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Originally Posted by Gearjerk
(Post 1101235)
(Two for the price of one.)
GJ |
Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 1101122)
Now picture yourself as the jet descends through 18,000 feet. SWFFSWFSWRFGHHSWSWWISTLESCHWWSEFFSQWWWHWSHGQ (at 130 db level)
CA: Approach Check FO: WHAT? CA: A P P R O A C H CHECK! FO: OHKAY! FO: guard your eyes CA: WHAT? SPEAK UP, WHERE'S YOUR RUBBER BAND? FO: (initiates search for rubber band, having missed its departure from the ICS, then ricochet off the clock and lodging in the window track) NYC ATC: Delta 982 turn left heading 040 FO: OK, I'M DOING THE RECALL GUARD YOUR EYES FO: push, mash, WHACK, THUMP, WHACK, WHACK, SLAP NYC ATC: Delta 982 turn left heading 040 CA: What's Wrong? FO: Damn Recall. CAN YOU PUSH YOUR BUTTON? NYC ATC: Delta 982 turn left heading 040 CA: Delta 982, heading 040 CA: YOU NEED TO TURN UP YOUR RADIO FO: ALTIMETERS .... . The 73N is a wierd tranny of an airplane. It's got some really nice stuff (FMC) and some amazingly antique stuff (just about everything else). That perfectly described every descent from FL280 down to about 10,000'. I'm always amazed that more guys don't like the rubber band. I'm already deaf in my left ear, and I've only been on this thing for 6 months. |
Good Luck.
Originally Posted by Ed Harley
(Post 1101169)
Random question here. Has anyone on here gotten a vasectomy? And how long was the recovery before flying? My Dr said 3 days but that seems optimistic to me.
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Originally Posted by LeineLodge
(Post 1101242)
Dude, you nailed it with this one! :D
The 73N is a wierd tranny of an airplane. It's got some really nice stuff (FMC) and some amazingly antique stuff (just about everything else). That perfectly described every descent from FL280 down to about 10,000'. I'm always amazed that more guys don't like the rubber band. I'm already deaf in my left ear, and I've only been on this thing for 6 months. |
Holds the intercom switch.
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Holds it to what?
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 1101254)
Holds it to what?
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Originally Posted by shiznit
(Post 1101239)
Ok, so who is getting the money from the auctioned slots at each airport?
If it is the carriers: Did DAL "sell" the DCA slots and LCC "sell" the LGA slots since that is who held them PRIOR to the deal, or did each "sell" the slots AFTER the trade? If it is the FAA who gets the money......F that. |
Originally Posted by Ed Harley
(Post 1101169)
Random question here. Has anyone on here gotten a vasectomy? And how long was the recovery before flying? My Dr said 3 days but that seems optimistic to me.
Ed, Are you sure you want to do this? What if the balloon goes up and you are one of the last surviving males on earth? You will be expendable. Just two words: Soylent Green http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbn...d63beb49e4d8a3 If you fly Fi Fi it's: http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbn...000f7d0daca7c6 |
Originally Posted by Wasatch Phantom
(Post 1101158)
Back in the mid-nineties or so Boeing 737's rudder PCU came under scrutiny as a result of some serious accidents. Had the FAA ordered the fleet grounded (like they did with the DC-10 after the American crash in 1979) that would likely have bankrupted SWA.
I've always wondered if there was political pressure brought to bear on the FAA because of the effect on SWA....naaah, couldn't happen. IMHO the FAA focuses way too much on paper pushing and way too little on the flight characteristics of the airplanes they Certify. A single source malfunction should not bring down a Part 25 airplane. The 737's rudder control system was never a secret and nothing was discovered. It simply lacked any redundancy or a feedback loop which would cancel a run away PCU. I would agree with you, going further that the 737 should have never been Certified as originally designed. If so, it stands to reason the Certificate of Airworthiness should have been rescinded until an approved design was installed.* * I would eat my words, if the 737 as originally designed flew fine with a rudder hard over (never tried it and I had moved on before the fix was in). My understanding is flight crews were trained around the design problem, which was the reason why a five year compliance window was granted. |
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