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Forum: Private Flying
13th Aug 2021, 08:36
Replies: 3
Views: 1,844
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Saw the latter stages as I live more or less...

Saw the latter stages as I live more or less under LBA approach. The Typhoon got the attention via the ears, first look out the window was "that looks awfully close to that light on approach" - then...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jun 2021, 13:40
Replies: 78
Views: 70,852
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Wirbelsturm Looking at the tweeted images of...

Wirbelsturm

Looking at the tweeted images of the letter, FAA actually told Boeing that they had in fact failed to even follow their own processes let alone comply with the FAA's.

I would have...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th May 2021, 22:13
Replies: 76
Views: 26,919
Posted By infrequentflyer789

IcePack But were they actually trained at...

IcePack

But were they actually trained at all in a relevant scenario (whether sim was faithful or not) ? I understood from the report that they were definitely not trained in either stall or UAS...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2021, 10:04
Replies: 24
Views: 17,030
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Yeah, but that's obviously because they are being...

Yeah, but that's obviously because they are being much more careful and much safer which will be more cost effective in the long run because they won't be crashing aircraft.

Well, in theory they...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Mar 2021, 14:27
Replies: 871
Views: 965,426
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Still all-eggs-in-one-basket rather than...

Still all-eggs-in-one-basket rather than redundancy - but multiple would carry weight penalties and temptation of making them less crash-survivable and risking all of them not surviving, tradeoff as...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2021, 20:53
Replies: 871
Views: 965,426
Posted By infrequentflyer789

If it helps, this is my attempt at a...

If it helps, this is my attempt at a not-actually-Photoshop overlay:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/768x711/untitled_7fc0ae7a829c0e2c8bab50d1ac98dc03a0d13471.jpg

For rough...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2021, 19:05
Replies: 288
Views: 263,011
Posted By infrequentflyer789

May be some selection bias there - if the flaws...

May be some selection bias there - if the flaws we don't find are the ones on the inside which then lead to big news failures it doesn't follow that they always (or even mostly) fail that way, it may...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Feb 2021, 14:47
Replies: 75
Views: 44,216
Posted By infrequentflyer789

PilotLZ If you actually run the numbers on...

PilotLZ

If you actually run the numbers on that strategy it doesn't look so good though.

Using UK figures (self-interest herby declared) the vulnerable number around 10million, (8.7 over 70 +...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jan 2021, 20:40
Replies: 75
Views: 44,216
Posted By infrequentflyer789

I would say the same... except for the fact that...

I would say the same... except for the fact that there are new. more transmissible, variants around since about Nov/Dec. That and the fact that I have heard similar numbers in warnings from personal...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jan 2021, 19:33
Replies: 64
Views: 45,995
Posted By infrequentflyer789

That isn't what the post was referring to, it is...

That isn't what the post was referring to, it is referring to the manual trim being too weak to overcome aero forces (and therefore "locked" both ways) unless the pilot releases the control column...
Forum: Questions
16th Jan 2021, 19:54
Replies: 4
Views: 1,863
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Consider what you are protecting against. If...

Consider what you are protecting against.

If there are two of you sat in row 0 and one has covid, it's a good bet (in my opinion) both will have covid by end of flight, mask or not. Masks cut down...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2021, 17:50
Replies: 871
Views: 965,426
Posted By infrequentflyer789

I'd also throw in XL 888T if we're considering...

I'd also throw in XL 888T if we're considering multiple sensor failure and flight control law degradation.



In theory, IF the other crew member is not disorientated and intervenes in time and...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2021, 16:04
Replies: 1,128
Views: 478,183
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Thinking along similar lines, I note also that...

Thinking along similar lines, I note also that the deaths caused by Boeing were not in the US and (vast majority) not US citizens.

BP (via US subcontractors) killed 11 on DeepWater Horizon, fine...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Dec 2020, 17:33
Replies: 156
Views: 116,241
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Debateable whether or not the LiON batteries were...

Debateable whether or not the LiON batteries were a new or advancing technology, certainly to an outside observer they look like an extant tech that was new to transport aircraft, and was thought at...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Dec 2020, 12:44
Replies: 1,128
Views: 478,183
Posted By infrequentflyer789

oldchina Boeing was fully caught up by 1995...

oldchina

Boeing was fully caught up by 1995 with, arguably, a better FBW system having learned from Airbus's FBW launch. All they had to do was spread that 777 platform across the size range, as...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Dec 2020, 22:48
Replies: 1,128
Views: 478,183
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Even if we leave aside the "in principle" and the...

Even if we leave aside the "in principle" and the regs, the fundamental problem remains: "no new (sim) training" was part of the design.

Training could not have substituted for MCAS, could not...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Nov 2020, 14:29
Replies: 48
Views: 24,023
Posted By infrequentflyer789

BP: So, $25 billion eh? Y'all want me to carry on...

BP: So, $25 billion eh? Y'all want me to carry on holding this beer Mr Boeing?
Forum: Tech Log
29th Oct 2020, 17:13
Replies: 55
Views: 9,630
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Or you could put strap a really big, uncompressed...

