Air Asia A320 missing
12-28-2014, 01:03 AM
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Maybe a miracle for some good news from this time.
Weather radar looked pretty horrific this morning.
Weather radar looked pretty horrific this morning.
12-28-2014, 04:05 AM
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Air Asia A320 missing
No Caution Terrain, this will be plastered all over the major networks and cable news for months! Just enough to BS people out of the truth that flying in an airliner is statistically the safest thing they'll ever do.
12-28-2014, 04:09 AM
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AirAsia 8501 Goes Missing Over Pacific After Pilots Request Course Change - ABC News
Bet they even had "500 on type".
Bet they even had "500 on type".
They requested a deviation for severe turbulence, then contact was lost. Looks like they got into a cell or an area of cells and could have stalled.
Not good.
12-28-2014, 04:28 AM
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They don't let us fly their fancy new fangled airplanes unless we have 500 on type, but if they crash the sim on their checkride, no sweat.
Capt had 6,100tt and the FO had 2,215 and I would guess most of their time would be in the A320.
Yes CRM and safety are a big problem in that region, but they haven't even found the plane yet so I would say let's keep it civil.
12-28-2014, 05:22 AM
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A bit premature to title this thread as a "crash" when they haven't found a crash-site or any wreckage.
12-28-2014, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by threeighteen
A bit premature to title this thread as a "crash" when they haven't found a crash-site or any wreckage.
12-28-2014, 05:47 AM
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Weather looked horrendous, some pretty large cells throughout the entire flat path
12-28-2014, 07:35 AM
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The media is saying they requested a climb from 320 up to 380.
We don't (yet) know how heavy they were, how much fuel they had, etc, but can any of you guys with lots of A320 time tell us how much stall margin you typically have, half way through a 3hr. flight, at FL380?
Will the A320 go right up there immediately after takeoff, with 168 pax and 3+hrs. fuel on board? I doubt it, since they were at 320 in the first place, but I'd like to hear more about that from some A320 pilots.
We don't (yet) know how heavy they were, how much fuel they had, etc, but can any of you guys with lots of A320 time tell us how much stall margin you typically have, half way through a 3hr. flight, at FL380?
Will the A320 go right up there immediately after takeoff, with 168 pax and 3+hrs. fuel on board? I doubt it, since they were at 320 in the first place, but I'd like to hear more about that from some A320 pilots.
12-28-2014, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
The media is saying they requested a climb from 320 up to 380.
We don't (yet) know how heavy they were, how much fuel they had, etc, but can any of you guys with lots of A320 time tell us how much stall margin you typically have, half way through a 3hr. flight, at FL380?
Will the A320 go right up there immediately after takeoff, with 168 pax and 3+hrs. fuel on board? I doubt it, since they were at 320 in the first place, but I'd like to hear more about that from some A320 pilots.
We don't (yet) know how heavy they were, how much fuel they had, etc, but can any of you guys with lots of A320 time tell us how much stall margin you typically have, half way through a 3hr. flight, at FL380?
Will the A320 go right up there immediately after takeoff, with 168 pax and 3+hrs. fuel on board? I doubt it, since they were at 320 in the first place, but I'd like to hear more about that from some A320 pilots.
I've had guys want to go higher(insane) which puts you a lot closer to upset if you run into the top of one of those buildups. I'd rather stay lower and try to weave with a greater margin.
12-28-2014, 07:59 AM
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Looking at a radar shot, it looked like there were some massive buildups.
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