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03-05-2024, 10:45 AM

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Turbosina

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Originally Posted by at6d

Also, try to relax. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn.

Haha thank you. Flying is the easy part, but systems are most definitely not my thing (I still believe that the best explanation of electricity is 'it's magic',) so the more I can start soaking up now, the better.

03-05-2024, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Turbosina

• Lack of systems synoptic pages (aside from flight controls and sorta hydraulics)
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I have bad news for you about the flight control Synoptics.

03-05-2024, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by golfandflows

id be shocked if the max 7 is still sitting in 2027

Three years ago many would’ve said that they’d be shocked if the MAX 7 was still sitting around in 2024, so….

03-05-2024, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by OverUnderDone

Haha! No worries - took it with a grain of salt like most rumors here. Not a fan of the Kool Aid.

More interested with what the C-suite plans on doing with the $1b in recent financing...

Btw - anyone knows which overpaid exec drives the yellow Mclaren to TOPS?

Don’t know but they certainly have good taste. I mean, not like Mazda Miata good taste, but good taste none the less.

03-05-2024, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

I have no idea why guys write the flight number as it’s on the yoke and digitally displayed on the MAX.

I used to write it down somewhere during the flight on the Max because, as you clear the runway, some idiot at Boeing decided that was a good time to erase it from the screen. Initial contact with ground control is a terrible time to play the "Who the hell am I?" game!

Now that we can load flight plans by flight number, I no longer need to do that, becuase JeppFD puts the flight number in the upper-left corner if you loaded the flight that way. Nice improvement.

03-05-2024, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan

I have bad news for you about the flight control Synoptics.

Haha let me guess...SWA didn't pay for that option?

How do y'all verify that MX didn't hook the ailerons up backwards after a C-check? I guess you can lean out the window and look...

03-05-2024, 11:51 AM

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Haha let me guess...SWA didn't pay for that option?

How do y'all verify that MX didn't hook the ailerons up backwards after a C-check? I guess you can lean out the window and look...

That’s exactly what we do and you’ll be disappointed to know that if there’s any form of precip it’s the FO’s job (just like the preflight).

03-05-2024, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

That’s exactly what we do and you’ll be disappointed to know that if there’s any form of precip it’s the FO’s job (just like the preflight).

just assume everything is the FO’s job at SWA and you’ll be right 90% of the time

03-05-2024, 11:56 AM

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just assume everything is the FO’s job at SWA and you’ll be right 90% of the time

Yup. That’s about right.

03-05-2024, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

Yup. That’s about right.

Personally I enjoy doing the walkaround simply because when you splash around in that unforgettable mixture of Type I, Type IV, MIL-5606, water, ice, salt, blue juice, unidentified bodily fluids, Jet-A, and God knows what else, it gives your shoes a kind of special sheen that you just can't get anywhere else...