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Forum: Tech Log
21st Nov 2013, 01:09
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

The new pilots should force themselves to make...

The new pilots should force themselves to make them as good as the old guys and not rely on automation if it all fails. We could do it, why can't you?
Forum: Tech Log
21st Nov 2013, 00:56
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

I also flew sail planes and enjoyed the feeling...

I also flew sail planes and enjoyed the feeling of silent flight but it,as Sully and I feel, it doesn't help you much flying airliners. He landed in the river because he knew how to fly and saved...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Nov 2013, 22:43
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

I agree, let's get back on topic. I am done. ...

I agree, let's get back on topic. I am done. Hooray
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Nov 2013, 22:40
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

I was concerned with electrical not hydraulic...

I was concerned with electrical not hydraulic systems. It is automatic for hydraulics so no training is required. That is why it was never taught except maybe in initial ground school once. It...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Nov 2013, 21:46
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

Thanks flyboyike, for a few posts it made me...

Thanks flyboyike, for a few posts it made me wonder if my memory was fading away. Our 767 had RAT but 757 didn't. Windmilling engine hydraulic pressure would get you down with total engine and...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Nov 2013, 03:46
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

Kind of strange we had no procedure to use it and...

Kind of strange we had no procedure to use it and it was on our airplane without our knowledge. Maybe it is an option Airlines can buy. Thousands of hours on a 757 and nobody told me? Maybe it is...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Nov 2013, 03:17
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

My airline career started in 1979. We rarely...

My airline career started in 1979. We rarely used the autopilot for approaches, just for the boring enroute portion. Automation was optional. A major airline bought us and guess what, nothing...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Nov 2013, 02:47
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

The 757 didn't have a RAT, the 767 did. The 757...

The 757 didn't have a RAT, the 767 did. The 757 could be flown just fine with no electrical power including battery. If my 757 had a RAT I am sure somebody would have told me.
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Nov 2013, 01:39
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

We all know some pilots need automation and...

We all know some pilots need automation and others can fly attitude and power using QRH. If the altimiter works, use it, if the attitude indicator works, use it, if automation works use it. Use...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Nov 2013, 04:53
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

I guess us flying these Boeings around the sky...

I guess us flying these Boeings around the sky knowing we don't need the automation isn't important to you but it is to us. We don't go into a full stall at FL350 like two Airbus pilots did out of...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Nov 2013, 03:26
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

For us non Airbus pilots that don't really care...

For us non Airbus pilots that don't really care if the autopilot or autothrottle even works because we don't rely on them at all why is automation so important to Airbus pilots and how can it be...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Nov 2013, 09:49
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

I guess if you are at 38,000 feet and keep...

I guess if you are at 38,000 feet and keep hearing stall, stall, stall and you keep pulling back on the stick on any airplane and fall into the ocean with the controls full back all aircraft will do...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Oct 2013, 23:14
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

some of us used to make it a private requirement...

some of us used to make it a private requirement using spare time during an endorsement to ensure that pilots could handle several of the unlikely but very high risk scenarios

Yes, we could ask...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Oct 2013, 16:10
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

Or from the other side of looking at this how...

Or from the other side of looking at this how about we make the crews not automation dependent?
Forum: Tech Log
30th Oct 2013, 20:07
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

Thanks DonH, that was what I trying to tell him...

Thanks DonH, that was what I trying to tell him but not as clearly as you put it. I'm not going to bring the subject up with him again because I will just be the idiot again.
Forum: Tech Log
30th Oct 2013, 08:14
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

Hopefully you are right. His two buddy pilots...

Hopefully you are right. His two buddy pilots both agree with him so hope you are right. I said that would be fine in a climb but not stabilized in level flight but it was 3 against one. Hopefully...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Oct 2013, 00:57
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

Maybe us Boeing pilots should have some kind of...

Maybe us Boeing pilots should have some kind of warning when an Airbus is approaching us in the clouds at high altitude in RVSM airspace that the Airbus below you if losing IAS will by procedure fly...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Oct 2013, 03:39
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

Spirit needs to change their procedure and...

