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Forum: Questions
25th May 2009, 20:30
Replies: 14
Views: 1,835
Posted By Zorst

If I'm the :mad: commander... You bet I would!

If I'm the :mad: commander... You bet I would!
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2009, 19:54
Replies: 20
Views: 5,636
Posted By Zorst

Mr Taylor, Good calls and good skills. ...

Mr Taylor,

Good calls and good skills.

Journos,

Poor effort - try getting some basic facts straight.

Magistrates,
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Jan 2009, 21:45
Replies: 196
Views: 41,669
Posted By Zorst

Some posts above are plumbing profound new depths...

Some posts above are plumbing profound new depths of idiotic hypothesis.

Better to keep your mouth shut and perhaps be thought a fool than open it and remove the doubt.
Forum: Questions
24th Dec 2008, 20:41
Replies: 2
Views: 1,038
Posted By Zorst

There's a danger that one of the interviewers...

There's a danger that one of the interviewers clicks his fingers and you take your clothes off and start doing the funky chicken, isn't there..? Isn't there?

Well, no, there isn't.

Seriously,...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Dec 2008, 20:01
Replies: 85
Views: 22,220
Posted By Zorst

Bump again. This brave young man is £333.50...

Bump again.

This brave young man is £333.50 from raising £60K (he set out hoping to gather a few hundred together for a very worthy cause).

I've done my bit - can a few more of us chip in and...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Dec 2008, 17:59
Replies: 198
Views: 68,100
Posted By Zorst

Dear Ben, Your spelling sucks, your...

Dear Ben,

Your spelling sucks, your grammar's awful, you can't land for toffee, and you really shouldn't be posting with fewer than 5000 hrs command on heavies, but...

...on a serious note,...
Forum: Questions
20th Dec 2008, 19:54
Replies: 5
Views: 1,206
Posted By Zorst

...nothing regulatory... ...just too ugly!

...nothing regulatory...

...just too ugly!
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
16th Dec 2008, 07:03
Replies: 22
Views: 3,797
Posted By Zorst

IF he's as bad as you say, then he's probably...

IF he's as bad as you say, then he's probably peeing the pax off as well... And ATC... And the engineers... And, and...

In your shoes (and presuming that you are effectively running the...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Nov 2008, 18:05
Replies: 67
Views: 15,699
Posted By Zorst

Glueball, You've done no more than...

Glueball,

You've done no more than demonstrate that you're in the remedial class there.

And you're only just keeping your head above water as it is.

Run along and let the grown-ups have...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Nov 2008, 06:11
Replies: 39
Views: 9,676
Posted By Zorst

Thank you for the reminder, Ayrshott. Can...

Thank you for the reminder, Ayrshott.

Can anyone suggest a second good deed in, say, the last decade?
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Nov 2008, 21:42
Replies: 39
Views: 9,676
Posted By Zorst

Really? What has it done? What has...

Really?

What has it done?

What has changed?

What benefit has been gained?

...and (with apologies to the late and much missed Douglas Adams), what invisible losses accrue as regulators...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Nov 2008, 20:14
Replies: 39
Views: 9,676
Posted By Zorst

Perhaps we could have a comprehensive list of all...

Perhaps we could have a comprehensive list of all the good things that CHIRP has achieved in its time? And a rough cost of all the good work?

Completely
Harmless
Immunity for
Regulators from...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
2nd Nov 2008, 06:48
Replies: 13
Views: 1,663
Posted By Zorst

No. Stick to the SOPs. If you do the...

No. Stick to the SOPs.

If you do the above, your rollout will be longer, your 'touchdown scatter' increased beyond the manufacturer's criteria, your landing performance invalidated, and your...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Oct 2008, 18:51
Replies: 75
Views: 7,894
Posted By Zorst

Wrong. In cadence braking the wheels are...

Wrong.

In cadence braking the wheels are locked in each cycle.

It's one of those things that lots of people talk about, very few understand, and a tiny minority can do.
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
24th Sep 2008, 19:39
Replies: 32
Views: 6,036
Posted By Zorst

...and unfortunately there are many side-effects...

...and unfortunately there are many side-effects of that sort of, ahem, moderation.

One of which is the credence it lends to everything left standing on the site...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
22nd Sep 2008, 21:41
Replies: 607
Views: 196,219
Posted By Zorst

Hmmm, I can introduce you to 'Billy the hammer'....

Hmmm, I can introduce you to 'Billy the hammer'. He drinks in the Cooperage, and takes cash.

Having been involved (long ago) in businesses with those who shared the knowledge that Billy and his...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
9th Aug 2008, 18:05
Replies: 14
Views: 1,483
Posted By Zorst

Hmmm, first I ought to point out that the...

Hmmm, first I ought to point out that the equation might more properly be stated:

(Power + Attitude) - Configuration = Performance

Some pilots like to have numbers to fly by; on one of my...
Forum: Tech Log
21st May 2008, 19:16
Replies: 15
Views: 1,361
Posted By Zorst

Performance is important... Yes, you really...

