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Forum: North America
17th Jan 2014, 15:13
Replies: 355
Views: 137,572
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Quote: If you are downwind with everything...

Quote:
If you are downwind with everything looking good and you are offered the visual and you have not briefed it - simple ... do not do it!


Quote:
Spoken by a true Magenta kid. When'd you do...
Forum: Freight Dogs
17th Jan 2014, 15:05
Replies: 215
Views: 96,413
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Looks like the three Dash 8's are coming home to...

Looks like the three Dash 8's are coming home to Atlas Air?


Business Wire

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAWW), a leading global provider of...
Forum: North America
13th Jan 2014, 22:56
Replies: 355
Views: 137,572
Posted By Ct.Yankee

OK, yes, the PIC is ultimately responsible,...

OK, yes, the PIC is ultimately responsible, but..., what about the tower guys looking out the window to verify that the plane is in fact on final when they clear them to land, especially if the tower...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Nov 2013, 12:31
Replies: 310
Views: 177,054
Posted By Ct.Yankee

"there but for the grace of.............." ...

"there but for the grace of.............."
Wake up 0630am, kids getting ready for school, work in yard all morning, around 3pm take nap, 4pm neighbor gets leaf blower going, nap ends, oh well, it's...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Aug 2013, 18:45
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,860
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Old Boeing Driver

As a fellow aviator with about the same level of experience as you, we
used to have a term when we were still 16year F/O's "Y.A.R.C." (You're absolutely correct Captain)! Good post!!
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jul 2013, 15:44
Replies: 2,403
Views: 2,207,308
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Red face Basic piloting!

(Irrespective as to whether it contributed to this accident in any way, it's outrageous that an airport the size of KSFO has no electronic or visual G/S.

Temporary VASIS or PAPIS can't have been...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2013, 23:13
Replies: 263
Views: 106,769
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Pic.?

Is that pic. the 787 test aircraft incident in Texas a few years ago, or yesterday's incident at Logan?
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Oct 2012, 14:30
Replies: 59
Views: 19,214
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Hey! After a few months of write ups, we had the...

Hey! After a few months of write ups, we had the cleanest, discrepancy free fleet in the industry!
Forum: Freight Dogs
22nd Sep 2011, 15:26
Replies: 20
Views: 9,371
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Question For what it's worth?

Business & Technology | Atlas Air cancels orders for three Boeing 747-8s | Seattle Times Newspaper (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2016278205_atlas22.html)
Forum: Freight Dogs
5th Sep 2011, 17:10
Replies: 11
Views: 4,631
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Red face Hey T.D. Heard that same rumor in 1992. Don't...

Hey T.D.
Heard that same rumor in 1992.
Don't hold your breath.
Wishful thinking???
Forum: Tech Log
29th Jul 2011, 20:56
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,674,984
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Before Landing Check List; I heartily and...

Before Landing Check List;

I heartily and sadly agree.
Seen all three types of crew members
since early glass (B757) transition from
"steam gauge" (B727) to retirement (2007).
FBW (Fly by...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jul 2011, 16:48
Replies: 162
Views: 56,511
Posted By Ct.Yankee

SOP's as guidelines

Bubbers44 is absolutely correct.
I was an F/O at the time and the discussions around our crew rooms agreed that if the Capt. had let the F/O, who was doing a good job of handling the emergency,...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2011, 21:08
Replies: 287
Views: 57,010
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Talking Sorry; last 15 yrs flying the "Whale", the...

Sorry;
last 15 yrs flying the "Whale", the Feds. didn't like us shooting the "River App."
definitely would have been sporty!
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2011, 17:55
Replies: 287
Views: 57,010
Posted By Ct.Yankee

PILOT in command!

What ever happened to a PILOT (not the programmer sitting in front or a bunch of flat panel TV's) using aviation common sense ??

" Skyjet 101 entering left downwind for 36 at DCA... Skyjet 101 5...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Aug 2010, 01:07
Replies: 185
Views: 45,485
Posted By Ct.Yankee

p51guy; I totally agree with you! It's time...

p51guy;
I totally agree with you!
It's time to stop blaming a dead pilot!
Forum: Freight Dogs
2nd Jun 2010, 02:49
Replies: 48
Views: 10,359
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Lists?

My Atlas class in May of 1994 had only one list.
My original # was in the nineties, after the arbitrary
two list was forced on us my pilot # was in the fifties.
There was no input solicited from...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
3rd Oct 2009, 20:39
Replies: 2
Views: 999
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Grrr small world

Just attended a local town meeting and the guy(SLF) sitting next to me started to tell about his "surviving" a near gear collapse on a BA flight out of Mumbai this past week.
He claimed the FA's...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Sep 2009, 21:47
Replies: 1,634
Views: 675,967
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Cool World Peace

How about uniting the people of the world by getting rid of lawyers?
I believe Shakespeare promoted this concept in one of his works
years ago!
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Aug 2009, 03:04
Replies: 95
Views: 26,687
Posted By Ct.Yankee

fish FAA's experience statements?

