Pilots helping pilots

View over 100 airline profilesAdd to Google



Go Back   Airline Pilot Central Forums > Career Builder > Technical
Register FAQ Advertising Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read


Technical The airliners we fly

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-24-2008, 07:41 AM   #1 (permalink)
Gets Weekends Off
 
jsfBoat's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: Happy to be in the CFI seat, but thinking about the next seat
Posts: 488
Default Can you smell the coconuts, mon?!

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080224/brita...el_flight.html
Way to go "No way BA/.."
jsfBoat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-24-2008, 11:23 AM   #2 (permalink)
Gets Weekends Off
 
Senior Skipper's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: the start of a long journey in the right seat
Posts: 708
Default

Good. Now the operating costs will go down, and we can get the excess.
__________________
Intentionally Left Blank
Senior Skipper is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-24-2008, 04:22 PM   #3 (permalink)
Gets Weekends Off
 
SmoothOnTop's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: retired
Posts: 643
Default Yah right mon...

Bio fuels aren't what they're cracked up to be..

The engines have to produce power right?

Jet A's British Thermal Units or BTU's per pound is 40-50% higher than the bio-fuels.

Using bio-fuel to produce the same amount of power from the engines will require substantially more pounds of bio-fuel than Jet A.

More fuel weight means higher fuel burn.

Less emissions? I don't think so.

Coco - loco fuel is just a gimmick.

Boy won't those technicians be surprised when they find that out..bummer.
SmoothOnTop is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

 


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:09 PM.


Copyright ©2000 - 2009 Internet Brands, Inc.

Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.2.0 RC7