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Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 15:23
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Sloppy joe

Answer to your query


LOCK position :
Once the button has been moved to this position, the door is locked ; emergency access, the buzzer, and the keypad are #inhibited# for a preselected time...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 14:00
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Denti

You are quite right. But up to 10 years ago LH was one of the few that did this.
Psychometric testing is now very commonplace in pilot selection.
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 13:52
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Worth noting that LH have thorough psycho testing...

Worth noting that LH have thorough psycho testing before employment. I actually know someone who failed the test!
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 13:47
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Interesting discrepancy just being reported at a...

Interesting discrepancy just being reported at a news conference being held by Germanwings right now.
They are saying the Captain did not enter the emergency code to open the door and there was no...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 13:39
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Batman737

You need to take on board that the reason that it is not done, is that it would not be a foolproof way to totally stop the possibility of death by pilot.

The best you could hope for would be a 3...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 13:30
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Lord Farringdon

I think you make a good point.
Airlines, in recent years, have been putting more pressure on pilots, basically asking a lot more for less and less.
It may turn out that this relatively young pilot...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 13:20
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Code

That is already the case. The remaining pilot can stop the code usage so that it cannot be extracted from the crew member outside the flight deck under duress and used to gain illegal access to the...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 13:12
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

The Airbus flight deck O2 mask has an integral...

The Airbus flight deck O2 mask has an integral mike which is activated when you pull the mask out of its stowage.
The nature of the sound when using it is very distinctive and the cvr would have...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 13:08
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

2 persons on FD at all times

Will not prevent a determined pilot from crashing the aircraft.

Just think about it.
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 12:50
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Well, yesterday I would not have believed it...

Well, yesterday I would not have believed it possible, but it would appear that we have a suicide by the First Officer.

We will now be faced with the usual call for "something" to be done.

But...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2015, 20:44
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Re decompression training. This is all done in...

Re decompression training.
This is all done in the course of a normal LPC/OPC as part of a three year training cycle. Often incorporated into a LOFt exercise. Not many civil pilots will have...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2015, 19:27
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Use of EXP Expedite Descent button is prohibited...

Use of EXP Expedite Descent button is prohibited by most operators due to the automatics inability to control the speed properly. This was quite an old bus, so probably had it fitted, but I'd be...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2015, 19:03
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

Rather depends if the fixed O2 is switched on....

Rather depends if the fixed O2 is switched on. Has been known...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2015, 16:27
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,623,149
Posted By macdo

In reality, it is possible that they started the...

In reality, it is possible that they started the initial emergency descent with a simple spin down of the Alt selector and a pull to get it into open descent. With no other inputs the rate of descent...
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