tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post1714208470046786082..comments2024-03-27T08:36:31.252-07:00Comments on Flight To Success: A330: Intercepting a CourseKarlene Petitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-5658420970062608202020-04-13T11:19:54.339-07:002020-04-13T11:19:54.339-07:00Because that is what ATC decided they wanted to pi...Because that is what ATC decided they wanted to pilots to fly. No other reason. They may have had reason, but I don't know what that might be. Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-27002947210411473752020-04-13T08:52:45.466-07:002020-04-13T08:52:45.466-07:00why intercept heading is 190?why intercept heading is 190?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03462728297123110892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-77140199586518116692012-12-29T04:32:53.035-08:002012-12-29T04:32:53.035-08:00I'm not at liberty to discuss how my airline&#...I'm not at liberty to discuss how my airline's procedures are operated. Why do you ask?Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-36203167708934973922012-12-28T23:28:27.688-08:002012-12-28T23:28:27.688-08:00at your airline is the maintenance release sent vi...at your airline is the maintenance release sent via ACARS?jetairlinersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-75978618519664462622012-12-28T20:16:35.238-08:002012-12-28T20:16:35.238-08:00A maintenance release is done in the log book. Not...A maintenance release is done in the log book. Not that it couldn't be sent via the ACARS for a pilot to input. All depends upon the company procedures. Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-85833553267461510072012-12-28T19:58:25.205-08:002012-12-28T19:58:25.205-08:00what is a maintenance release document? does it g...what is a maintenance release document? does it get sent via ACARS?jetairlinersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-79127120980089102802012-07-31T19:53:58.908-07:002012-07-31T19:53:58.908-07:00Tim... so true on knowing it front and back. Me......Tim... so true on knowing it front and back. Me... I ask. Because that is the woman in me. (we ask for directions) No time to dink around trying to figure out something while you're barreling through the sky. If I don't know, you'll know I don't know, and then I'll learn it for next time. <br /><br />There was a day, in the good old days, that Captains were the instructors. Keep on teaching my friend! <br /><br />I'll say by to Minne for you too.Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-74078165827426512562012-07-31T19:50:59.078-07:002012-07-31T19:50:59.078-07:00I will give it a hug for you.
Now... the circumst...I will give it a hug for you.<br /><br />Now... the circumstances? There is a reason that we don't do this often on the line. However, with that said... on my OE they did just this. Gave us a heading to intercept a radial into a VOR and then on the new course. So, it can happen. Usually just in the simulator.<br /><br />I do know your pain with the FMS and FMC...MCDU... MCP...etc. Too bad they didn't play better together (Boeing and Airbus) while building their planes. <br /><br />Write on... 700 words will flow!! <br /><br />Thanks for your comment.Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-8528453663869399522012-07-31T19:45:01.631-07:002012-07-31T19:45:01.631-07:00I will. It's a huge sob.I will. It's a huge sob.Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-78160509051372874292012-07-31T15:40:23.835-07:002012-07-31T15:40:23.835-07:00NATCO is a ghost-town these days...
I remember whe...NATCO is a ghost-town these days...<br />I remember when I was riding side-saddle on the 727 the OLD NWO Sim training bay that had the 'model rail road' terrain mounted on the wall with the 'camera' we flew to the runway...and the buildings attached with velcro to knock off and the 60' insect on the active (camera would magnify the wayward insects and project it in the sim windows).<br /><br />Then there is the motion sickness when the instructor resets the sim but fails to sut-off the display...going backwards at 200mph messes with you.<br /><br />Practice, practice, practice. Knowing the FMC/FMS backwards & fwd will save your tail-section-more than once I have watched FO's fumble through the process-letting them go far enough where they are truly wondering...or they wise up and ask. Either way I am an instructor.<br /><br />What is the old joke...."I may not be the smoothest on the yoke but I can now type 75 words per minute...".<br /><br />Enjoy Minne-no-place, just a hop, skip from OSH.<br /><br />Tim 8DME_W_ORD (TDY to Big Sky Country)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-57155060676818368212012-07-31T08:55:06.187-07:002012-07-31T08:55:06.187-07:00Please take pictures of the world that will be soo...Please take pictures of the world that will be soon no longer NWA NATCO. cherish those moments. That place was a part of you and many. Give it a big hug from me. Lol. <br /><br />Now onto radials.. What are special circumstances to which you would be vectored into such a situation? I know this question is a no brainer but one never knows... Also plugging it in to the scratchpad shows the simplicity of the Airbus FMS. Even though it was simulator based, I actually had a dickens of a time getting used to and using simultaneously both FMS and FMC at first for Airbus and Boeing. Looking forward to the real life stuff. More to come as I am working on my simulator article now. 700 words and more to come.. Thank you so much for a great and informative post, Karlene!Jeremy Carlislehttp://jeremysflightdeck.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-78989308199215547432012-07-31T08:02:43.777-07:002012-07-31T08:02:43.777-07:00Take a last picture of NATCO, sob, for me!! And ha...Take a last picture of NATCO, sob, for me!! And have fun!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447268246074387994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-40084560711535749772012-07-31T07:59:54.073-07:002012-07-31T07:59:54.073-07:00Those who have, or those who will. We're all c...Those who have, or those who will. We're all capable. Guess what happens when you don't activate the approach in the A330? You can't slow down. Power runs up and airplane speeds up to 250 knots. Scary stuff, and will be in the next novel. Where fiction mirrors truth.Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-63275538118680913472012-07-31T07:19:39.545-07:002012-07-31T07:19:39.545-07:00Sounds like using the Garmin 430W to select an app...Sounds like using the Garmin 430W to select an approach. First you have to have the destination airport selected, then you have to select the approach, and how you will enter the approach (an initial fix or vectors). Then the bit you forget once (and NEVER again) - you have to activate the approach. Ask me how I know... :)D.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16311812701887962320noreply@blogger.com