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Ryanair New Delivery

  • 06-04-2012 11:18AM
    #1
    airman737
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭


    Tracking on FR24 now, on his/her decent into EIDW
    And it's a Male Irish Pilot driving her! Well for some:-)


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  • #2
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    airman737 wrote: »
    Tracking on FR24 now, on his/her decent into EIDW
    And it's a Male Irish Pilot driving her! Well for some:-)

    Always nice to see new ones!

    I see as well that it was up about 41,000 ft coming in which is higher than I've ever seen a 737 go on a commercial flight. You barely see A380's at that altitude even..


  • #3
    EchoIndia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,467 ✭✭✭EchoIndia


    airman737 wrote: »
    And it's a Male Irish Pilot driving her! Well for some:-)
    Ryanair's aircraft are always delivered by their own crews.


  • #4
    xflyer
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    It'll be turned around and straight into service this afternoon. Soon passengers will be savouring the new aircraft smell.


  • #5
    View Profile
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    Funny you mention that.
    Was flying EI-EVL today, another recent arrival from Seattle. The entire aircraft inside and out was spotless (especially the flightdeck) which is a nice change.

    Anyway had a look in the tech log to see the info on the delivery flight. It left Seattle about 7pm local time and arrived into Dublin about 9 hours later at midday. Callsign "Ryanair 800L". It burnt nearly 18 tonnes of fuel on the trip!
    Other than installing a temporary HF radio the thing is good for an Atlantic crossing, although via Greenland.

    Would be nice to do one of the delivery flights. I hear Boeing make up a nice food hamper for the pilots. :D


  • #6
    N7777G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭N7777G


    xflyer wrote: »
    It'll be turned around and straight into service this afternoon. Soon passengers will be savouring the new aircraft smell.

    I very much doubt that it will enter service today.

    To my knowledge all 300+ newly delivered Ryanair 737s have spent several hours in the hangar after their ferry flight across the pond.
    They usually (but not always) enter service the following day.


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  • #7
    kub
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    I thought I read somewhere here before that when the Ryanair newbies arrive into Dub from Boeing that the seats have to be fitted within them.


  • #8
    A320
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    View Profile wrote: »
    Would be nice to do one of the delivery flights. I hear Boeing make up a nice food hamper for the pilots. :D

    Correct,Iv'e seen them being thrown out after arrival,it also includes a few bottles of champagne!!!!


  • #9
    APM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭APM


    kub wrote: »
    I thought I read somewhere here before that when the Ryanair newbies arrive into Dub from Boeing that the seats have to be fitted within them.

    Seats are pre-fitted, as is everything except the ovens. So whatever food hamper Boeing provide it can't be heated up. The crews are given big flasks of hot drinks though in Seattle


  • #10
    Technoprisoner
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    not a great photo but you get the idea


  • #11
    Suits
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    Is it true that they sometimes but newbie FOs into the right seat for these these trips to build up their hours on type?


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  • #12
    tippilot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭tippilot


    Suits wrote: »
    Is it true that they sometimes but newbie FOs into the right seat for these these trips to build up their hours on type?

    No.


  • #13
    Suits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭Suits


    tippilot wrote: »
    No.

    Really? Well I heard tell of new FOs being sent out to collect deliveries along with the "normal crew" so they could sit in and get experience in flight with a "safety pilot"(the actual full bird FO) keeping an eye.


  • #14
    View Profile
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    Sounds unlikely. I havnt heard that before and as Ryanair (for once) would be paying the bill for the BA flights to Seattle as well as a hotel I don't imagine an inexeperienced trainee FO with safety pilot would be included.


  • #15
    tippilot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭tippilot


    Suits wrote: »
    tippilot wrote: »
    No.

    Really? Well I heard tell of new FOs being sent out to collect deliveries along with the "normal crew" so they could sit in and get experience in flight with a "safety pilot"(the actual full bird FO) keeping an eye.

    You heard wrong I'm afraid.


  • #16
    Cessna_Pilot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭Cessna_Pilot


    Suits wrote: »
    Really? Well I heard tell of new FOs being sent out to collect deliveries along with the "normal crew" so they could sit in and get experience in flight with a "safety pilot"(the actual full bird FO) keeping an eye.

    Nope not a chance.


  • #17
    McNulty737
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭McNulty737


    In fact its always 2 captains now for the delivery flights.


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