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25th Jan 2024, 01:02
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Posted By aox

Do they still have real managers, or is it just...

Do they still have real managers, or is it just AI chatbots?
19th Jan 2024, 16:51
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Posted By aox

I'm assuming that picture is seen from behind,...

I'm assuming that picture is seen from behind, with no wingtip nav lights, and the landing lights reflecting off the back of the propellers.

It's unlikely to be coming towards you with a taxying...
19th Jan 2024, 15:00
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Posted By aox

Are they brighter than the strobe(s) and runway...

Are they brighter than the strobe(s) and runway lights, and visible from further away?

I'm not a commercial pilot, and have only sat in the back at night a few times, not seeing other aircraft...
19th Jan 2024, 14:00
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Posted By aox

On the last point, a retired airline captain...

On the last point, a retired airline captain friend pointed out that the strobe (or maybe it was a beacon, maybe I'm not sure) on the back of the Dash 8 was reported as central, and this might be...
16th Jan 2024, 11:57
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Posted By aox

The first half of that sentence doesn't apply to...

The first half of that sentence doesn't apply to this case. You aren't making the same assumption as the pilot seems to have made, by any chance?

Just to clarify, this time there was no runway...
16th Jan 2024, 11:20
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Posted By aox

Maybe as well as verbal ATC, maybe there could be...

Maybe as well as verbal ATC, maybe there could be some development of a data channel alongside, and some of the those lights might come from the tower or maybe also with logic input from other...
16th Jan 2024, 09:27
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Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

This looks rather polite now. There might be...

This looks rather polite now.

There might be other points to be made, but that would involve discussing longer discussion of now deleted posts, including the autonomy being claimed for wrong pilot...
15th Jan 2024, 10:45
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Posted By aox

Ok. Maybe only the later designs.

Ok. Maybe only the later designs.
15th Jan 2024, 10:26
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Posted By aox

Sidetrack question: if a lot of the aircraft is...

Sidetrack question: if a lot of the aircraft is made of carbon fibre, why isn't that door/plug?
15th Jan 2024, 02:53
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Posted By aox

Reminder And from other posts in the...

Reminder



And from other posts in the thread, set screws here have heads

There is something similar happening with split pins (UK) and cotter pins (USA). However here, and I suspect also in...
14th Jan 2024, 01:12
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Posted By aox

What you are suggesting has some redundant...

What you are suggesting has some redundant duplication if people are doing the current system correctly, and you can't guarantee it will definitely be done by someone missing a couple of other calls...
13th Jan 2024, 21:04
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Posted By aox

You're almost misconstruing your own point. Yes,...

You're almost misconstruing your own point. Yes, radio procedure was reviewed and redesigned, so as to reduce the chance of someone wrongly thinking they had runway clearance.

But adding some new...
12th Jan 2024, 10:52
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Posted By aox

I assume that the captain might consult the crew...

I assume that the captain might consult the crew for confirmation on one aspect of readiness for take off.

Have you all got your straps done up?
12th Jan 2024, 00:14
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Posted By aox

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/499x441/image_2024_01_12_010740304_921133a95c0a4daaa048563ef073048e10f15fe0.png

I'm looking at the castellated nut at the bottom of the picture in...
10th Jan 2024, 10:29
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Posted By aox

In this case it would have made sense, as this...

In this case it would have made sense, as this aircraft involved in rescue effort elsewhere would be bypassing and gaining on the queue heading for the main holding point C1
9th Jan 2024, 22:46
Replies: 1,950
Views: 928,087
Posted By aox

How do you use a torgue wrench with a nut which...

How do you use a torgue wrench with a nut which requires a split pin afterwards?

I've read a couple of hints above that USA practice might have more use of castellated nuts and split pins,...
9th Jan 2024, 11:00
Replies: 1,146
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Posted By aox

Or in this instance, could it usefully have been ...

Or in this instance, could it usefully have been

number one for departure, after one landing

It's noticeable that landing aircraft were advised of a departure, but this departing aircraft was...
8th Jan 2024, 11:26
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Posted By aox

It seems to me an odd arrangement that two...

