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#751
#751
Smokey X said:
That is good stuff. But Is that a normal wind speed at whatever altitude you are at? Sorry for dumb questions.
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No that is pretty unusual. Right in the heart of the jet stream pretty much. It isn't unusual to see around 100 knots though. It's not a dumb question
 
#754
#754
SpaceCoastVol said:
Yep. 300 knots ground speed. It was a three hour difference in the flight times. 10.5 vs almost 14 hours
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Almost every day I work ANZ2. I think it’s typically around a 16 hour flight. I wonder if they are even able to go JFK-AUK when the Jet Stream is abnormally strong. I guess they probably plan a different route to try to avoid the worst of it.
 
#755
#755
Tri-CitiesVol said:
Almost every day I work ANZ2. I think it’s typically around a 16 hour flight. I wonder if they are even able to go JFK-AUK when the Jet Stream is abnormally strong. I guess they probably plan a different route to try to avoid the worst of it.
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Of that there is no doubt. They might even go east of the North Pole. I'll see if I can find out.

Edit: Nah. They go south. They go over Los Angeles and then down. I don't know what I was thinking about. 15 hours and 55 minutes. A little longer than our ATL-ICN flight.
 
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#758
#758
ATC_VOL said:
I think it was probably the safe smart move for now.
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For sure, but after polling the people and overwhelmingly hearing from them that they don’t want to extend, it seemed like NATCA being NATCA again.

At least you guys are getting a nice bump in the OJTI pays.
 
#759
#759
Tri-CitiesVol said:
For sure, but after polling the people and overwhelmingly hearing from them that they don’t want to extend, it seemed like NATCA being NATCA again.

At least you guys are getting a nice bump in the OJTI pays.
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Extra 5%. Every little helps I guess.
 
#765
#765
Tri-CitiesVol said:
Did you go while up for the game? I thought about making a trip over myself.
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We did, just added about half an hour total to the drive. Something fun to do with my boys to get the taste of the game out of our mouths, and show them some of the planes their grandfather flew. Definitely worth a trip.
 
#766
#766
I’ve flown a ton this year probably 30-40 times. Anyways, I had my first flight that was basically completely fog covered until hitting the ground for landing. Pilot landed perfectly though, how do they land in fog?
 
#767
#767
Berry4Heisman14 said:
I’ve flown a ton this year probably 30-40 times. Anyways, I had my first flight that was basically completely fog covered until hitting the ground for landing. Pilot landed perfectly though, how do they land in fog?
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The airline pilot(s) will have a better answer. But there’s a category of Instrument Landing System, a type of precision approach, that takes you to 50 ft or less above the ground. Some airplanes are capable of auto land. There’s criteria that have to be met on the controller side, but I’m not familiar.
 
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#768
#768
Berry4Heisman14 said:
I’ve flown a ton this year probably 30-40 times. Anyways, I had my first flight that was basically completely fog covered until hitting the ground for landing. Pilot landed perfectly though, how do they land in fog?
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It's called Category 3 ILS. All done on the autopilot. You don't have to see a damned thing. I've done it for real the times in my career. It's really fun. I love flying in bad weather.
 
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