Been a bit quiet on here, but Iโm incredibly pleased and honoured to announce Iโve started a new job as a First Officer at @British_Airways flying the A320 family out of @HeathrowAirport. Hope to see some of you onboard soon! #newjob#pilotlife
@alexisk79@TheRobotug That was meant to be me driving! Unfortunately too delayed off my previous and lost the 1406. Hope you had a good flight up. ๐
Well thatโs a wrap on 2024:
โ๏ธ 210 flights at 2 airlines
๐ 240,000 miles (almost 10x around the planet)
โฐ 647 hours
๐ 55 airports
๐บ๏ธ 33 countries
๐ฅ 40,144 passengers
Happy New Year everyone! Hereโs to many more safe landings next year. โ๏ธ๐ซก
@Subflyer@houchum@MCCCANM Not qualified enough to answer that. Was just answering the second part of the question on the reply above. Fully agreed the 320 ones do work quite well!
@houchum@Subflyer@MCCCANM Without getting too in depth the 320 nuance is due to the max deflection being 25ยฐ on the 319/321 and 40ยฐ on the A320, so half speed brake on the 320 is the same as full on the 319/321 (this is the limit of AP). Only the 320 has the extra which requires AP off.
Been a bit quiet on here, but Iโm incredibly pleased and honoured to announce Iโve started a new job as a First Officer at @British_Airways flying the A320 family out of @HeathrowAirport. Hope to see some of you onboard soon! #newjob#pilotlife
If anyone is around at Luton next weekend spotting could they let me know? W9 5352 PMI-LTN is going to be a special one for me. Sunday 22nd Sep landing approx 6pm at LTN. Somewhat subject to change of course, but if anyone is there spotting/working let me know. ๐ซก๐
Shocked and upset to hear of the Ryanair crew who tragically lost their lives yesterday so close to here. Rival airlines but aviation is a close family. My thoughts and condolences with all affected. Rest in peace.
The Northern Lights were a very pleasant surprise over the Alps and southern Germany tonight! Some spectacular views on our way back from Dalaman. #NorthernLights#aurora
Some very strong winds last night meant a very quick trip down to Portugal from Luton, but sadly the same canโt be said for the way back! I think 591 knots is a new record for me in the A320! โ๏ธ๐จ๐จ
My 2023 flying is complete after getting back from SSH last night! โ๏ธโ
Few stats for the year and my 1st flying the Airbus:
- 674 hours across 245 flights
- 54 airports in 24 countries
- 262,053 miles flown
- 39,780 passengers
- 100 landings at LTN
Hereโs to many more in 2024!
@e_2301_ Start off with a trial lesson at a local flight school and make sure itโs definitely what you want to do! That would be the first step Iโd suggest.
Nice bit of Christmas flying today. Wasnโt lucky enough to have it off! Pristina and back for me on the 25th taking G-WUKR for the honours. Made it almost 30 mins early on both sectors! ๐ Merry Christmas all ๐๐ #avgeek#pilotlife
Letting someone else do the driving today. My first time on @VirginAtlantic in a while for the hop across the pond this afternoon on a very new A350. Back on BA so shall see how they compare! #avgeek
Some different flying today. Swapping the right seat for the left while getting recurrent back in the SET doing a handful of approaches and landings. Quick trip up to Hawarden, quite apt for the day job with it being owned by Airbus. No Belugas there today though! #pilotlife