Cathay A330 pattern work at CRK
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Cathay A330 pattern work at CRK
For the last three days a Cathay A330 has been doing pattern work at CRK around 5pm local till almost 7pm. It comes over my restaurant every 6 min. They are doing left traffic RNWY 20. Whats up? Sim broke? Too many Pilots to train? They did switch yesterday to 02 for 2 laps........
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It will be base training. Second officers who are upgrading to first officer have to complete some actual landings in the aircraft prior to having passengers onboard. Usually it is done in Zuhai, guess for some reason they could not use that airport.
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OK that makes sense. But I thought a level d sim would work.....But a couple of the departures looked like real V1 cuts. Low, slow and noisy, even for a A330....
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But standard for a 21 year old ex accountant who's never driven a car before.
From the latest training meeting the new ERAS write up guide.
5 - above average
4 - average
3 - below average
2 - Cx standard
1 - just meets upgrade standard
From the latest training meeting the new ERAS write up guide.
5 - above average
4 - average
3 - below average
2 - Cx standard
1 - just meets upgrade standard
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Back again doing right traffic to 02......Seem to have the gear out on about a 3 mile base to a 5 mile final.....seems a little early for pattern work....but at least the rain has stopped...
The one today was a 777-300ER B-KPX.
CPA9995. Flightradar24 gives you all you need to know!!
Flew in, did some circuits and is now FL340 heading back to HK.
By the way on a normal 1,500' circuit the gear goes down late downwind before turning base. About 25 to 30 seconds after abeam the threshold......
CPA9995. Flightradar24 gives you all you need to know!!
Flew in, did some circuits and is now FL340 heading back to HK.
By the way on a normal 1,500' circuit the gear goes down late downwind before turning base. About 25 to 30 seconds after abeam the threshold......
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Gosh, it would have been great if someone was there to take the pictures.
"Oh I missed my perfect shot again, I guess ill wait another 7 minutes for them to come back for the 23rd time"
"Oh I missed my perfect shot again, I guess ill wait another 7 minutes for them to come back for the 23rd time"
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To make it more efficient, they could use the aircraft during its layover for the MNL split duty. That would be fun! NOT! PX over. Base training through the small hours. PX home. It would save on the transit fuel, but risk the aircraft breaking during the training.
