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Forum: Tech Log
19th Jan 2013, 05:47
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

Here is the wiki to Flight 261 may I suggest...

Here is the wiki to Flight 261 may I suggest that you are sailing close to the wind, my friend.. take care

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
19th Jan 2013, 05:35
Replies: 8
Views: 1,753
Posted By TheRobe

A couple of things I noticed. Once you get...

A couple of things I noticed.

Once you get non pilots hiring pilots, it's a cluster. I can think of two trips I have made where I was told, surprise surprise, they want a captain, not a chief...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Jan 2013, 01:15
Replies: 16
Views: 3,522
Posted By TheRobe

And sperm donation? Now long of a wait after that?

And sperm donation? Now long of a wait after that?
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2013, 01:13
Replies: 266
Views: 117,779
Posted By TheRobe

You know someone at Boeng that pushed for these...

You know someone at Boeng that pushed for these batteries is having a long talk with a chairman that just lost $50 million in stock options from this fiasco. 'So why didn't we go with Lead Acid...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Jan 2013, 00:41
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

Brian - So you want to rewrite history? So the...

Brian - So you want to rewrite history? So the pilots didn't have any problems, they called dispatch to just talk about the weather and all of a sudden they flopped over into the ocean. Is that about...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jan 2013, 20:15
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

Brian: So what your saying is that if you were...

Brian: So what your saying is that if you were flying an MD80, you would just keep flying along, trimming, retrimming, getting worse and worse, until the plane became uncontrollable and then crash....
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jan 2013, 06:43
Replies: 19
Views: 10,201
Posted By TheRobe

Brian, when I get to Australia we are having some...

Brian, when I get to Australia we are having some words.
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jan 2013, 06:39
Replies: 47
Views: 12,798
Posted By TheRobe

Whatever the case, LION batteries for planes are...

Whatever the case, LION batteries for planes are new technology...so my guess is that they will deep cycle them more often, not try to charge them so hard, go to larger capacity...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jan 2013, 23:56
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

No your right Brian, when the flight controls are...

No your right Brian, when the flight controls are failing, a crew calls up dispatch to talk to let the chief pilot know to have catering ready when they land.
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jan 2013, 09:24
Replies: 19
Views: 10,201
Posted By TheRobe

OMG - Your not one of those guys that believe...

OMG - Your not one of those guys that believe that you always go are you? Better to take a flying bomb up in the air vs blow a tire on the ground is it?
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jan 2013, 08:42
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

The fact that they screwed with their trim for an...

The fact that they screwed with their trim for an hour then called dispatch for a 'what do we do?' is the point Brian.
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jan 2013, 08:25
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

Brian - Maybe you should read you own report....

Brian - Maybe you should read you own report. Simply put it's not like they were flying along and all of a sudden the tail fell off. They were having trim and flight control problems for an hour,...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jan 2013, 01:42
Replies: 47
Views: 12,798
Posted By TheRobe

Dreamliner Grounded.

I guess they thought Lithium Ion batteries were a good choice, .....based on how wonderful Nicads were?

Never failed to amuse at school when guys would argue for Nicads, half a day spent on...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Jan 2013, 21:04
Replies: 19
Views: 10,201
Posted By TheRobe

JT - Could you make a simple subject MORE...

JT - Could you make a simple subject MORE complicated?

Balanced field is just a calculated field lengh that at the point where you can depart safely with one engine inoperative, you can also...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jan 2013, 18:10
Replies: 12
Views: 3,125
Posted By TheRobe

Comes down to a pilot making a decision to land...

Comes down to a pilot making a decision to land at that speed, touchdown at that spot, at that airport.
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jan 2013, 07:38
Replies: 16
Views: 2,804
Posted By TheRobe

I suspect he's dancing around the Dreamliner...

I suspect he's dancing around the Dreamliner teething problems.
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jan 2013, 01:57
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

Seven - Thanks for correcting me, your right,...

Seven - Thanks for correcting me, your right, they lost it around SFO on the way up North.
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jan 2013, 01:41
Replies: 16
Views: 2,804
Posted By TheRobe

It would probably be prudent that new aircraft...

It would probably be prudent that new aircraft pressed into service are first put in the role of freighters or some such non passenger capacity for a little while until the kinks are worked out.
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 23:36
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

No Dozy, your wrong. Read the report. The...

