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MrYenko posted:I can tell you to slow down. I can't make the A321 climb any faster, or get the Eclipse jet to do 270kts. I will say that the past couple of times I was heading south we were at the front of the pack. MIA asked us our speed in the transition. "330K". "Can you give us 350?" "Affirmative." It does get pretty loud at 8000ft at that airspeed, though.
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ausgezeichnet posted:SWA went to a FMS cost index of 20 when their fuel hedges went tits up a few years ago, so now the Kernals descend at .74M/260K. Anybody there with a brain (and who wants to grab some Burger King during the turn) flies at a more reasonable speed, but as you indicated you can only go as fast as the slowest guy. Which is bullshit. I get paid a salary and have a 2.5 hour drive home. Southwest had a big part in developing the RNAV arrivals into KSTL and the descent speeds on those before you get below 10,000 feet are all 280 knots. The real problem is the planes with an FMS or pilot that decide they need to immediately descend to the lowest altitude possible and slow way the gently caress down. A lot of people thought blending the RNAV and regular arrivals together would be an issue but it really isn't at all. You just have to pay a little bit of attention.
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ausgezeichnet posted:350kts at 8000 That doesn't sound right....
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ausgezeichnet posted:I will say that the past couple of times I was heading south we were at the front of the pack. MIA asked us our speed in the transition. "330K". "Can you give us 350?" "Affirmative."  Unrelated: Had a Lear 75 come off FLL the other day, gave me the unexpected altitude syntax. (When an aircraft climbs or descends at more than a certain rate, the computer says "this probably isn't right, you should double check this" by displaying the mode-c reported altitude with an X next to it. We're then required to reconfirm their mode-c readout.)  : "N241BJ, say rate of climb?" : "Just over ten thousand feet per minute." : "Thanks, contact Miami center 125.07."
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What rate of climb do you see from EMB145s? I'm on those a lot for very short flights and they feel like rockets.
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They're often quite poor climbers. Not sure about the rate but I know I'm always topping them with bizjets. Not much of an issue for me now, as everyone out of DFW is put in line anyway, but we used to have several E145 flights out of Corpus Christi and surrounding airports and they climbed like dogshit. Especially in the south Texas heat. It probably helps that DFW departures are mostly on RNAV (GPS) departure procedures which have minimum altitude restrictions at various points. So, they're probably dialing in a bit more performance than they would on an unrestricted departure out of Podunk Corpus Christi.
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The Ferret King posted:They're often quite poor climbers. Not sure about the rate but I know I'm always topping them with bizjets. They're ok till about FL180, then they fall on their faces. Also, giving them any kind of speed increase absolutely kills their rate of climb. Still not as bad as a heavy/worn out A321 though. Or a CRJ-100... Surprisingly, Citation Xs/Tens don't climb particularly well. They're not BAD, but I guess the wing they use is super optimized for cruise, because they really don't climb as well as you would expect for a jet that will routinely cruise at M.90+.
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Regarding climb rates, being on a mostly empty MD-88 from DFW to OKC is the most fun I've ever had as a commercial passenger.
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The Ferret King posted:That doesn't sound right.... 12+ miles offshore. 
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shame on an IGA posted:Regarding climb rates, being on a mostly empty MD-88 from DFW to OKC is the most fun I've ever had as a commercial passenger. Only thing better is a standing take off. I still have no idea why they would have done it, though it was at LEX, maybe they were confused about the runway. 
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ausgezeichnet posted:12+ miles offshore. Wackiness
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Had a lovely one the other night. Maastricht: What's a really nice point on your flight plan. Look at Captain, no words, just key up Me: November Tango would be good. (the outer marker, 1100 miles away) Maastricht: Direct November Tango Happy Days
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The Slaughter posted:Jesus. When I'm told "maintain .74 or less for spacing" an expletive literally comes out of my mouth. I can't imagine flying that slowly the rest of the time. Least they didn't tell you to "expect Tango"... as so many other jets have.
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shame on an IGA posted:Regarding climb rates, being on a mostly empty MD-88 from DFW to OKC is the most fun I've ever had as a commercial passenger. I was recently on a mostly empty FDX DC10, 4500 FPM at 360 kts.... I think they were showing off.
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TangoFox posted:Least they didn't tell you to "expect Tango"... as so many other jets have. This is a joke about pilots landing on Taxiway Tango, which is between two runways at Seattle and has happened before. This is not a joke about ATC telling pilots to expect something. Because that joke would make less sense. TangoFox posted:I was recently on a mostly empty FDX DC10, 4500 FPM at 360 kts.... I think they were showing off. This guy was on a lightly loaded FedEx cargo flight. And it climbed very quickly. The flight crew may have been showing off. hjp766 posted:Had a lovely one the other night. Long flights are generally routed over various points which are not the most direct. This pilot was asked what point on their route they'd prefer and they jokingly suggested a point almost directly at their destination. An unheard of request. The request was granted. That is the funny part. The Ferret King fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Apr 1, 2016 |
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And for Ferret King, when you feel generous on departures if you have short enough routes (am thinking a la Belfast/Dublin - Liverpool/Isle of Man) do you ever give this style (this was in Belfast)): "After departure cancel SID, turn right 140 degrees intercept localiser 09 in Liverpool, you are number two to the Ryanair just airborne out of Dublin".
