Here is where the coffee machine and Coke machine are kept. Please clean up after yourself and do not remove the magazines from this area. A good place to exchange thoughts with Operations personel and other pilots.
cyoo eddie wrote:My brother who is a retired air canada captain said that in all his years of flying, he never experienced a drop as bad as that.
I asked him why he had to wait until I was with him to experience that kind of a drop.... I also told him that if we were in a Boeing instead of an Airbus, we never would have dropped.
Ed,
Could you ask to your brother why a Boeing would not drop as the Airbus did? Would be very interesting and illustrative to know the reason. Thanks.
wow, if i were flying that plane and the winds were that rough, i wouldind even try to land it....... that aproach reminded me of myself when i was learning flight simulator with calm winds but that was a great save
mvm wrote:Thats one huge difference between the airbus and boeing,the airbus flight control "laws" will not allow cross control.
Actually, once the gear is down and below 180 KIAS, the autorudder function of the Airbus A318-A321 FACs (flight augmentation computers) is stopped, allowing for traditional crabbing methods. You just have to be smart enough to differentiate between a safe crosswind landing and a dangerous one, where in it seems that this landing may have been attempted beyond the certified crosswind component maximum.
Allan Burek-1691
Coordinator, Aircraft Maintenance Operations mx@globecargova.org
Allan - thanks for that. I thought I was the only one to find that statement, a little unbelievable (sorry Mike). It would have seemed dangerous to me, not to allow Airbus pilots to cross-control if needed, without turning off some of the flight computers.
Yeah, its cool. Airbus is one of those weird A/C that no one really knows a lot about if you havent been near it for a long time. For crosswind takeoffs, you have to have the sidestick full forward as opposed to left or right on a more traditionally controlled aircraft.
Allan Burek-1691
Coordinator, Aircraft Maintenance Operations mx@globecargova.org
yoni63 wrote:I think so, someone said it was a Lufthansa flight. If so, their pilots don't just get to become pilots by the lottery or something. They have a rep these days of being very good, or so I was told.
Well... if you say so...
I have half of my pilot course from Lufthansa Intercockpit and thats exactly what they teach... surprisingly enough.. the pilot didn't follow it.
I also told him that if we were in a Boeing instead of an Airbus, we never would have dropped.
