What Heavy jet will SWA buy?

[waveflyer]

And that seriously bums me out.

We will at some point have to stop being the technological laughing stock

Don't waste money on tech that won't pay for itself- but most of it does.

 

[Luv2BFlyin]

Glad to see you are getting closer to aero-data and getting away from the OPC. The ops agents won't like it, but the fo's job will get a little easier.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Wonder if it will be like Aerodata at JetBlue where they still have to print out the data and then re-type it right back into the CDU... or if it will automatically populate the weights and speeds?

 

[Luv2BFlyin]

At the Tranny, some of us print it off for a hard copy, but with a few key strokes, it will populate the fms. Except a few of our aircraft on the first flight of the day. You have to manually insert the data but it's a non - event compared to what I've heard about preflighting and using the OPC.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

OPC goes pretty quickly once you get used to it - but like a lot of things, it's pretty antiquated. Since they got rid of the printers in all but the 800s I really hope aerodata auto-populates.

 

[808pilot]

canyon blueballs... you're right... take a look at the 'HAL hiring' thread... don't believe that had anything to do with SW and yet... great observation on linking newbies on a website to flying planes... you are a sky god!!

 

[waveflyer]

canyon blueballs... you're right... take a look at the 'HAL hiring' thread... don't believe that had anything to do with SW and yet... great observation on linking newbies on a website to flying planes... you are a sky god!!

Shall I list the dozen swa threads DanR chimed in on before I chimed in to HALHiring?

 

[SWA Bubba]

Is that part of the culture Bubba? Dumb down the airplane to save money and forgo the inherent safety that technology could provide. A lot of us have flown round dials and mono - chrome radar and ain't skeered, but given the choice, I'd want every option available to get me home safely and get my pax safely to their destination (all the way to the proper airport and gate).

Never said it was. But you guys asked a question, and I gave you the answer. Hey, I don't design the damn things, and for some reason, they forgot to ask my input for possible changes to the -MAX.

I just told you why, not how good of an idea any of it is. Don't jump on my a$$!

Bubba

 

[808pilot]

wave- not directed at you in the slightest...
by the way... i've flown with DR a few times now and he is a crack up... he actually really like you guys but loves busting your(sw) balls online even more...
that guy has more stoke at his age than I do...
bottom line is... we are all pilots working for the (insert ass clown of your own company)... and we could all end up at emirates... faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

 

[waveflyer]

wave- not directed at you in the slightest...
by the way... i've flown with DR a few times now and he is a crack up... he actually really like you guys but loves busting your(sw) balls online even more...
that guy has more stoke at his age than I do...
bottom line is... we are all pilots working for the (insert ass clown of your own company)... and we could all end up at emirates... faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

Yeah man, he actually seems like it
Flying with him and pilots like him would be the only draw to an HAL deal for me-
I've actually never met a hawaiian pilot that wasn't pretty great

Good luck fellas
Hope consolidation is done and we all grow on our own for a minute

 

[Dan Roman]

......:0:0......

 

[dicko]

Unfortunately, the Max design is finalized and it looks as though they have opted for no redesign of the overhead panels. It has bigger screens, but the same display as the NG - still without EICAS. (Note the recall switch/light is still there)

Great Zeus's Beard !

There's a cluster of switches directly to the left of the FO's MCDU. Could that be a control for system synoptics ?

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I looked at it in the magazine where I found the pics. Looks like its MFD controls. One of the buttons has ENG with left/right arrows. I assume that let's you bring the engine indications over to the right side MFD. Can't tell what the 4 buttons say, but they apparently let you manipulate that display.

 

[Ty Webb]

Synoptic pages and AOA are available on NG aircraft.....just most US airlines don't choose it. I've seen it.
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