Boeing won’t tell you what you want to know (which is usually everything) about a NnM – just what you Need to know.
Merry Christmas
December 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The past two months have been flat out as I hit the ground running in the Fleet Training Manager role at the now renamed Virgin Australia International airline. As such Infinidim has pretty much taken a back seat, unfortunately. However in the New Year I plan to return to working on articles for Infinidim. There [...]
Assessing System Status/Performance
September 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
It’s not always the case that the aircraft’s onboard alerting systems do all the diagnosis work for you. Sometimes the crew are required to assess system status to determine the nature of a failure ..
Crew Allowance Tax Calculator (Update 3)
August 25, 2011 By 7 Comments
Missed Approach Acceleration
August 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s funny how these things crop up. In late 2008 I discussed (strenuously) the issue of Missed Approach Acceleration – now I find a friend from a Middle Easter carrier is encountering the same problem.
Paired Oceanic Transition Waypoints
August 5, 2011 By 2 Comments
Today we evaluated the use of paired oceanic transition waypoins approaching the West Coast of the US – No Problemo.
P&T Update : How to get a ZFW from a changed TOW using LNDG
August 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sometimes you need to be able to calculate a limiting ZFW based on a forced change in TOW. You can use the OFP LNDG correction figure to do it. And it’s not VooDoo – just mathematics.
Hi Temperature Departure – Abu Dhabi
July 27, 2011 By 3 Comments
After my recent debacle with a High Ambient Temperature departure from Abu Dhabi – and another occurrence involving offload and a 4 hour delay – I was asked to prepare some specific advice for Captains operating out of Abu Dhabi.
Crew Allowance Tax Calculator (Update 2)
July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Performance Limited Takeoff
July 22, 2011 By 10 Comments
Managing a departure with a performance limited takeoff can be one of the more challenging tasks that face the Captain of an aircraft today. It all sounds simple enough in theory. Based on the Airport/Runway, Ambient Weather Conditions and Aircraft, a computer will spit out down to the kilogram how much weight you’re allowed to lift off the runway. From this number a passenger/cargo and fuel load is determined – and off you go. But all is not as it seems.
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