably from an old ground school conversation in the pre-Y2K era. At least we know that fuel jettison still works on at least one of Delta's Triples.
I once flew for an airline that operated over a dozen variants of the B-727-200. And some with mixed engines.
I am curious about the decision to raise the gear while holding with a blown tire and excess fuel to burn. Was this done for passenger comfort perhaps? I've always been taught to leave the gear down with possible brake or tire damage lest it jam in the well on retraction.