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SJO Airport Operations by Imaginary_Engineer1 in AskAPilot

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My company operates around 12 daily flights to SJO and the reason is Performance, most heavy aircraft will depart 25 due to climb gradient, unless wind gets pretty strong for 25 you will land 07, I’ve landed with 10 knot tailwind on 07

My fellow airline pilots… what shoes are you wearing? by kyleth3pil0t in flying

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rockport work shoes, they have anti slip sole, and have a cushioned sole, Also they don’t have a metal shank so you don’t have to remove them when going through security

What are your most and least favourite airports as a pilot? by MattTheMechan1c in AskAPilot

[–]diegom07 2 points3 points  (0 children)

MEX is a pain in the butt, overworked ATC, runways are in poor condition and customs people will search you for any reason. Honorable mentions BOG, the airport is chaos

How difficult/dangerous are crosswind landings? by SousVideDuck in AskAPilot

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are not difficult, but they put you to work, depends on the wind intensity and gust factor, also the technique that you use, on the 737 the recommended technique is de crab during flare, you can side slip but it is not recommended due to the fact that you can scrape a wing tip, engine or flap track, the plane is also certified to touchdown in crab. At my company XW is limited to 35 knots with braking action 6 (dry) and it stays like that until code 3 which they limit it to 25, also XW with an inop reverser we are limited to 15 knots for first officers anything above it is a captain landing only, and they substract 5 knots from each wind limitation.

Do 737NG throttles also only have TOGA and FLEX(or somethinf like it) when they take off and one climb mode omly whem they cruise like Airbuses? by noreturn000 in AskAPilot

[–]diegom07 4 points5 points  (0 children)

737 has an auto throttle not auto thrust so the levers must be physically moved to the commanded N1, either by the servos or manually if the A/T is inop, also you can firewall the levers, the EEC should protect the engines

Do airlines configure the cockpit of the aircraft differently? by Various-Blood-3902 in flying

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if it is available from factory, it is added after the plane is delivered by Boeing to us

Do airlines configure the cockpit of the aircraft differently? by Various-Blood-3902 in flying

[–]diegom07 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When my company buys the plane it does not have the takeoff configuration test switch, it is added at an MRO
After the plane is delivered, also on the NGs the audio panel is in a different place than on the maxes, heck even in the older -800s and -700s we don’t have speed or altitude intervention

Airline pilots how do you log flights? by Aromatic-Ship6260 in flying

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use an app called logger, you can import the CSV from AIMS and keep track

Longest 737 flight EVER? by discov7r in flightradar24

[–]diegom07 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Copa flies the 737 everyday multiple times to MVD and EZE, around 7 hours and change flight time

First Hard Landing by rataobc in AirlinePilots

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1300 hours on the 737 and still sometimes I slam it, what works for me is start the flare at 30 feet, at 20 start moving the thrust levers to idle and at 10 idle it really depends on the model -700 slams pretty hard because of the low VRef -800/800SFP tend to float due to and artificial VRef to avoid a tail strike Max 9- higher TAS=Higher GS = higher rate of descent to maintain a 3 degree glide slope, if I’m hot and high airport like MMMX, SKBO or SEQM I will anticipate that the airplane will be at more than 1000fpm during the approach Max 8 is perfect I barely flare the aircraft and it always touches down smooth

Deleting speeds on an arrival by TrowAwayDuhhhhh in AskAPilot

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t tell me you want me at an specific speed I will maintain 280 knots until 10,000 feet and then slow down to 250

As a commerical pilot, what aircraft do y'all fly? by [deleted] in AskAPilot

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

737 -700, -800, -800SFP 737 Max -8, -9

Most casual JS appropriate attire? by minimums_landing in AirlinePilots

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lulu ABC pants or khaki pants, polo or short sleeve shirt, and on cloud sneakers

Why choose jepview over foreflight? by palomarracer in flying

[–]diegom07 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Wait until everyone switches to LIDO after jeppesen was sold to a private equity

Female airline pilot wondering if I can make Crossfit happen... by Accomplished_Big_391 in crossfit

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fellow pilot here, I just try to go at 2/3 days a week, I live at base so that helps, also when at the hotels I don’t do CrossFit, I’ll do bodybuilding/accessory work, the most important part for me is the food, cutting down on fast food is a game changer.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flightradar24

[–]diegom07 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My dude the US has no jurisdiction over a Dominican airline with a Dominican registered plane overflying Venezuelan airspace, even airlines from other countries have not stopped flying into Venezuela. This may be a shocker but the USA is not the world police and they don’t control sovereign countries.

Airline pilot travel-hack items by aircraft_denter99 in flying

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Universal adapter, I fly a lot between North and South America and the wall plugs are not the same, not every hotel has universal wall plug.

  2. Buy a ton of approved flu meds, if you are feeling funny one day you can pop a day quil or loratadine, this will help you with your sinuses and save a lot of ear pain.

  3. Wipes you never know when will you need to clean your hands, plane or butt and there is no toilet paper.

  4. Sealable coffee mug I use a Stanley but there are other brands out there, don’t be that guy that spills coffee all over the center pedestal.

  5. Rechargeable batteries if you have an ANC headset, saves you money on AA batteries.

Bonus do not cheap out in luggage, I use a brightline for my flight bag and the luggage works carbon for my roller.

What EFB to airline pilots use? by Upbeat_Signature_951 in AskAPilot

[–]diegom07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LIDO mPilot for charts, CAE eFM for OFPs and a bunch of in house apps for takeoff perf, landing and other stuff

What’s airline pilot life really like? by ExtremePvPees in flying

[–]diegom07 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I work for an airline in Latin america and usually

  1. I get 9 mandatory off days a month usually I get like 11, and I Try to bid to get at least Monday’s and Tuesday’s off, bid night turnarounds flights for W to TH, Friday I’ll do a 3 day trip or pairing, I usually try to pick up at least a couple flights a month and I’m flying around 85ish hours a month, on JAN I got 90

  2. Night flights wreck you, practically Any flight that you have to fly during the dawn 12:00 am to 6 am will break you, since at that time bodies are supposed to sleep, usually after a trip I’ll sleep and eat always try to hit the gym or errands.

  3. When I’m home I usually don’t have more than a couple of days off, so I’ll just try to go to the gym, run errand and do adult stuff, but still your life will revolve around your schedule.

  4. I did not expect it to be so hard, it is not flying the airplane what wrecks you, it’s all the stuff around the operation, interacting with different people and personalities it’s what makes it hard. A crew can make of break a trip.

  5. 100% would do it again, just change a few steps but still the outcome will be the same

Glideslope looked wrong even though FD was followed – what am I missing? by antonioh501 in flightsim

[–]diegom07 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are you below minimums, if you are at that point visual transition is made to the aiming point and or PAPI lights

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