Performance is important...

Yes, you really need to get to grips with performance...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Apr 2008, 15:46
Replies: 61
Views: 5,747
Posted By Zorst

artist, I'd have disagreed with you very...

artist,

I'd have disagreed with you very heartily until Chuck's last post. Now, sorry to say, I think you've got a very valid point. His decision to reject was wrong, but his decision to post...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Mar 2008, 22:25
Replies: 26
Views: 7,079
Posted By Zorst

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filter ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filter

...and I wouldn't take note of Blip's simulator experiments - the simulator does not synthesise 'real' FMC function.
Forum: Tech Log
20th Mar 2008, 21:10
Replies: 24
Views: 13,151
Posted By Zorst

...and people ask me which operator I fly with...

...and people ask me which operator I fly with...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2008, 08:07
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,136,913
Posted By Zorst

You can bet your bottom dollar that the...

You can bet your bottom dollar that the manufacturers (RR and Boeing) are throwing much bigger resources at this than the AIB ever can.
Forum: Tech Log
19th Mar 2008, 08:02
Replies: 24
Views: 13,151
Posted By Zorst

Thanks Ingo, There is variation amongst a...

Thanks Ingo,

There is variation amongst a fleet of aircraft in the way that they achieve (or more often, don't achieve) the pressures charted.

But the crucial thing is to watch the guage as...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Mar 2008, 07:22
Replies: 24
Views: 13,151
Posted By Zorst

Commercial air transport safety revolves around...

Commercial air transport safety revolves around statistical probability of various kinds of event.

The reason why it's OK to continue flight at normal cruise levels on one pack is that following...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Mar 2008, 19:42
Replies: 24
Views: 13,151
Posted By Zorst

If on two engines/bleeds, monitor the duct...

If on two engines/bleeds, monitor the duct pressure to see there is no significant split at idle thrust.

If on one bleed (possibly, one engine), monitor the duct pressure as the thrust lever is...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Mar 2008, 18:23
Replies: 36
Views: 7,843
Posted By Zorst

It's too clever by half.

It's too clever by half.
Forum: Tech Log
18th Mar 2008, 18:20
Replies: 24
Views: 13,151
Posted By Zorst

It's a very good idea to do what the manuals say....

It's a very good idea to do what the manuals say.

Continue the flight as planned, but keeping a close eye on the pressurisation, and in particular - and far too few people know this - watching...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Mar 2008, 20:28
Replies: 55
Views: 10,353
Posted By Zorst

Yes, it has. This is because of technology....

Yes, it has. This is because of technology. Modern, less risky aircraft, replacing older, riskier, ones, plus the introduction of some specific technology (GPWS being a fine example). There are some...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Mar 2008, 18:29
Replies: 55
Views: 10,353
Posted By Zorst

Cool Not at all, they suffer the environmental capture...

Not at all, they suffer the environmental capture that your teaching environment intends to subject them to. Quite simple if you think it through...

If CRM works, show me the reduction in the...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Mar 2008, 20:10
Replies: 20
Views: 2,845
Posted By Zorst

Cool That's the one; I'm grateful. Happy memories......

That's the one; I'm grateful. Happy memories... Stearmans, girls, bikinis, sunshine, tins of Mir...
Forum: Questions
7th Mar 2008, 20:08
Replies: 6
Views: 877
Posted By Zorst

I'm pleased to see meneer van Es' work being...

I'm pleased to see meneer van Es' work being given this worthwhile plaudit; those searching for 'bullet points' should consider the difference between 'surface wind' (standard ICAO two minute...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Mar 2008, 17:59
Replies: 4
Views: 1,089
Posted By Zorst

anakyn, Oh dear... Manuals written in...

anakyn,

Oh dear...

Manuals written in French by native French-speakers, transalated into English, then interpreted by non-native English speakers.

...oh, and 1.23 Vs 1g is actually...
Forum: Questions
7th Mar 2008, 17:55
Replies: 6
Views: 877
Posted By Zorst

Smile ...and RYR-738-thingy, you yourself know too...

...and RYR-738-thingy, you yourself know too little about kalman filtering, which is involved in bringing you the display on PROG 2, and means that you are not looking at a display of instant wind,...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Mar 2008, 18:57
Replies: 55
Views: 10,353
Posted By Zorst

Not at all, I'm just making the point that no...

Not at all, I'm just making the point that no study has ever identified a tangible benefit from all this 'training'.

I've seen some pretty shoddy MCC training, too.
Forum: Tech Log
5th Mar 2008, 18:01
Replies: 55
Views: 10,353
Posted By Zorst

And I suppose that the students in your MCC/CRM...

And I suppose that the students in your MCC/CRM training are magically exempt the environmental capture involved in being on the course, and thus don't come round to the conclusion that the crew did...
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