Tim Eichman
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"instrument rated pilots do not become dioriented, thanks to their training and having passed an instrument flight test": tell that the passengers and cabin crew of Air France Flight 447... - Captain (PNF-Pilot Not Flying): 10,988 flying hours (6,258 as captain), with 1,700 in the Airbus A330 - FO (co-pilot in left seat/PNF): 6,547 flying hours with 4,479 hours in the A330 but was now in management and was on this flight to maintain his flying credentials - FO ( co-pilot in right seat/PF): 2,936 flight hours, with 807 hours in the A330 Two IFR trained and certified pilots (sadly, the most experienced didn't get involved until it was too late to correct the situation) pancaked that aircraft into the ocean because they got "disoriented" and didn't understand why the instruments didn't match what their butts felt in the seat... Same was most likely the case for this pilot: with no visible horizon, he apparently didn't recognize that the instruments were saying he was going do
(Written on 02/12/2021)(Permalink)
Bah, Airbus computers will handle it all...
(Written on 09/18/2020)(Permalink)
"Klasjet carried out its own probe into the event, noting several aspects in its findings which the Spanish investigators might have addressed with safety recommendations. Given these findings, the inquiry does not believe any further recommendations are necessary." Uh... where the recommendations to have these guys start over again with a Cessna?
(Written on 09/11/2020)(Permalink)
When driving my wife's minivan, if I use the Adaptive Cruise Control, I still "guard" (as you put it) the fuel pedal. And when on my motorcycle, the left hand always had two fingers over the clutch lever when it's on the grip... One the first rules I was taught: "cover the controls just in case"
(Written on 09/11/2020)(Permalink)
Very nice!
(Written on 07/17/2020)(Permalink)
Gotta see a picture of your rig...
(Written on 07/17/2020)(Permalink)
Yup--I properly registered and labeled mine before charging the batteries when my wife got me one for Christmas a few years ago. Mostly use it to inspect my second-floor roof and gutters ;) Unfortunately, I'm inside Class C airspace and inside the 5nm radius, but at least I can get LAANC authorizations for flights up to 100' AGL: if I lived two blocks closer, I'd be in a 0' grid. I'm interested to see what happens when UAS Remote Identification goes into effect... though with so many pre-UASID drones will exist by then that can't be retrofitted, it'll take a long time until they're completely eliminated and we don't have to worry about incidents like this one.
(Written on 07/11/2020)(Permalink)
If it fell off takeoff before being stowed, I'm assuming since no one reported finding the wheel at the end of runway 13 at LGA or landing in somewhere Flushing or Murray Hill, it is most likely in Flushing Bay... I'm sure the gear was up before they passed over Little Neck Bay... Other option is it is in Lake Ontario, having fallen out when the gear were lowered (again, had it fallen off over downtown Toronto, I'm sure that would have been noted...).
(Written on 02/21/2020)(Permalink)
Looking at the flight track for this flight (https://flightaware.com/live/flight/TVS1125/history/20190822/0620Z/LGSM/LKPR), by the time they had dropped to FL24, they were 25 nm from Thessaloniki (SKG/LGTS) [two 8,000' runways]... even after continuing as they tried to restart it, they passed within minutes of the St. Paul the Apostle (OHD/LWOH), Macedonia [8,366'] and Sofia (SOF/LBSF), Bulgaria [11,811'] most likely well after they gave up hope of restarting...
(Written on 09/01/2019)(Permalink)
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