Mountain or Show-Me? Used to work quite a few of both at my time at Memphis Center

(Written on 2022年05月15日)(Permalink)

It is a swap for the 1st gen 777s for the current ones. Per the article they'll actually end up with 3 more 777s than they have now.

(Written on 2020年06月26日)(Permalink)

I was surprised that the CHSNE arrival fixes made the cut. I asked our airspace rep when I was at ZME how we got away with those fix names, in that order, no less, and his response was pretty much the same as yours. They submitted them, and nobody said no. Kenny Chesney's pilot thought it was pretty funny the first time he flew the procedure into BNA.

(Written on 2020年05月29日)(Permalink)

CHSNE arrival into BNA LOPPY HUGHE CHSNE BAWLS One of the ILSs into Atlanta used to have: YABBA DABBA DOOOO Or something to that effect. Went away about a decade or so ago when they revamped most of the procedures there.

(Written on 2020年05月29日)(Permalink)

The climate change/global warming crowd can't seem to come up to a solution to the issue that doesn't involve stripping away every modern convenience from the past century. Don't eat meat, don't fly, live in a shoebox on a small lot, preferably somewhere that you can walk/ride a bike to work, don't use air conditioning, etc, etc... They are going to have a very difficult time getting any normal individual to take them seriously until they drop the sky is falling/live like it is 1699 philosophy.

(Written on 2019年10月18日)(Permalink)

Please someone who is rated in the 737 answer this. I see on the control pedestal that there are two trim lockout switches. One is marked "Autopilot" the other "Main Elect". If the one marked "Autopilot" is cut out on its own, does that disable MCAS, but allow the pilots to use the electric trim?

(Written on 2019年04月05日)(Permalink)

I've worked that Scandinavian flight quite a few times through my airspace, it must be seasonal as I haven't seen it in a few months. My understanding is that it is actually a 737 based BBJ, so it traded some of its cargo space for extra fuel.

(Written on 2017年07月07日)(Permalink)

No, it isn't automatic. A pilot has to accept the new clearance, and we will see an acknowledgement on our end when they do it (not sure what that will look like, we haven't gotten that far yet). It just allows me as a controller to transmit a route amendment electronically instead of having to go through the whole "advise when ready to copy" bit, listen to the readback, fix any errors, etc... Most reroutes I usually have to issue are due to flow control (TMU) directives. Whether it be for WX, volume over a particular route/fix, etc. Note, you can't really "reject" a new clearance, unless it can't be safely complied with or you declare an emergency. Just because it adds time to the flight isn't reason enough. Many times you may be "cleared as filed" because the controller issuing the clearance has no idea what route you need to that airport, or they don't have the time to correct it (happens frequently with pop up IFRs). If you file direct to some place that has preferred routes

(Written on 2017年06月16日)(Permalink)

In AirTran's last few months, I took a flight from Atlanta to Tunica, MS on one of their 717s. I think there were about 10-15 people on the entire flight, I had originally reserved a seat closer to the back of the airplane so I could be relatively undisturbed on my flight home. When I got on, a FA told me I'd have to move to a seat ahead of the wing for W&B. I still ended up having the whole row to myself. So yeah, it happens.

(Written on 2017年06月16日)(Permalink)

That's nice in theory, but that's not how the real world works. Crap happens (pardon the pun). Part of their business is dealing with unexpected situations. I agree that if you let everyone get up to go pee as soon as the urge hits each and every time the situation would be unworkable. But when its taking forever to get off the ground, you've got to be just a teeny bit flexible.

(Written on 2017年04月28日)(Permalink)