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NSFW (and also virtually none are US based legacy): https://www.reddit.com/r/SexyFlightAttendants_/

I guess they finally learned this is safer for their pilots than ramming... But seriously, that is fucked up.

Finally American isn't the worst at something! But, sadly, the bigger the melt down we have the better the bargaining power. Need a way to keep our greedy pilots out of DOTC otherwise we will never get a industry leading (or even on par) contract.

Also gotta wonder if we would suck as bad as the Russians (in a REAL degraded environment).

Top Gun: Totally unrealistic...stole an F-14A and never once had a compressor stall with those shit-tastic TF30 engines. Sheesh...hack writers. Also, was waiting for a Star Wars reference with their bombing run. Also, also...best sequel I've seen in a long time. Would recommend.

It was merged into just the AFMAN 11-202 series. So 202v3 and your MAJCOM sups are where you wanna be reading.

Note to self: Ask you to explain your method over dinner/beers when I'm off mil leave and back in Dallas.

I saw the physical whiteboard with hundreds of pucks at the CAOC complete with every color of the rainbow and then different styled lines because the poor tanker patch would run out of colors and have to make more creative solutions when they had >40 lines a day. I remember them trying to make a computer program to schedule tankers and, at least by my last deployment in 2017, it was nowhere near working.

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30863-air-france-boeing-777-incident-bea-update?utm_source=facebook.com Interesting...

Looks like the Ukrainian's get to claim another SU-33. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1600799/Russian-aircraft-hitting-ground-Ukrainian-strike-Kharkiv-explosion-video-vn?fbclid=IwAR3rNASU7J1ZpFFb-MsGS4sWdcNVtBLj3EMMr9Fv3LjWQmaVhMtTnW9Er2k

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/navy-wants-to-send-25-ea-18g-growlers-to-the-boneyard Looks like the Navy really wants to get out of any land based EA...definitely a budget ploy.

If only they didn’t waste several billion on the LCS. And I think now that McCain is gone there is a better chance of ditching the hog. But I think bolting jammers and pods on the EX would be easier than adding an additional airframe to our branch. Granted, there is a lot of history of the ANG flying Navy fighters.

What does that thing get us that the F-35 doesn’t cover? Or the F-15EX? At least the Eagle already has a draft Silent Eagle/Stealthy ish semi developed we could pick up. But I still don’t see why dropping another billion on the Superbug would do anything to improve our capes. Looks pretty cool though…so that counts for something.

AAL did not count it. I have friends on orders as ARTs that are still out on mil leave.

I wonder if we can bend it to augment PMCR so if we fly Friday-Sunday we don't just get 10 hours off Sunday night and then be expected to show at work Monday like usual...

Gotcha! Sorry for my tone to one or two of your questions...I assumed this was a master's level thesis/capstone and you were at least a commercial/military pilot (my selection bias stemming from the demographics of the normal posters on this site). As for TOGA, I cannot think of a better place for it beyond the throttle. It needs to be somewhere immediately accessible using a hands on throttle/stick style approach. Now where to put it on the throttle is a better discussion. Just a quick google of 767 toga switch highlights the issue: Now you can push for two types of remedies: Training and/or physically moving the switch. For obvious reasons, training is the quicker and cheaper method to fixing this problem. Train all crews and make it SOP to retract the speed brake by going on top/in front of the throttles. This eliminates the risk of hitting the TOGA. Second, ask Boeing to physically move the switch. You can put the TOGA button in front of the throttles, behind but covered, etc, etc. Unlikely COA considering it'll cost a lot of operators a lot of time and money. Finally, lets talk about why this crews unusual attitude recovery was subpar. Did the Captain call for transfer of aircraft control? Was the Captain late/untimely on taking over to recover? And, of course, all the drama associated with why the FO was even in that seat in the first place. ^ That is basically as blunt as the NTSB can get with calling out a crew member as completely at fault IMO.

