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Old 07-08-2011 | 12:44 PM
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I'm doing a little project on getting feedback from pilots that fly Boeing products.

Is there anything about a Boeing airplane that you've always wanted to know?

If you could change 3 things on Boeing airplanes, what would they be?

What's the best thing about Boeing airplanes in your view?


Thanks for the help!
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Old 07-08-2011 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by flyeryder
I'm doing a little project on getting feedback from pilots that fly Boeing products.

1. Is there anything about a Boeing airplane that you've always wanted to know?

2. If you could change 3 things on Boeing airplanes, what would they be?

3. What's the best thing about Boeing airplanes in your view?


Thanks for the help!
1. Out of the factory, how many rivets?

2. Flight attendants (I prefer the younger, Coca-Cola bottle shaped ones), cockpit organization (something to be learned from those losers at Airbus), and some serious tint in the eyebrow windows (that way you can still look up but not get all the blinding light).

3. Cables. If everything goes to hell, we can still muscle her back to Earth.

Disclaimer: Not yet a Boeing pilot, but I've spent enough time on Boeing jumpseats to know a thing or two.
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Old 07-08-2011 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by flyeryder
Is there anything about a Boeing airplane that you've always wanted to know?
Why didn't they get more pilot input in the design phase?

Originally Posted by flyeryder
If you could change 3 things on Boeing airplanes, what would they be?
1. Get rid of the yoke.
2. Add groundspeed mini.
3. Give the 737 the extra inch of width per passenger that the Bus has.

Originally Posted by flyeryder
What's the best thing about Boeing airplanes in your view?
Flying without computers between you and the flight control surfaces. And a trim wheel that you actually use. Boy I miss that.
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Old 07-08-2011 | 02:32 PM
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I don't fly it but have been in the 737 jumpseat way too much and one thing I always hear about is the lack of a hot mic.
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Old 07-08-2011 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ToiletDuck
I don't fly it but have been in the 737 jumpseat way too much and one thing I always hear about is the lack of a hot mic.
Apparently some SWA aircraft have them.
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Old 07-09-2011 | 02:24 AM
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AOA indicator (for everything that flies)???

If I understood the the military guys and the media (), an AOA would have helped out in several incidents.
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Old 07-09-2011 | 06:16 AM
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I wish Boeing airplanes had dial-a-flaps, so that there would be more settings for takeoff.
I wish Boeing would install a valve that would allow outside air to be pumped into the cabin, so that when it is cold outside, and the inside of the airplane is hot, you could just pump the cool air into the airplane without running the APU.
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Old 07-10-2011 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by FAULTPUSH
Why didn't they get more pilot input in the design phase?



1. Get rid of the yoke.
2. Add groundspeed mini.
3. Give the 737 the extra inch of width per passenger that the Bus has.



Flying without computers between you and the flight control surfaces. And a trim wheel that you actually use. Boy I miss that.



Your two statements seem at odds. If Boeing were to dump the yoke, how would you propose cables, etc, on a sidestick?
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Old 07-11-2011 | 03:27 AM
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I wish the toliet seats would stay up. How hard is that to engineer?
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Old 07-11-2011 | 07:07 AM
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The 737-900ER versions cannot dump fuel and cannot legally, without exercising emergency authority, cannot be landed at MTOW. So I wish we could have change that,
we got Max landingW: 71,350 and MTOW 78,017
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