Limitations on the Use of Automation at Your Company

[CutEmUp]

In light of the discussion in another thread about pilots rejecting an aircraft due to automation being MELd.

What are the limitations on the Use of Automation at your company?

Piedmont

-Flight Director must be used for the takeoff segment (up to 1500ft AGL)

-Autopilot cannot be engaged below 1500ft AGL on takeoff

-Autopilot must be disconnected below 200ft AGL on approach

-Flight Director altitude capture must always be armed when changing altitudes. (the pitch command bar will appear when you need to level off. Once level, it can be cleared)

 

[Kaman]

Yawn....

 

[Cpt Oveur]

Use the highest level of automation available, except as to maintain proficiency.

 

[buscap]

I would reply to this, but I'm doing an ILS right now and I am required to monitor the other pilot.

I will get back to you after we land.

Thanks for your patience.

 

[sayrejm]

I can fly the plane from my iPhone

 

[CX880]

I heard that military pilots are better than civilians.

 

[SiuDude]

Yeah, the BBQ is really good in New Bern.

 

[sayrejm]

This thread sucks... it sucks bad.

 

[sayrejm]

Who has the best farting in the cockpit story?

 

[Cpt Oveur]

Who has the best farting in the cockpit story?

Kid, you're too young to have flown the ATR

 

[sayrejm]

thats funny because it was the guys younger than I was in my class that went to fly the ATR... However, sometimes I wish I had just for the experience.

 

[Captain Morgan]

Imagine an actual aviation thread on an aviation forum. Wow....

 

[COOPERVANE]

What if you put an airplane on a giant treadmill designed to match the speed of the plane and hold it stationary as the airplane accelerated.

Would it ever take off?

 

[Jar Jar]

What if you put an airplane on a giant treadmill designed to match the speed of the plane and hold it stationary as the airplane accelerated.

Would it ever take off?

What if the parking brake was set? Would it take off backwards?

 

[sayrejm]

OMG no it wont! Seriously!

The lift equation states that lift L is equal to the lift coefficient Cl times the density r times half of the velocity V squared times the wing area A.

L = Cl * r * .5 * V^2 * A

The velocity, V, is the free-stream velocity just ahead of the stagnation point located on the wing's leading edge. This would be 0 in the scenario you provide thus setting the solution for the equation of lift, L, to 0 as well.

Idiots.... GOSH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBJbWC5J2M&feature=fvst

 

[lindsaya99]

I want to know how she took those stickers off without hurting her.....uh you know.

 

[sayrejm]

Easy... you just gotta get em nice and wet first.

 

[buscap]

Hooray for boobies!!

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[rettofly]

Easy... you just gotta get em nice and wet first.

Pearl necklace or golden shower?

 

[CX880]

The Chinese have already experimented with Airplane/Treadmill theory. Except that they have giant treadmills as well as wind tunnels so as to create enough wind while the airplane remains in one spot while the treadmills is running. They have managed to float an airplane but nobody knows what to do to make it fly away