787 grounding question
01-29-2013, 11:23 AM
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787 grounding question
I should probably know the answer already, but instead of grounding the entire fleet, was there ever any consideration to just fly them "APU INOP" and take out the batteries. We fly all the other airplanes that way starting them at the gate, etc. Or were there problems with all the batteries?
01-29-2013, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Ottopilot
I've done plenty of ETOPS without an APU. It's not required on the 757/767, but it does reduce your ETOPS stage length. I think last time I went from 180 to 120 minutes.
Perhaps the 787 is different.?
Perhaps the 787 is different.?
01-29-2013, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by gettinbumped
Huh... That's interesting. It's been a couple of years since they kicked me off the 767, but I was pretty sure that our (LUAL) ops specs required the APU for ETOPS. Anyone currently on the fleet at LUAL comment?
The 737 requires it for ETOPS.
01-29-2013, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by gettinbumped
Huh... That's interesting. It's been a couple of years since they kicked me off the 767, but I was pretty sure that our (LUAL) ops specs required the APU for ETOPS. Anyone currently on the fleet at LUAL comment?
This is gonna be one heck of a culture clash.
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