The great big "ask an airline pilot" thread!

owenc · 11-10-2014 09:06PM

Its beside the 200.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/EasyJet-Airline/Airbus-A320-214/2517794/L/&sid=b726e3bebc547c920ab65556793070c1

Also on the a320 I noticed like switches below the door?
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Virgin-America/Airbus-A320-214/2517871/L/&sid=2398fb87f6887f9bc9f931432f15db9f

At the aft door. What is that??

smurfjed · 11-10-2014 09:33PM

smurfjed · 11-10-2014 10:01PM

OwenC, have you ever seen the website www.smartcockpit.com

You might find it interesting as you will be able to research these questions for yourself.

owenc · 11-10-2014 10:23PM

Ok thank you

owenc · 12-10-2014 04:52AM

How do transatlantic flight attendants do jetlag?

Do they do a middle timezone? They can't goto sleep in their time or uk time.

Growler!!! · 12-10-2014 08:41AM

owenc wrote: »

How do transatlantic flight attendants do jetlag?

Do they do a middle timezone? They can't goto sleep in their time or uk time.

Easiest way to get over it on a short trip is to try to remain on "home" time as much as possible. Your watch says its early but your body is telling you to sleep. Close the hotel blackout blinds and off for zzzzzz's.

Longer trips its best to get used to "local" time as quickly as you can.

PapaQuebec · 12-10-2014 08:52AM

smurfjed wrote: »

OwenC, have you ever seen the website www.smartcockit.com

You might find it interesting as you will be able to research these questions for yourself.

www.smartcockpit.com

smurfjed · 12-10-2014 08:56AM

try to remain on "home" time as much as possible

Walking the streets of New York at 4am is always fun, its one of the benefits of jet lag, watching an awesome city wake up

For me, going eastbound always messes me up more than westbound.

roundymac · 12-10-2014 09:07AM

owenc wrote: »

How do transatlantic flight attendants do jetlag?

Do they do a middle timezone? They can't goto sleep in their time or uk time.

Thank God we use Irish time and not UK time.

owenc · 12-10-2014 09:17AM

PapaQuebec wrote: »

www.smartcockpit.com

A no. Don't be rude. :mad::mad:

This forum is for people to learn. Sometimes people make it seem like we are being a pain by asking questions.
If you don't want to see my posts then maybe you should put me on ignore or leave.

owenc · 12-10-2014 09:18AM

Growler!!! wrote: »

Easiest way to get over it on a short trip is to try to remain on "home" time as much as possible. Your watch says its early but your body is telling you to sleep. Close the hotel blackout blinds and off for zzzzzz's.

Longer trips its best to get used to "local" time as quickly as you can.

Its just every time I come home from America they are walking up and down the isle the whole time and then when you are getting off the plane they don't even look tired.

Its like they must sleep in the day or something.

owenc · 12-10-2014 09:19AM

smurfjed wrote: »

Walking the streets of New York at 4am is always fun, its one of the benefits of jet lag, watching an awesome city wake up
For me, going eastbound always messes me up more than westbound.

Oh it kills me I can never sleep on the plane. I am going again this summer and I am already regretting the flight back.

ProfessorPlum · 12-10-2014 09:33AM

Growler!!! wrote: »

Easiest way to get over it on a short trip is to try to remain on "home" time as much as possible. Your watch says its early but your body is telling you to sleep. Close the hotel blackout blinds and off for zzzzzz's.

Longer trips its best to get used to "local" time as quickly as you can.

That would be the ideal solution alright, but not usually possible unfortunately. Take for example westbound flights out of Europe. Most are daytime UTC flights. The return eastbound flight is usually throught the (UTC) night.
There's no easy solution, everyone has their own way to try and cope with it.

PapaQuebec · 12-10-2014 02:36PM

owenc wrote: »

A no. Don't be rude. :mad::mad:

This forum is for people to learn. Sometimes people make it seem like we are being a pain by asking questions.
If you don't want to see my posts then maybe you should put me on ignore or leave.

My post wasn't in reply to you, nor was it aimed at you.

The post was simply to correct the miss-spelled link in Smurfjed's earlier post - nothing more, and you suggest I leave the thread?

