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WD40 posted:I remember once I was in a passenger jet and another plane passed beneath ours, big 747 type thing. It couldn't have been less than 100 feet below. I remember thinking 'that's awfully close'. That shouldn't have happened, right? Your sense of scale is completely off in the air, nice legal if minimum separations can look like you're able to touch the other plane. The wingspan of a 747 is 200 feet.
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KodiakRS posted:Most airlines that I know of schedule 3-6 months in advace, and run close to the same schedule every day. Certain days of the week are usually a lighter schedule (Saturday), and holidays cause the schedule to be altered. But generally speaking Goonflight#1234 will always be between the same cities at the same scheduled time day after day. If you dig on an airline's website you should be able to the schedule somewhere in giant pdf form. Somewhat useful if you're trying to figure out why you're not being given certain options or 22 hour layovers or something.
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hjp766 posted:Who in there right minds takes min fuel into there when it is busy??? A regional airline that had the bright idea to declare a fuel emergency and get on the ground sooner. They'll be bankrupt before the FAA can fine them!
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fknlo posted:Are they draining left over fuel out of the tanks and throwing it away? If not, why the gently caress would it matter? How does running minimum fuel save money? Less weight.
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The Ferret King posted:Not in the U.S. you don't, that's not a frequency that would be used here. Or are you saying for elsewhere? What happens if you get "Unable" back for a frequency change? Aren't the frequencies pretty set for the different areas?
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Centripetal Horse posted:What kind of brain fart causes someone to do that? Some light banter, or a quick back-and-forth seems harmless enough, but I assume that everyone takes actual instructions issued to aircraft pretty darn seriously. Am I off on either of those points? The pilot hit the wrong tx switch to respond to a conversation with ops regarding gates so it went something like this: plane: ...so we don't have a gate? tower: then go around... plane: going around
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Tommy 2.0 posted:Honestly you can never tell. Their response to anything is a complete body jerk reaction. Could be bad could be horrible. *spins wheel* The new requirement will be... sleep studies!
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It's because the Colgon pilot was fat and therefore had sleep apnea and that's why he stalled a perfectly good Q400 into the ground. Also 5191 was caused by the FO drinking a coke.
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I meant Pinnacle 3701, got my delta connection crashes crossed.
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May 21, 2015 21:09
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The FAA prohibits humor and anything resembling "fun"
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May 21, 2015 21:23
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Hey, the registration N359N is available!
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FOW-er always struck me as odd too.
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MrYenko posted:When we have a stuck mic, the frequency becomes nigh-unusable, anyway. I'd gladly trade capture effects for more signal quality. I have to hear and understand a read cal of a control instruction for it to be valid, anyway, which can be a royal pain in the rear end when the student pilot from Mumbai is mumbling into the hand mic in a thirty-five year old Cessna two miles from a major thunderstorm. With digital you probably wouldn't have heard him at all.
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fknlo posted:Yeah, guy and his dog were on board. Dog died too. They said they found a wing intact about a half mile from the crash site so it looks like he may have lost it and gone down. That loving sucks. Not a drat thing you can do at that point if you aren't in a Cirrus. Well, airframe parachutes can be installed on most aircraft of that class but yes.
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The Ferret King posted:Good catch by the Chicago Midway controller when Delta 1328 mistakenly took a take off clearance intended for Southwest 3828 on an intersecting runway. Article has audio: Stupid news radio. Incident at ~9 min, hope you like heterodyne http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kmdw/KMDW-Twr-Jun-17-2015-0030Z.mp3
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The Ferret King posted:Guilty. I'm a real sperg about aircraft types too, but Helicopters are Helicopters and usually nobody gives a poo poo. Ever get something strange? One of my dad's friends took me up in a globe swift, the conversation with ATC on the ground went something like this: "... type?" "Globe Swift" "Say again" "Globe Swift" "what?" "Golf Charlie one"
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MrYenko posted:Holy poo poo that is a seriously pretty Falcon. For the lazy:  Too bad I didn't win the powerball! 
