Leave it to Denny, he saw a fire and said what the hell...

 

favorite line of the night from flight attendant "what is YouTube?"

its a website.

"how do.you get it?"


fwiw she would never be confused for Denny's wife. ever.
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That is amazing.

In the RJ we convinced an FA that we had full internet access on the ACARS. Somehow our bandwidth messed up when we typed in EBAY.

 

Where's the lighter fluid when you need it!?!

Denny

 

Question for 777 homeys: First, when speed brakes are extended in flight, is the rumble and vibration very significant, or is it relatively mild like the 757? Second, if speed brakes are extended in flight and throttles are advanced toward max, will the speed brakes automatically retract or will they remain extended?

Thanks,

Carl

 

Once you go past flaps 20, boards up, you'll get the warning, just like the 75/76. They feel a lot like on the 757, the first half of the handle pull will give you a small amount of rumble, but then the second half (full up) will give you quite a bit of bounce, most of us rarely use full boards, you'd have to be really high and hot or getting slam dunked to need them.

But... just like in the 757, the 777 is a bit of a Kite and doesn't like to come down too quickly, even with the gear out. I can honestly say, I've only seen guys get behind by being too high/hot on the path, never too low/slow.

On the automatic retraction, I don't think (never tested it) they will stow when the power comes fully up, only because many, many times I've had to say, "You've still got the boards out..." once stabilized after a slam dunk, but I usually say it as soon as the thrust levers start moving up and it's obvious he's forgotten. So they may stow, if the thrust levers come far enough fwd.

This all usually happens about the maker, usually when you're throwing the gear out, more flaps, spinning the speed back, arming the APP button, etc. switching over to tower, and they throw a runway change at you too...and some guys will go heads down to try to load it in the box.

I gave up taking close in runway changes a long time ago. We still get paid by the minute, I'll roll to the end, thank you, and take my time taxiing back...unless I have a commute home to catch of course, then it's the ol' SWA Game ON! (can we get opposite direction to the inboard?)

 

Well said...

 

Thanks Timbo. Just what I needed.

Carl

 

We did the air sample gag one time, best part was when she brought up the bag full of the "sample cabin air", we convinced her that it wasn't a "big enough' sample. She then REALLY RAN down the aisle with this bag over her head, getting the new sample. I'm starting to laugh about it right now. Those were fun days.

 

Sorry. I am just sick of the "I can't wait until M R Rats or Cathay or China Bag O'doughnuts Airways has a US base so that I can get the hell out of here" crowd. My statement stands. If it sucks so bad here, please leave. There will be thousands of applications to take your place, and I would much rather be around happy people. I have no intention of leaving, and I work every day to make this place better. It is posts llike his that you should be condemning, not mine.