DUDE !!!!! NO !!!!! At 3:36 the FO takes his hands off the throttles and lets the ATS take over. Word of advice, DON'T land in gusty/turbulent conditions with the ATS on. They pull to idle at 50 feet (DC10, sure its the same for MD11) and you get screwed.

This is one of the contributing factors in the MD11 Air China accident that landed in the typhoon. I wonder if it will be a factor in the FedEx crash?

Perhaps it was these guys?

YouTube - Alitalia Hard Landing MD-11

Gnewt,

The following is from the contract. Sorry for the format:

On or before the 5th (of the month previous)

Asterisk rotation changes posted

So, in answer to your question, on or before the the 5th.:)

Denny

Is that a landing, or a CFIT event in the vicinity of the airport?

Typically they wait until the contractual deadline of the 5th to release anything just in case there happens to be a last minute change. Wasn't it a couple of months ago that they redid the 320 bid package after it was published? Any way, I never expect to see it before the 5th. They do usually publish all the trips in open time on the third or the fourth of the previous month. The trips are in open time now for the month of March but the bid packages are not out yet.

Denny

Zzzzooooooooommm!!!!! The sound of that going right over my head! :p :o

The bid packets are available...I just downloaded March with the PBS desktop app.

Alright, I'm frustrated! For any of you PBS Desktop app users. How in the heck do you enter a line after you have selected your preference? Example.....Say I want to prefer off March 4, I can get to the point where I have selected it and now want to "enter" it in my bid choices but I can't seem to find the "enter" button. The one that says "apply" is not active after I've selected the prefer off day. I normally use easybid but just wanted to try out the PBS Desktop App. Any sugestions? What am I doing wrong? Thanks,

Denny

Now THAT was funny!!!
Chuck

What time is the Clamp show? I think this is a good topic. Male or female scheduler, which do you prefer? :D

When I say what time is the Clamp show please read it as: what time will Clamp's wife have been asleep long enough to not notice that he's slipped out of bed to go feed his APC habit?

I just need to know when to sync my iphone (I haven't worn a watch in 7 years now) and sneak out as well. No shame.