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Or better yet....Move the pitot heat switches to the engineer panel and nail a loafer to the First Officer's foot rest...Originally Posted by MaydayMark
At a prior 727 job they proposed the idea of a 2-man version of the 727 cockpit. The plan was to move the pitot heat switches to the engineer panel, extend the gear handle so that the engineer could reach it and get rid of the f/o ...
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Exactly, Emirates has many routes less than 4 hours. Some 45 minutes.Originally Posted by HazCan
Why is the 777 a bad idea? It's more efficient and can be redeployed into Euro/Domestic markets as needed. It doesn't always have to go 14+ hours.
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Have to agree with Redeye, going to miss them too. My biggest regret was that I never flew it, just a 'plumber' for a few years.Originally Posted by CloudSailor
Those fond memories you speak of lead me to believe you were not solely an engineer on it.
I was told the primary purpose of the fo in all 3 man aircraft was birdstrike protection for the engineer.....
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Pardon my ignorance, but has anyone looked into putting winglets on the 777? As efficient as the 777 is already, just curious if winglets would make it even more efficient.Originally Posted by HazCan
Why is the 777 a bad idea? It's more efficient and can be redeployed into Euro/Domestic markets as needed. It doesn't always have to go 14+ hours.
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The designers built it with raked wingtips which offer some benefits over winglets. Originally Posted by Lab Rat
Pardon my ignorance, but has anyone looked into putting winglets on the 777? As efficient as the 777 is already, just curious if winglets would make it even more efficient.
Wingtip device - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yes, I quoted wiki.
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I was told that the ONLY purpose for the f/o in the 727 was to turn on the pitot head.Originally Posted by Pilot7576
I was told the primary purpose of the fo in all 3 man aircraft was birdstrike protection for the engineer.....
The Captain didn't want to reach over to do it and the F/E COULDN'T reach it!
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Check essential!
Slackers.
Back in my plumber days we had an afternoon takeoff out of Billings in the summertime. Our stop margin was something generous like 7 or so.
As he pushed up the power the captain looked at the FO and I and said "Gentlemen, the only way we are getting airborne today is due to the curvature of the Earth. Set max power."
Bring on those UAL 757s I say.
Slackers.
Back in my plumber days we had an afternoon takeoff out of Billings in the summertime. Our stop margin was something generous like 7 or so.
As he pushed up the power the captain looked at the FO and I and said "Gentlemen, the only way we are getting airborne today is due to the curvature of the Earth. Set max power."
Bring on those UAL 757s I say.
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They could alway make the gear handle about 3 feet longer and remove the FO seat so the S/O can reach the handle.Originally Posted by MaydayMark
At a prior 727 job they proposed the idea of a 2-man version of the 727 cockpit. The plan was to move the pitot heat switches to the engineer panel, extend the gear handle so that the engineer could reach it and get rid of the f/o ...
