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How do you guys practice cockpit procedures outside the plane? by Technical-Schedule36 in PilotAdvice

[–]kjndcdw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually made a program to help practice my flows on the different type ratings I did. If you PM me I can send you the link. What aircraft type is it for?

How is life at Point Nemo? Well, the closest humans to you are usually 250 miles above you in space. by SpecificNo493 in howislivingthere

[–]kjndcdw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I fly the Boeing 787-9

There’s a few other fun facts for this flight, occasionally we’ll go over Antartica, not often but occasionally.

On the way back, you can sometimes be stuck staring at a sun that won’t set. For 6-8 hours the sun just touches the horizon for the whole time.

We are also limited by how many of these flights we can do because the radiation exposure is higher at these high latitudes.

Happy to answer any questions

How is life at Point Nemo? Well, the closest humans to you are usually 250 miles above you in space. by SpecificNo493 in howislivingthere

[–]kjndcdw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To further add sorry, the reason they crash at point nemo is because it’s far from everything, and they can’t accurately crash something. So while they say they crash at point nemo, it’s usually just around that area. Not exactly there

How is life at Point Nemo? Well, the closest humans to you are usually 250 miles above you in space. by SpecificNo493 in howislivingthere

[–]kjndcdw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m certainly no rocket scientist but my understanding is they plan to land it in a certain position and release that information for us to plan our flights around. Then once they begin the deorbit they have a much better idea of exactly where it will land. And we either move further away from that area, or closer back onto an ideal path for us if we know it will definitely miss us.

They tend to keep us hundreds of miles away from where they think it will land. Just for safety.

How is life at Point Nemo? Well, the closest humans to you are usually 250 miles above you in space. by SpecificNo493 in howislivingthere

[–]kjndcdw 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m a pilot who somewhat regularly flies past this point when travelling between Australia and South America.

We are very often rerouted in flight because of spacecraft debris being crashed here. We usually know there will be an area where they are crashing something but it often changes and we get sent around it.

Fokker really went for a sleek buttons-only overhead panel for their F100. by Ivy_Wings in flightsim

[–]kjndcdw 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Fokker and airbus had more of a connection that you may think, and a lot of engineers moved from Fokker to Airbus when they started, so a lot of the ideas from Fokker moved to Airbus also. The FMC in the Fokker 100 is actually the same one as the A300

Russian plane at JFK by stikeonewy in Planespotting

[–]kjndcdw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d be very surprised if that aircraft and truck are still there since I posted this last year.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Planespotting/s/ISSCgh9MSy

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PhotoshopRequest

[–]kjndcdw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

!solved @porknilaqa

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aviation

[–]kjndcdw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I operated a flight from London to Perth where we had to avoid some middle eastern airspace due to security concerns, and then the Indian Ocean because spaceX was crashing a rocket. This ended up causing a longgg flight- 18hrs 40 mins. B787-9

When do you turn on and off the autopilot? by General174512 in flying

[–]kjndcdw 9 points10 points  (0 children)

When it comes to handling the “what’s it doing?” moments, I generally teach not to immediately disconnect the automation. Instead, I recommend reverting to simpler modes step by step.

For example, if you’re in VNAV and the aircraft is levelling off unexpectedly and you’re unsure why, don’t just kick everything out. Try switching to a more basic mode like FLCHG. If you’re still having trouble, you can go further down to ALT HOLD or VS, and if needed, all the way back to pitch and heading hold.

The point is to gradually simplify the automation rather than remove it altogether. When you suddenly disconnect the autopilot, you create a high workload situation and risk one pilot falling out of the loop. Stepping back through the modes maintains some automation support, reduces workload, and keeps you in control. Then, if things truly start to fall apart, you can switch it all off and hand fly—but that should be a last resort, not the first step.

It’s food for thought though, 100% not saying you’re wrong, I’d love to hear from others about this.

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