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Forum: Tech Log
9th Feb 2024, 07:53
Replies: 22
Views: 4,593
Posted By hikoushi

….how many times have you personally actually...

….how many times have you personally actually experienced legitimate moderate turbulence while flying with those performance margins? 🍻
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jan 2024, 20:48
Replies: 22
Views: 4,593
Posted By hikoushi

IIRC around 375 - 380. REC MAX was pegged at 398....

IIRC around 375 - 380. REC MAX was pegged at 398. Was a nearly empty flight (COVID era) but fuel heavy. Climbed up to avoid being stuck way lower. VERY smooth day otherwise would typically never go...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jan 2024, 07:16
Replies: 22
Views: 4,593
Posted By hikoushi

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/295x640/img_6494_3c4af1de3b1e3a773ec7f50d744ce638ed3b9ba1.png
Taken on a NEO at FL390…. Fairly positive 292 knots would be destructive at that...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Dec 2023, 17:33
Replies: 26
Views: 4,201
Posted By hikoushi

One reason for the “turbulent conditions”...

One reason for the “turbulent conditions” handling difference is to prevent your own overcontrolling inputs. Try flaps 3 and flaps full landings on a multi-sector day sometime when you have a lot of...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Oct 2023, 07:44
Replies: 29
Views: 28,468
Posted By hikoushi

If you are trying this exercise in the simulator,...

If you are trying this exercise in the simulator, a good way to feel out the profile is to start at 10000 feet or so directly above an airport, and spiral down. Have your PM run the long QRH (or ECAM...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2023, 05:06
Replies: 8
Views: 1,507
Posted By hikoushi

The LDA 26L in Honolulu is another example. Final...

The LDA 26L in Honolulu is another example. Final track is 304, runway heading is 259. Way more than 30 degrees but straight in by way of a curved approach lighting system.
Forum: Tech Log
9th Aug 2023, 23:20
Replies: 20
Views: 9,399
Posted By hikoushi

Next time someone debriefs you for calling...

Next time someone debriefs you for calling “Autopilot 1” instead of “A-P-ONE” when reading the FMA “AP1”, read out the FMA “A/THR” as “AY-THURR”. Will put a stop to that kind of “checker” behavior...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Aug 2023, 00:33
Replies: 4
Views: 1,800
Posted By hikoushi

Make sure your feet are ALL the way up to the top...

Make sure your feet are ALL the way up to the top of the pedals before you initiate manual braking (so you can feel your toes pushing up against the “lip” on top of the pedal).

The fulcrum point...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2023, 08:59
Replies: 19
Views: 2,668
Posted By hikoushi

Can’t remember the name of the material that...

Can’t remember the name of the material that bumper is made of, but recall being instructed to avoid touching it on the exterior preflight due to skin toxicity. Guess rubber wasn’t good enough!
Forum: Tech Log
5th Mar 2023, 16:17
Replies: 53
Views: 10,599
Posted By hikoushi

Airbus allows the flight crew to manually adjust...

Airbus allows the flight crew to manually adjust Vapp to compensate for wind effects that GS mini is not well-tuned to capture. GS mini works best in steady wind gradients and normal gusts, but...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Jan 2023, 06:42
Replies: 15
Views: 2,492
Posted By hikoushi

If you choose to leave the FD on to touchdown,...

If you choose to leave the FD on to touchdown, FLS deflections remain displayed down to the ground on many (most? All?) approaches. You will still see “F-LOC F-G/S” in green on the FMA as you taxi...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Sep 2022, 19:26
Replies: 17
Views: 3,665
Posted By hikoushi

May not be helpful to you, but for perspective on...

May not be helpful to you, but for perspective on use of the MEL after pushback, in US / FAA regulations there is a process we are bound to between pushback and takeoff called “crew placarding”....
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jan 2022, 07:25
Replies: 27
Views: 19,547
Posted By hikoushi

All very true but in a low-energy balked landing...

All very true but in a low-energy balked landing on one of the longer Airbii (I can speak to the 321) a rapid go-around rotation while the plane is still figuring out whether or not it can get out of...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Sep 2021, 07:46
Replies: 264
Views: 100,362
Posted By hikoushi

….so what of the lessons we learned with...

….so what of the lessons we learned with GermanWings? There are more reasons than system redundancy for having more than one person on the flight deck.

These A350 operators will throw all those...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Jul 2021, 07:22
Replies: 337
Views: 264,603
Posted By hikoushi

So maybe your RT is better than my entire...

So maybe your RT is better than my entire country… but how are your hand-flying skills when it comes to making survivable night ocean ditchings in jet aircraft? What’s that you say, how are MINE? No...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Jun 2021, 18:21
Replies: 10
Views: 12,604
Posted By hikoushi

Our line has one Airbus fleet that is FLS...

Our line has one Airbus fleet that is FLS equipped. We only have one non-ILS approach in the route system that does not allow FLS, which is trained specifically in the simulator. For that fleet, FLS...
Forum: Tech Log
1st May 2021, 07:55
Replies: 43
Views: 11,822
Posted By hikoushi

vilas Indeed, and agreed on all points....

vilas

Indeed, and agreed on all points. Seems to be a common error that we see over here to put the “cart before the horse” with the flap extension, both with the Airbus and other models.
Forum: Tech Log
29th Apr 2021, 05:50
Replies: 43
Views: 11,822
Posted By hikoushi

Vilas, What I have found works fairly...