Jet J

Yes, with the exception of the airlines that were flying, Martins, Convairs or DC3's and the pilot hires that were less that twenty-one years old, all started in the backseat or middle seat...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Aug 2009, 04:07
Replies: 95
Views: 26,687
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Angel Life in the Sixties

For those of us, the old experienced aviators, retired or soon to be,
should remember that the minimum flight time required by most of the
US airlines at the time( 1965- 1968) was a Commercial Lic....
Forum: Freight Dogs
26th Jan 2009, 14:37
Replies: 3
Views: 1,413
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Red face AAWH leather jackets

The leather and the overall quality is above average.
The sizing dimensions were definately not followed.
Make sure you emphasize your exact size!:\
Forum: Freight Dogs
6th Apr 2008, 16:15
Replies: 20
Views: 4,680
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Red face Mr. C. Polyp

Hopefully you are speaking tongue in cheek!
Almost no one at Purchase gives a rat's a--s about
a crewmember's quality of life, only saving $$$$$!
(for their own bonus??)
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Dec 2006, 19:29
Replies: 63
Views: 13,635
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Wink Irregardless of ex-wives

How about those of us who just like flying giant jets around the world??
What's wrong with that??
A little backround;
I am currently riding sideways in an eighteen wheeler that has Spiderman on...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Nov 2006, 17:07
Replies: 1,634
Views: 675,967
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Angry ICAO rules and ethics

I find it hard to believe that this is a professional pilot's forum and most seem to accept that two of our fellow professional colleagues are be held against their will and the ICAO rules to protect...
Forum: Freight Dogs
30th Jan 2006, 00:44
Replies: 285
Views: 42,997
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Red face Polar Reality

I did make a comment a few months ago in reference to the polar mec caving into the aawh vp and accepting a contract that was not worth the so-called solidarity of the polar crew force.
First of...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Nov 2005, 00:07
Replies: 27
Views: 4,136
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Raas 767; I too had a Dad that passed 60 and...

Raas 767;
I too had a Dad that passed 60 and was FORCED to retire. In 1979 when I was in A300 school, his old buddies that were now our Ck.Armn.
asked me to bring him into the Simulator. Guess...
Forum: Freight Dogs
5th Oct 2005, 20:08
Replies: 285
Views: 42,997
Posted By Ct.Yankee

:hmm: you've got to be kidding! two weeks, (big...

:hmm: you've got to be kidding!
two weeks, (big deal, try six months
on the picket line and unemployment benefits) and then you're willing to vote for a
poorer offer than the original.
way to...
Forum: Freight Dogs
25th Sep 2005, 18:55
Replies: 285
Views: 42,997
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Angry for some of us who believed alpa in 1989 and then...

for some of us who believed alpa in 1989 and then found out that our brothers at other airlines not only would not support us but were trying to take away our strike benefits, routes and aircraft,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Jul 2005, 13:59
Replies: 12
Views: 18,336
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Bengerman; I don't have much of a choice...

Bengerman;

I don't have much of a choice since our Corporate travel dept. is on a cost savings binge and the comfort of the employee is a lower priority.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Jul 2005, 17:53
Replies: 12
Views: 18,336
Posted By Ct.Yankee

MarkD Check in was chaos, Flight bag and...

MarkD

Check in was chaos, Flight bag and travel pro too much. Refused my Corporate Amex card for "excess" baggage.

The sprint to the jet was a new experience, seat pitch was a reminder of Army...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jul 2005, 08:20
Replies: 12
Views: 18,336
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Red face Get Real!

Just recently had the "C-ryanair" experience.
Had to DH to PIK. I won't talk badly about Eastern
European airlines, but C- Ryanair makes them look
good! Even "Ameriflot"(AA)'s far superior!...
Forum: Freight Dogs
5th Dec 2004, 16:47
Replies: 4
Views: 1,803
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Red face Atlas Air new hires

The new hires for Atlas, not AACS are officially based in the US.
The European flying( note the word European), not Stanstead, is considered a part of a US originating and terminating pattern.
Forum: Freight Dogs
19th Jun 2003, 07:59
Replies: 6
Views: 1,004
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Red face ACMI; Yes, I'm afraid, and still a legend in...

ACMI;
Yes, I'm afraid, and still a legend in his own mind!:uhoh:
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2003, 09:01
Replies: 68
Views: 15,876
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Unhappy Heavin Forbid! Last week I DH'ed on a CRJ50....

Heavin Forbid!
Last week I DH'ed on a CRJ50. Upon arrival I found my cell phone still in the "ON" position. Thank goodness we made it!!!!
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Feb 2003, 19:43
Replies: 81
Views: 17,966
Posted By Ct.Yankee

Thumbs up Hey G.F. Just to set the record straight on the...

Hey G.F.
Just to set the record straight on the Braniff scope clause:
at the EAL MEC meeting in Chicago, just after the Braniff route purchase was announced Jack B. , J.J.'s caddy from alpa...
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