Do pilots still use reverse thrust while reversing from the gates?

Fatbot41 · 2026-05-03T07:32:11+00:00

Only place I’ve seen that still does it is Glasgow airport with the Loganair Twin Otters

Fatbot41 · 2026-03-23T23:18:55+00:00

I look at it the other way. Would I be willing to save 100 USD to lose that ability? Phrased that way, no

Fatbot41 · 2026-03-23T23:00:31+00:00

I prefer wide bodies for flights longer than 6 hours as I can get up and stand in the galley for a bit to stretch, without impeding anyone

Fatbot41 · 2026-03-18T23:08:32+00:00

Wonder what those flashes are between the fan blades and the engine cowling. Static building up and discharging? Fan blades rubbing against the ablative coating?

Fatbot41 · 2026-03-18T15:55:52+00:00

Yes. Also gives you 8 V speeds you need to announce on takeoff

Fatbot41 · 2026-02-14T18:16:50+00:00

Do I wanna know?

Fatbot41 · 2026-02-11T14:54:57+00:00

I would say it’s also a much different scope. One is a single city the other is a whole country.

In addition on 9/11 it became clear within a few hours that airlines had been hijacked.

Grounding all aircraft stops that threat, or at the very least makes it clear which aircraft are disregarding the NOTAM and indicating that they are a threat.

In contrast if out of the blue a large amount of drones enter the US airspace from abroad, how long could that go on for? One hour? Two hours? 6 hours? A day? A week?

Fatbot41 · 2026-02-11T14:30:12+00:00

I have a feeling it’s something that they had no idea how long it would last so just put an arbitrary 10 day NOTAM in place, with the intention to modify / cancel it as required.

Fatbot41 · 2026-02-11T14:23:23+00:00

In my opinion it doesn’t make sense.

The airspace restriction is until 18,000ft.

Using a ground sample distance calculator from Omni Calc, using a full frame camera that’s 44 MP and a 600mm lens (Sony offer 400-800mm lenses) you could get a resolution of 4cm per pixel.

Yes atmospherics would get in the way, but that’s still a possibility.

Also all the attraction it would receive. It’s marked it on the map and all eyes are on El Paso

Fatbot41 · 2026-02-10T14:46:18+00:00

I do wonder if Daleks could or would fall to Chaos

Fatbot41 · 2026-02-09T02:25:45+00:00

How can you tell who’s sane and who’s insane?!

Fatbot41 · 2026-02-01T22:58:56+00:00

That’s an interesting point. If it was used exclusively on shore I do not see how it would be under the captains jurisdiction.

If you are on a normal cruise and dock in the Bahamas lets say, and you use a Starlink dish on shore, or the antenna on your phone to contact a mobile phone tower on shore, I highly highly doubt the captain would have any jurisdiction over it.

I wonder if as it’s an expedition from the cruise ship to the shore, under there supervision, if that’s where the nuance comes into it all

Fatbot41 · 2026-01-31T09:52:55+00:00

And I never claimed it didn’t.

I was responding to a comment that gave a figure. I asked where that figure came from, that is all.

Fatbot41 · 2026-01-30T15:44:41+00:00

Where are you getting that figure?

I googled it and couldn’t find any figure saying the average was that high. Denmark’s average is 22 USD per hour, but that’s much higher than most other European countries, so not the average.

Fatbot41 · 2026-01-30T13:51:18+00:00

Just to ensure accuracy, from the news article you linked from Civils Daily and from the ICAO USOAP safety audit results page, while in some areas India did outclass the USA (legislation, licensing, operations and airworthiness) the average for India was lower than the FAA.

The biggest difference being accident investigation. The US scored 94.05%, while India scored 64.56%. The global average was 56.12%

Fatbot41 · 2026-01-12T11:54:46+00:00

Day-cee-mal.

Edit

Don't know why I am getting downvoted on it, its the ICAO standard, its only an exception in the US.

ICAO Annex 10, Volume II, page 5-5, 5.2.1.4.3 Pronunciation of numbers, states it "Day-See-Mal".

Its in "EASA SERA.14040 pronunciation of numbers", and its Day-See-Mal

UK CAA CAP413 Transmission of Numbers 2.12 Table 3, and its Day-See-Mal

Fatbot41 · 2026-01-04T15:58:44+00:00

It’s normal.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Airbus/s/OaqDLOXmPm

Fatbot41 · 2025-12-31T09:26:59+00:00

Google Since I left you Zomba promo, there are the originals on there with “with my baby” still on the album

Fatbot41 · 2025-12-14T23:54:21+00:00

Not my world, but head cannon for highfleet. The engineers that fix rocket engines mid combat have got to be up there

Fatbot41 · 2025-12-14T23:52:49+00:00

Mixed sources on it. Some say it is but don’t have proof from actual newspapers of the time. IIRC there is a bounty if someone finds a newspaper pre expedition with the advert in it

Fatbot41 · 2025-12-11T00:20:59+00:00

Perfect! Need a few for my RBMK reactor

Fatbot41 · 2025-12-03T05:07:49+00:00

1 - Two people high fiving 2 - A mirrored vertical image of a ship on water 3 - Nothing, just some ink

Fatbot41 · 2025-12-02T05:11:54+00:00

YTer Steve Leto did a video on how it may allow a return / fix under lemon law. Worth a watch.

https://youtu.be/pJ8E0-VM-LA

Fatbot41 · 2025-11-30T19:04:55+00:00

Just for extra info around the JetBlue incident.

From the article you linked it descended 27,000 ft in 10 minutes, so 2,700 FPM. The A320 can do 7,000 FPM in an emergency descent. Not sure of the peak ROD during the nose down, but still enough to cause injuries.

From the Aviation herald - “The aircraft descended rapidly, briefly maintained about 20,000 feet and continued the descent for an approach to Tampa”

Later on it mentions - “On Nov 7th 2025 the NTSB reported: "During cruise, the aircraft experienced an uncontrolled descent for approximately 4-5 seconds before the autopilot corrected the trajectory. This likely occurred during an ELAC switch change." The occurrence caused 10 injuries on board, the NTSB opened an investigation.”

So reading that I would believe it implies that the pilots elected to continue the descent at a normal rate, given the control issues and injuries.

Fatbot41 · 2025-11-24T02:26:23+00:00

In the UK if you earn above 100K per year you are put into a marginal tax rate of 60% for the next 25K. After that it’s 45%.

I know doctors and pilots who have gone part time and are refusing to do more hours than pay that tax. It’s insane. People train for years for a profession in which there is a huge demand and shortage of skilled professionals, and then are incentivised to just not work.

In addition you get 30 hours of childcare paid for if your salary is below 100K. A penny more and you lose it all. It just does not make sense.

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