PPRuNe Forums - Search Results
PPRuNe Forums

Go Back  PPRuNe Forums > Search Forums
Reload this Page >

Search Results

Register
FAQ
Calendar
Wikiposts
Today's Posts
Search
Vendor Directory
Search: Posts Made By: Centaurus
Showing results 1 to 12 of 12
Search took 0.00 seconds.
Forum: Tech Log
11th Feb 2021, 00:00
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

See Post 52. The Pprune Rumours and News...

See Post 52.

The Pprune Rumours and News Forum, mentions the FDR from the crashed Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 Classic was recently located. The Preliminary Report published by the Indonesian...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Jan 2021, 13:09
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

Suggest you read the accident report on Flash...

Suggest you read the accident report on Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300 Registration CU-ZCF and then reflect on your post. There are countless other similar accidents where poor instrument flying...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jan 2021, 12:38
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

It is still actively discouraged in some airlines...

It is still actively discouraged in some airlines in Asia and the Middle East. I recall clearly a paragraph in the 737 Operations Manual of Germania airline many years ago which stated "Under no...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Jan 2021, 02:03
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

A true statement. However there is one big...

A true statement. However there is one big difference between the examples you quote and the ability of the pilot to fall back seamlessly on raw data manual flying. That is lack of basic...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Dec 2020, 00:59
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

\ A puzzling feature of the above list is...

\

A puzzling feature of the above list is "flight director available." Yet the first item is "Raw data." A contradictory statement I would have thought?

The following statement is from an...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Dec 2020, 05:28
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

In the 1980's and earlier I flew 737-200's around...

In the 1980's and earlier I flew 737-200's around the Western, Central and South Pacific region. Most of the small airline (three 737-200 and two 727-100) 35 pilots were former Royal Australian Air...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Dec 2020, 01:01
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

Not forgetting the Flydubai Flight FDB 981...

Not forgetting the Flydubai Flight FDB 981 B737-800 on 19 June 2016. It was a straightforward go-around on instruments yet the pilot blindly tried to follow the HUD beyond its tolerances and dived...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Nov 2020, 10:58
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

Hence the propensity for hours cheating in some...

Hence the propensity for hours cheating in some airlines where corruption is a national pastime.
Extract from a recently published incident report.
One unusual item contained in the report was the...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Nov 2020, 02:06
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

A few of us still around would have read Handling...

A few of us still around would have read Handling the Big Jets by Captain D.B. Davies. For those that haven't, allow me to cut and paste blurbs from the fly leaf. Read what you will into these...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Nov 2020, 04:39
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

J Nice try. "Things have changed for the...

J


Nice try. "Things have changed for the better" Good to know that. but depends on what part of the world you are referring to. The event took place in the last ten years. Military pilots...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Nov 2020, 02:19
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

[color=#000000] Simulator instructors in the...

[color=#000000]

Simulator instructors in the job full time could write a book on what they occasionally witness in the horror box. But the risk of hurt feelings and subsequent danger of litigation...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Nov 2020, 22:58
Replies: 306
Views: 59,867
Posted By Centaurus

I remember talking to a friend of mine who was a...

I remember talking to a friend of mine who was a Boeing 737 flight simulator instructor at Boeing Seattle. He told me his story of talking to the then chief test pilot of the Boeing 787 who said "We...
Showing results 1 to 12 of 12


 
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.