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  1. svcta

    Pilot dies from hand propping his plane

    What a shame. Not that I haven't done it, but propping a nose dragger is hard to do safely. I own an airplane that has no electrical system (modified Smith Miniplane) which has to be propped and only has one seat. It can be done with reasonable safety, mainly because the conventional gear...
  2. svcta

    80 kt call out

    That last part with all the acronyms was a reference to a movie called "Good Morning, Vietnam". It was supposed to be funny and nothing more, no point or sarcasm intended, mostly comic relief. And I don't think I've been sarcastic at any point, in my defense. The other quote you cited from...
  3. svcta

    80 kt call out

    Actually, it was this way at the only airline I ever worked for. Nobody ever said that the FO was going to reach up and gab a handfull of anybody's anything. Those belong to the PF. Which brings up another question.....does the FO ever get a takeoff where you work? Can he call his own reject...
  4. svcta

    80 kt call out

    Oh. I disagree.
  5. svcta

    80 kt call out

    Why do you say that? To me , flying a jet is the most scientific form of flying there is aside from maybe trying to go so space in an airplane. If I'm flying a Mustang my ears, eyes, feet, hands, and butt are all in tune with the airplane and constantly interpreting things, and I agree...
  7. svcta

    80 kt call out

    I knew I would get my comeuppance for that post. I was in a hurry, so please forgive the tone....if there can be such a thing in a typed sentence. I wasn't trying to be snotty. A runway incursion? Really? Do you brief for that? To use that as an example is just being silly, who in their right...
  8. svcta

    80 kt call out

    We can throw out hypotheticals all day, the fact is that every brief cannot cover every possible contingency. It is a game of playing the odds and there are, according to Boeing, Airbus, and the FAA only a few items that are worth gaming an RTO over. The data (science) on the subject is pretty...
  9. svcta

    80 kt call out

    So your reject items and conditions are a moving target...for you and the guy sitting next to you. I certainly understand the temptation to do this, but the idea for me is that both pilots should know every time by cold, hard rote memory what the reject items are and where the cutoffs are...
  10. svcta

    80 kt call out

    I guess that's kind of my point. There is an industry out there with far more collective experience than any one captain, or crew combined. And there are people that go out there and compile all this and probably enter a piece of paper with a bunch of holes punched in it in to a giant box with...
  11. svcta

    80 kt call out

    Really good read from the FAA and Boeing. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/aero_11/takeoff_story.html http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/training/media/takeoff_safety.pdf From Airbus (an excerpt becuase it cites a lot of the same data) "ABOVE...
  13. svcta

    80 kt call out

    At the risk of sounding argumentative, I think the captain maintaining a secret mental list of reject items is a bad idea. It seriously diminishes the benefit of having qualified crew working together, and eliminates (what should be) a trained set of eyes and experience from participating in...
  14. svcta

    80 kt call out

    This is a great discussion. I agree that engines are designed to be on fire. They are always on fire when they're running, as it has been said, and I'm not the sort to come out of his skin because of a fire indication. Let it burn. That having been said, the takeoff brief is a game of odds...
  15. svcta

    80 kt call out

    We do this very thing in the sim every recurrent. You're right that I have seen guys reject for a trivial message or failure in the high-speed envelope, but I can't recall being caught by it yet, mainly because of the reasons I pointed out. And I rely heavily on a strong right seater to keep...
  16. svcta

    80 kt call out

    Pretty easy 1: Fire message, that's a bell and a master warning light, hard to misinterpret Pretty easy 2: Engine failure: The runway rapidly goes to one side of the windscreen and the guy flying says "oh, sh1t" Pretty easy 3 : Loss of directional control, see pretty easy #2. Admittedly...
  17. svcta

    80 kt call out

    The old man was a 767 guy (and 727, 737, 777, even typed in the 787 and was a factory sim instructor for Boeing) according to him you are correct about the airspeed check and thottles, however, the Boeing philosophy meshes with mine and others here: 80 knots is the transition to the high-speed...
  19. svcta

    Who's making money these days?

    ...wouldn't have eaten donuts to the point of obesity. And that's just what they did. Flash forward to now. We are so fat that we can't leave the house and we are furious with the donut shop owner for selling us the donuts that we lined up for. But didn't we deserve to eat donuts? F*%k us.
  20. svcta

    Personal headset for GIV-SP

    Clarity Aloft. Far and away the best headset I've ever used. From the loudest warbirds to jets, no batteries, just a few ounces, no head clamping. Even keeps my Iceman hairdo intact.
  21. svcta

    pilot sentenced for being drunk

    rabba rabba rabba rabba 121! 121 rabba rabba rabba rabba rabba rabba rabba! Blah rabba rabba rabba rabba rabba 121! You guys act like the regionals have really been raising the bar for the last couple of decades. 121, 135, 91, 944, whatever it is, flying drunk is not acceptable. I'm the...
  22. svcta

    Sad day

    In a 690 Commander?
  23. svcta

    "Verify you have ATIS..."

    It really seems more systemic lately than just the 'land line' or another freq talking, or just coincidence. Which is why I was hoping some controllers could weigh in. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the caliber of the controllers, it is almost as if they are required to ask now...
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