Great pity. For the passenger, the A380 is one of the most comfortable airliners ever built: spacious, quiet and fast. For the pilot, a joy to fly.

(Written on 2022/06/17)(Permalink)

Looks to me like the FO had not undergone his mandatory sim check. So...a rostering error. Sloppy admin.

(Written on 2022/05/06)(Permalink)

OK, fair enough but what is Etienne's point?

(Written on 2022/03/25)(Permalink)

Claude, I agree. Tom

(Written on 2022/03/25)(Permalink)

What does "99% aboard an airplane you are seated" mean?

(Written on 2022/03/25)(Permalink)

Fat-headed typing, more like.

(Written on 2021/10/22)(Permalink)

Apparently the flares were fired automatically on impact of the helicopter with the water.

(Written on 2020/05/01)(Permalink)

What is worrying is that there apparently was no distress call (though, as usual, the reporters were not asking the right questions at the briefings)so the failure must have been catastrophic. We should have the answer soon from the FDR.

(Written on 2020/05/01)(Permalink)

The previous flight of the Lion Air 610 machine was from Bali (not China) to Jakarta. The stick shaker activated only on the captain's side and the captain correctly identified the cause as information-related, not indicative of an actual impending stall.The co-pilot manually flew the aircraft to Jakarta. Due to installation on the left side of a faulty AOA sensor in Bali, MCAS did cut in, resulting in repeated bursts of nose-down trim but luckily an off-duty captain in the jump seat advised manually switching off the electric trim. After arrival in Jakarta, for some reason, the various faults were not followed up by the maintenance staff and the aircraft was cleared for flight. Thus the crew of Flt 610 was at an enormous disadvantage.

(Written on 2020/04/24)(Permalink)

It's always a red-letter day when Air Canada rolls out a modern aircraft to replace their usual 25 year-old A320s or the 30 year-old B767s still toiling away on overseas routes.

(Written on 2020/03/06)(Permalink)