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Forum: Rumours & News
21st Apr 2016, 10:34
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

Let us be clear about what has happened in much...

Let us be clear about what has happened in much of avaition over the last four decades.

Airlines used to select, pay for, and train pilots. Now it is often whoever comes with the money, and...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Apr 2016, 08:11
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

I still think the answer lies in that quote. ...

I still think the answer lies in that quote.

If they pushed -1g to gain the level-off altitude, and neither were familiar or comfortable with the sensations of negative g, they may well have done...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2016, 18:36
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

I think it is fairly clear that someone had their...

I think it is fairly clear that someone had their thumb on the trimmer for some considerable time during the pitch manoeuvre to catch the altitude. Why, is another matter. An incorrectly learned...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Apr 2016, 21:15
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

The answer may lie in that statement. They...

The answer may lie in that statement. They pulled negative, and I have seen many strange reactions to negative, especially as many new generation pilots may never have done aeros. On one occasion...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2016, 19:29
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

The 737 is running on grandfather certification...

The 737 is running on grandfather certification rights, and systems that remain the same do not have to be recertified. This does not mean these systems meet modern certification. Please correct me...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2016, 08:17
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

Then you would be stuck. It is simply not a good...

Then you would be stuck. It is simply not a good system, and would not pass modern certification.

As I understand the system, you are simply overriding a jammed control column (an unlikely...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2016, 19:12
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

Ever tried that in the sim? The system simply...

Ever tried that in the sim? The system simply does not work, and so nobody has ever tried it to see what happens ( I have asked many times, with no success).

Come on chaps - how many have done...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2016, 10:29
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

Interesting, not seen that one before. One...

Interesting, not seen that one before.

One possible reason for this profile is something I have seen in light aviation training - a confusion between stalling and zero g. If the push results in...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2016, 17:13
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

Actually to some degree, this is true. You still...

Actually to some degree, this is true. You still trim out the control column forces, but for the most part, the yoke remains centered when trimmed. In a light ac, you are changing the position of...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2016, 15:24
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

Why do people who hace never flown the 737 write...

Why do people who hace never flown the 737 write drivel, and muddy the waters? They really should go back home, I can hear Muma calling.
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2016, 08:31
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

Since the trim switch is a rocker switch, rather...

Since the trim switch is a rocker switch, rather than a true switch, is is possible this refers to the trimmer.
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2016, 20:01
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

How true. Not sure you will get away with saying...

How true. Not sure you will get away with saying that, but how true.
The term you are looking for is dhimmi.

And P.S. to de facto - the WS I experienced were mainly in the sim. Only had two...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2016, 18:38
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

Graphs

Interesting graphs, Threemiles.

The rate of climb on the second go-around is pretty steady, and consistent with the first. And if one presumes that the throttles were not being retarded for no...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2016, 11:32
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

You have reason to be slightly alarmed. And I...

You have reason to be slightly alarmed. And I will try to explain why this has come about.

The B737 was not designed. It was a B707, a B 727, a B737 Classic, and then a B737 NG, with hundreds of...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2016, 16:57
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,783,648
Posted By silvertate

Actually, it is fairly standard. You will...

Actually, it is fairly standard.

You will note all the brow-beaten captains in certain airlines diverting immediately, because they have no fuel. While I like to take extra if possible, and ...
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