That was exactly his point. The original poster made an erroneous distinction between "first officer" and "pilot." They're both pilots. That's why THRUSTT asked the question he did. It was snark directed at the original poster. I think you may have missed that.

(Written on 2017年 07月 24日)(Permalink)

That seems a little confused to me. Flying VFR vs IFR is a very different question from flying instrument versus visual approaches. It's true that airlines are under IFR all the time, not VFR. But it's not true that they "always" fly instrument approaches. When weather is nice, clear VMC, controllers *often* give IFR aircraft visual approaches because these approaches can expedite traffic greatly. These are still, technically, conducted under IFR, but they're much more like what you'd see as a VFR pilot. In this case, it was a charted visual procedure -- there are two to that runway -- "quiet bridge" and "tipp toe" [sic]. A charted visual procedure is *visual* but is still under IFR. You're not necessarily on the ILS for a charted visual procedure. (There are also uncharted visual procedures, contact and the plain old "visual.") You might dial the ILS in to double-check your alignment on final (and probably should!), but that still means that you have to fly the cleara

(Written on 2017年 07月 21日)(Permalink)

A little over 73,000 US servicemen from World War II are unaccounted for, according to DPAA.

(Written on 2017年 07月 21日)(Permalink)

Sure. I vote we call it a "REIL."

(Written on 2017年 07月 14日)(Permalink)

Great catch by the UAL crew waiting to go who called out that ACA was lined up on the taxiway. They're the real heroes here!

(Written on 2017年 07月 14日)(Permalink)

Mind: blown.

(Written on 2017年 07月 06日)(Permalink)

This is also electrically powered. It doesn't consume a lot of power, but it's electroluminescent. But it'll almost certainly help with see-and-avoid in low lighting conditions.

(Written on 2017年 06月 30日)(Permalink)

I'm excited to see this technology moving forward.

(Written on 2017年 06月 30日)(Permalink)

That's hilarious, thanks! Mr. Munoz is CEO and a board member. Mr. Kirby is President. It's right there on the company's web site: http://ir.united.com/corporate-governance/company-leadership

(Written on 2017年 06月 02日)(Permalink)

The link goes to the mechanic's court case. Not sure what you're rambling on about.

(Written on 2017年 05月 26日)(Permalink)