Airbus vs Boeing (McDD)
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You all (well the majority) conclude that you dislike the airbus and prefer boeing. Would you prefer airbus if that was indeed an american company and boeing french?
Too be fair both do their job fairly well.
Too be fair both do their job fairly well.
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H1 ...would have to agree,the engineers think they are a piece of ****e,and regard them as total "job security"......since I dont have to work on them,I dont give a rats.......everything,s either ticketyboo and working,or I write it up and dont go,,,,,
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I would agree that there are some MEL,s that I have real problems with .....some include the LGCIU,,s,and the packs.....anyway,.....if it pays,Ill fly it...PB
...... I would agree that there are some MEL,s that I have real problems with .....some include the LGCIU,,s,and the packs.....anyway,.....if it pays,Ill fly it...PB
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I think they are totally different design concepts (the 737NG/A319/20/21)
(boeing..update a 40yr old design just enough to keep the type cert valid)
(Airboooos a clean sheet of paper....)
(boeing..update a 40yr old design just enough to keep the type cert valid)
(Airboooos a clean sheet of paper....)
I don't think it was a clean sheet of paper
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As an engineer I agree with "haughtney1" and "pakeha-boy".
The boeing product is better built but the BUSes are Job security for us engineering types.
Some of the MEL s on the bus create some interesting scenarios and ECAM messages accosiated with dead LGCIUs, EIVMUs Pacs etc would make you think the aircraft was AOG at first glance but the "clear" button and talking to the tech crew with a straight face seems to fix all that !
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The boeing product is better built but the BUSes are Job security for us engineering types.
Some of the MEL s on the bus create some interesting scenarios and ECAM messages accosiated with dead LGCIUs, EIVMUs Pacs etc would make you think the aircraft was AOG at first glance but the "clear" button and talking to the tech crew with a straight face seems to fix all that !
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Tin mate!! yup,if theres one thing to love about this piece of ****e.......its the tucker table!!!
........its heavenly to know traffic at 12 oclock,1000 below is a Boeing and hes got a big yoke to make love to...
the "tucker table" will hold a 3 course meal and a biscuit chucker under 68 kilo.... tough to find these days,...easy fix of course ,is to place your overnight bag,upright underneath and the weight limitation goes up to 88kgs....... at the end of the day....its all worth it......
I just love my tucker table....makes your mouth water ay C.C ..PB
........its heavenly to know traffic at 12 oclock,1000 below is a Boeing and hes got a big yoke to make love to... the "tucker table" will hold a 3 course meal and a biscuit chucker under 68 kilo.... tough to find these days,...easy fix of course ,is to place your overnight bag,upright underneath and the weight limitation goes up to 88kgs
....... at the end of the day....its all worth it......I just love my tucker table....makes your mouth water ay C.C
..PB
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I know a QF engineer who reckons AB is screwed together better than a Boing.?? what would i know. Seems to me you either like flying something made by a mad french committee, or something similar nailed together by mexican refugees... Ford vs Holden Renault vs Chevy etc etc....
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I've flown both the -100 and -300 versions of the 737, and despite the 20 year age difference between the ones I flew, they were still very similar aircraft. The nav systems were vastly improved in the -300, but they were still basically the same aircraft from a pilot's point of view.
In between the 2, I spent several years flying BAe146s. Dreadful aircraft compared to a Boeing, especially from a performance point of view BUT, a nicer place to spend the day with a roomy flight deck and nice big windows.
Now I've been flying the A320 for a year and a half, and it is the easiest jet I have ever flown. It took a bit of getting used to, but now I would never choose to go back to the 737. From a comfort point of view, there is no comparison, and at the end of the day, that is the important thing for me. If I have to spend 8 or more hours in the flight deck, give me an A320 any day.
In between the 2, I spent several years flying BAe146s. Dreadful aircraft compared to a Boeing, especially from a performance point of view BUT, a nicer place to spend the day with a roomy flight deck and nice big windows.
Now I've been flying the A320 for a year and a half, and it is the easiest jet I have ever flown. It took a bit of getting used to, but now I would never choose to go back to the 737. From a comfort point of view, there is no comparison, and at the end of the day, that is the important thing for me. If I have to spend 8 or more hours in the flight deck, give me an A320 any day.
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[QUOTE=distracted cockroach;3026777]Now I've been flying the A320 for a year and a half, and it is the easiest jet I have ever flown.
......cockroach.....maaaaaaaaaaaaaate! and thats eggs-zackery what its all about I reackon.....go to work,....do as little as possible.....have fun....take home big fat paycheck$$$$$$ to the wahine......life is good indeed..PB
......cockroach.....maaaaaaaaaaaaaate! and thats eggs-zackery what its all about I reackon.....go to work,....do as little as possible.....have fun....take home big fat paycheck$$$$$$ to the wahine......life is good indeed..PB
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Now I've been flying the A320 for a year and a half, and it is the easiest jet I have ever flown
Expect when you hit the TOGA tit, and the bloody thing keeps flying level
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H1...yeah ...good one mate......have always lived with the advice an old maori pilot gave me once.....
"eh pakeha-boy,you haff to be smarter than the equipment you are trying or planning to operate...........but for you,there is no hope"..........he was right
PB
"eh pakeha-boy,you haff to be smarter than the equipment you are trying or planning to operate...........but for you,there is no hope"..........he was right
PB
