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Forum: Freight Dogs
26th Oct 2017, 22:03
Replies: 411
Views: 449,805
Posted By Ditched

QOTS, Are you able to make 130k and still...

QOTS,

Are you able to make 130k and still see your family? Looks difficult to achieve those numbers without working to the max FTL.
Forum: Freight Dogs
20th Oct 2017, 19:52
Replies: 411
Views: 449,805
Posted By Ditched

QOTS & C152gal, Thanks a million for your...

QOTS & C152gal,

Thanks a million for your inputs!

Ditched
Forum: Freight Dogs
19th Oct 2017, 13:00
Replies: 411
Views: 449,805
Posted By Ditched

QOTS Any thoughts on joining AAI as a DEC? I...

QOTS

Any thoughts on joining AAI as a DEC? I dont see any requirements for widebody experience. Is their training departement confident enough to train suitable candidates without any Long-Haul...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Jun 2015, 09:12
Replies: 33
Views: 14,174
Posted By Ditched

FPV

Although it can be useful i almost never use it.

Dont use it in Airspeed Unreliable. It will show on the display but pitot/static information is fed into it somehow so it cant be garanteed to...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Jun 2015, 10:43
Replies: 27
Views: 6,486
Posted By Ditched

My take on it is that it is closer to a...

My take on it is that it is closer to a Diesel-Electric setup than a hybrid. The breakthrough here being the weight reduction of the electric motor itself. Diesel-Electric has it advantages in...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
31st May 2015, 16:22
Replies: 25
Views: 13,402
Posted By Ditched

lubeoil, may I ask how long you were out of...

lubeoil, may I ask how long you were out of shipping before returning? Did you find it easy to pick up where you left?

My CoC has unfortunately expired, at times I have been contemplating a return...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
16th May 2015, 14:43
Replies: 25
Views: 13,402
Posted By Ditched

Sea to Air

Many have gone that route before you.

Going to sea will give you very valuable life experience and it will help you to get through flighttraining since a lot of subjects are the same/simliar.

I...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Dec 2014, 15:30
Replies: 51
Views: 19,821
Posted By Ditched

From the info available on the boeing website, ...

From the info available on the boeing website,

767-400ER 296 pax 2 class OEW 103872 (351 kg/pax)
787-8 242 pax mixed 3 class OEW 117798 (487 kg/pax)

even if you would fit the same number of...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Dec 2014, 14:56
Replies: 51
Views: 19,821
Posted By Ditched

Interesting to see that the 787 is heavier per...

Interesting to see that the 787 is heavier per seat by about a 100kg than the 767 it is supposed to be replacing. Guess all these weight saving technologies are eh.... really heavy.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
29th Mar 2014, 07:31
Replies: 425
Views: 206,170
Posted By Ditched

I think RYR find themselves between a rock and a...

I think RYR find themselves between a rock and a hard place. They have manoeuvrered themselves into a position where there is no easy way out.

On one side, Norwegian and others can continue to...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Feb 2014, 15:37
Replies: 27
Views: 7,212
Posted By Ditched

WOW! Latetonite & RAT5, what about including...

WOW!

Latetonite & RAT5, what about including reading and writing in those "superior" skills of yours.
Forum: Tech Log
24th Feb 2014, 10:23
Replies: 27
Views: 7,212
Posted By Ditched

Mind you that on a dual channel approach at 400...

Mind you that on a dual channel approach at 400 feet the aircraft will trim nose up. Reverting to manual flight to attempt a landing after this point can be quite a challenge and you are better of...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Feb 2014, 18:36
Replies: 18
Views: 24,990
Posted By Ditched

As a general rule of thumb on the 737NG take the...

As a general rule of thumb on the 737NG take the trackmiles as a flightlevel. e.g. 300nm sector flight level 300 is about what you would fly.

Or take out FCOM 1 Performance Dispatch tables, no...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Aug 2013, 19:13
Replies: 21
Views: 5,874
Posted By Ditched

GPS distortion

Most cargo ships i worked on had very basic autopilots. Usually only capable of holding a heading fed from the gyro-compass with a back up to switch over to the magnetic compass should the gyro fail...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Jun 2012, 19:56
Replies: 22
Views: 4,943
Posted By Ditched

As we can see now with the economic situation in...

As we can see now with the economic situation in Euroland, capitalism has worked and created wealth in the beginning, but if you do not switch quickly enough to a more socialist model the greedy will...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Jun 2012, 19:46
Replies: 22
Views: 4,943
Posted By Ditched

Fireflybob, Very interesting! I have been...

Fireflybob,

Very interesting! I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about a cooperative airline setup the way you mention. There are examples like WestJet in Canada and to a certain extent...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Apr 2012, 11:08
Replies: 81
Views: 24,288
Posted By Ditched

Windshear Escape Manoeuvre

..From my QRH (737NG)

Push TOGA, this puts the AFDS in G/A mode,
Disconnect AT and AP! (AP drops off anyway if youre single channel)
MAX Thrust, (manually)
Aggressively pitch up to 15 deg or...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Feb 2012, 19:03
Replies: 18
Views: 10,853
Posted By Ditched

Had excactly the same problem in the sim...

Had excactly the same problem in the sim recently. Examiner stated it was just a sim fault and couldnt explain it...... it shouldnt happen at that stage.

regards
Forum: Tech Log
8th Feb 2012, 18:55
Replies: 8
Views: 3,433
Posted By Ditched

Cold weather ops

I fly the NG and our procedures are as follow,

We differentiate icing conditions (visible moisture, 10 deg celcius or less) and freezing conditions (visible moisture, 3 degrees or less).

In...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Oct 2011, 19:07
Replies: 11
Views: 2,647
Posted By Ditched

As far as i am aware EASA is not planning a...

As far as i am aware EASA is not planning a replacement or amendement of PANSOPS. Biggest changes I can see so far are in Flight Crew Licencing, Rest and Duty times and Non-Airline operators. Also...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Oct 2011, 09:08
Replies: 11
Views: 2,647
Posted By Ditched

whatever-OPS

To shed some light on the confusion

JAA published JAR-OPS. JAA no longer exists

JAR-OPS was superceded by EU-OPS which is a European Commision thingy.

Now EASA is finalizing EASA-OPS which...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Feb 2011, 19:30
Replies: 78
Views: 16,548
Posted By Ditched

L'Aviateur, Believe me, you wont regret your...

L'Aviateur,

Believe me, you wont regret your switch of careers if you can make it to the airlines!

flying in an airline environment is a fairly easy job, compared to navigating a ship, (and...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
18th Feb 2011, 19:43
Replies: 78
Views: 16,548
Posted By Ditched

Downfall of T&C is not new and is not only in...

Downfall of T&C is not new and is not only in Aviation.

Lots of jobs out there, particulary in engineering/technical/transportation that will require you to have much more training, education and...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Feb 2011, 20:13
Replies: 78
Views: 16,548
Posted By Ditched

previous job involved driving cargoships around...

previous job involved driving cargoships around the world about 9 months a year. i received about 1700 nett per month to do the job. at night youre left alone in the wheelhouse after a 10h+ shift...
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