It seems to me an odd arrangement that two cylindrical items are touching each other at right angles - the guide roller pin and the retaining bolt. Is this likely to cause wear if they move against...
8th Jan 2024, 06:51
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Posted By aox

Later version: Ms Homendy later announced...

Later version:

Ms Homendy later announced that the part of the fuselage that detached had been found, after a teacher named Bob located the missing section in his yard.

Perhaps the BBC writer...
7th Jan 2024, 13:32
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

I understand that the Japanese writing in the...

I understand that the Japanese writing in the heading of that paper transcript that is pictured elsewhere and here indicate that it is an official document from a relevant body, so your use of...
7th Jan 2024, 11:19
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

I don't think you've seen all the posts that were...

I don't think you've seen all the posts that were removed. Quite likely only the moderators have (and possibly still can).

Not all of those posts fit your description there, so it isn't a...
6th Jan 2024, 10:52
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

You mean "say again taxi clearance". ...

You mean "say again taxi clearance".

Alternatively, just report at the holding point.

If the instruction has been correctly fulfilled, the next will follow. If it turns out something was...
6th Jan 2024, 09:23
Replies: 1,950
Views: 928,087
Posted By aox

There could be, if it was just a sheet of vinyl...

There could be, if it was just a sheet of vinyl over the outside.
6th Jan 2024, 07:19
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

It is noticeable in the published transcript that...

It is noticeable in the published transcript that two landing aircraft are advised of one departure, but the shortly to depart aircraft is not advised about a relevant landing that was approved just...
5th Jan 2024, 10:04
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

If it were to become a new routine that everyone...

If it were to become a new routine that everyone would expect, it might be something, but it doesn't fully eliminate the chance of what apparently happened here, an assumption replacing what was...
4th Jan 2024, 22:58
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

When I first read about the 18 minute evacuation...

When I first read about the 18 minute evacuation time, I reread Wikipedia about the Brtitish Airtours at Manchester in 1985

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Manchester_Airport_disaster

In the...
4th Jan 2024, 13:48
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

Yes, I took that as implying a chance he might be...

Yes, I took that as implying a chance he might be completely unaware there was a collision, until told later
4th Jan 2024, 13:27
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

Interesting. In one of the zoomed in videos, I...

Interesting. In one of the zoomed in videos, I thought there might be just the very start of a forward movement, but without reducing it to slow motion it was almost simultaneous with the hit
4th Jan 2024, 12:35
Replies: 30
Views: 11,936
Posted By aox

Sorry to digress a bit more from thread subject,...

Sorry to digress a bit more from thread subject, but is that entirely correct? I flew as passenger from Gatwick to Houston and back in 1991 with BA. This was rumoured to have been a former British...
3rd Jan 2024, 22:15
Replies: 30
Views: 11,936
Posted By aox

More detail: BCal bought by BA in 1988, then the...

More detail: BCal bought by BA in 1988, then the name was used to rebrand British Airtours

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonian_Airways_(1988)
3rd Jan 2024, 14:57
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

Yes, I've searched a bit and found it is pictured...

Yes, I've searched a bit and found it is pictured in the Bloomberg article, though I can't read it myself

Another article I could read also says it has been released by the Japanese transport...
3rd Jan 2024, 14:27
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

What is the provenance of the paper transcript...

What is the provenance of the paper transcript pictured?

I don't understand why it is page 1 of 1
3rd Jan 2024, 13:48
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

Yes. If that transcript is accurate, then the...

Yes. If that transcript is accurate, then the word abeam seems to be a paraphrase imported somehow into some reporting, and there is a clear readback.

If that is available and accurate, then what...
3rd Jan 2024, 13:36
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

Are they ambiguous? Hold means be somewhere...

Are they ambiguous? Hold means be somewhere without moving, and each instance will be accompanied by a defined position
3rd Jan 2024, 12:18
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,552
Posted By aox

Er, yes, sorry, what I looked at too briefly...

Er, yes, sorry, what I looked at too briefly looks more like 03 or 04 or so.

edit: zoomed in on Google Maps: 04
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