Good evening, I was at Jazz and laid off couple of months ago due to the covid situation. Just wondering if you should take the risk to go to a 703 operator and pay the training bond in case jazz call me back or... if I should wait with a non flying job. Just asking your opinon. thx for ur help! Th...

If there is heavy rain at the airport, I would think that one doesn’t need a report of the runway conditions, especially if it is not grooved. In the tropics weather can change extremely rapidly and be extremely localised. It's possible to have heavy rain and poor visibility at one end of the runwa...

As long as airliners continue to land in heavy rain, runway excursions and related accidents will continue. The aviation industry is looking for its next significant reduction in accidents......this is it. System to help prevent this is already available. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5nw2Mt3I1I...

Been there many times in 777. Braking was never an issue. WX can be nasty and due to the terrain on final 28, it has non-standard approach lights (read very few lights!) which makes the minima quite high (2000m VIS from memory) hence using RWY 10 with tailwind. 777 push-back done directly on the ru...

Latest reports state a touchdown 3000' down the runway.

Tailwind on a wet runway with downslope means you need to touchdown at the correct point with the correct speed.

Not much room for error imho.

In aviation, the trend is obvious. A 1950's era transport required 4 people up-front; 2 Pilots, an Eng and a Nav. The Engs and the Navs are gone because all of their work was based on pattern recognition. Their jobs were the first to be automated out of existence because the patterns with which the...

I used to fly here regularly - first with the A320 and later with the A330. The company I was flying for was the only foreign operator in Calicut at that time. Hard to believe they allow 747 and 777 operations at this airport - that's pushing things imho. Runway 10 has a slight upslope initially fol...

Hate to say it but it will come down to a simple Business case imho. Keeping the company running will cost X. Closing it down and starting again from zero will cost Y. When Y becomes the cheaper option - it may very well happen. There are pluses and minuses associated with each option. There will be...

Part of Australia back in lockdown with people not allowed more than 5 km from their homes. Countries used to fight extremism but now they join the club; what a wonderful world... I'm in Australia and there is broad public support for the measures in place. I'm in Quarantine for the next 2 weeks - ...

Important to look at the Insurance requirements as well as the Licencing requirements imho.

https://youtu.be/EnfQJfsY2Po B727F too, It doesn't always ends up well... There's a bunch of similar videos where they just get away with it.... My understanding is that on this day there was a slight tailwind component. Hitting the structure on the other side of the road was the final link in the ...

Over the periods of the last few months of my employment, my attitude became negative and that impaired my focus. I worked with many experienced AME, who were able to sense that and that raised red flags. Another fault was that I should have left the company if I was not able to perform 100%. I lac...

I remember reading somewhere (don't know if it's true) that manufacture recommended procedure for old Soviet machines deliberately delayed rotation to use up the whole runway to improve performance in the event of an engine out. Don't know if there is truth to this, and haven't done any research on...

Speaking of stupidity this is hard to believe:-

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/coronav ... ies-trend/

When you're dealing this level of stupidity you have to keep the borders closed imho.

There have been numerous cases where travellers have tested positive for COVID-19 after being allowed into a country. Just a few of them - Qatar Airways in Greece. (They were given a temporary operating ban as a result). All passengers had to be Quarantined. - New Zealand. Two British nationals allo...

This is probably what the "New Normal" is going to look like.

https://simpleflying.com/portugal-covid-test-fines/

This will add to the difficulties travelling at the moment imho.

Not everyone is like you. Lots will feel safe traveling, especially once the 2 week quarantine is removed. But, feel safe at home. If you read my post above you'll see why travelling on an aircraft is the riskiest thing you can do right now imho. I'm only comfortable on our own aircraft with the sa...

US finally takes action:-

https://simpleflying.com/united-states-pia-scandal/

My guess is they will be banned in Canada as well - should have happened already imho.

I don't think people feel flying is unsafe. I think people feel being somewhere other than home is unsafe. I disagree - flying as a passenger is the riskiest thing I do at the moment. - No social distancing on the Airlines I've travelled on. - No idea who I'm travelling with or what they've been ex...

On top of everything else.... https://simpleflying.com/pia-missing-flight-attendant/ Not the first time this as happened or even the first time this has happened in Toronto! Of course the real question is - why is PIA still allowed to fly to Canada? Pakistan actively challenging the EU ban - gives a...