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Forum: Fragrant Harbour
21st Sep 2016, 06:47
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

I kicked CX to the kerb when you were still in...

I kicked CX to the kerb when you were still in nappies.
You haven't progressed much since I note.



So they won't be retiring any of those twenty year old bangers you fly!

This is fun,...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
21st Sep 2016, 03:50
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

You guys in CX spend a lot of time at work...

You guys in CX spend a lot of time at work looking for needless apostrophes?
No wonder your company is fast approaching bankruptcy.
HKA will take your A350's. You might be allowed in too - after a...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
20th Sep 2016, 08:51
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

The point being it was on an Airway/SID in some...

The point being it was on an Airway/SID in some of the busiest airspace in China, but only CX got hit.


Clearly not - where did the hail come from? Why did your colleagues not avoid the CB by at...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
19th Sep 2016, 08:57
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

True. But when the personal insults are flying -...

True. But when the personal insults are flying - what do they expect?
I'm not one for corporate BS myself actually. It's not how I define myself, having worked in several companies, and at least one...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
19th Sep 2016, 06:30
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

Hong Kong Airlines orders nine Airbus A330 jets...

Hong Kong Airlines orders nine Airbus A330 jets in US$2.3 billion deal | South China Morning Post...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
19th Sep 2016, 06:17
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

Got a reference for that? Not saying it not true...

Got a reference for that? Not saying it not true - just interested in why you quote particular number.
The CX flight that encountered hail was climbing out of HKG according to AVHerald. Pretty busy...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
17th Sep 2016, 02:29
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

Typhoons are concentrated masses of CBs. ...

Typhoons are concentrated masses of CBs.


We have Digital Radar.
It's not your type. It's adequate, most of the time.


Bull****.
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
17th Sep 2016, 01:43
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

Bravo. That's how it should be done. The...

Bravo. That's how it should be done.


The one before Meranti. Things move fast around here, eh?
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
17th Sep 2016, 00:48
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

You still aren't paying attention. The typhoon...

You still aren't paying attention. The typhoon had moved north by then, it was somewhere over Naha. I accepted the routing having looked at satellite imagery - internet sourced, not provided by my...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
16th Sep 2016, 15:57
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

Interesting. Last time there was a typhoon over...

Interesting. Last time there was a typhoon over Taiwan I flew to Taipei when it had mostly cleared off, but some trailing CB activity required deviations. Around ENVAR there was a bunch of huge...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
16th Sep 2016, 15:44
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

I would have thought it obvious that in order to...

I would have thought it obvious that in order to get to the centre of a typhoon it is implied you must pass through the surrounding bands of TS. Do you have another way? Dieing to hear it.
Orbital...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
16th Sep 2016, 09:00
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

Well its obvious I posted this discussion in the...

Well its obvious I posted this discussion in the wrong forum. It should have been posted in Tech Log, where a more sane level of exchange generally tends to occur.
I mistakenly posted it in FH...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
15th Sep 2016, 16:05
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

Oh FFS, haha! You CX guys are so damned thin...

Oh FFS, haha! You CX guys are so damned thin skinned! Even just a query gets you right on the defensive. Should've known better than mention the dreaded CX even in a general way.

Don't like the...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
15th Sep 2016, 12:07
Replies: 75
Views: 19,242
Posted By Algol

Typhoon Meranti

I have a question especially for the CX guys.
In the last couple of days a severe typhoon passed just south of Taiwan and across the Taiwan Straits into China.
It wreaked havoc in parts of Taiwan,...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Sep 2016, 12:05
Replies: 53
Views: 20,586
Posted By Algol

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Forum: Rumours & News
8th Sep 2016, 05:48
Replies: 101
Views: 52,952
Posted By Algol

Buzzbox and Curtain twitcher, thanks for the link...

Buzzbox and Curtain twitcher, thanks for the link to the report, I hadn't seen it before questioning ATC's actions. The OP only put up the Guardian article which seemed to say the crew were left...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Sep 2016, 08:50
Replies: 101
Views: 52,952
Posted By Algol

And what were the Aussie ATC'ers doing when the...

And what were the Aussie ATC'ers doing when the flight departed radically from its filed route?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Sep 2016, 13:04
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Of course it's 'different'! You're on one engine!...

