Times are changing quickly. The future is supersonic with short T.O. and Landing.

(Written on 2016/07/29)(Permalink)

OK. Interesting informations. Anyway we'll know more from the flight recorder results.

(Written on 2016/05/20)(Permalink)

From the voice and flight recorder we'll know the truth. In any case a terrorist act is almost certain. If the vrekages will be found near Alexandria could be a bomb regulated with the internal pressure of the aircraft or at the biginning of the descend procedure.

(Written on 2016/05/20)(Permalink)

Having been a pilot for 40 years I think that's a right decision especially today that the flight deck crew for all the civil aircraft is reduced to 2 pilots. Anyhow I can assert that in the last company I flew as captain (1990-1997) I was checked each 6 months also for use of drugs including sometimes hair examination. As far as I know the aircompanies are looking forward. Today is possible to pilot an aircraft staying on ground. The problem are the passengers. Nobody like to board an aircraft without pilots. So it seems the solution is to board only one pilot, while a second pilot will check the flight from the ground.

(Written on 2016/04/23)(Permalink)

There is another possible reason of the incident. Error in loading the aircraft. Erroneous weight distribution on board.

(Written on 2015/11/20)(Permalink)

I agree with Scott Sawyer.

(Written on 2015/11/06)(Permalink)

I understand You sparkie624. I want to tell You one of my experiences with a B757. I had to stay on ground for 5 hs in Glasgow with a tempereture of -!5°-18°C with passengers on board and a dog in the cargo compartment. The pax cabin was conditioned, tha cargo bay no. We could be cleared to start up and take off in any moment. Actually I was concerned for the dog. Destination was Orlando (Florida). During the navigation I found 135-140 kts frontal wind at all the altitudes and, in spite of the regulations, I was forced to land in Norfolk (Virginia) military airport for refuelling. My concern was not the suarvival of the dog during the flight, but the dog survival on ground at Glasgow. Well, finally we landed in Orlando and the owner of the dog found his animal in good conditions. Consider that there are a lot of problems that a captain has to face in a flight, including the cabin crew service time. The cabin crew were icelandic strongly backed up from there unions, The flight deck crew

(Written on 2015/09/26)(Permalink)

I dont remember the systems on the DC8. You could be right. I will check. I'd have in some part the DC8 manuals.

(Written on 2015/09/26)(Permalink)

Celsius

(Written on 2015/09/20)(Permalink)

The Captain has to respond about his behavior to his company. Diverting to an alternate airport involves an enormous cost in money and other cosequencies. The MEL (Minimum Equipment List) is the list present in each civil aircraft wich fix the minimum apparatous that have to work to beguin or continue a flight to destination. Heating malfunction does not mean no heating at all. Usually small animals are allowed to stay in the cabin, this is not allowed for big animals. As far as I know the temperature in the cargo compartment can not descend more then a few degrees below zero even though the haeting is not working because part of the air of the pax cabin is discharged in the cargo compartment. Anyway for sure the Captain had his good reasons to land in Frankfurt.

(Written on 2015/09/19)(Permalink)