I'm sure the TSB will focus very closely on what visual cues were available below the MDA/DA/DH/MDH including if any PAPI's were visible, whether this kind of approach puts the aircraft in a position to continue a normal descent to the runway, and what the rate of descent was during the approach an...

I also learned from some of you that there's 0 ties between your residency/citizenship and your physical aviation licenses, this is something I didn't know before. So thanks for clarifying that up guys. So then is it the same in order to obtain your JAA licenses? Do you not need to live or have the...

There's a lot of incorrect information being posted on this thread by people who have no idea what they are talking about. One poster in particular has chosen to ignore the very good advice he was given on another thread. I completely disagree that because I am an Expat I am somehow "gaming" the sys...

I don't mean to sound like an armchair quarterback, but I'm intrigued by the "precautionary de-pairing of the engines" comment. They're controlled by a common FADEC - would it not make sense to look for the problem there rather than in the engines themselves? Each engine has its own FADEC. This is ...

Updated information:- An Airbus notification to A330 operators reported the event occurred when the aircraft was maneouvering to avoid adverse weather and suggested based on preliminary flight data analysis, that over a period of 13 seconds engine #1 stalled twice and recovered itsself, engine #2 st...

Sounds like total BS to me.....

Still looking for comments on difficulty in step-downs on something of significant weight..... I fly an aircraft with a maximum landing weight of 246,000kg (541,000lbs). Minimum approach speed is around 145 knots. We can only fly a non precision approach as a continuous descent from the FAF to MDA....

CpnCrunch wrote:That all sounds reasonable. I'm just wondering how often they check it at Buffalo (if at all).

When I worked there on the first flight of the day we checked the operation of the feathering pumps and did a power check on each engine.

Just a few comments to those of you focused on what equipment is installed in an aircraft. Just because the aircraft is capable of flying a certain type of approach does not always mean you are allowed to. You still need to have the approval on the company AOC. This is issued by the CAA in the state...

Changing Altimeter Setting Reference 7.1. ICAO PANS-OPS1 requires that the altimeter pressure setting should be changed to the new reference when crossing the transition altitude/level. 7.2. Some national authorities stipulate that, when an aircraft has been cleared to climb from an altitude to a f...

Gilles Hudicourt wrote:EASA member countries are considered one country for all that has to do with aviation.

That's not correct.

https://www.easa.europa.eu/

You are licensed in one EASA country and you are flying an aircraft of another EASA country ? Correct ?

Correct.

Also, Air Canada has numerous checks throughout the descent and approach when correct altimeter settings are confirmed. To have 29.92 is just about as unlikely as a meteor knocking them out of the sky on short final. This wasn't at Air Canada but I was sitting on the jumpseat watching as my 2 colle...

Gilles Hudicourt wrote: No modern western country allows Foreign licensed pilots to fly commercially for local airlines. No European country does,

That's not correct.

I have a Licence from one country and I'm flying for an Airline based in a second country.

All without validations. This is under the EASA system.

I'm more interested in the FD door security; as per video it appears the door can be opened using the emergency code regardless of switch position . FICU states, that I've misinterpreted this function? I don't know FICU's qualifications, but I'm hoping he's an A320 tech/pilot and his words can be t...

Mode S Enhanced Surveillance

https://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/mo ... l-overview

This will back up what selection(s) were made on the altitude selector.

So, is there some nefarious electro glitch in Airbus' system that renders them unflyable? Air France in the Atlantic, two Airbuses in Asia and now one in Germany? Two airbuses in Asia? I can't find anything on the second one. Air France 447 - crew failed to fly the aircraft. Air Asia 8501 - looks l...

One question to the x-spirts -- is there a manual valve for the crew O2 on the 320 and if there is, is there a caution light if left in the closed position?? There is a push button on the left side of the overhead panel that is checked as part of the cockpit preparation. There are amber indications...

For the bus drivers here.....any comments on my last thought? 1) Could it be the crew wanted to descend to 34,000' and somehow put in 3400 in the VS mode? Similar to the Air Inter crash? 2) If they had a rapid decompression at 38,000' would 3500 fpm be the approximate rate for an emergency descent?...

I did not insinuate or suggest that this had anything to do with current accident, nothing is known yet, nothing I've seen anyway. All I know it that it crashed while in cruise flight. So why post at all? But Germanwings Does have an all Airbus 320 series fleet Does hire only from the Lufthansa Cad...

Germanwings is one of those airlines that combine an all Airbus 320 series fleet with the hiring of only low time pilots through the Lufthansa Cadet program. The captains are upgraded from the pool of First Officers. This can create a situation where although the two people up front have a combined...