Search results

That's correct. For all intents and purpose, they are. Unless your ambient conditions involve operating in monsoon or icing conditions on a daily basis which few airlines do Ignorant? Pardon me for brevity but I did not want to bog down a lay person with technical terms and go into too much...

Incorrect. Standard procedures on Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier and McDonnell Douglas aircraft are reduced thrust take offs. As I stated, reduced thrust take off are the norm in airliner operation, including at Emirates. The tail strike you reference which occurred on the A345 at MEL...

So what. A Gulfstream G650 crashed during a test flight. As did an Airbus A330. Perhaps we should ground those too?

If your pilots can't handle an engine cut post V1, perhaps you should get rid of your pilots?

Incorrect. Aircraft certified to EASA/FAA standards have to be able to continue take-off post V1 with an engine failure and reach 50ft obstacle clearance. Incorrect. See above. Incorrect. Most airliners, regardless of whether they are jets or turboprops use reduced thrust takeoffs Most...

How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?

I'm not going to get into a silly conspiracy debate and will leave my post with these two tidbits. MH17 ADS-B signal was lost in the Luhansk oblast (flight radar24 and flightaware data corroborates this fact) which is further supported by the MH17 debris field location. MH17 was on a...

So what. Spanair operates under a Spanish op certificate. They wouldn't be granted one if their aircraft weren't up to standards. The area in question.

At what cost? Too much short-term thinking imo.

China is only serving her own interests. Pakistan is now in China's pocket. Well done.

You would quickly change your tune if you were coughing up blood. On top of the filthy ash, sulphur and other fine particulate matter, you have the uranium radiation exposure in the environment to deal with (more than that of a nuclear plant). At the very least, this plant needs to be far...

Th Brimstone and storm shadow capability is being funded by the British exchequer. They were planned prior to Saudi ordering any EFs.

Karma is a bitch. The oppression of Muslims in Xinjiang and the cultural suppression of Buddhist Tibetan will bite China in her arse and it will serve her right. An amoral nation if there ever was one. It's only a matter of time before there is a real people's revolution.

This is incorrect. The ER models both 777-200ER and -300ER have plenty braking power for Peshawar. In regular airline operations, you only need 6000ft to stop a 777 ER. In an emergency, you could stop one in less than 3000ft. Furthermore, at the take off weights Emirates is operating at...

Lawrence of Arabia was a homosexual. He has about as much in common with Abd al Wahhab as Guru Nanak does with Khalid ibn Waleed

At the time, the Beretta was the right decision. As is the case now, Army pistol stocks were worn out. The question that needs to be asked for US tax payers is whether it is worth spending millions on a new firearm, training, equipment etc with incremental improvement when the Army is still...

As long as the pistol is 9mm or above, calibre isn't relevant. The new Sig P320 was designed for this tender in mind.

Whilst you are correct, the drawback of the -72 is that it's more expensive. For most airlines that isn't a problem, however for PIA it is. The fact that PIA couldn't afford to replace the written off ATR42 in Lahore and had to go to the GoP for loans to lease A320s illustrates the dire...

The ATR 42-500 was inducted with the most powerful PW127 power rating. This took place after extensive ATR 42 trial flights which took place in the Northern Areas with an accompanying ATR test pilot. The reason the smaller ATR 42 was chosen over the 72 is because of its superior OEI climb and...

A warning to all trouble makers. A spanking is on the way!