A380 RTO in Doha
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Hey HPbleed!
"RTO are pretty standard"...WTF??? What the rubbish you're talking?
Out of 30 years flying career and many hours paxing I've never had a single RTO.
You seems to be one of that flightsim capts "knoweverythingboutflying" wannabes that loves to post on PPRUNE...
Yes, RTOs, specially high speed ones, are a big deal.
Out of 30 years flying career and many hours paxing I've never had a single RTO.
You seems to be one of that flightsim capts "knoweverythingboutflying" wannabes that loves to post on PPRUNE...
Yes, RTOs, specially high speed ones, are a big deal.
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Out of 30 years flying career and many hours paxing I've never had a single RTO.
Out of 30 years flying career and many hours paxing I've never had a single RTO.
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Not a simmer I'm afraid sorry to spoil your party.
Ok, high speed RTO's CAN be a big deal, all we're told is it was an RTO - could have been at 20 knots for all you know. We practice these every 6 months and actually bringing an aircraft to a stop isn't the difficult bit - the decision is. Once that's been made, full reverse, keep it straight and full braking and the aircraft looks after itself 99% of the time. Come to a stop and talk to ATC and another decision - vacate or evacuate? Vacate - brake fans on, return to stand for a quick inspection and fix the problem. How is that difficult? The instances where planes leave the runway are because the decision is made at the wrong time, speeds are calculated wrong or the procedure is completed too slowly or incorrectly. As you line up the two things going through your head are the stop before V1 and the continue after V1 procedures, that way you're ready for either scenario.
An evacuation is a totally different story and creates the main problems. A straight forward RTO? Shouldn't be an issue...
Ok, high speed RTO's CAN be a big deal, all we're told is it was an RTO - could have been at 20 knots for all you know. We practice these every 6 months and actually bringing an aircraft to a stop isn't the difficult bit - the decision is. Once that's been made, full reverse, keep it straight and full braking and the aircraft looks after itself 99% of the time. Come to a stop and talk to ATC and another decision - vacate or evacuate? Vacate - brake fans on, return to stand for a quick inspection and fix the problem. How is that difficult? The instances where planes leave the runway are because the decision is made at the wrong time, speeds are calculated wrong or the procedure is completed too slowly or incorrectly. As you line up the two things going through your head are the stop before V1 and the continue after V1 procedures, that way you're ready for either scenario.
An evacuation is a totally different story and creates the main problems. A straight forward RTO? Shouldn't be an issue...
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Nobody flies the 380 to Doha. QA have delayed they're 380's until the new Doha airport opens as the current one cannot accommodate it, due to infrastructure ie pavement load etc.
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I've had a few RTO's at various airfields in the past.... My instructor was quite complimentary about how I kept a 4 seater straight after idling the prop.
Shall I go into more depth here, or start a new thread???
PS - None of them made the news....
Shall I go into more depth here, or start a new thread???
PS - None of them made the news....
Colleague of mine was a passenger last night, 0100 or thereabouts local time. Was suitably impressed by the experience, I think.
