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#561 Post by Boac » Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:07 pm

I suspect a night of Mussels and Stella in Brussels (Yes, Mussels in Brussels......) since current direction would take them over Muttiland and she (quivering slightly) said Nein!

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#562 Post by Boac » Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:17 pm

A sharp left turn with 100nm to go and they appear to have decided they can make Amsterdam. Hopefully no 'Red Lights' before the night stop. :-bd

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#563 Post by Boac » Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:27 pm

Not quite sure why they had to meander like a drunken snail across France.
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Maybe if they have a relief crew (no, not the Slasher sort... :)) ) slumbering gently in the back they could be home tonight. Otherwise one easy if boring hop 'morra.

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#564 Post by Boac » Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:03 pm

Well, no Dam Square tonight, poor folk. On they go.

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#565 Post by Woody » Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:48 pm

Currently descending through fl13, North of CPH, doesn’t look like Stockholm.
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#566 Post by Woody » Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:59 pm

Landed in CPH.
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#567 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:40 am

First cancelled MAX order: 30 A320neos instead for Flyadeal (Saudi subsidiary)
Scheduling commitments cited.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saud ... SKCN1U20AC

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#568 Post by Boac » Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:16 am

I have had great difficulty in establishing what the latest problem with the Max and its autopilot is. It is quoted as 'sometimes does not disengage' but when where and how I cannot find. I know colleagues who have had 'normal' a/p disengagement on the Classic and NG but whether this is some new feature involving MCAS or not I know not.

Too many dark holes (unfortunately two of them 'smoking'). Does anyone have more information?

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#569 Post by Boac » Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:04 am

A touching video of a LionAir Captain's last flight (I suggest you pick it up about 1:30). The subtitle should probably read:
"Thank God the Max didn't kill me"

https://onemileatatime.com/lion-air-cap ... st-flight/

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#570 Post by Boac » Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:38 am

Hints that 'something' may be happening - both RyanAir and Norwegian are dropping hints about 'October' for a return to service.

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#571 Post by Slasher » Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:09 am

Boac wrote:
Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:04 am
The subtitle should probably read: "Thank God the Max didn't kill me"

https://onemileatatime.com/lion-air-cap ... st-flight/
I too felt like kissing the ground after some particularly nasty flights I can tell you! 😱

As an aside my last flight before retiring was a quiet affair after return to the Gulf. Saluting and handshaking - akin to that sub captain (Gene Hackman) when he left the Alabama towards the end of Crimson Tide (but without the cigar and the peeing Jack Russell).

Pissup was later. 🍻

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#572 Post by ian16th » Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:14 am

Slasher wrote:
Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:09 am
I too felt like kissing the ground after some particularly nasty flights I can tell you! 😱
Which reminds one of the old joke;

Why does the Pope always kiss the ground when he arrives in a foreign country?

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#573 Post by Boac » Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:37 pm

From O'Leary's mouth:
“Boeing are telling us at the moment they expect to be back flying by the end of September,” O’Leary said in an interview

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#574 Post by Undried Plum » Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:45 pm

And flying the 737 MACS over Chinese airspace by the end of ....?

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#575 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:55 pm

If Boeing were realistically expecting to not have the MAX flying again until next year at the earliest, what do you think their PR would be telling people?

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#576 Post by OFSO » Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:00 pm

Remove MACS.
Recertify 737MAX.
Teach crew to recognise stall following rapid augmentation of power settings and deal with it appropriately (training).
Problem solved.

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#577 Post by Boac » Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:03 pm

OFSO - it has very little to do with "recognise stall following rapid augmentation of power settings" and 'remove MCAS' = un-certifiable under current rules.

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#578 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:35 pm

Eric Lindblad, the Boeing 737 program chief, has just retired after less than a year in the job. Boeing are saying it's all perfectly normal, and that he "mentioned retiring last year", to quote the Boeing Commercial VP.
Interesting that they should appoint a guy to the most high profile and troubled position in the company who was only going to be there for less than a year.

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#580 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:33 am

Interesting that Boeing can't even be bothered to come up with a new excuse, seeing as how the previous guy to Lindblad also wished to retire suddenly.

Scott: “Earlier this year Scott came to me expressing his desire to retire and spend more time with his family", McAllister said in the memo
Eric: "He shared with me his desire to retire last year", McAllister said in the memo

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