CRJ tips and rules of thumb
03-23-2009 | 07:50 AM
#51
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I flew an airplane in 2006 that would have legally flown with the autopilot and both FDs on MEL had the captain not called the CP and demanded to have the one that worked (conveniently enough, the FO FD).
03-23-2009 | 10:37 AM
#53
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From: FIRE ALPA
Not according to the MEL book I had to look at in the plane. I wish that everything couldn't be inop, but apparantly at least for us the FAA has no issue with it.
03-23-2009 | 10:59 AM
#54
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Not so fast.......Different airlines have different MEL's, just as they have different procedures authorized in their ops specs and FOM.
03-23-2009 | 11:21 AM
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From: DD->DH->RU/XE soon to be EV
Reference 5-3-3;
http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraff...5/aim0503.html
Would it be nice to let ATC know that you are not climbing at at least 500 fpm for a short period of time? Sure, is it mandatory, read the paragraph.
03-23-2009 | 01:07 PM
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From: More Drag
03-23-2009 | 02:24 PM
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Seriously? A 121 Captain didn't feel comfortable dispatching a plane without an A/P or FD's?! What does that say about us...
03-23-2009 | 02:52 PM
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From: CL-65 captain
ha ha i love it when I'm about to fly Memphis to LIttle Rock or some little hop in my backyard on a beautiful vfr day and the first words out of the FO's mouth are "you're gonna refuse it right? Man don't be a sissy company man refuse it. Every other CA would refuse it...."
03-24-2009 | 12:00 PM
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From: More Drag
Ok fine. Individual operators MEL's are typically more restrictive than the FAA approved MMEL. Just to satisfy my curiosity, do you know if your company allows dispatch revenue ops during instrument departures and arrivals with BOTH flight directors inoperative?
