Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
You'd be amazed how much SA you have what the other guy is doing after just a bit of time on fifi. Very responsive to handfly, too.
That being said, you're senior to me... it sucks, I hate it and you will, too.
That being said, you're senior to me... it sucks, I hate it and you will, too.
Chuckle. Does the little fifi side stick thingy smack you in the giblets when the other guy pulls it full aft? That's how I know.
Yeah... that's the ticket.
I used to be masculine. I promise. Ask my wife.
Kindly go back and re read your response to my post.
I only discussed the article. You made a full on personal attack full of misrepresentations.
At least we know you are sensitive to misrepresentations when you feel they involve your writing. What you do to others ... not as much.
I only discussed the article. You made a full on personal attack full of misrepresentations.
At least we know you are sensitive to misrepresentations when you feel they involve your writing. What you do to others ... not as much.
To keep my response (above) in context, here's exactly what satchip said:
So ALPA, who represented some of those non ATP certified pilots already flying for 121 carriers, should have advocated for their firing? Cause, that's what you [sic] saying....
Is that the kind of representation we can expect from you (people who wish to replace ALPA with some unnamed organization)?
Is that the kind of representation we can expect from you (people who wish to replace ALPA with some unnamed organization)?
The article's psychobabble is cringeworthy. When faced with a similar threat, here is how it turned out at Delta.
Originally Posted by Aviation Today 2-7-2011
The NTSB said another incident may have occurred on June 23, 2009 on a Northwest Airlines A-330 flying between Hong Kong and Tokyo. The aircraft landed safely in Tokyo; no injuries or damage was reported.
The Northwest A330 was cruising at 39,000 feet on autopilot near Kagoshima, Japan, when it encountered intense rain and both the captain's and co-pilot's airspeed indicators immediately showed a huge rollback in the plane's forward velocity. With autopilot and automatic-throttle controls disengaged, the cockpit was filled with beeps and bright warning signals indicating various system problems. The Northwest crew said the event lasted more than three minutes, but they maintained airspeed, manually flew the most direct route out of the storm and nobody was hurt.
A critical difference is that we hire experienced pilots.
Originally Posted by Aviation Today 2-7-2011
The NTSB said another incident may have occurred on June 23, 2009 on a Northwest Airlines A-330 flying between Hong Kong and Tokyo. The aircraft landed safely in Tokyo; no injuries or damage was reported.
The Northwest A330 was cruising at 39,000 feet on autopilot near Kagoshima, Japan, when it encountered intense rain and both the captain's and co-pilot's airspeed indicators immediately showed a huge rollback in the plane's forward velocity. With autopilot and automatic-throttle controls disengaged, the cockpit was filled with beeps and bright warning signals indicating various system problems. The Northwest crew said the event lasted more than three minutes, but they maintained airspeed, manually flew the most direct route out of the storm and nobody was hurt.
A critical difference is that we hire experienced pilots.
Then, your "discussion" went on to outrageously boast that such a similar accident could never happen at DAL because "we hire experienced pilots." That comment reeks of arrogance to me. The AF447 pilots obviously made mistakes. Critical mistakes that cost them their lives. It's fine to Monday morning quarterback them, it's important to do so for us to learn from their mistakes and hopefully not repeat them. But it's wrong, in my opinion, to claim that our pilots are immune from misreading instruments, misjudging, making bad decisions, etc... The fact is we're not. We're human.
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Yes, I remember, you described the article as "psychobabble." I don't know when you got hired but CRM has, in my opinion, made for a much better cockpit environment than we had in the 1980s. Back then there was little standardization and many Captains just did their own thing. CRM training was a little hokey in the beginning (the 90s) but it has come a long way since then. I thought the writer did a very good job of describing the history of the culture, its problems, and where we are now. You called it "cringeworthy" and "psychobabble." To each his own.
Then, your "discussion" went on to outrageously boast that such a similar accident could never happen at DAL because "we hire experienced pilots." That comment reeks of arrogance to me. The AF447 pilots obviously made mistakes. Critical mistakes that cost them their lives. It's fine to Monday morning quarterback them, it's important to do so for us to learn from their mistakes and hopefully not repeat them. But it's wrong, in my opinion, to claim that our pilots are immune from misreading instruments, misjudging, making bad decisions, etc... The fact is we're not. We're human.
Then, your "discussion" went on to outrageously boast that such a similar accident could never happen at DAL because "we hire experienced pilots." That comment reeks of arrogance to me. The AF447 pilots obviously made mistakes. Critical mistakes that cost them their lives. It's fine to Monday morning quarterback them, it's important to do so for us to learn from their mistakes and hopefully not repeat them. But it's wrong, in my opinion, to claim that our pilots are immune from misreading instruments, misjudging, making bad decisions, etc... The fact is we're not. We're human.
CRM has improved safety. It is my opinion the biggest improvement has been active pilot monitoring.
Point of fact, Delta pilots had the exact same failure on more than one occasion and dealt with it. MD88 pilots seem to have that kind of failure every couple of weeks or so.
My criticism of the article was that the author, credible as he may be, went far beyond what those in the air safety community would consider a scientific consideration of objective findings. The article was written to entertain. That sort of subjective voyeurism isn't really helpful.
It is maintained the reason Air France and Delta's similar systems failures had much different outcomes came down to training and experience. (thanks to our stagnation, we are tremendously experienced )
Was there a CRM failure and a systems failure? Yes, those too. Like many accidents there is a long list of things of contributing factors and had not those links in the chain come together we wouldn't be having this discussion.
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I though the airspeed inop thing at NW happened in the daylight? That might have helped the AF guys realize how high they were holding the pitch, vs. the dark of night.
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We also had that AHRS fault Quantas had, but I do not know Airbus systems well enough to get into it. There were more than a few instances where our f-NWA bros demonstrated good pilot mojo.
Hey I know you're just making a joke. But please don't forget this is a public forum. The MD-88 has a very good safety record. You want to make jokes about the airplane... fine. But please don't imply the airplane is unsafe on a public forum where the intent of your post could be misunderstood. Thank you.
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