Hi Greek God
Many thanks for that.It has answered many questions that I
was about to ask.Many thanks to everyone else as well.
I sometimes wish I never started this project,it takes up your
whole life.I'm afraid there will be many more questions regarding
the 757 in the next few months.
To give everyone an idea on the project,here goes
The 757 is owned by a Paris based airline.It has four,and two
737's.
This aircraft is sent to the Cameroons,to fly out of Douala on
a three month contract to cover heavy maintenance on the
national carriers 757.There are two crew.
The maintenance is put back by a month,so one crew return
to Paris,the other remains with nothing but standby's.
In a joint deal between the airlines,the aircraft is made available
to three brokers.It is not long before the aircraft heads up North
and being June,is snapped up wherever it lands.
With one crew,it flies all over the place.I have done my research
and have been to all the places in the book.I was supposed
to be in a certain place in Africa this week,but Visa problems.
The crew are up to anything.They use min rest,they have catering problems,fuelling problems,no flight plan,no performance
etc.Ok,they have a medical emergency over the Sahara as well!
The crew do get their days off,but don't know where it will be.
The one thing the crew have is a great aircraft.
So a few questions
On start up does it make any difference which engine you start
first.I believe you normally start number two.But is there a
technical reason behind this?
You are on final approach to Zakynthos.You have a full load,so what flap setting would you use?On touchdown,you experience
a downdraft.The left main gear hits the runway,but the tilt of the
aircraft is such that a go around is called.What would be your
procedures?Aircraft pulls up with no problem,what sort of time
would it normally take before you would be on finals again?
Still got loads more questions,but one stage at a time.
Greek God
Don't know the title yet,and I still have a long way to go.I wanted to just use their final flight number,but will let you know.
Going back to my original question regarding the 757 performance.The aircraft suffers a bird strike while taxiing
in.The engineer picks this up,the flight deck crew didn't feel
anything.There is a little fan blade damage,but under ideal
conditions,ie back at base,would you normally expect to have
a boroscope check before the next departure.Ok,you would expect to have the damaged blades replaced,but is the boroscope check more important?
Once again many thanks to everyone