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Some grumpy assed mo-fos on this board apparently.....

Welcome to the party. Congrats!

Pretty much this. If it doesn't have a dozen flight attendants in it, I don't want to be flying it over large bodies of water.

People living near LGA would.

not much of a chance. You'd need some RJ time at minimum and the bigger the better. Previous 777 or Airbus time is a plus.

Just another day at the office.

Re: My instructor nagged me because.. I'm a little late to the *****-fest here but for what it's worth I wouldn't accept the min legal reserves as my minimum. Too many things can go wrong while burning down that tank where 5 gallons is no longer 5 gallons. Throw in a go around and you'll have...

Welcome to the party. Sit back, pay attention in class, and drink some beer. Rinse, repeat and enjoy.

It's not nearly that dramatic in a people mover.... I've both done +10,000fpm and -10,000fpm in airliners and either direction isn't nearly as exciting as one would think... especially heading downhill while up high.. the air is thin and the fpm accumulate quickly. Oh and Scary Mary from...

"Airplane!" was one of the reasons I wanted to be a pilot, oddly enough.

Hahahah exactly. That was a 2man crew if I remember right, so no bunkie on that flight. The wx actually improved to CatII min before the approach, which was good for us because I think there was some specific detail not allowing us to do a CatIII for some reason. It was years ago. My...

Nothing like pulling up the ATIS and having this returned:

The planes are very rarely powered down between routine flights. None of them are going months without being shutdown, however.

I laffed... and again, automation and FBW are two separate things.

The auto throttle system has nothing to do with FBW. It's an automation system, not a FBW system. If the 777 in SFO was a 757/767, the exact same thing would have happened and those two a/c aren't FBW.

Always wanted to ask him.. did he become an ace by shooting down 5 777s? or is he an ace that happens to fly 777s...?

Full aft stick will get you to max G or max AoA, whichever limit is respectively lower.

Which dipsh!ts? The random passenger questions or the pilot questions? Either way the answer is yes.

This is pretty accurate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNxz2hhSXuY

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