A350-1000 and other Fleet News
01-15-2024, 07:12 AM
#2251
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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01-15-2024, 07:34 AM
#2252
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,608
NOT TRUE! The AirBus goes through three different modes and at best will humiliate the pilot who does not undertand the 81 (three possible flight control laws raised to the power of the number of fleet types). GS mini either makes you float off the end, or land short. Then the tail falls off and you get malaria. The Airbus also causes male pattern baldness and erectile dysfunction.
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You overlooked cancer causing high altitude polar routes and the weight gain from circadian swaps. It has a side stick so pilots can fit that cortisol belly behind the yellow center of an egg.
01-15-2024, 07:42 AM
#2253
Can't abide NAI
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Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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and here I thought all the crazy stick-against-the-glass pitch nonsense on the 737Max was a bug. Now I'm starting to see it as a feature.
01-15-2024, 07:44 AM
#2254
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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Exactly. It started from a group back in the day that would attempt to side slip the last few hundred feet, not sure what military affiliation spearheaded that technique. Agree, if you fly it like an airplane it will do cross winds fairly well. The Airbuii are significantly slower to respond to stick input vs Boeing's yoke, so gusting crosses get super sporty. Flying through a computer vs having one stand guard at the edges of an envelope must be the difference.
As far as the flare goes, look out the window, fly it like an airplane, does just fine. GS Mini and auto thrust can help, or add an unwanted variable. Fortunately, Delta gives pilots the authority to choose. Great to stay in practice with manual thrust and it keeps the scan going.
(J a HO from somebody who took 500 hours on the thing to finally get what the instructor told me on the first sim)
01-15-2024, 08:01 AM
#2255
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Joined APC: Dec 2012
Position: Supreme Allied Commander
Posts: 1,074
If God could've only designed it 20,000lbs lighter.
Last edited by saturn; 01-15-2024 at 08:24 AM.
01-15-2024, 08:35 AM
#2256
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Joined APC: Sep 2016
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01-15-2024, 09:15 AM
#2257
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Joined APC: Mar 2015
Position: stake holder ir.delta.com
Posts: 10,432
Yeah I'm sure a pilot would. LCP would be like WTF he do that for? I see no need to ever do it. But just for outside the box discussion..10ft is within tolerance, and you've been given clearance to descend at your discretion...no rules broken. Yet every pilot I see on a 321 selects 205kts instead of 210 when assigned by ATC so they can get to flaps 2. I see nowhere mentioning this technique either, cuz well you can't intentionally tell people to violate a clearence in writting. I like it though, just don't tell ATC 😀🫢
01-15-2024, 10:16 AM
#2260
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,608
Using your "technique that is better" is one way to guarantee engagement of the PM.