Of course it's 'different'! You're on one engine!
I'm ready to call this a day now, the loonies are getting out of hand.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Sep 2016, 06:20
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Correct. Same everywhere. Telling an airline...

Correct.
Same everywhere.
Telling an airline what EOSID it should fly is not their job. They wouldn't want it either I'd guess.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Sep 2016, 15:32
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Capn - just to interject - the methodology...

Capn - just to interject - the methodology differs from one operator to the next. For instance at my last company (a rather more 'matured' organisation I may say) the SOP was NOT to accelerate on an...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Sep 2016, 13:46
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

SWH - do you fly for an airline? Heard of...

SWH - do you fly for an airline?
Heard of SOP's?

We pilots don't get to make them up as we go along. Nor should we have to for Gods sake.
If there's a problem with the SOP its Managements job to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Sep 2016, 10:32
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Capn Bloggs, The normal (all engines) RWY15 SID...

Capn Bloggs, The normal (all engines) RWY15 SID we do is the Cairns2 Radar Departure, which is a left turn at 400' or 2.6D CS onto a NE radar heading.
We don't have RNAV EOSIDs in the box, so the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Sep 2016, 05:02
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Hi JT, welcome aboard. I think you...

Hi JT, welcome aboard.




I think you can assume this is the situation.
That said, Flt Ops seems to me to be amazingly apathetic to the risk.
Perhaps it is indeed that an alternative to the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Sep 2016, 04:55
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

I ran the RWY33 numbers in the EFB and the RWY33...

I ran the RWY33 numbers in the EFB and the RWY33 EOSID gives the logical RIGHT turn.
There's been no mistake of transposing the two EOSIDs as you theorise.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
2nd Sep 2016, 14:36
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Good work thanks to both of you - its worse than...

Good work thanks to both of you - its worse than I thought.
All grist to the mill. I'll keep trying to get their attention.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
2nd Sep 2016, 12:26
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Concorde into CNS? Wow. I never heard of that....

Concorde into CNS? Wow. I never heard of that. Interesting.

Capt.Bloggs, thanks for the RNP Chart, its useful to see that RNP procedure in relation to the terrain. Wish it showed more spot...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2016, 10:53
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Well the conversation is becoming slightly more...

Well the conversation is becoming slightly more courteous now, and we're actually making progress.

I have no map to show you. We use an EFB (with LIDO Data) and the EOSID instructions are in text...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2016, 09:16
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Nemesis, you're the only one here seems to have a...

Nemesis, you're the only one here seems to have a clue.
The EOSID on RWY15 (I'm talking ENGINE OUT people, PLEASE RTFQ) is to go straight out for 11DME CS (the VOR), then make the turn (right) back...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2016, 08:09
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Any CX A330 guys on here?

Any CX A330 guys on here?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2016, 08:03
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

The thread title says EOSID

The thread title says EOSID
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2016, 07:55
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

You're possibly confused. Where did I say we...

You're possibly confused.
Where did I say we accelerate before 1,500ft?

OK, once more with feeling,
You accelerate AT 1,500ft - to Green Dot (Clean up).
Thats their SOP.
The turn comes later...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2016, 07:47
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

Morno - the company EOSIDs are designed by LIDO. ...

Morno - the company EOSIDs are designed by LIDO.
Have you heard of them? They're a subsidiary of Lufthansa: https://www.lhsystems.com/solutions-services/operations-solutions/lidoperformance

Now,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2016, 07:31
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

This site is unfortunately populated with...

This site is unfortunately populated with FlightSim pilots who need to be weeded out and ignored. Asking what MFRA or Accel Alt is would be a good giveaway.

Snakecharmer - you say '"I'm telling...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2016, 06:41
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

MFRA is Minimum Flap Retraction Altitude!...

MFRA is Minimum Flap Retraction Altitude! Acceleration Alt if you prefer. Basic knowledge surely?

How do you mean 'flying it incorrectly'? I've never 'flown it' - I've never had an engine failure....
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2016, 05:35
Replies: 103
Views: 19,532
Posted By Algol

CNS RWY15 EOSID

Can any Airbus driver who operates into CNS answer a quick question?
My companies EOSID for RWY15 is wrong. The SOP is to climb to MFRA 1,500'AAL and accelerate to Green Dot (cleaning up). At CNS...
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