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@probes I don't know if it's still on the curriculum for the ATPL Human Performance section. I haven't done any ATPL exams for over 20 years. Curiously, we did not look at it during my Masters. Especially, since resilience is "big" and the new way of looking at improving crew performance is to highl...

A very enjoyable trip to Tenerife courtesy of teh Big Fella and easyJet. We stayed at the hotel KN Arenas del Mar at El Medano. It's rather close to GCTS. It's a mecca for wind powered watersports. So I had a couple of lessons trying to learn to wing foil. It's very challenging. However, I have mana...

Off to Tenerife for a week.

It was exemplary CRM. I remember studying it during various ATPL courses (CASA and JAA). During a time when it was common to criticise poor CRM, this crew stood out as exemplars in how to do it right. One ATPL instructor (CASA) was a former Qantas pilot. He visited that B747 after landing. He said t...

Yep, Maxarets needed spin up and if you'd left your feet "high" on the rudders, then you'd not get the spin up and cue a couple of tyres flat spotting/bursting.

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Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:17 am

For Reddo, it was -30 overnight in Kittila.

Brr!

Today I headed out for a bike ride with some friends. We braved the rain and wind. Well worth it.

The Hawker (HS125) had a similar issue in that it had Maxarets, not ABS. So if you landed with your feet on the brakes, you'd end up with wheels locking up and the inevitable flat spot/tyre burst. Since I had a true GA background, my feet were always firmly on the floor, however, a few of my colleag...

Wow. As soon as I saw Truckee mentioned, I knew it was a weather related event.

Got home yesterday. I gave the crew some choc bunnies as a "thank you for flying today". I was rewarded with a cheeky upgrade. Seat's the same but the food is much better.

3 days in Brighton/Burgess Hill at CAE. Tomorrow off on tour for 3 days. Had to show a bit of proactiveness and get myself home first. So I did.

Hydromet, agreed. When I drove through central Australia on the great job search quest, the Milky Way was absolutely spectacular.

Washed car. It rained.

Contemplating washing the car. It needs it.

Oof what a day. Fun little MTB ride in the woods with a friend and his pooch. (Half Husky/Half Rottweiler). It was going well until I got a flat tyre. Grr.
Legs had a bit of a work out and then nuked them in the gym in the afternoon!

Healing vibes to Mrs Hydo. Hope she's feeling better.

One to watch later. Thank you

Visited the nearby indoor climbing gym. We did both bouldering and some autobelay climbing. It's amazing how tiring it is.
Big Rock Hub in Kingston, Milton Keynes.
Then we feasted on some Turkish tucker at a nearby restaurant.

Not really on my work radar chat, there was a little initially. The Chally I fly is a different model with different Engine Run switches.
That appears to be a possible source of why the engines shut down.

Bought a new computer last week. It's very fast and quiet. Today I spent an hour or so sorting out the rats nest of cables. I found one I hadn't used in 15 years. That's freed up a power point spot. Happily the other IT job I had to do today had sort of fixed itself. That was to reconfigure the down...

k3k3 - my sympathies. You did the right thing and gave Puzzel a lovely life.
Tango15 - wow... I do hope you can find something to make you smile. That's a tough hand to deal with.
OFSO - that's a brutal diet.
Ascot - brutal. I do hope justice is done and your friend does recover.