Or you could put strap a really big, uncompressed H2 tank on top. Would add massive drag, so speeds would be limited, but on the other hand it would provide lift. Might take longer to get from A to B...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Oct 2020, 17:30
Replies: 35
Views: 21,392
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Agree but for a couple of pedantic nitpicks: On...

Agree but for a couple of pedantic nitpicks: On ET I am pretty sure MCAS only appeared when autopilot disengaged (it was engaged for half a minute), which I think was after flaps up. Also, MCAS...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Oct 2020, 19:09
Replies: 90
Views: 24,858
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Well negative test kind of sort of proves that...

Well negative test kind of sort of proves that you are not actually shedding virus right now. If the tests are reasonably accurate they may be good enough to clear you for entering airport and flight...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Oct 2020, 08:54
Replies: 129
Views: 49,387
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Sloppy math behind the presentation too...

Sloppy math behind the presentation too apparently. Latest seems to be that one of the authors of the original research objected to the way it's been used/presented, declined to take part in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Oct 2020, 19:41
Replies: 1,128
Views: 478,183
Posted By infrequentflyer789

RetiredBA/BY Easy to look him up, quoting...

RetiredBA/BY

Easy to look him up, quoting from the accident report (my bold):The captain, age 57, was hired by Pacific Southwest Airlines on February 25, 1980. Before this, he flew McDonnell...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Oct 2020, 08:01
Replies: 52
Views: 46,550
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Or if you are already dying - air ambulance units...

Or if you are already dying - air ambulance units are already testing these things for mountain rescue, see https://www.greatnorthairambulance.co.uk/our-work/news/the-jet-suit-paramedic/

I'm not...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Sep 2020, 15:24
Replies: 1,128
Views: 478,183
Posted By infrequentflyer789

ET final is not out yet (pretty sure),...

ET final is not out yet (pretty sure), preliminary report is available via archive.org if official site not working (I have it and can send it, if I can attach to PMs, but the archive link should...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Sep 2020, 13:59
Replies: 129
Views: 49,387
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Crew are being quarantined some places, not...

Crew are being quarantined some places, not optionally. Pilots may get away with it (not as dumb as it sounds - being in prolonged contact with anyone not also on flight deck is/should-be unlikely)....
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Sep 2020, 14:26
Replies: 1,128
Views: 478,183
Posted By infrequentflyer789

DaveReidUK Can't recall if it was a third...

DaveReidUK

Can't recall if it was a third AOA vane or a third AOA source, but I think it is the latter, in which case I guess it could be synthetic provided the calculation is independent of the...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Sep 2020, 09:09
Replies: 1,128
Views: 478,183
Posted By infrequentflyer789

tdracer I am guessing this was before the ET...

tdracer

I am guessing this was before the ET FDR traces were released, be interesting if you asked now and they all said that the first thing they'd do was get the a/c back in trim and then turn...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Sep 2020, 13:29
Replies: 129
Views: 49,387
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Thanks, this is the paper referred to in various...

Thanks, this is the paper referred to in various news articles this morning that I was struggling to find a link to.

In summary: :mad::mad:

Paper looks pretty thorough, on first read through...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Sep 2020, 22:57
Replies: 1,128
Views: 478,183
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Nope, engineers usually can't and don't overrule...

Nope, engineers usually can't and don't overrule management cost decisions, they can't reassign budgets or move funding.

They can, and should, refuse to do what is unacceptable when asked, that is...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Sep 2020, 13:02
Replies: 129
Views: 49,387
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Bindair Dundat Interesting, how Boeing must...

Bindair Dundat

Interesting, how Boeing must wish the World had done it your way over MAX and MCAS. Read the accident reports, decide there is no solution in there, and that the solution is to...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Sep 2020, 10:51
Replies: 156
Views: 116,241
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Joe_K Not sure that's the right link for the...

Joe_K

Not sure that's the right link for the quote, this one definitely has it:...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Sep 2020, 00:05
Replies: 123
Views: 38,761
Posted By infrequentflyer789

SamYeager Simplistic? Yes - I'm well under...

SamYeager

Simplistic? Yes - I'm well under 60, years off being able to retire, but I am still being advised by government (central and local) and doctors to go out as little as possible, and only...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Sep 2020, 16:11
Replies: 16
Views: 2,744
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Looking at other photos of it, it is more of a...

Looking at other photos of it, it is more of a two-fuselage aircraft than a non-fuselage, so this may not be as much of a problem as it at first seems, departure from the "trailing edge" looks...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Sep 2020, 14:02
Replies: 123
Views: 38,761
Posted By infrequentflyer789

[/indent]In the UK because the government failed...

[/indent]In the UK because the government failed to inform or properly inform.[/quote]

Not so, the correct messages were out there more than a week before lockdown, I followed them, planned, and...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2020, 23:50
Replies: 123
Views: 38,761
Posted By infrequentflyer789

UK testing has been fairly static for at least a...

UK testing has been fairly static for at least a month now, but positives are rising. Hospital admissions lag cases by at least 10 days or so, ICU by a bit more and deaths by 4-6 weeks (although you...
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