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I was once on a flight to DFW that diverted for weather to Alliance Airport (AFW) which is only 15 or so miles away. I'm not sure what coordination exactly was made. But we lifted off Runway 16L at Alliance, made a left turn and flew straight in to Runway 13R at DFW. Took maybe 5 minutes total flight time.
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The Ferret King posted:That doesn't sound right.... I so wish this was inside 12.
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Inside 12 what?.... uh... speed?
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I'm gonna finally start training on Tuesday. Been a few months since I've talked on the radio. Hopefully it'll come right back to me. Getting ready for 1-2 years of that uphill battle.
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The Ferret King posted:I'm gonna finally start training on Tuesday. Been a few months since I've talked on the radio. Hopefully it'll come right back to me. As long as you are a chick with a gorgeous voice we don't care what cock ups you make as long as you laugh afterwards... (and give us a direct) Oh, wait a minute On a realistic note, good luck, radio is duck to water territory
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Anyone else enjoy having to get 30 miles in trail for an airport 671 miles from your boundary so the next center doesn't have to do anything? On the loving mid? gently caress you Indy.
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fknlo posted:Anyone else enjoy having to get 30 miles in trail for an airport 671 miles from your boundary so the next center doesn't have to do anything? On the loving mid? gently caress you Indy. Welcome to my world.
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Advise ready to copy, I have an amendment to your routing....
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fknlo posted:Anyone else enjoy having to get 30 miles in trail for an airport 671 miles from your boundary so the next center doesn't have to do anything? On the loving mid? gently caress you Indy. How about loving detroit? They close the WEEDA half the year and we have a TMI to reroute them because TMU is too lazy to do it off the loving ground.
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hobbesmaster posted:Only thing better is a standing take off. I still have no idea why they would have done it, though it was at LEX, maybe they were confused about the runway. CRJ-700, standing takeoff, no de-rating the engines , 2 souls on board, and enough fuel to go all the way from JFK to LGA. We made it to cruise altitude literally before the end of the runway.
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This made me lose more faith in our TMU today. The original routing they changed them to was only 200 nm in the wrong direction. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW2038/history/20160415/0010Z/KMCO/EGKK http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH465/history/20160415/0005Z/KMCO/EDDF
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We got 0 new hires last year and we're apparently getting 0 again this year. One of our areas will lose 50% of their staffing over the next 3 years due to forced retirements. I don't understand it 
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fknlo posted:We got 0 new hires last year and we're apparently getting 0 again this year. One of our areas will lose 50% of their staffing over the next 3 years due to forced retirements. I don't understand it Ya, we're on the backside of "planning" like that. It's loving ridiculous.
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fknlo posted:We got 0 new hires last year and we're apparently getting 0 again this year. One of our areas will lose 50% of their staffing over the next 3 years due to forced retirements. I don't understand it You'll get two transfers in about a month, both are really good people, one is a better controller than the other, by that I mean one is an excellent controller and one is a good controller. I don't know what area they're going to.
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Boom. Staffing solved.
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Yuk yukyukyuk https://www.facebook.com/airtrafficcontrolmemes/videos/863976023712556/?pnref=story
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Where do they find them. Must admit I sometimes find it gets easier to let everyone else yell and wait for the "Viking XXX are you here." " Yes sir, Viking XXX level 330 direct XXX" "Thanks" What gets me is when the buggers do it at 2 loving am with only 5 planes in the drat sky, in London at Midday I can understand - hell the only contact we sometimes get from sector to the next is "Monitor on XXX.XX" so we do, and they still try and bloody check in  Other pet peeve - ATC tell them to "stand by" and they read back "standing by." However, I must confess to being among the have dones in regards to confusing the PA and COM1 selector on a Boeing... You never ever ever are allowed to forget that one - and I've done it both ways - we had some very puzzled passengers 
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TangoFox posted:You'll get two transfers in about a month, both are really good people, one is a better controller than the other, by that I mean one is an excellent controller and one is a good controller. I don't know what area they're going to. Not mine, I can pretty much guarantee that. We have a bunch of idiots that are so in love with their breaks that we don't keep enough sectors open to justify getting new people.
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My ZLA buddy tells me this today (literal c/v): I am a little whore that gets paid way to much for doing nothing g Ask him what area that is there and how long it took: Took me 20 months since I walked in the door.. I'm in area D. We have Area A thru F. CPC with our new locality is 138k Enjoy the 6 figure welfare. Now go republican. FYGM. All that jazz.
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Tommy 2.0 posted:My ZLA buddy tells me this today (literal c/v): I've been at ZMA three years, and I'm still 40hrs from minimums on my last three radars. Mostly because our training department couldn't plan a four year old's birthday party. gently caress him, and gently caress everyone in my academy class that has been CPC for a year plus. Busiest level 11 in the world. WOOOOOOOO
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hjp766 posted:However, I must confess to being among the have dones in regards to confusing the PA and COM1 selector on a Boeing... You never ever ever are allowed to forget that one - and I've done it both ways - we had some very puzzled passengers AAL1234: "Ladies and gentlemen we are beginning our final descent into ORD on American 1234 and are leaving 10 for 8 thousand with delta." Tracon: "Nice save"
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