Spirit needs to change their procedure and maintain altitudes and set cruise power by last pitch and power like Delta and not require pilots to bust altitudes in RSVM airspace. It is quite easy. ...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Oct 2013, 02:52
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

AF447 is an example of autopilot dependency and...

AF447 is an example of autopilot dependency and they did not know how to hand fly at altitude. We are headed that direction in the US with the pilot mills. I guess there is no turning back now. I...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Oct 2013, 00:07
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

All the heros Flare pilot mentioned are dead...

All the heros Flare pilot mentioned are dead heros. He wasn't talking about CRM in my opinion. We all believe in CRM. I've in jet cockpits corporate flying taken an airplane away from the captain...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Oct 2013, 09:56
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

But I am sure they got lots of correction from...

But I am sure they got lots of correction from all of their wives. They don't need a pilots license to tell their pilot he is AFU.
Forum: Tech Log
28th Oct 2013, 01:36
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

JS, thanks for the loss of IAS checklist not...

JS, thanks for the loss of IAS checklist not being applicable in cruise but my Airbus captain neighbor still doesn't believe it so the debate goes on. Actually it is good because when he comes over...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Oct 2013, 22:03
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

My neighbor Airbus captain swears their procedure...

My neighbor Airbus captain swears their procedure with loss of IAS is max climb power and 5 degrees nose up and laughed because I have 8 jet type ratings and have never been taught that. I said 5...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Oct 2013, 03:23
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

We haven't hired a pilot since 9/11 so our guys...

We haven't hired a pilot since 9/11 so our guys are still seasoned and capable but some foreign airlines hire pilots right out of flight school to fly with another almost equally incompetent pilot...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Oct 2013, 02:16
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

Just to remind everybody where this came from...

Just to remind everybody where this came from AF447 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean RIO to PAR flight because two copilots with captain taking required rest was in back sleeping. They encountered...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Oct 2013, 01:55
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

MB, good for you, you finally beat him at his...

MB, good for you, you finally beat him at his best repetitive game, nailing all of us like he is the ace of the base. Thanks. We have grown tired of hearing his constant I am smarter than you crap.
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Oct 2013, 22:13
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

MO, he needs to not exceed duty time, therefore...

MO, he needs to not exceed duty time, therefore three pilots are required. He can not be on duty the whole flight. It is illegal for over an 8hr flight.
Forum: Tech Log
20th Oct 2013, 23:59
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

At high altitudes no pilot would have a pitch...

At high altitudes no pilot would have a pitch even approaching 5 degrees. They went over 20 so of course stalled. They were of course fully qualified pilots on their airline. Makes you wonder...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Oct 2013, 20:54
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

You can not blame training on pilot actions...

You can not blame training on pilot actions because pilots should know before the airline job how to handle an airplane. They should just need differences training and SOP's for that airline.
Forum: Tech Log
20th Oct 2013, 11:41
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

OK DW they were both totally competent pilots. ...

OK DW they were both totally competent pilots. You must be right because somebody signed them off to fly without the captain in the cockpit. I am sure everybody agrees with you.
Forum: Tech Log
20th Oct 2013, 01:03
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

He probably didn't know how incompetent the pilot...

He probably didn't know how incompetent the pilot in the left seat was. With an equally incompetent pilot in the right seat pulling up into a full stall it was all over. Hopefully we haven't...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Oct 2013, 22:56
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

But why have pilots in airplanes designated as...

But why have pilots in airplanes designated as PIC somebody that does not know how to fly? He did a stupid maneuver pitching up between the two of them to an impossible attitude to a full stall. No...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Oct 2013, 04:31
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

They just needed the real pilot up there at that...

They just needed the real pilot up there at that time who would have handled it but he was taking his rest break. No pilot who had a clue what he was doing would pull the nose up over 20 degrees at...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Oct 2013, 05:26
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

This is the new world.

This is the new world.
Forum: Tech Log
5th Oct 2013, 02:37
Replies: 976
Views: 218,250
Posted By bubbers44

Please tell me the B787 is not going into the...

Please tell me the B787 is not going into the same hole as Airbus did.
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