Comments by "ricardo kowalski" (@ricardokowalski1579) on "Mentour Pilot" channel.

  1. They may crash into your room, but they will still lose your luggage 😁
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  2. Is there any information on the age/seniority/background of the EasyJet pilot that radioed the go around? This goes beyond cockpit resource management. As the other incident demonstrated, most pilots will use the radio and add to the confusion, but they will not be clear, confident and useful. The uniqueness of this radio call must be traced back to some uniqueness in the pilot. This factor should be identified and encouraged in the future.
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  3. Great visuals. Solid content. 16:38 the 777 captain rejects the takeoff This was the last hole in the cheese. The 777 crew broke the causality chain. It is unfair to judge the 777 decision from the comfort of a chair on monday. What would it take to have a red light similar to the train track segments? It should be visible to the airplane lined up at take off threshold. The red light stays on until ADSB reports positive climb rate. Stop using speed as a criteria.
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  4. 23:40 Including the thrust reverser contribution in the landing distance calculation? How did that get past certification? The landing distance is to be calculated with the engines inoperative Sec. 23.75 — Landing distance. (g) If any device is used that depends on the operation of any engine , and the landing distance would be increased when a landing is made with that engine inoperative, the landing distance must be determined with that engine inoperative unless the use of other compensating means will result in a landing distance not more than that with each engine operating.
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  5.  @cjmillsnun  why would this be absent? Peculiar! This is one of the most common and relevant factors reviewed in any accident. Thanks for the information.
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  6. should tail strike detection interlock and disable cabin pressurization? That would force a "land ASAP"
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  7.  @asamyers4572  Lauda Air Flight 004. It happens.
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  8. so many layers of cheese🧀, so many holes lined up.
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  9. Min 11:05 Captain: My controls CoPIlot Speed brakes go brrrrrrr
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  10. 23:58 the four white lights should have prompted a go around. They already had a bad feeling about being to high, this confirmed it.
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  11. It is unfair for me sitting on a couch to question the choice between takeoff/reject. We can all calmly agree that REJECT was the better decision. But the issue here is that the captain made the choice without hesistation and with no time to spare. A choice made at the right time has a better chance of success than a late decision. The only solution I can see is that running takeoffs are to be allowed only from the runway ends, thus eliminating the risk of taking off in the wrong direction. At worst you will end with low speed runway excursion. Good case study. This is why there are "wrong way, do not enter" signs on some roads
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  12. Hope you can make Santa Barbara 518. Similar PIC hubris
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  13. silly hairless apes install a control switch backwards and expect it to work normally
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  14. min 8:00 The "extra" 40k-lbs of fuel would have impacted the crew risk asessment. It would make a gear up landing more dangerous, while giving a false sense of security that "we have enough fuel, we have time". /// There should be no change in A/P modes without human confirmation via a dead man switch (buzzer until you press and hold for 3 seconds) in the yoke/wheel.
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  15. a jet airliner, improperly configured, can bleed speed much faster than it can lower weight by burning fuel
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  16. Le Me: Put my hand out the car window.. wheeeee!!!!🥳..... DHL 757: Hold my beer.
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  17. 54:40 I had always believed that the (nominal) weight/pitch/altitude/thrusts settings for "leveled flight" of every aircraft were memory items. This accident has a doppelganger, WestCaribeean 708. Ice in the engine pressure ports caused unreliable thrust EPR readings.
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  18. Charter cargo flight with light load (vaccines) helped. Banking hard at high gross weight may have risked a stall.
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  19. 26:25 let's do that again 🤦‍♂️ This is good content. 👍
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  20. 20:20 "...the auto throttle was inhibited..." I find this detail relevant and imprecise 29:00 "... the TOGA switches inhibited..." is more accurate The AUTOthrottle was never inhibited. TRUE autothrottle off would force the pilots to monitor N1, EGT, EPR, OAT and fuel flow.
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  21. Min 26:16 "did not know existed"... cut to, many years later, MCAS.
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  22. 22:50 When in doubt, go around Stick shaker + actively reducing the speed + not on ILS = Non stable approach. TOGA power, gear up, fly missed approach, take stock of what happened. Even if you get fired or chewed, it's better than dead. Un-commanded and un-announced flaps up did not help.
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  23. How many holes you want in your safety culture? Yes.... They had the quick data recorder, they gathered the data... did not evaluate it They had the defect reports along many many years...meh 🤷 Significant event that endangers flight safety goes unreported? Check✅ Pilot's association quiet as a mouse? Don't rock the boat, just collect union fees Regulator renews airworthiness certificates without raising concerns for repeated defects? Check✅ If you can't diagnose it... you can't fly it.
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  24. Everything stacked against this crew. The landing gear failure to retract took away their last chance.
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  25. @Alfred Weber Yes it is clearly the wrong decision. Now we have to understand what data and situation made him take that decision. My point is that he did not hesistate, and most people would.
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  26. @Alfred Weber the rot is deep, especially since this is an instructor pilot.
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  27. 7:00 "that was the right thing to do". Well said. All pilots and flying public should learn to appreciate and support a go around decision.
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  28. Your survival instinct should kick in when you hear "sink rate" and "pull up".
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  29. 22:35 The investigation makes no mention of the runway lights? Were they confirmed ON and maximum brightness? As for confusing the runway for the snow covered space between the runway and taxiway.... we have technology to make the runway concrete of a color other than black. For airports that have winter season, maybe a red or orange surface would be desired. 26:25 five feet of snow The accumulated snow served to slow down the aircraft, an unexpected positive Solid content
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