Boeing won’t tell you what you want to know (which is usually everything) about a NnM – just what you Need to know.
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.
P&T Update : Setting Final Approach Speed … On Final
July 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It seems simple – but when manoeuvring at a minimum flap speed, the time to set final approach speed is … when on final approach.
P&T Update : Top Of Climb Checks
July 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
Many Airlines (or more accurately the Trainers of the Training Department) specify a series of checks at Top Of Climb. Often there’s no basis in this from an Airline SOP’s or Manufacturers point of view – which doesn’t mean they’re not valuable for situational awareness …
P&T Update : GPS Failure and Subsequent Navigation
July 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We’ve become so reliant on GPS that the loss of it will come as quite a shock to today’s airline crew. The simulator doesn’t help – with a total inability to adequately simulate IRS drift. The issues are complex …
P&T Update : Flaps Drive – Where are the Flaps?
June 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Phase 5 training included the FLAPS DRIVE failure. It’s amazing how much you can pick up over six months of watching different crew react to the same failure – in different ways …
P&T Update : EICAS [] FUEL SCAVENGE SYS
May 31, 2011 By 2 Comments
When you’ve been on an aircraft for almost 15 years, especially a modern Boeing, you think it’s ability to surprise you is behind you. Mostly – that’s true. And then …
P&T Update : Visual Reference at the Minima
May 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been operating under the miss-understanding that if the visibility observed at the airport matches the minimum required to commence the approach – you’ll have a reasonable chance of completing the approach to a landing. As it turns out – for JAR OPS compliant NPA’s – this is not the case.
P&T Update : Main gear steering and Thrust Application
May 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s not unusual – especially during Line Training (instructors beware) for your student to generate an EICAS MAIN GEAR STEERING alert during the initial takeoff run. This results from advancing thrust prior to the main articulated gear achieving a lock during the initial takeoff roll.
