[Tenger]

Originally Posted by stopthepanic

Has anyone on here experienced a lightning strike? and be able to describe what that's like from both a main cabin and flight deck perspective?

Imagine being in a room when someone fires a shotgun...............

I have been told but haven't experienced it that in some cases a flash of light can be seen in the cabin.

Originally Posted by Chuck Stone

How many pilots will a dreamliner have to have on its longest journeys?

As with all modern commercial aircraft it will have a flight crew of 2. As with current long range aircraft on some longer flight it will carry extra crew. (Sometimes an extra F/O, sometimes a relief Capt + F/O) This ensures that no one flight crew member is on duty for more than permitted under whatever legal limitations the airline operates.

[Dogwatch]

Originally Posted by Tenger

As with all modern commercial aircraft it will have a flight crew of 2. As with current long range aircraft on some longer flight it will carry extra crew. (Sometimes an extra F/O, sometimes a relief Capt + F/O) This ensures that no one flight crew member is on duty for more than permitted under whatever legal limitations the airline operates.

In this case with more than 2 crew, how do they credit the flying hours. Does each crew member get credit for the full block time or is it divided between them and how is it worked out?

[Tenger]

Originally Posted by Dogwatch

In this case with more than 2 crew, how do they credit the flying hours. Does each crew member get credit for the full block time or is it divided between them and how is it worked out?

Well they are all 'on duty' from check-in to stepping off at the arrival point, so I would hazard that they all get the same flight hours credit.

[xflyer]

In terms of logging hours, the Captain will log it as P1 and the second pilot will log it as P2. But when it comes to getting paid for flying hours, both will be the same.

[eatmyshorts]

Originally Posted by Dogwatch

In this case with more than 2 crew, how do they credit the flying hours. Does each crew member get credit for the full block time or is it divided between them and how is it worked out?

It depends on the airline and the regulatory authority.
This is how it works at my airline: On a 4 crew ULR flight, one crew will be the operating crew and the other will be the augmenting crew. The operating crew gets credit for the full flight, chocks off to chocks on. The augmenting crew only gets credit for the time actually sitting in the operating seats. On the return leg, this reverses.

Eg a 12 hour flight. Operating crew logs 12 hours on the way out, augmenting crew logs about 5:30. On the return its the other way around. So about 18 hours each logged over a total of about 24 hours.

[Chuck Stone]

Do any flights go over the poles?

If not, why not?

[globemaster1986]

Originally Posted by Chuck Stone

Do any flights go over the poles?

If not, why not?

Yes they do. Most flights follow a great circle route, which is the shortest distance between two points, and if that happens to be over the poles so be it. If you look here you will see an example, a route between Singapore and Newark.

[Our man in Havana]

Is that run possible non stop?

[globemaster1986]

Originally Posted by Our man in Havana

Is that run possible non stop?

Yes. To my knowledge it is the longest non-stop commercial service today. Singapore Airlines do it with an A340-500 configured entirely in Business class. I believe the flight is 16 to 17 hrs long

[Chuck Stone]

Wiki confirms.

Singapore Airlines Flight 21 is the longest regular scheduled non-stop flight in the world. It flies from Newark Liberty International Airport to Singapore Changi Airport, covering about 10,000 miles (16,000 km) miles still air distance in about 18.5 hours flight time.[1] It is operated by an Airbus A340-500. Its return flight is Flight 22 from Singapore to Newark, which is the second-longest flight in the world, being scheduled to be fifteen minutes shorter due to prevailing high-altitude winds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapo...ines_Flight_21

[Chuck Stone]

Were international flights allowed to cross the soviet states back in the day?

[Our man in Havana]

The Soviets shot down a Korean flight that strayed into their airspace. So I would be thinking they did not allow foreign flights overfly their area.

[cyrusdvirus]

Originally Posted by Our man in Havana

The Soviets shot down a Korean flight that strayed into their airspace. So I would be thinking they did not allow foreign flights overfly their area.

The KAL 007 shootdown was over a military restricted area. AND there was an RC-135 snooping around the area around the same time.

Pan Am had a regularly scheduled flight to Moscow before their demise

[IrishLad123]

Hi, I've read through this thread and I still have a few questions.

1. Do you ever bring your families up to the cockpit in flight? And is it different flying when you have your family on board?

2. When you became a pilot how long did it take you to pay off your loan for the training.. a commercial pilot.

3. How long do you have to in work before the flight takes off to do checks, and same with when the passengers leave the plane and you have no more flights for the night?

I had more but I can't think of them right now. Thank you.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by IrishLad123

Hi, I've read through this thread and I still have a few questions.

1. Do you ever bring your families up to the cockpit in flight? And is it different flying when you have your family on board?

2. When you became a pilot how long did it take you to pay off your loan for the training.. a commercial pilot.

3. How long do you have to in work before the flight takes off to do checks, and same with when the passengers leave the plane and you have no more flights for the night?

I had more but I can't think of them right now. Thank you.

1. Most airlines forbid visits. 2. No
2. If you take a 100k loan when banks used to lend......it could take ten years which gives you space to live.
3. Long Haul check in 1hr 15 before and European 50mins? Most folk sneak in a bit earlier. Post flight once folk are off, tech log, paper work, electronic flight book filled in.....it's a quick process disembarking especially for the capt as the f/o generally tidies up the end bits. Tech snags will take time liaising with engineers.