E190 Ride...GREAT plane, HORRIBLE config
Mar 29, 2007, 4:12 am
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Mar 29, 2007, 4:26 am
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I thought US stopped serving meals on all flights??? That has been my experience
As for the mechanical delay we had....the f/a said it was that the pilots had issues with a "completed computer shutdown". Now, this is not the first flight of this plane...and it certainly isnt as old as the cr@ppy 737's us has...so what gives?
Jim--they said something about the computers being way to sensitive to the plane in front of you and the thrust from it??? Any possible info???
Mar 29, 2007, 5:35 am
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For the first part- they should have done Buy on Board. It is not good that they have not. They promise it via the website, and also when you book a reservation, then they were obligated to sell food.
As for the second part- there are many reasons that this plane, although it could have spent the night in PHL, for a delay. Most common which come to mind. Delay due to customer service and/or boarding, delay in crews, delay due to weather, delay due to mechanical(even though nothing was announced which seems to become more and more typical with the airlines-i.e. the lack of vital communication).
...- I know exactly how you feel- you are saying What's That For
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As for the second part- there are many reasons that this plane, although it could have spent the night in PHL, for a delay. Most common which come to mind. Delay due to customer service and/or boarding, delay in crews, delay due to weather, delay due to mechanical(even though nothing was announced which seems to become more and more typical with the airlines-i.e. the lack of vital communication).
...- I know exactly how you feel- you are saying What's That For
@:-)
Mar 29, 2007, 5:36 am
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Mar 29, 2007, 5:58 am
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(Edited to add: I did see the snack basket making its way around thru F. They don't close the curtain on this plane? There definitely was a curtain.)
As for the second part- there are many reasons that this plane, although it could have spent the night in PHL, for a delay. Most common which come to mind. Delay due to customer service and/or boarding, delay in crews, delay due to weather, delay due to mechanical(even though nothing was announced which seems to become more and more typical with the airlines-i.e. the lack of vital communication).
Mar 29, 2007, 6:54 am
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Mar 29, 2007, 7:21 am
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I've been in a cockpit 3 short times in my life. Once on a a 767-300 on LOT when I was like 6.
2nd, on a 321 once after we landed and everyone deplaned.
3rd, on a 320 on HP.
Is it QWERTY style keyboard? If so, I've never seen one.
You're BoeingBoy, so you know so much more about Boeing's then I know words in Polish, so you got me really interested on this.
2nd, on a 321 once after we landed and everyone deplaned.
3rd, on a 320 on HP.
Is it QWERTY style keyboard? If so, I've never seen one.
You're BoeingBoy, so you know so much more about Boeing's then I know words in Polish, so you got me really interested on this.
Mar 29, 2007, 7:37 am
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The angle-of-attack sensor can give rapidly changing readings because of the "jet blast" from other planes. That apparently drives the computers crazy.
Yup - Ctrl Alt Delete. Reboot the computers to clear the glitches. Apparently the 170's, and I assume the 190's, don't like to be without electricity. So if all power is disconnected overnight, the computers will sometimes not boot up properly in the morning. The only cure is supposedly to just power everything down and reboot the plane from scratch.
Jim
Mar 29, 2007, 7:37 am
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I've been in a cockpit 3 short times in my life. Once on a a 767-300 on LOT when I was like 6.
2nd, on a 321 once after we landed and everyone deplaned.
3rd, on a 320 on HP.
Is it QWERTY style keyboard? If so, I've never seen one.
You're BoeingBoy, so you know so much more about Boeing's then I know words in Polish, so you got me really interested on this.
2nd, on a 321 once after we landed and everyone deplaned.
3rd, on a 320 on HP.
Is it QWERTY style keyboard? If so, I've never seen one.
You're BoeingBoy, so you know so much more about Boeing's then I know words in Polish, so you got me really interested on this.
Mar 29, 2007, 7:51 am
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No - the Ctrl-Alt-Del was somewhat in jest since there's not a "traditional" computer keyboard with those keys. The FMS has a "keyboard" of sorts, although it's really a keypad and completely different from you computer keyboard. You reboot by removing electrical power from the computers - sorta like if you computer had no on/off switch so all you could do is unplug/replug the power cord.
Jim
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Mar 29, 2007, 8:07 am
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Mar 30, 2007, 10:37 am
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I've been in a cockpit 3 short times in my life. Once on a a 767-300 on LOT when I was like 6.
2nd, on a 321 once after we landed and everyone deplaned.
3rd, on a 320 on HP.
Is it QWERTY style keyboard? If so, I've never seen one.
You're BoeingBoy, so you know so much more about Boeing's then I know words in Polish, so you got me really interested on this.
2nd, on a 321 once after we landed and everyone deplaned.
3rd, on a 320 on HP.
Is it QWERTY style keyboard? If so, I've never seen one.
You're BoeingBoy, so you know so much more about Boeing's then I know words in Polish, so you got me really interested on this.
Mar 30, 2007, 6:35 pm
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Actually, it is a little known fact on the Airbus series of aircraft that pressing down and holding the lowest outermost two buttons on the FMC while simultaneously moving the flaps to the takeoff position will cause the plane to completely shut down and simultaneously reboot (even if in midair). You have the rest of your life to get the engines restarted and the plane back under control. Now on the Boeings, there is an entirely different sequence of controls.