No Dozy, your wrong. Read the report. The threads were becoming more and more stripped. So when the pilots trimmed for an altitude, it would hold, then give...then they needed to retrim for the...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 23:19
Replies: 76
Views: 16,954
Posted By TheRobe

English must be your second language, let me...

English must be your second language, let me explain it to you. It's silly to ask a pilot at an international airport to follow only locally known landmarks. Do you understand that simple concept?
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 19:45
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

Keep in mind they were up in the air for about an...

Keep in mind they were up in the air for about an hour screwing with the trim, got harder and harder to keep the plane level.....the problem wasn't the jackscrew...any more then a vibration that got...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 17:29
Replies: 76
Views: 16,954
Posted By TheRobe

I trained in the Portland area. I have a college...

I trained in the Portland area. I have a college degree.

'Uh..Portland Approach what is a 'confluence'?'

Better yet is when they tell you to turn at The Loyd Center.

'ahhha...Poitlind...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 17:25
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

So in the end you just don't want to hear that...

So in the end you just don't want to hear that lazy mechanics and robots that won't get the plane down right away is the problem?

What are you digging for? Some inherent flaw that if fixed will...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 08:34
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

Most of these things come down to money...how to...

Most of these things come down to money...how to make it, how to save it, how not to lose it.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jan 2013, 19:18
Replies: 46
Views: 22,987
Posted By TheRobe

I ponder the forum membership here crying foul at...

I ponder the forum membership here crying foul at the lax safety and immorality of not following safe practices, pointing fingers imperiously at those in flagrant violation of safety standards....
...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jan 2013, 19:10
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

David - I get your point. but if you want to...

David - I get your point. but if you want to prove that this or that design is inherently flawed then you need criteria to determine 'safe' vs 'flawed' and by what universal standard.

Simply put,...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jan 2013, 18:39
Replies: 52
Views: 17,193
Posted By TheRobe

It's not the design that is the problem, it's...

It's not the design that is the problem, it's lazy mechanics that didn't want to pull over a latter and a can of grease, just signing it off as inspected.

Same thing with the C130s cracking up...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
13th Jan 2013, 18:35
Replies: 12
Views: 2,431
Posted By TheRobe

I've been through this...the FAA investigations,...

I've been through this...the FAA investigations, flight department scandals, the wrong people being fired, depositions, called as an expert witness.

One of the reasons I kind of got out of...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
13th Jan 2013, 02:04
Replies: 73
Views: 46,488
Posted By TheRobe

Nuname, speak for yourself, not all pilots buy a...

Nuname, speak for yourself, not all pilots buy a toy for themselves...some of us get a plane that fits the mission.

That said, given the choice, I find it's funny that pilots will pick fat whales...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jan 2013, 01:58
Replies: 116
Views: 46,640
Posted By TheRobe

Do this long enough and you start to get a feel...

Do this long enough and you start to get a feel for who the airline manufacturers are making planes for. Some has been written about the insiders saying 'we assume the biggest idiot nepotist hiring...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
12th Jan 2013, 18:06
Replies: 73
Views: 46,488
Posted By TheRobe

FYI - I like the Astra SPX, as fast as anything...

FYI - I like the Astra SPX, as fast as anything out there and it goes high. If the boss doesn't dig that cabin, fine...time to blow some money. NBAA numbers out of the door, time to install stripper...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
11th Jan 2013, 20:07
Replies: 73
Views: 46,488
Posted By TheRobe

Max, you are right, what was I thinking. ...

Max, you are right, what was I thinking.

What's really important when the boss sends a pilot out the door with $15 million dollars to buy a plane is whether he can dog fight a Falcon better then...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
11th Jan 2013, 19:53
Replies: 14
Views: 5,527
Posted By TheRobe

jackx - I put my resume into them..dual rated,...

jackx - I put my resume into them..dual rated, 11k hours and a college degree...no call.

So are they only taking Nasa test pilots?

Probably the same song and dance, culling for type ratings or...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Jan 2013, 19:49
Replies: 20
Views: 8,840
Posted By TheRobe

Safety - In my operation we have Ref for a...

Safety -

In my operation we have Ref for a dry runway...damp reduces braking action so increasing braking distance roughly 5%, wet, roughly 10% or as dictated in the book...when the runway is...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
11th Jan 2013, 05:58
Replies: 14
Views: 5,527
Posted By TheRobe

I think they are just advertising for show, like...

I think they are just advertising for show, like a few others.
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