Not much actual met information but from all the information but possibly a tad slow and she got caught. The 206 has a history of a terrible float plane, many because of door setup but also performance. Very sad indeed.

In my past experience from the front seat the issue is that when a "fun in the sun" charter package goes sideways there are no hotels since the rooms vacated were filled again with inbounds that just got off the aircraft. Been there done that and people are stuck until a rescue is organised. The oth...

As I said before it isn't the right aircraft for the job given the geography - in a place like Australia it's go big or go home. They need jet tankers and possibly something like an Electra for the smaller jobs -- A lot of the fires have no place to scoop so land based operations except possibly sal...

With an emergency declared he/she can do whatever they deem necessary to safely land. Having said that when you do something like dumbing fuel in the circuit you better be able to justify that it saved the aircraft and passengers and crew. Regardless the airline will be responsible for and costs and...

Italy has a large water bomber fleet. Why can't Australia just set up their own water bomber fleet. Seems like the most practical way to go. Even if they initially went to contract pilots. Someone is smoking the wild weed if they feel the logistics would not eventually bring them to their knees with...

I do not think the alert is sent over "data". You are correct it is sent through the LTE network separate to data and the only possible way to not get notices is to either turn the phone off or select "airplane" mode and if you wanted to turn wifi on for email you could. The messages come through t...

The concept is great but the system is not. In my case there are just too many irrelevant alerts to the point of being ignored. This was the highest priority alert, prezidential, but living 1800 km from the source still is just useless information and not an immediate treat. I would much prefer to g...

Nice it's great to know that there are still people from the "golden" age of TCA , my how time marches on. It was a school visit back in the sixties by an air canada captain on professions day that put me over the top in making my choice to make a career (now retired) in aviation. I was already a pr...

I'm thinking the vanguard era pilots are long gone. I knew a vanguard captain and he retired in the 70's. Most of these guys were ww11 vets. From my understanding they were a pretty good aircraft. I too would be interested in learning more about the aircraft and insight into what it was like to fly.

Jeezus such a long thread with so much dissection to a simple overrun which will boil down to a basic chain of events. Seems that everyone wants to armchair quarterback events when there is an incident no matter how small it is. Decision making and human factors is the weakest link in aviation now. ...

It might be mute. Just consider the group entering the biz now could very well be the last group of "qualified" pilots for airlines. If automation keeps up it's current pace they will not need pilots but qualified computer technicians. I guess the question is will there be 100 year old HO's left to ...

Thinking back over some 50 years my hands left the power levers/thrust levers at V1 or on rotation with no V speeds. It's more important to be aware than to have your hands on the levers. Where is your scan or is that becoming a lost art because of auto pilots and flight directors. It was nice in a ...

it's all about the Americans anyway so why not let them have it all and let them operate and own the aircraft and charge them support fees. At least go from spending around 250 mil plus running costs to a several thousand dollar profit per year. Even better do it our selves and use Chinese tech

until you are at least 35 you should be chasing pussy and iron - relationships only get in your way

Reading the report and regardless of engine issues there was poor and non standard communications in the filling deck. "prep the gear" I'm not sure what that means and the f/o obviously did not understand the system. The gear is held up by hydraulic pressure normal position is lever in neutral. If t...

Unless you are in pickle conjuring is our at least was not supported by North Star. Most low time pilots in Sioux find either rooms or roommates to offset the low wage initially. Pickle is just about the same. The mentality is that f/o's are slave labour and easy to come by so they are not treated a...

Not that it seems to matter but how many out there actually understand or know what the proposed structure and mandate of the College is/was. It's been a while but the last time I saw a flurry of activity was when they were going to propose taking over the licencing from TC. That to me is not what d...

Fuel icing additive not used since it has fuel heaters, the "H" model was not know for structural problems and wing box was monitored and had a replacement timed/cycle life. To lose hydraulic control boost means multiple failures and very unlikely and that failure usually creates a crash during an a...

Possibly you could say I contradicted myself but I think I said or indicated that while I would never reject above V1 (I was always a fan of V1=Vr on bare and dry runways and heavy weights) but what I meant was want you would do and what you actually do on a particular day you can never be really su...

Again I think people are taking issues out of context - "never say never" refers to anything can happen and how you react is not set in stone. Human factors are such a fluid thing. What you did today and how you reacted could be all together different under similar circumstances at another time depe...

:smt040 to each his own but from experience I can say fuel dumping from a controllable aircraft I would never do. BTW what happens if your type has no fuel dump capability. I suppose you are off the mind to burn fuel off for several hours and to to sweat 500 lbs in a 200 k aircraft now that is picki...

Simple explanation - uncontrolled airspace

Fuel dumping is a thing of the past and a over weight landing is preferred. First you just can't dump fuel where ever you want to unless you are prepared for great mounds of paperwork and possible costs of impact studies and such. Sure if you ass is on the line "dump to minimums" was a common phrase...

Another time and another era. Ever since the FSS revamp from back in the 80's they give very little insight into wx other than reading the TAF's and Metars which any pilot should be able to do. Prior to these days you would actually get a good wx briefing from the FSS guys or a wx briefer and if you...

Why would a flap problem require an overweight landing? Returning to an airport immediately after T/O would be an over weight landing on the planned flight. Flying around a heavy aircraft with flaps out, even at 1 degree is limiting, back on the ground is good. I don't think the 76 has fuel dumping...