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03-31-2018, 09:53 PM

#41

Andy

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Originally Posted by vroll1800

Momentary Thread Drift: Going forward, would taking a type ride in B777, or B787 come with a common type rating ? If so, I don't see any indication of interest for mixed fleet operations like some airlines do with B757/B767 fleet. Thanks, returning to original thread subject reading.

I've flown the 757/767/777/787. While the 787 is (for all practical purposes) an updated 777, there are too many differences to justify common type. Sure, one could fly both the 777 and 787 at the same time, but there are enough differences to keep them different fleets. There are far less differences between the 757 and 767 than the 777 and 787. JMO.

By the way, I agree with a previous poster where he mentioned the optimal airline fleet would be 319/320/321 narrowbody and 777/787 widebody.

And yes, yokes suck. Sidesticks rule.

04-06-2018, 04:30 PM

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TallFlyer

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How bout a stowable yoke?

Which could be really great, right up until the A/P kicks off unexpectedly for some reason......

04-06-2018, 06:17 PM

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Pilot X

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Which could be really great, right up until the A/P kicks off unexpectedly for some reason......

Couldn’t you then unstow it? Nice and fast like a tray table

04-06-2018, 06:24 PM

#44

Al Czervik

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Originally Posted by TallFlyer

Which could be really great, right up until the A/P kicks off unexpectedly for some reason......

Had a laugh thinking about the reaction to this.

04-06-2018, 09:02 PM

#45

TallFlyer

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Originally Posted by Pilot X

Couldn’t you then unstow it? Nice and fast like a tray table

Perhaps. Have to stow the hypothetical tray table first, which might be difficult if you might have hypothetical meal on the hypothetical tray table.

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04-07-2018, 09:48 AM

#46

Cheddar

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Or you could just have a hypothetical sidestick with a hypothetical tray table that holds hypothetical crew meals.

If only a company could do this

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04-08-2018, 07:48 AM

#47

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While I know fleet total doesn’t necessarily drive the total pilot count, what do y’all think this does to pilot utilization? Is this better for us or worse? (I don’t know if I am asking the question correctly)