look for a moment at the list of things overlooked at this near disaster: gear not down, flaps maybe not set, three green not indicated, a quiteter than usual cockpit, a checklist several times ignored, constant panel scans not done or ignored, and an unusual feeling in the yoke- lots more movement than any other landing yet- no red lights here to ignore, sharon, and perhaps most telling- speed control: 160 no flaps, no gear, : wow........

(Written on 2019年 09月 22日)(Permalink)

what is vietnamese for GUMP? there are only two kinds of pilots- those that have and those that will....where is the check list, the crew concept, the expectation that when the gear comes down it gets a bit nosier , airspeed a bit more critical ?

(Written on 2019年 09月 20日)(Permalink)

plotage, simple flying expertise is in shorter supply than in the past. The contemporary cockpits repleat with small screens of multiple presentations, may be a shortcut to simplicity, but far too many lower time pilots, non-military trained, place reverence in the diplays without knowing what they are looking at, or how to respond when/if something new or unexpected presents itself. Perhaps expansion needs to slow down until the pool of competent pilots catches up with helter-skelter expansion. It is only safety, no real big thing........ dumbing down displays to accomodate lower time pilots around the world does not make me feel confident.

(Written on 2019年 09月 20日)(Permalink)

southwest does not get off my hook so easily: if the oversight was not entirely theirs, the callous response was entirely theirs and not so very pretty is it.

(Written on 2019年 09月 20日)(Permalink)

is southwest obliged to have enough hydrolic fluid in reserve, sufficient tires with tread, engine oil, clean jet fuel? of course, just not noted in the ticket that acts as a cartage contract. This judge is looking the wrong way. Because southwest did an improper , inadequate performance of ordering a winter-sensitive material, its customers suffered added expenses, and southwest ought to , in my opinion, man up and do the right things, especially for better publicity. Southwest should never use Ryanair as a model for corporate behavior.....

(Written on 2019年 09月 19日)(Permalink)

according to airline accountants, profitability occurs within the last handful of passengers, surely within the number being denied seating do the CG dilemma.One solution occurs: weigh each passenger prior to boarding, enter the weights into a weight/balance/cg profile, then seat them accordingly, perhaps the lightest in the rear seats. It messes up the extortion racket the companies use to charge higher fares for specified seating, but the devious airline managements will quickly find a way to make it work for company advantage whilst filling the cabin with paying customers/cattle.

(Written on 2019年 09月 17日)(Permalink)

wow: sleight of hand diversion from management's own incompetence to distracting from real fixes to company operations, especially the paying of overdue bills, route planning, aircraft maintence and inflight service. We don't often see portly Indians, but we frequently observe dumb managers, fat heads as you were....

(Written on 2019年 09月 17日)(Permalink)

what are they tracking? solid vrs liquid content? density? Maybe this is a clue to the center of gravity problems with the last rows of 320neos?

(Written on 2019年 09月 14日)(Permalink)

was the offer put to a membership vote, and if so, what was the result? Time to jetison the leaders and put someone else in now, then go to management and beg for a do-over.

(Written on 2019年 09月 10日)(Permalink)

western engine makers and avionics manufactures ought to deny this partnership those products they make in order to stiffle and strangle this aircraft and any follow-ons. Who would vote to fly on any flight with russian engines and chinese avionics?, second rate as they are .

(Written on 2019年 09月 10日)(Permalink)