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This one then? I love that paint scheme.
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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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So whats it like in the ATC facilities at Atlanta right now? Just hanging out drinking coffee, waiting for chaos to start?
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jiffypop45 posted:I'm currently working for a contractor as a software engineer they take forever in the hiring process. Your medical is going to be more complicated, see the standards here: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/app_process/exam_tech/item48/amd/gd/
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The Ferret King posted:DFW always manages to have 4-5 aircraft already "rolling" when we tell them to stop departures. If they never stop rolling after push back it counts right?
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MrYenko posted:He became famous in the area for his first d-side coordination "yo yo point-out comin' at you from da east side, American 1234," This should be official phraseology.
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its all nice on rice posted:What would this even entail? It's not like he can just privatize everything because he wants to. I mean, the republicans in congress would totally pass a privatization bill and he would most likely sign it, but what are the odds of it happening? Boeing will slip a bill under Paul Ryan's door. Reminder: quote:During his January 17 visit to Trump Tower, Muilenburg was allowed to listen in to part of a call between Trump and Lt. General Christopher Bogdan. Bogdan is responsible for the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The F-35 is made by Lockheed Martin (LMT) and is a competitor of Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet. Boeing somehow getting ATC while Lockmart got flight service would be hilarious. ...until it gets someone killed.
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Fancy_Breakfast posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1r3XZQc4Zo Is that controller arguing with someone that has a weather radar pointed at a cell?
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Thunderhawk posted:I recently got relocated to WJHTC to support WARP. We're working an issue out of ZTL and ZDC that maybe you could shine some light on. Its particularly concerning aircraft deviations due to weather that aren't being seen on the scopes. From the analysis done a few weeks ago, 67% of the flights deviating were Delta. Due to the hub in ATL, this number isn't surprising; however, I've seen jokes that Delta deviates from pretty much anything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_191 33 years and the institutional culture is one of safety, isn't that how aviation is supposed to work?
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TangoFox posted:Holy poo poo. Like... literally everything on this page for every arrival into IAH? https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotW...etrievalByICAOs
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:So it is safe to fly right now with the controllers poor and stressed out? TCAS take the wheel?
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Probably the one claiming DCA was closed when it was easy to see planes both departing and arriving
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Bob A Feet posted:Guys, what’s the worst that could happen for cursing over a busy approach frequency? I dropped an F bomb over the local approach last night. No phone numbers were given and no one called my military command this morning. Just wondering. Surely a USMC aircraft not dropping f-bombs is a potential sign of distress?
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Sagebrush posted:
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fknlo posted:ATC zero at midway! its real, oh my god its real: Sagebrush posted:hey if you want a real trip go listen to the KMDW ATIS
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I'm listening to the MDW CTAF at https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?mount=kmdw_1&icao=kmdw Is it normal for people to pattern work and touch and gos at Midway?
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MrYenko posted:If I lived near Chicago and MDW was ATC-0, you bet your rear end I’d be doing touch and goes, even if it were just to piss off the airport authority. This Cessna 172 is living your dream and making 2-3 SWA 737s look for him http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/5/N54135.shtm
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If centers start closing does that mean that airliners would have to fly VFR?
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PT6A posted:Or they just re-classify airspace on an emergency basis and they fly IFR in uncontrolled airspace. That is an option, we do pretty frequently in northern Canada. It would represent a huge cut in system capacity, but it's doable especially if flights are restricted to essential flights only. Uh, do you do one in one out for an entire airway? 
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This seems bad https://twitter.com/NYCAviation/status/1241424691262304257
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fknlo posted:
God bless TCAS!
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a patagonian cavy posted:I lived underneath the CVG approach path and I’d sit around with my dad and he’d point out all the types Its so much harder to do this these days though.
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Sagebrush posted:is this for real (1:38) "Are you ready for a phone number"
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