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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
21st Nov 2012, 18:49
Replies: 8
Views: 1,586
Posted By Northbeach

Great questions!

When trying to understand the term “standard calls” it is helpful to define the terms involved. “Standard” in this case means flight crews are required by standard operating procedures (SOPs) to...
Forum: ATC Issues
14th Nov 2012, 16:39
Replies: 2
Views: 1,718
Posted By Northbeach

Thank you for the answer.

I hate being out of the loop. That is a fairly big change, and I missed it. Thank you for your years of service, the update and I hope you are enjoying reitirement.

Respectfully,

Northbeach
Forum: ATC Issues
13th Nov 2012, 05:07
Replies: 2
Views: 1,718
Posted By Northbeach

Question for USA Controllers; "Taxi To" clearance change

Will somebody please confirm that the phrase "Carrier ABC/Aircraft you are cleared to "taxi to" runwy 33 is no longer in use (and has not been for some time)"?

I understood that the phrase "taxi...
Forum: African Aviation
2nd Nov 2012, 20:40
Replies: 2
Views: 1,854
Posted By Northbeach

Is there an update on Dana Air 992, 03 Jun 2012, 5N-RAM?

Has there been any cause attributed to the dual engine failure on the MD-80 that was lost on the 3rd of June in Nigeria?

I have done a web search and read the posts and accident seems to be blamed...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Oct 2012, 19:26
Replies: 34
Views: 7,190
Posted By Northbeach

Cardinal wins............

................ the best word picture I have read in a long time!



As a dog owner.......now that is funny!

In primary flight training, fixed gear piston singles, I was never taught to...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Oct 2012, 23:43
Replies: 41
Views: 8,784
Posted By Northbeach

..mummbles......

For a person who comes across as mightily impressed with their technical prowess and command of the industry, I would suggest you do not make the elementary blunder of posting your 7th contribution...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Oct 2012, 22:43
Replies: 15
Views: 7,412
Posted By Northbeach

True statement. I have never seen a...

True statement.



I have never seen a cold weather correction on a SID, simply an observation.

Look at Jeppesen's Terminal Procedures - North America - Canada CA-19 & 20 for a source...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Oct 2012, 22:15
Replies: 20
Views: 4,158
Posted By Northbeach

glum

I do not think so; I have never noticed, read any or seen any data linking change of temperature at higher altitudes in relation to the sun setting or sun rising. Nor is there any real difference...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Oct 2012, 17:05
Replies: 27
Views: 6,048
Posted By Northbeach

MD80s when the same is not...........

I do not have the privilege of flying 777s so I can not comment on that model.

I fly 737-NGs from my vantage point; provided the same model are compared at the same weight and density altitude...
Forum: Questions
12th Oct 2012, 10:24
Replies: 29
Views: 7,801
Posted By Northbeach

No- that was easy.

No that does not appear to be a stable approach for all the reasons already mentioned.

Perhaps there is some reason for this display of "airmanship". I do not have all the information, but as it...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
8th Oct 2012, 16:47
Replies: 6
Views: 1,655
Posted By Northbeach

Normal stuff

You have a specialized set of skills that need to be exercised or they atrophy, what you are describing is likely normal. Professional athletes practice virtually every day of the week during the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
3rd Oct 2012, 22:06
Replies: 1
Views: 5,468
Posted By Northbeach

Typed under the FAA system

I have been “typed” in three aircraft; the cost for each type rating was paid for by my employer.

The first time the ground school portion was done at the home base with company instructors, the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd Oct 2012, 20:50
Replies: 7
Views: 1,491
Posted By Northbeach

Always and never are clues.

Over the years I have come to the conclusion that whenever an aviation related question has either one of the two following words; always never, then the answer is usually false. It looks like you...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Sep 2012, 23:38
Replies: 12
Views: 2,670
Posted By Northbeach

Big picture

Topper80,

When your aircraft was certified it met the regulatory requirements to fit into Category C under normal operating conditions.

Airports, their runways, and approaches are built to...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Sep 2012, 19:34
Replies: 11
Views: 1,438
Posted By Northbeach

Training then experience and hour building.

I would want to know whether or not the school employees its own students as flight instructors following graduation? Your first challenge will be to master the material and gain the coveted...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Sep 2012, 23:21
Replies: 38
Views: 11,275
Posted By Northbeach

Coming to a future near you.......

I would have to respectfully disagree with Huck and the poster above from Hong Kong.

Hucke says he is in the business of flying freight I am not, perhaps he is right. However with ground based...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
10th Sep 2012, 17:13
Replies: 8
Views: 6,548
Posted By Northbeach

737-800 type rating with 200 total hours of experience.

Researching your activity here on PPRuNe it appears you are a citizen of Oman, have approximately 200 hours and a Canadian Commercial pilot's license perhaps a frozen ATPl as well. You are looking...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd Sep 2012, 23:49
Replies: 8
Views: 1,852
Posted By Northbeach

Stick with your job.

