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[Quickstatus]

Or a trailer at the local tip

I'll beat my own chest, i can easily reverse a 3 tonne angle horse float into a normal car parking space....with Mrs QS as the "wingwalker".

 

[FreqFlyer46]

Hi all, I’m a newbie here so apologies if I unintentionally break any protocols or AFF etiquette jumping in with my first post. With the advent of the 787 and A350, I notice on Flightradar a lot more commercial passenger flights reaching a final cruising altitude of 43,000 feet these days including the odd Qantas and Jetstar 787 in the final couple of hours of a long haul flight. There is even the odd A380. I am guessing the main factors driving this are the planes now having this capability, weight on the flight and favourable conditions at this flight level on some routes. My question is whether this presents any additional operational or safety considerations that pilots have to take into account for this part of the cruise? Have not found much useful information on the web so far on this topic with lots of ill informed people giving their views. Thanks in advance for any responses.

 

[VPS]

Hi all, I’m a newbie here so apologies if I unintentionally break any protocols or AFF etiquette jumping in with my first post. With the advent of the 787 and A350, I notice on Flightradar a lot more commercial passenger flights reaching a final cruising altitude of 43,000 feet these days including the odd Qantas and Jetstar 787 in the final couple of hours of a long haul flight. There is even the odd A380. I am guessing the main factors driving this are the planes now having this capability, weight on the flight and favourable conditions at this flight level on some routes. My question is whether this presents any additional operational or safety considerations that pilots have to take into account for this part of the cruise? Have not found much useful information on the web so far on this topic with lots of ill informed people giving their views. Thanks in advance for any responses.

and welcome to AFF