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The google AI answers this pretty well...Porpoising a dangerous, pilot-induced oscillation (PIO) where the nose repeatedly rises and falls during landing, often caused by over-controlling, improper speed/trim, or excessive flare. It often results from the pilot trying to "force" the aircraft...

It's a case that is built on wishful thinking, and likes.

The emergency access code had to be actively denied. About as intentional as you get.

And if you do taxi out like that, the checklist should either not start, or be held at flaps. You can't go past something and come back.

How utterly horrifying. As a passenger I don’t see that there is much you could do at the time.

The standard pre takeoff briefing starts along the lines of “below 80 knots we will abort for ANY ECAM message”. The upshot is that there are many things that are transient or minor, but it’s much better to sort them out on the taxiway, rather than in the middle of a take off. So, I cannot even...

Given that they’d have the internet, I suspect they’d already know. I’d say the minimum.

You might get some sort of information from the company, via the datalink or satphone. If they were on top of it to that extent, they’d probably also have some idea of where they’d like you to go. Otherwise info would come from the ATC unit you’re currently with. I’m not too sure that you’d...

There’s no specific procedures. Operations into war zones isn’t something the airlines really should be doing, so the normal best defence is simply to be somewhere else. The procedure you allude to, descending rapidly in close, and departing with a steepish, climb, would normally relate to...

In the grand scheme of things, the race isn't all that important at the moment.

“Friendly fire” will be a huge issue. Knocking down an F15 or two is one thing, but an airliner….. I would see it as an almost inevitable outcome of any attempt to return to any form of normal at the moment.

Dunno. Perhaps they surgically remove something from the company chief pilot. There will be issues. Congestion on remaining routes will mean that aircraft won't get levels that they need/want. Some aircraft don't have huge range margins, so you need to lower the payload, or consider fuelling...

Adding to AV, there was a limit of 15 knots in parts of Dubai, and there were actually people there with radar guns. Never got a ticket. It’s also 20 knots over the bridge at Changi.

I've never taken much notice of the 787 flights out of Perth, as they aren't something I'd want to travel on. But the biggest issue will be for the west bound flights. The winds are generally more favourable heading east. The 380s via Singapore generally had a fair bit of weight margin in either...

Badly. It makes routes longer, and they've already been affected by the Ukraine/Russia war. The spillover will be both to the north and south, so no routes will be unaffected. Airways become clogged, so you can literally run out of slots. Optimum altitudes will become harder to get. Ask me in...

If it was the Captain’s landing, probably never. Realistically, there’s never very much to say. Almost certainly all parties involved know exactly what happened, and why. Given the conditions you describe, simply staying on the black bit might have been considered a success. For anyone who is...

In many ways fuel is everything. Things like flight time limits come into the equation, but assuming you have the gas, nothing really stops you from holding for hours. Other than boredom. The equation is never as simple as it seems though. For instance, the destination may not have required an...

Overall the A380 (I expect the A350 would be much the same, with the 330 and 320 being a bit less capable). The 747 was appreciably better than the 767. But, the (wind/gust/crosswindlimits of the autopilot coupled landings were less than those for a manual landing, so when it's really nasty...

Perhaps a combination of missing the high speed (for whatever reason) and some taxiway closures. But, we really need AV, as the last time I operated into Brisbane was an eon ago. Well, 2004,...

They will build the rail line to Tullamarine, about six months after completion of the replacement airport. Which will be 50km in another direction.