I never did that. And probably I would not do it because I am too coward for that.

Doing the right thing out of fear is better than doing the wrong thing, I suppose. I'd rather you did the right thing out of integrity, but then I'm probably just being idealistic.

I still don't see why, when helo pilots can choose to fly 1K or a few K about the ground to avoid hitting... stuff... they regularly choose not to.

Or why a current head of state would undertake a journey of 400+ miles in a chopper in the first place...

I will open by saying that this is the first time in my 17 years in the business I have seen something like this happen. Ground AC power units have been known to fail, but I have never seen one start a fire. If there is a short, the big, Square D breakers flip, and the whole thing shuts down. Moreov...

...as they say in Puerto Rico: Gracia (no s on the end). (Idiomas del Espanol regionales.)

Take it easy...

That's not just Puerto Rico, I feel like most of Latin America doesn't bother with final "s" most of the time.

Why am I not surprised that Gabriel is willing to cross a picket line?

I got a beer on it flyboy. As a gas, by water is among the lighter molecules. First: While I don’t think we put RH or dewpoint into our fancy E-6B computers for density altitude, the air is thinner/higher altitude on humider days. Water is a lighter molecule: . Roughly 18 AMUs versus 28 for nitroge...

I’m, I think you mean 2/15 (or 2/13) increase in density altitude.

water is lighter than oxygen,

WHAAAAAT?!!!!

Part 1: I have a genuine question: ARGUABLY, and from the vantage point of a keyboard, should LH-B'747's guys maybe just "salvaged" the bounce instead of going around? You don't necessarily have great airspeed and engine power right then, so why fight getting those things back when you ar...

[Someone posted about having a brain tumor, and never came back]

That was Robert Hilton.

It occurs to me we all have been going at this for a while, long enough to where people are starting to die off...

I hope you know the systems on the A-320 series very well.

I can only wish...

Is that in the ballpark?

Yes.

I'd ask flyboy if he felt there was any airbus logic he thought was really wrong, but I believe his response will be: Better cooling on the brakes. (Shit, we're back to braking again).

Better cooling would be nice, but that's not an "Airbus logic issue".

Do you know the case I am talking about?

In case he doesn't.

I'm well-aware, thanks.

But what about the initial inability to climb? Do you agree that the plane was abnormally struggling to climb? Not really, no. Looks about right for a heavy 343 to me. They were going to Cancun, so probably fairly bulky. What about wake vortex from a plane landing in the intersecting runway shortly...

Everyone and their uncle was going around- wind shear, visibility.

Not quite. Only the smurfs went around. In fairness, Republic didn't even try.

Sometimes.

This is an odd one, for sure. I've watched the video several times now in hopes of getting a clearer view not of the aircraft's attitude but of control surface positioning, specifically if the elevators were ever deflected downwards. The video is not very clear but it does NOT appear that elevators ...

If only we could ask a smaller , but still HALed 'Bus driver for his knowledge and opinion ! You can. Only in one specific forum because questions to airline pilots regarding aviation safety belong to the airline pilot forum, not the aviation safety forum. Be sure to follow the type-specific SOP co...

Perhaps this is Slavic superstition on my part, but I was never a fan of naming things after living people.

Hard to say who would want to buy it. It isn't really near anything, other than a muddy bend in the Missouri River.

In fairness, isn't that true of all of St Louis?

Nevertheless, thanks for checking in.

You're welcome. As a reminder, if you have a question for me, there is a section for that.

Is there a question there somewhere?

Question to flyboy: Do you see these taxiway changes from numerous, frequently angled taxiways to a more regular, 90-degree crossing as an important, much-needed improvement.

Not really, I prefer high-speed taxiways, generally speaking.

I watched a couple of her remaining videos, and what struck me was not her "lack of knowledge", but that I felt like her heart was never in any of this. She did not seem to especially like neither that airplane, nor flying in general. Believe it or not, I agree with you. Also, he seems to...