I think you are suffering from thin-skin syndrome!

smurfjed · 12-10-2014 04:10PM

Thanks for the correction PapaQuebec, looking back to the misspelt link that I posted, I dread to think where it would have lead people

PapaQuebec · 12-10-2014 04:11PM

smurfjed wrote: »

Thanks for the correction PapaQuebec, looking back to the misspelt link that I posted, I dread to think where it would have lead people

:):):):)

Whispered · 18-10-2014 08:27AM

Got some good advice here before leaving for Spain last Sunday and I got through the flight much better than expected! Take off and landing was tough but otherwise I am happy with how it went.

However we are flying home tomorrow. I'm reading reports of tornadoes. Eeeek!!

18-10-2014 09:26AM

Whispered wrote: »

Got some good advice here before leaving for Spain last Sunday and I got through the flight much better than expected! Take off and landing was tough but otherwise I am happy with how it went.

However we are flying home tomorrow. I'm reading reports of tornadoes. Eeeek!!

Clear blue skies here in Dublin, a little breezy but nothing to worry about.

roundymac · 18-10-2014 09:35AM

Whispered wrote: »

Got some good advice here before leaving for Spain last Sunday and I got through the flight much better than expected! Take off and landing was tough but otherwise I am happy with how it went.

However we are flying home tomorrow. I'm reading reports of tornadoes. Eeeek!!

That's in America and Bermuda, the remains of it will not hit here until Tuesday.

Cessna_Pilot · 18-10-2014 03:05PM

TAF: EIDW 181100Z 1812/1912 19020G32KT 9999 SCT018 TEMPO 1812/1816 20024G37KT 5000 SHRA SCT018CB TEMPO 1816/1819 SCT018CB BECMG 1901/1904 22022G33KT TEMPO 1904/1912 5000 SHRA SCT018CB TEMPO 1908/1911 23025G38KT

Be a bit breezy tomorrow alright!

Tenger · 18-10-2014 04:32PM

owenc wrote: »

Its just every time I come home from America they are walking up and down the isle the whole time and then when you are getting off the plane they don't even look tired.

Its like they must sleep in the day or something.

Well they do sleep in the day. Same as any shift worker after a night shift. You can be sure that when you land into BFS the crew will be in bed an asleep 90-120 minutes after they say "goodbye" to you.

Cessna_Pilot wrote: »

.....
Be a bit breezy tomorrow alright!

That'l be the remnants of the storm from Bermuda heading our way

owenc · 21-10-2014 10:51PM

It wasn't bad.

Anyway I was up last night and I heard this loud vibrating noise. It was similar to the landing gear except it wasn't and it wasn't the flaps.. It made the plane vibrate for ages.

This was an easyjet a319?? What could it have been?

Jimmy444 · 21-10-2014 10:59PM

owenc wrote: »

It wasn't bad.

Anyway I was up last night and I heard this loud vibrating noise. It was similar to the landing gear except it wasn't and it wasn't the flaps.. It made the plane vibrate for ages.

This was an easyjet a319?? What could it have been?

Spoilers?

owenc · 21-10-2014 11:02PM

This noise was midflight

billie1b · 22-10-2014 12:02AM

I think you can use spoilers during flight in turbulent weather to help reduce the roll effect of the aircraft.

Locker10a · 22-10-2014 12:39AM

owenc wrote: »

It wasn't bad.

Anyway I was up last night and I heard this loud vibrating noise. It was similar to the landing gear except it wasn't and it wasn't the flaps.. It made the plane vibrate for ages.

This was an easyjet a319?? What could it have been?

Speed brakes it sounds like the gear

owenc · 22-10-2014 07:31AM

Ok maybe it was the spoilers then.

smurfjed · 22-10-2014 08:36AM

IF you ever wonder why you are told to keep you seatbelt fastened at all times.... Have a look at this...

http://avherald.com/h?article=47c01b85&opt=1280

Darwin · 22-10-2014 01:11PM

smurfjed wrote: »

IF you ever wonder why you are told to keep you seatbelt fastened at all times.... Have a look at this...

http://avherald.com/h?article=47c01b85&opt=1280

Or this one:
http://avherald.com/h?article=462eaf1c

Same airline, same type too!

smurfjed · 22-10-2014 02:09PM

Thats it, I'm staying away from the A380 !

The great big "ask an airline pilot" thread!

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