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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner  Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 13:20 |
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Username Protected wrote: I’d love to hear the HUD policy of other airlines
Our certificate requires: Both pilots will use the HUD (if operative) during all approaches when the visibility is less than 4000 RVR (1200m) or 3/4 mile visibility. The HUD is recommended for all landings. Also required for takeoff with RVR below 500. With two years left to go, I wanted exposure to the advanced systems on the 787 versus 777.
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 13:36 |
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Username Protected wrote: I’d love to hear the HUD policy of other airlines
Our certificate requires: Both pilots will use the HUD (if operative) during all approaches when the visibility is less than 4000 RVR (1200m) or 3/4 mile visibility. The HUD is recommended for all landings. Also required for takeoff with RVR below 500. With two years left to go, I wanted exposure to the advanced systems on the 787 versus 777.
Thanks for the reply. It is a lot more common sense than ours and here’s hoping we morph into something similar.
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 14:05 |
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Username Protected wrote: Is the 78 a common type with the 77 (ala 75/76) or are you just dual qualified and switch between fleets?
George We call it mixed variant flying. We do have some recency requirements but they do treat it as same type. As a matter of fact it is possible to operate both in the same day however I have not seen that. Different authorities have differing views as to the difference between 777 and the 787.
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 15:40 |
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Username Protected wrote: The max 6,000 ft cruise altitude and humidifier are what broke the tie between the 787 and 777 for me...  6000? Concord was 60,000. What does 6000 mean? I thought 787 was 43,100. You jest and I'm too dumb to get it??? 
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 15:42 |
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Username Protected wrote: Cabin altitude. Yep... I was too dumb to get it!
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 15:54 |
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The best seats on the 78 aren't in the cockpit or the cabin, and actually aren't really seats at all.
It's the pod.
I was doing a EWR-SFO commute and the jet happened to be the 787. I had a seat in the back, but wanted to check out the cockpit. Went to introduce myself to the captain, and after talking to him for a bit, he asked if I wanted to ride in the pod. The pod? What's that?
Well, over the forward section of first class is the crew rest area/bunk. There is one normal seat and two sleeping berths. I rode in the cockpit for the takeoff and initial climb (I was amazed by both the vertical rate of climb and the forward airspeed in the climb), then went back to the bunk for the cruise portion of the flight. Slept like a baby. Prior to top of descent, the captain phoned back to the pod to wake me so I could come back up front for the landing.
I had two more commutes that month and I made sure to do them on the 787. It's the only way to ride!
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 16:04 |
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Username Protected wrote: The best seats on the 78 aren't in the cockpit or the cabin, and actually aren't really seats at all.
It's the pod.
I was doing a EWR-SFO commute and the jet happened to be the 787. I had a seat in the back, but wanted to check out the cockpit. Went to introduce myself to the captain, and after talking to him for a bit, he asked if I wanted to ride in the pod. The pod? What's that?
Well, over the forward section of first class is the crew rest area/bunk. There is one normal seat and two sleeping berths. I rode in the cockpit for the takeoff and initial climb (I was amazed by both the vertical rate of climb and the forward airspeed in the climb), then went back to the bunk for the cruise portion of the flight. Slept like a baby. Prior to top of descent, the captain phoned back to the pod to wake me so I could come back up front for the landing.
I had two more commutes that month and I made sure to do them on the 787. It's the only way to ride! I intend to get very familiar with it, though reputed to be better in the 777.
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 16:25 |
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Username Protected wrote: The best seats on the 78 aren't in the cockpit or the cabin, and actually aren't really seats at all.
It's the pod.
Sounds like Aeroloft on some of the 747-8 projects I worked on.
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 18:22 |
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Username Protected wrote: The max 6,000 ft cruise altitude and humidifier are what broke the tie between the 787 and 777 for me... 6000? Concord was 60,000. What does 6000 mean? I thought 787 was 43,100. You jest and I'm too dumb to get it???
Sorry, edited for clarity..
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Dreamliner Posted: 15 Sep 2020, 03:45 |
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something else I noticed today and had forgotten about with the HUD. When you first start using it in flight in IMC its REALLY weird having rain hitting and, cloud rushing through, your instrument scan 
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