Looks like the result of a threesome involving a Britannia, a Connie and a C-119.

I guess the real problem is the inefficient handling of your piloting resources.

Understatement of the century right there.

While I might agree with you about the Ambassador, I don't think the aircraft type had much to do with this accident.

It probably didn't help, David. I mean, nothing that ugly should have ever been allowed to fly and then you add a slushy runway....

It didn't help that they were riding this monument to British engineering.

Which constraints? The Tornados are dedicated reconnaissance aircraft. Of course, the Tornados down there are fully equipped Tornado IDS and can actually drop a nuclear weapon in zero visibility with good accuracy while not going above 500ft. Still, that isn't really required. For CAS and precision...

About time that you bitched.

Fixed.

It´s no secret that I´ve always found the FoF cheap psychological crutches for weak people who are not able to do an effort to overcome their (baseless!) fears on their own.

Concur and three quarters.

I'll be 33 this upcoming April 13th.

First: Tu-154 TBS-DMO, about 1978.

Last: CRJ200 CMH-JFK last night with me at the controls.

The whole thing about salmon reminded me of an exchange between me and a fellow pilot at the crew room at JFK a few weeks back. He was eating lunch and I could tell it was fish, but I wasn't sure what kind. So I asked him. "Breaded" was the reply.

The bar's open.

Windburn anyone?

I'll have a Pilsner Urquell, tall.

Company policy was to set EPR for TO, climb and cruise.

Hehe, we don't even have an EPR indicator.

Millstone or milestone?

Methinks more like gravestone.

The category "Classic Western Commercial Turbo Jet Aircraft" could be an interesting topic of discussion.

What about Eastern block aircraft?

Aeroflot still operates the Tu-134 and the Yak-40.

The magic number in a 727 is 9000 pounds an hour fuel flow. Three thousand pounds per engine. If the F/E has past out during your 40 minute climb to altitude, pull'em back to 3000 pounds an engine for a good guess as to cruise power. Down low, 3000 across will hold 250 knots. And if you slow up to ...

Could have been any number of issues, but if the Capt felt the need to stop and top off just for his own peace of mind, that's good enough for me.

What is "IOE"?

Initial Operational Experience. Whenever a pilot is checked out in a new airplane and after he is done with the sim, he must fly a prescribed number of hours with an instructor pilot to learn how said new airplane behaves in the real world.

Here's me.

Excellent question from Frank. We do, in fact, have some thrust settings and other tricks up our sleeve that make our job easier. Example: at most weights and at lower altitudes I can be pretty sure that 60-63% N1 will net 250 KIAS. At climb thrust, 10deg ANU will net 200KIAS, 7.5deg ANU will net 25...

I have not. Not even thirty-nine'd it

Here you go!

No, I didn't buy it, but I wonder if it was being flown to a potential buyer.

Do T-37s qualify? There are a few of those in private hands, some pristine examples too, like this one that was for sale on ebay a couple of times.

Last night I heard an airplane check in with NY center with a callsign of Boeing N727AH. I wonder what model it was.

It's not just skeeters.