Once again many thanks to you all for your replies.
Sorry not to have said thanks before but I have to work
to 'Writers time limitations!I need two days off in 28!!
I am digesting all your replies,but you have to remember I
have to dilute them slightly in the book so the general public
can understand.
As some of you are interested and you have taken the time to respond,I will give you a brief idea about the book.
It really is all about one crew working out of West Africa.
The reasons why a mixed nationality of crew are there in the first place becomes apparent from the first six chapters.
They all arrive to cover heavy maintenance on one of the national
carriers 757.
Maintenance is put back four to six weeks,so to begin with it
stays as a back up.
Within a week however,a joint agreement between the companies is made and the aircraft is brokered out.That's when
the fun begins.They head back to Europe and go all over the place,with the intention of returning To africa when they are
needed.It is the summer and the 757 is in heavy demand.
So,I just add problems for this crew all the way through.
Thus the technical questions.
The majority of the book deals with the interrelations between
the crew.Wherever they go,one disaster happens after another.
There is an engineer with them all the time,but even he get's
tired at times.
They do get their rest periods,days off are obviously wherever
they are.Back up spares etc are in Paris,with some having been
taken to Africa.
They finally end up in a war zone.What was supposed to be a quick in and out,ends up with a minor bird strike.At that point
the situation wasn't that bad so they delayed the flight to await
a boroscope and some new blades.But things do get worse and they get trapped in their hotel and parts don't arrive.
That's when they decide to just go,hence on this occasion my
question about aborting before V1.
So most is about the talk between the crew.The capt has found someone to take the steps away.Leaps into the cabin,tells
the purser to close up,straight into the flight deck and fairly
jumps into his seat,straps up,and then straight away says
'lets go'.It is after all fiction.
It's just I want to be as accurate with the calls and performance
to make it realistic.That's why the questions.Haven't started
on autoland,GPS,HF yet but they will come.
Dusk2Dawn
Title is very boring
PAT 101
Based on flight number in last chapter.
It will have a very nice picture of the 757-200 leaving the
war zone just as it starts to rotate.
Book will be in paperback and around 370 pages.
Well I better get back to chapter 16,which you will be pleased
to know has no flying,so no more questions for a while.
Sorry if I have bored anyone