You can provide well for yourself and the people you care for by continuing to do what you are now doing. Why give it up for aviation?

Become a flight instructor and teach flying on the side as...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Aug 2012, 21:12
Replies: 49
Views: 11,332
Posted By Northbeach

Every addict has an addiction demanding to be fed!

Every individual overcome with an addiction/dependency feels the“need” you wrote about, sometimes the “need” is so overwhelming that they will do anything, including kill, to satisfy the craving. I...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Aug 2012, 18:10
Replies: 49
Views: 11,332
Posted By Northbeach

Heathrow Harry, are you telling us that there is...

Heathrow Harry, are you telling us that there is not already a tax on jet fuel?


In a previous job I was charged with monitoring jet fuel prices domestically and in Europe for our flight crews...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Aug 2012, 15:52
Replies: 49
Views: 11,332
Posted By Northbeach

Good Luck with your cause.

The government that can and promises to “give” you everything can “take” everything as well.

It seems like those in positions of political power view commerce and the masses as servants to their...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
9th Aug 2012, 06:40
Replies: 11
Views: 2,285
Posted By Northbeach

Bad and getting worse

No you are not the only one asking the question. It gets worse, after paying out the huge sums of money required to get all the necessary training, you still do not have the experience to land a job....
Forum: Middle East
26th Jul 2012, 17:13
Replies: 11
Views: 3,857
Posted By Northbeach

It’s a cultural thing..

Warning: thread drift to follow.

I have been gone from the Middle East for decades now, but some early lessons last a lifetime.



Dogs are considered “unclean” by many people of Middle...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
16th Jul 2012, 18:18
Replies: 4
Views: 1,735
Posted By Northbeach

Some thoughts for those who are considering the piloting profession.

So you are considering walking away from what you are doing now and becoming a pilot or you are still young and considering the pilot career. Here are some thoughts after 3 decades in the industry.
...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
16th Jul 2012, 17:34
Replies: 3
Views: 1,224
Posted By Northbeach

You can continue to be "passionate" about...

You can continue to be "passionate" about aviation as a hobby, you do not have to put on a polyester suit and lock yourself up in a confined space with poor ventilation for 10 hours a day flying...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jul 2012, 18:30
Replies: 1,316
Views: 401,618
Posted By Northbeach

TOGA bury the stick & everybody else

Airbus makes a fine, technologically advanced and safe jet. I've never flown one, never had the opportunity.

I had an Airbus captain in the jumpseat and asked this individual about his high...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jul 2012, 01:47
Replies: 121
Views: 67,976
Posted By Northbeach

Pelican

Nice analysis/contribution. Thank you.
Forum: African Aviation
27th Jun 2012, 00:46
Replies: 18
Views: 5,724
Posted By Northbeach

International operations may be different

Passenger counts are important in the evert of crash and fire rescue the emergency responders will continue their efforts until every passenger in accounted for.

Since we do not have the training...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jun 2012, 05:27
Replies: 284
Views: 226,513
Posted By Northbeach

Two peoples

Two peoples separated by a common language!


Bowser's pumping fuel may be completely familiar and proper to you, for others it's a name of a dog and has nothing to do with anti-gravity...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
19th Jun 2012, 03:25
Replies: 7
Views: 2,315
Posted By Northbeach

I have a question.

Nekro,

How much time have you spent reading the various related posts on this PPRuNe training forum before you posted your question?

You can't affort to be jobless with large loans to pay...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jun 2012, 00:54
Replies: 727
Views: 617,364
Posted By Northbeach

Karel X : There was a customer sitting in the cockpit.

Any text (picture) without a context; is (perhaps) a pretext.

Who, what, where, when, why and how; who is the picture of (customer, maintenance person, another pilot or crewmember, avionics...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jun 2012, 22:49
Replies: 284
Views: 226,513
Posted By Northbeach

Quoting a quote from Los' post

If the author (who was not noted, that I saw) meant to imply that a "flight engineer" was a normal crew member and necessary to monitor the fuel supply on the type they could not be more wrong....
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd Jun 2012, 22:18
Replies: 7
Views: 1,290
Posted By Northbeach

Off topic – perhaps, then again maybe not.

One of the things I like best about the United States is the relative lack of barriers to vertical movement for individuals who are willing to work and have the zeal to improve their lot in life by...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd May 2012, 19:51
Replies: 5
Views: 3,632
Posted By Northbeach

Keeping it very simple

The airspeed indicator works by picking up the increased pressure as the airplane travels through the air and displays that information as an airspeed.

But the atmosphere is not a constant...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
18th May 2012, 18:37
Replies: 34
Views: 16,121
Posted By Northbeach

Every little bit helps.

Skin cancer is a job hazard pilots should be aware of.

As a young person starting out in this industry I was unaware of the associated risks of skin cancer. Spending significant time above FL180,...
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