A lot of pressure in the F/O seat...
07-16-2008 | 04:03 PM
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Happened to me in a king air at FL250(ie. my avatar). Just leveled off, when all of a sudden... KABLAMMO. Sounded like somebody smacked the windscreen with a sledge hammer. Apparently it happens more often than one would think... in king airs at least. Not sure what caused the "shattering" on the Skywest flight but a kink in the wire mesh between the glass layers is usually the culprit as far as B200s are concerned. The tight bend creates a large deviation in temperature over a relatively short distance weakening the pane. Oh yeah, I was in the right seat when that happened. Still scared the crap outta me though.
07-16-2008 | 07:05 PM
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Nope! the windscreen should blow out due to the 7lbs per square inch....What was that British Airways flight that had the wrong screws in the windscreen and the captain was almost blown out of the plane. The lead FA had to hold him in.
07-16-2008 | 07:09 PM
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I saw a cracked window at the shop today in SLC that had to be the one. Looked like it held up pretty good but there was a lot of spiderweb cracking around the upper right hand corner that spred out throughout the window. I am sure the FO could see very little through it on there way into Kalispell.
07-16-2008 | 08:05 PM
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I agree with the answer from the post above. Though I suppose there could be some speculation about what happens to the glass once it's ejected... Keep in mind, there may be 7 psi pushing out, but that will equalize quickly with a window-sized hole. And there is a lot of air going by at 300 knots that would love to push that glass back in. Who wins?
07-16-2008 | 09:45 PM
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Gimme a break... Skywest posts the same dang chart on their flip cards. Maybe you could come over to Skywest and show them how to fly a big huge RJ?
07-17-2008 | 09:42 AM
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I agree with the answer from the post above. Though I suppose there could be some speculation about what happens to the glass once it's ejected... Keep in mind, there may be 7 psi pushing out, but that will equalize quickly with a window-sized hole. And there is a lot of air going by at 300 knots that would love to push that glass back in. Who wins?
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07-17-2008 | 12:28 PM
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Our self-imposed limitation decision was a knee-jerk reaction to Pinnacle's crash, and we've been trying to get it reversed ever since, at least for the 700s and 900s. Makes a lot of sense that our sister company flying the exact same equipment, does so under different rules.
SkyWest: Continuous chop here at 38.
Center: Smooth above. Would you like 40?
SkyWest: Unable. Is wrong-way 39 available?
Center: Unable.
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