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Forum: Rumours & News
13th Aug 2014, 07:56
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

An analog watch quickly shows the "arc". For a 9...

An analog watch quickly shows the "arc". For a 9 0'clock appointment, my digital watch says it's 9:50, and I have to do the math mentally. My analog watch displays an arc that is faster to interpret....
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Aug 2014, 13:00
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

Surely when you scan the speed it is the position...

Surely when you scan the speed it is the position of the speed line relative to the bug and the trend if visible that you are looking at and not necessarily the digits themselves?

Absolutely spot...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jul 2014, 14:58
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

Pontius: I agree with you on this. An analogue...

Pontius: I agree with you on this. An analogue dial had to be used to fly a number. You had to interrogate the instrument to confirm what it was telling you and decide if it was what you wanted. The...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jul 2014, 09:48
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

...too many times I've seen pilots trying to...

...too many times I've seen pilots trying to correct something "slightly unusual" by sole use of the autopilot when a quick disconnect would achieve the goal far quicker....presumably something...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jul 2014, 14:52
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

Fear of failing the course, sure; but more...

Fear of failing the course, sure; but more importantly, fear of dying. Doesn't that sharpen the appetite for training?

Culture is a very real thing. It can a help or hinderance, and knowing which...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jun 2014, 22:09
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

I know of NO airplane that doesn't have a quirk,...

I know of NO airplane that doesn't have a quirk, perhaps a potentially fatal one.

Of course; you ain't supposed to be there. You are in a 'mother nature' environment. Gravity and many other...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jun 2014, 19:51
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

From the information that has been published and...

From the information that has been published and discussed over many months given it does seem an accident contributed to by a crew not monitoring the performance of the ac/; assuming that an...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Apr 2014, 14:03
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

This 'culture' problem has been thrashed about...

This 'culture' problem has been thrashed about for years. If memory is correct did not Delta's training & safety department go into Korean years ago to try and sort it out? I thought they had some...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Mar 2014, 09:16
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

weaknesses in automation design; Perhaps...

weaknesses in automation design;

Perhaps this should read "weakness in understanding the automation and how to use it properly in non-normal situations."

Obviously the new generation of pilots...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Mar 2014, 14:59
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

It was the case, a few years ago, and not that...

It was the case, a few years ago, and not that long, when an upgrade command check required an ILS on SBY instruments: those pokey little thingies no-one ever looks at. That is what they were there...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Feb 2014, 09:39
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

All of the above could be covered in an aero's...

All of the above could be covered in an aero's course followed by dead stick landing from downwind in a normally powered a/c. To learn gliders, specifically, is a whole new ball game and not...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Feb 2014, 15:53
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

But isn't the intention of the synthetic training...

But isn't the intention of the synthetic training to make sure that the edge of the envelope always remains out of reach?

I think you'll find that the modern airline pilot has absolutely no idea...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Feb 2014, 13:52
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

Upsets and close to the edge flying is still not...

Upsets and close to the edge flying is still not covered satisfactorily in synthetic training.

What creates this problem, if you see it that way, is that the vast % of training is to try and keep...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jan 2014, 14:11
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

I hope we can do away with these push button...

I hope we can do away with these push button pilots so we can go back to where we were.

In the hope that the XAA's and the training departments take the initiative in this matter, before more...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Dec 2013, 14:55
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

I agree totally. I wonder if it was more a...

I agree totally. I wonder if it was more a computerised sim check with no input from the examiner, or SFI if a recurrency, other than as you suggest to do the necessary but not to intervene at all.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Dec 2013, 10:19
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

Regarding training culture and the use of...

Regarding training culture and the use of simulators for RST's etc: I heard a story some years ago and ask for verification.

It was said that there was an airline in the far east where sim checks...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Dec 2013, 14:17
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

To add a small note to this topic: if it is...

To add a small note to this topic: if it is decided by the powers that be, after many years of hand wringing and perhaps a few more high profile easily avoidable crashes, that it is necessary to...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Dec 2013, 10:04
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

A discussion point: There has been much...

A discussion point: There has been much opinion-ating here, me as well, on basic handling skills being lost. I suspect it's come mostly from old farts. I flew much GA and then started in the glamour...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Dec 2013, 19:35
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

Guys: I did not say anything about 'bad...

Guys: I did not say anything about 'bad training'. I intimated that the training was perhaps inadequate, in an overall sense. If you write extensive SOP's based on the use of automatics, and then...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Dec 2013, 08:25
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

In 80's B732 in the Greek islands it was common...

In 80's B732 in the Greek islands it was common to hand fly an arrival onto a shortish runway with no aids except, perhaps a VASI. Considering the sun angle it was also common not to see the VASI's...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Dec 2013, 16:00
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

If he can't fly an aircraft to a visual approach...

If he can't fly an aircraft to a visual approach on a clear and beautiful VFR day then he has no business being in a cockpit of an aeroplane.

I agree completely, and that of course is any...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Nov 2013, 15:41
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

but now even the FAA and the pilots union agree...

but now even the FAA and the pilots union agree that pilots need to avoid “automation addiction” and keep their manual flying skills fresh.

And that is going to require a MAJOR philosophical...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2013, 09:56
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

What would have been the consequences for the PF...

What would have been the consequences for the PF if he had gone around earlier?
Obviously he would have avoided the crash but what would have happened to his training record, comand, promotion, etc?...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2013, 08:48
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

But they have never had to, and nobody ever...

But they have never had to, and nobody ever trains them to do it, so they don't, they just check that the VNAV pip is in the right place and then feel comfortable.
So, as Rat pointed out, when the...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2013, 15:53
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

We will never be going to have new generation of...

We will never be going to have new generation of planes behaving like the DC3sc, F-27s or B747 classics that we enjoyed years ago. Present airline SOPs, airport architecture and system, ATC, TRACON,...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Nov 2013, 12:28
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

But.... if there is a trap here, and it a known...

But.... if there is a trap here, and it a known trap - at least the trainers who've posted on here know about it - why do not ALL crews know about it? Is it not highlighted in FCOM 2? Have the...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Nov 2013, 10:05
Replies: 1,147
Views: 488,540
Posted By RAT 5

"FLCH trap" More accurately, it is an...

"FLCH trap"
More accurately, it is an Autothrottle 'HOLD' trap, as it can happen any time the the A/T goes into HOLD mode, with the A/P disengaged.

Or, even more accurately, it can happen any...
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