Vilas,

What I have found works fairly consistently in the low altitude clean stall recovery (and I emphasize this is technique), is after the initial pitch down to wait until the speed trend is...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Oct 2020, 07:44
Replies: 17
Views: 7,658
Posted By hikoushi

Not sure which engine model you are working with,...

Not sure which engine model you are working with, but for the PW equipped 321NEO that information is not accurate. I have had one in the aircraft, and the BLEED LEAK is an amber ECAM and there is no...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Apr 2020, 08:09
Replies: 8
Views: 1,013
Posted By hikoushi

May not be in any way relevant to your particular...

May not be in any way relevant to your particular operation but in our outfit (in the USA) there would be two possible ways to document a reset. If the reset were done as a result of a discrepancy...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Apr 2020, 08:20
Replies: 37
Views: 16,896
Posted By hikoushi

The A321 NEO with the new ELAC is very similar,...

The A321 NEO with the new ELAC is very similar, and states:

”When the aircraft passes 100 ft RA, the THS is frozen and the normal flight mode changes to flare mode as the aircraft descends to...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Apr 2020, 08:30
Replies: 37
Views: 16,896
Posted By hikoushi

It simply goes into the equivalent of direct law...

It simply goes into the equivalent of direct law in pitch at 100 feet, and auto trim stops. Essentially natural longitudinal stability and pitch/power couple take care of the same thing the original...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Mar 2020, 18:12
Replies: 29
Views: 9,618
Posted By hikoushi

One simple alerting function that was already...

One simple alerting function that was already used to great effect by Douglas was the good ol’ “Bitching Betty” voice screaming “STABILIZER MOTION!!!” every time the trim moved for more than a few...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Mar 2020, 08:08
Replies: 8
Views: 2,095
Posted By hikoushi

Many moons back, single-engine no flap offset LDA...

Many moons back, single-engine no flap offset LDA approach with multiple stepdown fixes (pre-CDFA days). “The engine exploded and took out part of your hydraulics” on a day where the non-ILS runways...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Feb 2020, 08:39
Replies: 21
Views: 8,712
Posted By hikoushi

From the FCOM (A321NEO): Engine-out...

From the FCOM (A321NEO):

Engine-out operating speed in clean configuration. (Best lift-to-drag ratio speed).
Also corresponds to the final takeoff speed. Represented by a green dot on the PFD...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Feb 2020, 08:41
Replies: 21
Views: 8,712
Posted By hikoushi

I stand corrected. The VAprot and stall strips...

I stand corrected. The VAprot and stall strips can move above Vls, bringing the “foot” of the airspeed tape up, but Vls itself does not move. It DOES move with speedbrake use and configuration change.
Forum: Tech Log
17th Feb 2020, 22:17
Replies: 21
Views: 8,712
Posted By hikoushi

Green dot, F speed, S speed etc are fixed and do...

Green dot, F speed, S speed etc are fixed and do not (they move with weight only). Vls is dynamic, and moves with bank, g loading, atmospheric conditions, speedbrake deployment, and configuration.
Forum: Tech Log
14th Feb 2020, 03:42
Replies: 9
Views: 9,537
Posted By hikoushi

The alternative to a “circuit” in the QRH is a...

The alternative to a “circuit” in the QRH is a “diversion”, which by its definition means you are going to a different airport. While there may be some different ways to interpret what “circuit”...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Dec 2019, 07:13
Replies: 29
Views: 9,926
Posted By hikoushi

I could obviously not second guess either your...

I could obviously not second guess either your experience or the check airman’s judgment, having not been there but....

Generally Vls in the scenario you describe is treated as a sort of “caution...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Dec 2019, 06:19
Replies: 7
Views: 6,182
Posted By hikoushi

In our fleet at least (NEOs), we have FLS, which...

In our fleet at least (NEOs), we have FLS, which precludes RNP approaches. RNP approaches with radius-to-fix legs requires FINAL APP mode, which does not play well with FLS. An update is supposedly...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Oct 2019, 08:06
Replies: 19
Views: 5,007
Posted By hikoushi

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory...

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/90-108.pdf

This will lead to the FAA guidance on the subject.... basically within certain limitations RNAV systems can be used in lieu...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Sep 2019, 05:20
Replies: 72
Views: 19,273
Posted By hikoushi

Sometimes a combination of instinct and procedure...

Sometimes a combination of instinct and procedure is the right technique. The time that most of us will instinctively move the stick (“DUAL INPUT!!!”) before pressing the takeover PB is either a...
Forum: North America
3rd Aug 2019, 07:34
Replies: 2
Views: 2,370
Posted By hikoushi

Drive up to Gig Harbor and check out Pavco Flight...

Drive up to Gig Harbor and check out Pavco Flight Center at Tacoma Narrows Airport. If you will be spending any time elsewhere in Washington, Regal Air at Paine Field (KPAE) is also excellent.
Forum: Tech Log
16th May 2019, 05:54
Replies: 11
Views: 5,199
Posted By hikoushi

Having only flown the A321 NEO, what is different...

Having only flown the A321 NEO, what is different in the programming of the rotation and flare from a CEO 321?
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2019, 07:30
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,267,929
Posted By hikoushi

In the Airbus, a faulty AOA or ADR causes the...

In the Airbus, a faulty AOA or ADR causes the airplane to either:
1. Do nothing, or
2. Turn off Normal Law.
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