A Skytrans King Air crash lands in Cairns
Mr Buzzy.
But Q can autoland when things go sour.
Can't they?
I think!
I wonder.
Cant they?
"She'll be right mate we are the Q and we've got GoD on our side. (haven't we?)."
M
But Q can autoland when things go sour.
Can't they?
I think!
I wonder.
Cant they?
"She'll be right mate we are the Q and we've got GoD on our side. (haven't we?)."
M
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Is he a Journo
Hey Wooms, Journo type hype like that should be edited before it gets silly.
Well done to the pilots.
Now as for alternates.......Mareeba and Atherton are close by......
J
Well done to the pilots.
Now as for alternates.......Mareeba and Atherton are close by......
J
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Diverting YATN
Hey Arm out the Window,
Can you get them to hold for half a day, so I can join you 
Good friend of mine would even move the R44 outa the hangar to accomodate them
J
Can you get them to hold for half a day, so I can join you
Good friend of mine would even move the R44 outa the hangar to accomodate them
J
Even a Jumbo can land in 4500'.
So given the worst case of a disabled aircraft in the middle of the 10,000' runway, and a Jumbo, having no fuel to hold or divert, still has somewhere to land. (There is also a parallel taxiway at most airports).
You cannot carry fuel for every possible scenario!
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You cannot carry fuel for every possible scenario!
It has always puzzled me as to why QF doesn't carry this fuel.
Once a QF flight passes its DPA (assuming a happy QF Capt who carries flight plan fuel only) then he has no fuel available for diversion.
Imagine the pucker factor when he is told by the tower to go around due to prior landing aircraft being disabled on the only available runway...
It has always puzzled me as to why QF doesn't carry this fuel.
Once a QF flight passes its DPA (assuming a happy QF Capt who carries flight plan fuel only) then he has no fuel available for diversion.
Imagine the pucker factor when he is told by the tower to go around due to prior landing aircraft being disabled on the only available runway...
Once a QF flight passes its DPA (assuming a happy QF Capt who carries flight plan fuel only) then he has no fuel available for diversion.
Imagine the pucker factor when he is told by the tower to go around due to prior landing aircraft being disabled on the only available runway...
Geez Capt Fathom with logic like that your my hero!?
Single runway Destination=alternate, no question!
You might be a hero to the Acountant but you would be a fool to the Judge at the inquest.
Single runway Destination=alternate, no question!
You might be a hero to the Acountant but you would be a fool to the Judge at the inquest.
Blip
The operative word in your post is "many". If it were "all" one could be reasonably comfortable. Sadly "all" is not appropriate, and one cannot.
As demonstrated twice in the last 18 months.
M
The operative word in your post is "many". If it were "all" one could be reasonably comfortable. Sadly "all" is not appropriate, and one cannot.
As demonstrated twice in the last 18 months.
M
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I can assure you that me and most other QF skippers will be holding YBTL when landing in YBCS, even when it's CAVOK. This is exactly the scenario you do NOT want to be facing on Min Op. That "2nd" runway in Cairns is a tad small, even for the trusty 737...
As for the minority who don't carry necessary diversion fuel, well, I just shake my head and roll my eyes. I can just see the FSO one day: "Due to a recent incident, new policy is blah blah blah......"
As for the minority who don't carry necessary diversion fuel, well, I just shake my head and roll my eyes. I can just see the FSO one day: "Due to a recent incident, new policy is blah blah blah......"