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[flyer89]

Not a question, but pilots (and all) may be interested in the flying shown and discussed from 2:50 in this Juan Browne (blancolirio channel) story

The legendary Bob Hoover. The man could fly a rock. YouTube is full of great content of him.

 

[serfty]

A bit dry and somewhat long with maybe a sensationalist headline, but my take on this is the A220 may be a niche product with not much development going forward; which in itself may not necessarily be an issue.

Do pilots have any thoughts on the topic?

 

[jb747]

Have to watch the video. TBA.

 

[jb747]

It's an interesting video, and he's probably right. It's a relative orphan within Airbus, so that may limit it's future. On the other hand, it's a great spoiler for Boeing, and will take away the floor from under the smaller 737 variants. Equally the small ABs are unloved (and probably unavailable now), so it fills a niche. The QF purchase for QLink is probably a good example.

The entire saga of the aircraft is a somewhat sad indictment of protectionism, with Boeing calling foul due government support of its development, conveniently forgetting about their own $40,000 toilet seats. And then the crazy idea that huge tariffs would be applied to it even for aircraft produced completely within the USA.

 

[Brissy1]

The legendary Bob Hoover. The man could fly a rock. YouTube is full of great content of him.

A funny thing, in his early 70s the FAA wouldn't renew his medical, so he got an Australian licence from our CAA.

 

[jb747]

A funny thing, in his early 70s the FAA wouldn't renew his medical, so he got an Australian licence from our CAA.

I think it was actually much later than that, 'cos I know the CASA person who was behind giving it to him, and he wasn't in the department then. Classic case of an old bloke who had forgotten more than most of us ever knew, and still retained more skill than most of us ever had.

 

[Brissy1]

I think it was actually much later than that, 'cos I know the CASA person who was behind giving it to him, and he wasn't in the department then. Classic case of an old bloke who had forgotten more than most of us ever knew, and still retained more skill than most of us ever had.

...his early 70s, i e. in the 1990s, I believed so but I'll defer. And yes it's refreshing to know and associate with intelligent practical people... my brief dealing with casa was not so

 

[mjt57]

Sounds like CASA is a nightmare to deal with. Someone I knew got a heart condition. It was treatable (and therefore, cured), but CASA pulled his licence and despite reports from his doctors that he was fit to fly they wouldn't give it back to him.

 

[Saab34]

Sounds like CASA is a nightmare to deal with. Someone I knew got a heart condition. It was treatable (and therefore, cured), but CASA pulled his licence and despite reports from his doctors that he was fit to fly they wouldn't give it back to him.

Someone told me the best way to deal with them is to tell them nothing (in regards to medical stuff)

 

[jb747]

Sounds like CASA is a nightmare to deal with. Someone I knew got a heart condition. It was treatable (and therefore, cured), but CASA pulled his licence and despite reports from his doctors that he was fit to fly they wouldn't give it back to him.

As a generalisation, any doctor who is working for CASA is not at the top of his field.

Someone told me the best way to deal with them is to tell them nothing (in regards to medical stuff)

The first thing any new pilot is told is to keep his GP and DAME separate. The result is probably that there are people flying with hidden issues, whilst at the same time, people with fully treatable ones are kept grounded.

I know of one bloke who lost his licence due to diabetes. Went off and became a GP. And then took CASA on, and now has his ATPL (airline licence) back.

When I retired, I had no intention of doing any GA flying. Not because I didn’t want to, but simply because I wanted nothing further to do with CASA, at any level.

 

[harvyk]

Someone told me the best way to deal with them is to tell them nothing (in regards to medical stuff)

That's pretty much the feeling in the GA circles.

 

[JohnM]

"Don't do this. It's hard on the airplane and scares the passengers."

Some understatement by Juan Browne on this:

Pilots: any further comment?

 

[Captain Halliday]

I had no idea Boeing made a tail dragger variant of the 777.

 

[flyer89]

As a generalisation, any doctor who is working for CASA is not at the top of his field.

I found the first one I ever went to a strange individual. I think I saw him twice and after waiting for more than an hour on both occasions among other issues I went elsewhere. Years later he would be heavily reprimanded by AHPRA for conducting bizarre sleep deprivation experiments and being abusive to patients.

 

[mjt57]

"Don't do this. It's hard on the airplane and scares the passengers."

Some understatement by Juan Browne on this:

Pilots: any further comment?

This was on Nein News last night. They emphasised that it was "another Boeing" like it was all Boeing's fault that they tail-scraped down the runway...

 

[cambriamarsh]

This was on Nein News last night. They emphasised that it was "another Boeing" like it was all Boeing's fault that they tail-scraped down the runway...

Wow, that's not going to be cheap to fix is it. Anyone know if the plane continued on?

 

[Brissy1]

Wow, that's not going to be cheap to fix is it. Anyone know if the plane continued on?

Hopefully Boeing fixes it properly... this time (unlike JAL123)

 

[AviatorInsight]

Wow, that's not going to be cheap to fix is it. Anyone know if the plane continued on?

They did some major damage to that aircraft. The 777 has a tail skid that, when impacted will get pushed up and generate a master caution to the flight crew on the EICAS.

To me it looks like the damage was so severe (bits can be seen flying off behind it) that even if they wanted to continue they wouldn’t be able to pressurise anyway.

They did the safe thing and returned to land.

 

[jb747]

This was on Nein News last night. They emphasised that it was "another Boeing" like it was all Boeing's fault that they tail-scraped down the runway...

They would have said that even if it was an Airbus.

Wow, that's not going to be cheap to fix is it. Anyone know if the plane continued on?

Apparently climbed to a few thousand feet, and then returned. You can't pressurise after a tail strike, so you aren't going far.

Hopefully Boeing fixes it properly... this time (unlike JAL123)

Just as likely not Boeing. There are plenty of organisations with the ability to do major repairs.

I'm not going to jump to the conclusion that it was pilot handling. The rate of rotation is extremely high, which makes me wonder about the trim setting, or even C of G.

Other aircraft... I believe the 747 involved here was written off.

 

[Saab34]

Do RAAF have a retirement age or an age they are ‘moved on’? I note many pilots are in the 20/30s. Next stop the airlines after 40?