747-400 just how comfortable is it???
01-28-2016, 08:21 PM
#12
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2011
Position: A Nobody
Posts: 1,559
Ok
The 747-400 has a great bunk area, which the 777 does not have.
It is about as loud as a 757 in the cockpit.
The width is wider than a 737 but less than everything else.
The cockpit is long but the Boeing Engineers put the primary observer's seat right in the middle and bolted to the floor. It will move to the right some what but not as much as when the B727 S/O seat was slid under the desk.
The glass is more advanced than the 767-300 and 757 but less than the 777 and 787.
By the time the 747 has retracted its flaps the 787 is almost at cruise altitude.
It goes as fast as the 787 but not as high, but when over the deep blue it has four engines and ETOPS is never mentioned. It does have depressurization escape routes over high terrain.
Now what should you bid?
The 787 is new and the 747 is 25 years old, which will be here longer?
When the 747 taxis by people look, not so much with the 787 (or 777).
The pay is the same (brilliant job folks).
The moral is this, bid the Whale because it will be long gone while the 787 is still humming along.
Oh and I forgot to mention, there's no comparison with any 737 of any age. This plane was designed without computers and fly's without computers.
The 747-400 has a great bunk area, which the 777 does not have.
It is about as loud as a 757 in the cockpit.
The width is wider than a 737 but less than everything else.
The cockpit is long but the Boeing Engineers put the primary observer's seat right in the middle and bolted to the floor. It will move to the right some what but not as much as when the B727 S/O seat was slid under the desk.
The glass is more advanced than the 767-300 and 757 but less than the 777 and 787.
By the time the 747 has retracted its flaps the 787 is almost at cruise altitude.
It goes as fast as the 787 but not as high, but when over the deep blue it has four engines and ETOPS is never mentioned. It does have depressurization escape routes over high terrain.
Now what should you bid?
The 787 is new and the 747 is 25 years old, which will be here longer?
When the 747 taxis by people look, not so much with the 787 (or 777).
The pay is the same (brilliant job folks).
The moral is this, bid the Whale because it will be long gone while the 787 is still humming along.
Oh and I forgot to mention, there's no comparison with any 737 of any age. This plane was designed without computers and fly's without computers.
01-28-2016, 10:27 PM
#14
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2015
Posts: 293
The key to that problem is to learn how to pee into a water bottle and not let it leak down onto the first class passengers below you.
01-29-2016, 02:21 AM
#15
Don't say Guppy
Joined APC: Dec 2010
Position: Guppy driver
Posts: 1,926
01-29-2016, 07:19 AM
#17
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2010
Posts: 430
Well....if you are senior to me - the airplane flies like an anvil and requires constant attention to keep it right side up. The bunk room is like sleeping in a wh&$e house, noisy, lots of banging and lots of doors opening and slamming shut. Avoid this dying bird.
If you are junior to me - it flies like a 767, it's easy to land (as long as you get the 50' call-out) and the creature comforts are, well just OK. The bunk room can be noisy but most guys can sleep well. If you are going to be on reserve; it's the best job you will ever have - bar none. As for International flying it will beat you up but you get use to it. As for reserve, you will be on a first-name basis with the PI's because you will visit TK a lot for landings. Hope this helps
If you are junior to me - it flies like a 767, it's easy to land (as long as you get the 50' call-out) and the creature comforts are, well just OK. The bunk room can be noisy but most guys can sleep well. If you are going to be on reserve; it's the best job you will ever have - bar none. As for International flying it will beat you up but you get use to it. As for reserve, you will be on a first-name basis with the PI's because you will visit TK a lot for landings. Hope this helps
01-29-2016, 07:20 AM
#18
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: 777, sofa
Posts: 1,183
You will regularly bash your head getting in and out of the seat in the Whale. I rarely did so on the triple, so I'd imagine the 8 is even mo' better in that regard.
But I miss the handful of throttle quadrent.
But I miss the handful of throttle quadrent.
01-29-2016, 07:55 AM
#20
Moderate Moderator
Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: Curator at Static Display
Posts: 5,681
The Whale is one of those legacy airplanes like the 727, J-3, Lear 25, Concorde (for the chosen few!), P-51, or F-4 that makes one glad to say "I flew that."
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
