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12-05-2016, 10:32 AM
#131
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That said, if a clean sheet non-compliant design is granted an exemption, what's the whole point of the "regulation" in the first place?
12-05-2016, 10:46 AM
#132
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It will be something like 5% fix, 95% waiver. While they are hammering that out, watch for foreign "as is" A350s at a hub near you. If it's from the ME3, there's a good chance the pilots are on yet another 100+ hour month (time in the bunk doesn't count towards monthly caps over there). Isn't it sad to think that a relative of a passenger killed in the Colgan BUF crash can buy a ticket on a foreign carrier and not realize that the 117 rules that they lobbied Congress so hard for do not apply to that particular flight? That's what globalization is all about: rewarding the lower standard and punishing the higher one. Safety be damned.
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12-05-2016, 12:02 PM
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It will be something like 5% fix, 95% waiver. While they are hammering that out, watch for foreign "as is" A350s at a hub near you. If it's from the ME3, there's a good chance the pilots are on yet another 100+ hour month (time in the bunk doesn't count towards monthly caps over there). Isn't it sad to think that a relative of a passenger killed in the Colgan BUF crash can buy a ticket on a foreign carrier and not realize that the 117 rules that they lobbied Congress so hard for do not apply to that particular flight? That's what globalization is all about: rewarding the lower standard and punishing the higher one. Safety be damned.
12-05-2016, 01:38 PM
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12-05-2016, 07:58 PM
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Someone who would know said the A350 FCRF "blows," and we got an update that included the following:
...discussed the crew rest area on the A350, and said ALPA is working on an acceptable design. To date, designs presented to ALPA are unacceptable because of access, space and practicality issues.
We reportedly have language that we don't have to fly a new airplane unless its FCRF complies with ALPA's and Part 117 requirements.
Another unrelated issue is not giving the relief pilot(s) access to a CDU through which they can unload the flying guys of ACARS, SATCOM and other such duties because Airbus was insistent that the 350 has a two person cockpit. No different than the 777 in that regard.
...discussed the crew rest area on the A350, and said ALPA is working on an acceptable design. To date, designs presented to ALPA are unacceptable because of access, space and practicality issues.
We reportedly have language that we don't have to fly a new airplane unless its FCRF complies with ALPA's and Part 117 requirements.
Another unrelated issue is not giving the relief pilot(s) access to a CDU through which they can unload the flying guys of ACARS, SATCOM and other such duties because Airbus was insistent that the 350 has a two person cockpit. No different than the 777 in that regard.
12-05-2016, 08:25 PM
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Ran this by my DAL MEC contact, he said he knew nothing of any A350 waiver and called several others who had also never heard anything.
12-06-2016, 06:42 AM
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Fwiw I had an instructor from TK involved in the A350 program in my jumpseat the other day and he was saying that we are still getting the simulator and that nothing has changed despite the company update.
He also said that we may get some additional A330s and A321s on top of the A350s.
He also said that we may get some additional A330s and A321s on top of the A350s.
12-06-2016, 08:45 AM
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I thought I had read a company release that the first A-350 sim was already at TK, and the bay was being prepped.
"At" meaning still in crates, and not operational.
That being said, I would think the sim installation would be "full speed ahead!" until the moment they decide to cancel the order. They'd have to, in case they don't cancel.
I hope we get them, and 321s. I think 330s are unlikely...too similar to 777 or 787, and just one more fleet to support/bid/train pilots for.
"At" meaning still in crates, and not operational.
That being said, I would think the sim installation would be "full speed ahead!" until the moment they decide to cancel the order. They'd have to, in case they don't cancel.
I hope we get them, and 321s. I think 330s are unlikely...too similar to 777 or 787, and just one more fleet to support/bid/train pilots for.
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