Just browsing through your report. Some good stuff in there...but I am curious you and your writing partners background. A lot of your "Why did this happen? This needs to be answered to explain why the events occurred" questions at the beginning are a little alarming if you and your writing partner need to ask. Is it formal for the FO to be pilot flying on takeoff? - Yes, generally 50% of the legs. Could this cause complacency in the pilots? - No, acft data burst messages back to dispatch is 100% invisible. Just like datalink while oceanic. It actually significantly alleviates pilot workload. Is it appropriate to talk about while flying? - Good think you didn't hear what we normally talk about. Is the FO allowed to monitor radios independent of Captain oversight? - That is an alarming question to not know the answer to. Is it normal for captain to go make everyone coffee? - Granted I have FA's for that sort of thing...but sounds like a great Capt. Could light chop have been severe in the vicinity of rain showers? - By definition...no light chop cannot be severe. Should the plane be configured for a go around? - A go around can occur in any configuration. Slightly more frowned upon up in the flight levels, but I've been told to G/A or had approach clearance cancelled well before I was in landing configuration. Etc etc. Why was there not a better indication that go around mode had been activated? There is...the FMA's cycle and the big obvious one is the throttles advance to GA N1. I've had plenty of C-17 turned 737 pilots I fly with TOGA instead of A/T disconnect due to negative transfer. Each one has been competent enough to hold the throttles back instead of letting them advance to GA N1...then say ooops...then proceed to correctly disconnect the A/T. A question you never appeared to ask was why didn't this accident pilot do that? Contributing Control Action: Improperly designed go around mode ergonomics that make it easy to accidentally turn on. - Making it harder to hit TOGA is NOT the answer. TOGA should be easy to turn on otherwise you will get a lot more airplanes slamming into the ground in an unsafe situation. Any who, just my $.02 as a student of Human Factors Engineering. Congrats on completing your capstone!

All speculation on my part but I think having a non-stealthy fighter option in our inventory can have it's advantages. Additionally, according to the "4+1" plan if we want to match the WEZ of other countries A2A missiles (AA-37, etc) having a missile truck of a jet also has it's perks: "the F-15E/EX as a supplement to carry big weapons as a third." My thoughts, being constrained to the internal dimensions of an airplane designed 20-30 years ago before anyone would have thought/planned on needing 100+ mile WEZ's is a huge limiting factor. I'm sure there is a lot of political and industrial chess moves being called in also to keep the F-15 line open and continue to provide the FMS a heavy jet option.

My FCC's still fill out the 781s excluding breaking out the individual aircrew times.

Curious, what in particular were the issues with the cockpit?

Maybe I'm too late but I only see their standard 10% Mil/Leo discount. 😭

I'd really like to know how the average Russian citizen feels. I feel like we (or maybe just me) is hearing about the protests followed by mass arrests. But I figure that has to be a small minority. How does generic Ivan (Joe Shmoe) and Anastasia (Plain Jane) really feel about Putin?

Agreed, but you can't train for every malfunction or contingency. Just like the KC-135 crew that flew depressurized for several hours with pax in the back passed out. At a certain point, you have to have the skill, knowledge, situational awareness, and leadership to safely operate the aircraft as a professional aviator. Should the aircrew have been able to handle a runaway stab trim/MCAS malfunction situation? Yes. Should Boeing have included that system in the pubs? Yes. Foul on both parties. Is Boeing responsible for aircrew not setting the altitude window correctly on takeoff and taking a B777 low level through a city? No...but it is really popular to villainize the company now (for good reason).

Granted I did my 737/C-40 training and type with FTI at Boeing in Miami, but we did a stab trim runaway during our initial in 2017 (so before the Max accidents). My sim partner and I both flew the tanker before so it was basically a non-event and we treated it exactly like the 135. I do forget if it was in the syllabus or if the sim instructor just thought he could catch us sleeping.

I still don't know what an assault rifle is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask. (just kidding...nobody knows what an assault rifle is).