AIR releasing high tech products..but AIR has it's work cut out to beat this high tech video of an aircraft landing :)
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AIR releasing high tech products..but AIR has it's work cut out to beat this high tech video of an aircraft landing :)
I know this isn't the Jetstar thread - but you flyboys might find this interesting.
http://www.theage.com.au/business/av...03-glf6rq.html
Think they need to start weighing the passengers not just the baggage:)
No, the flight floor is not a big scale.
The last thing before the doors are closed is the load master handing the flight crew numbers of passengers known to have boarded and the weight of baggage (weighed in the baggage handling part of the airport) and cargo and fuel. Seats are assigned to balance the aircraft, which is why occasionally passngers in smaller aircraft may be asked to change seats. If a checked in passenger does not board then their luggage is off-loaded and the weights re-calculated. The pilot should double-check all these weights from what has been previously advised pre-flight and if there is a discrepancy then everything is checked again.
**** does happen in this industry -- even with Dreamliners
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel...-faulty-brakes
Guess ,like a car,it can be good to wait till the get the bugs out--meanwhile ''I hate it when those body panels fall off when landing'' (hopefully they are talking about an inside body panel)