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Forum: Tech Log
18th Apr 2013, 00:20
Replies: 49
Views: 11,480
Posted By CortaVento

Question Fuel economy and pilots reward.

Gentlemen,

One of the airlines in this country decided to initiate a "fuel economy program" based on pilot participation in which the target level of economy will be evaluated on a monthly basis...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Mar 2012, 12:24
Replies: 73
Views: 40,901
Posted By CortaVento

Agreeeing with many of the coments above I woul...

Agreeeing with many of the coments above I woul like to add my personal opinion apologizing for my lack of command in english. One must take into consideration the swept of the 727 wing that...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jul 2009, 17:30
Replies: 7
Views: 4,325
Posted By CortaVento

Many years ago when I flew B727 to La Paz there...

Many years ago when I flew B727 to La Paz there was only 2 aircraft of our fleet approved to "high altitude" operations. Of course the company paid for a special ammendment on our FCOM and as far...
Forum: Tech Log
30th May 2009, 00:37
Replies: 42
Views: 9,982
Posted By CortaVento

On the L188 (Electras) the first engine to be...

On the L188 (Electras) the first engine to be started was always that one where the two speed gear box was installed. If I still remeber ( almost 24 years ago...) all electrical load was fed from...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2009, 19:37
Replies: 61
Views: 24,493
Posted By CortaVento

Manaus/Bogotá is a two and a half hour flight and...

Manaus/Bogotá is a two and a half hour flight and part of it is over (very)high ground requiring contingency procedures for loss of pressurizaton/engine-out conditions. Besides the mountains there...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Feb 2009, 18:29
Replies: 16
Views: 6,017
Posted By CortaVento

Flying in the Amazon can be very tricky. Lack of...

Flying in the Amazon can be very tricky. Lack of communications, few airfields, sudden outage of navaids and runway lighting are not uncommon and everything worsens during the "winter" (rainy season)...
Forum: Questions
11th Nov 2008, 23:29
Replies: 10
Views: 3,687
Posted By CortaVento

From ICAO Doc. 8168 " Chapter 1- General...

From ICAO Doc. 8168

" Chapter 1- General Criteria for Departure Procedures

1.1.1.2 - These procedures assume that all engines are operating...

1.2 - Operators Responsibility

1.2.1 -...
Forum: The Caribbean and Latin America
18th Jun 2005, 20:15
Replies: 19
Views: 2,553
Posted By CortaVento

Interesting times... you want to leave Europe for...

Interesting times... you want to leave Europe for a job here and lots of pilots here are dreaming about an EC passport in order to get a job in Europe.
I don't want to discourage you but most of...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Apr 2005, 20:13
Replies: 6
Views: 1,726
Posted By CortaVento

Not yet, Old Smokey... I will start conversion...

Not yet, Old Smokey... I will start conversion training in a few days and this subject came after discussing with some fellow pilots. Thanks anyway,

CortaVento
Forum: Tech Log
20th Apr 2005, 17:43
Replies: 6
Views: 1,726
Posted By CortaVento

Thanks BlueEagle, I had these figures for DC10...

Thanks BlueEagle, I had these figures for DC10 and MD11... I thought it was different for each aircraft type.

Regards from Brazil,

CortaVento
Forum: Tech Log
20th Apr 2005, 04:17
Replies: 6
Views: 1,726
Posted By CortaVento

Question Additional fuel x fuel burn

Gentlemen,

I have a question for B 777 pilots. If you choose to carry on extra fuel, is there any rule of thumb to calculate how much fuel you burn for this "additional weight"?

...
Forum: The Caribbean and Latin America
13th Oct 2004, 21:19
Replies: 18
Views: 1,163
Posted By CortaVento

There is no doubt about the benefit of using a...

There is no doubt about the benefit of using a common language. I should say, however, that even in US I experienced difficulties as many controllers speak "locally" instead of using ICAO...
Forum: Questions
23rd Jun 2004, 04:06
Replies: 1
Views: 1,224
Posted By CortaVento

Question Line Check on Simulator

Gentlemen,

I'm trying to give a hand to a group of fellow pilots who are looking for an overseas contract. Most of them are experienced professionals who have been either furloughed or lost their...
Forum: Cabin Crew
2nd Jun 2004, 11:11
Replies: 8
Views: 1,084
Posted By CortaVento

Thanks all for the replies. In the next few days...

Thanks all for the replies. In the next few days we'll be discussing this matter with our management/authorities...

CV
Forum: Cabin Crew
1st Jun 2004, 01:39
Replies: 8
Views: 1,084
Posted By CortaVento

Unhappy Meal service on the ground

My company has changed FA's from Operations to Customers Department and the new "boss" came in with new procedures.
During long delays on the ground FA's are now expected to do the "inflight"...
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