SYD last night - wind
 

Crikey - anyone fly into Sydney around 6:30-7pm last night?
Was on a 737 back from Melbourne - roughest commercial flight I've been on in a long time.
Big gusting updrafts and spectacular sink - whole cabin yelling out in fear.
Old mate up the front gave away the first approach over Kurnell - said afterwards he didn't even get to flaps 15.
Had another go - again - missed approach - he said they had a horrible soaring tailwind up the chuff.
Toured right out over Western Sydney waiting for it to calm down and then made a very choppy approach to the South and planted firmly.
Very exciting.

Wasn’t a JQ flight was it?

Think it was a gentle 40kt breeze associated from the passing of a front....
move along, nothing to see here....

ok let me get this right.... whole cabin screaming in fear yet you state it was exciting.....
Ok cool, where is the best place for spotting in Sydney again?

You forgot to mention the hospital and nearby school! :E

Assistance dogs more frightened than their owners. Who'd a thought? ;)

Nope - it was the roo.
And trust me - the punters were indeed yelling - 40 knots is scary for average SLF.
But I'm just a spotter who enjoyed the ride - how would I know, eh?
Plenty of schools, hospitals, orphanages etc. uneventfully flown over.
And I'm not blaming the driver - he was very calm and collected - even managed to say `Welcome back to earth...' as we rolled out - which got a laugh.

Sounds like what the old guys refer to as "as the most fun you can have with your pants on"

Sure as hell was - had to hide the big grin.
Buckle up tight and it was fine - miles worse than the worst approach I've flown into WLG on a windy night.
Poor guy next to me was feeling sick as a dog...

Sounds like I missed out on a fun ride... my flight from BNE to SYD was cancelled just after boarding completed and before closing the door. Captain announced that ATC had prohibited further inbounds due to additional traffic from multiple weather-related go-arounds and the 2300 curfew restriction (for which they couldn’t get an exemption). 76 passengers spent an unexpected night in BNE

It's good to have the punters fearing for their lives now and then. Maybe they'll give some thought to listening to the safety brief and not wearing flip flops and a singlet.
Maybe they'll remember it when the newspapers and employers are reporting greedy pilots want more money or leave the industry.
I wonder how much cash they'd have been willing to electronic transfer at that moment to have a guarantee of getting down safely.
I wonder if they'll think about how qualified and experienced their captain was and will they get another like him next time or go budget and chance it with the other lot(s) and some Navajo legend who didn't finish high school.
It's good to have the punters fearing for their lives now and then.

Yeah, because anyone who didn’t finish high school can’t fly an aeroplane :rolleyes:.

And budget carriers in Australia are just falling out of the sky aren’t they! The skygods are there to save you though, because they used to (notice that, used to) have a useless high school education requirement and then they’d make sure you are old and grey before you could possibly captain an aircraft!

Next up, space shuttles!

This has to be a piss take.

But they would know that “shuttle’s” doesn’t need an apostrophe. :}

Well said but It will probably go right over his head.

:D My bad, you are correct. Late night posting

what’s the tail wind take off limit on the QF 737?

15 knots max t/w