Comments by "Derek Taylor" (@derektaylor2941) on "Mentour Pilot" channel.

LUCKY? Lucky is when you hear "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to your destination. The time is X, the temperature is Y and please remain seated until the aircraft arrives at the terminal.
47
A company in that position would do well to be fully rid of someone like you. I've worked for a good company that got into trouble. We all- or nearly all of us, we had a couple like you- pulled together, waited for our wages and helped the company around. When it achieved stability, we received a big bonus on top for our loyalty and became ideal candidates for promotion. Understood that some people cannot wait and will have to leave, but to make a blanket generalisation as you have done is not good.
10
People often forget about the non-aircraft traffic moving around the airfield. I was pased to drive buses airside, though at a small airfield (UK) before the low cost aviation boom. You need eyes in all directions and ears on all frequencies. For part of our airfield, navigation around the apron was (for ground vehicles) entirely visual and only requiring ground contact for crossing taxiways. It's a very strange experience driving over a taxiway in a 30ft bus when you're surrounded by aircraft.
9
@msromike123 mrsmike makes one mistake. Just one mistake and I'll sack them, says any boss reading this.
5
@erniecolussy1705 do you remember the story of the Korean cargo 747 that crashed out of Stansted, UK, some years back? He made not too dis-similar errors and was too proud to admit them. He was one of Korea's most highly decorated (former air force) pilots. 'Low functioning' is perhaps a pejorative term that should be disapplied and instead more objective language used.
4
@cherriberri8373 'wage theft'? Feck off.
4
I used to travel regularly on Hoverspeed in the late 90s/ early 2000s (mostly on Superseacat III, sometimes on the Danmark or Great Britain when they were on relief duties). I was so regular on it that one time I was invited to take part in a crew emergency training session whilst alongside in Calais. I played the part of the intoxicated non English/French speaker. I have to say that the way the crew performed was very reassuring and had it been a real emergency I'm sure we'd have been in the best possible hands. I miss Hoverspeed. Every Tuesday or Thursday I had to drive a relief National Express coach from London to Pencester Street, Dover and that was it... so head over to Western docks, catch the SSC3... off for beer and lunch in Calais, then back again. A wonderful ship, with wonderful crew. A shame it's all gone now. NB mentioning driving+beer.... It was only a one way trip I drove. I went back as a passenger.
3
Having been in a 'non-normal' landing myself, I would second the praise for cabin crew. Until that time landing in a crippled 747, I used to call them flying waiters- as most people did back then. But when your life depends upon them, you start to develop a hell of a lot of respect once you see what they have to do.
3
@brucewilliamsstudio4932 that amounts to saying "I'll never make a mistake." A very dangerous claim for anyone who claims to be an airline pilot.
3
@MoA-Reload... On SSC3 one time in fog they steered HARD to starboard, presumably seeing something visually or on a display, and it threw some people off balance and knocked drinks off the bar at the stern. How that translated into degrees per second etc, I really don't know, so presumably that is because of what you mention about the steering. I don't think I ever went on SSC3 in bad weather. I did go on SS GB (??) in poor weather and she seemed a good seaboat at speed but alongside on departure and arrival, you could feel the movement with the weather beam on. I really envy you, I really do. I found a love of the sea at too old an age to make it a career. NB after I finished on coaches I spent time managing a travel company and the P&O fleet then became my second home- especially the Bilbao. I know the Hoverspeed crews were great people, at least at Dover, I never tried Liverpool unfortunately. They must have been great fun to work with.
2
@MoA-Reload... that's fascinating to read. My 'best' experience in weather was on Pride of Bilbao... we came up from Spain and encountered the Round the World Tall Ship Race and our Captain- the famous Robert Ross- took us incredibly close to the Russian ship Sedov (by permission of course and the helming from both ships was incredible)... That night we had the worst ever storm I've experienced, even the Billy was struggling to make headway and we nearly had to turn about and help the tall ships, but remarkably they all signalled they were clear. The worst in the English Channel was on the PO Dover. As I said before, I don't think I've ever been on a SSC in bad weather and only once on the cat (I can't remember which one, but the similar design to the Great Britain... Maybe Danmark?) What role did you have on ship, if you don't mind me asking?
2
That could prove counter-productive, given the vast range of accidents that occur. Do you wait for the Captain to order an evacuation? What if he's dead or the PA is broken? Or what if you assume and go ahead only to find out you make matters worse. Do you open that door and jump? Have you checked that engine is shut down...
2
This isn't the only time an aircraft was lost over Saudi Arabia due to fire. In fact I think MP channel made a video about it and, if I recall correctly, that had significant questions about the conduct of the flight crew too. A Boeing 707, if I remember correctly. This story is utterly sickening. A dream job for many to fly an aircraft and yet there are those who get the job- and the top job in the left seat at that- and don't treat the position with the respect it deserves. There is no excuse for being this incompetent at anything.
1
44:15 'aviation is so safe today'? When Mentour Pilot produces a video announcing there are no new incidents to report- then I'll say he's right that it's safe. That this aircraft landed safely in the end is clearly down to luck more than judgement. One thing I am really surprised at is after exceeding the a/c performance levels so extensively that they continued their flight at all.
1
@AvvrYT243 it was a little tongue in cheek. I am 2/3 of the way through qualifying for a private licence and I'm fine when at the controls of a tiny Cessna with its piston driven Lycoming engine- statistically a less safe type of aircraft. But I absolutely hate the idea of being cooped up in an airliner with someone else flying, even though statistically it is viewed as safer.
1
There is one thing MP could do to immediately increase his advertising revenue: Ask people to watch the video right to the end as there's usually two adverts there. Be honest, how many people even knew that and of those who do, how many watch them? I'm sure if he asked, people would oblige.
1
That is sickening. My own flight experience is around 15 hours in a Cessna, and from watching this channel. Yet I predicted everything that was going to be said by MP- and I'm sure many others did. How can an 'experienced' Captain make this many failures? Yes, brain overload etc... but this should have all been second nature. Sickening indeed. But at least flying is the safest form of transport. Apparently.
1
How nice it is to see a video where everyone lives. Just this once, everyone got to live. Alas, it takes someone from outside the World of anti-gravity machines to point out that, yet again, it is computer going into mode b unless it is also in mode c then it will default to mode d but not if it is on a Monday afternoon in which case it will default to mode e... Somehow I doubt the Pilots of a DC3 would have failed to identify the faults...
1
@brucewilliamsstudio4932 the way you come across is "There are some really bad pilots out there and I am so much better than them and would never make such a mistake." I'm not really interested anyway. I am a qualified psychologist and have assessed flightcrew before and this, together with other comments you've made, would be noteworthy to me. But to be hones, I'm not being paid to analyse you so I couldn't give a monkeys.
1
Surely this means the ETOPS rating for this configuration of 777 should be brought into question. No? I suppose not- too much money at stake. They're only passenger and crew lives and not worth damaging airline stocks and shares for.
1
0:20 "Aircraft today are built to aMAAAYZINg safety standards...." He says right before introducing yet another accident. (no offence intended; I've long given up my days of trusting luck over gravity).
1
MP reassures everyone that the aviation sector learns from each and every death to try and reduce how often people die in the future, and I think that deserves respect. But given there are certain similarities here to Tenerife, I wonder whether they do learn. Aircraft still keep crashing every now and then and yes I know, there's more chance being killed walking to the shops than in an aircraft (a statistical abomination that doesn't stand up to any real scrutiny) but equally it is hard to take seriously the claims of safety when this keeps on happening.
1
@senseisecurityschool9337 oh no it's not- not outside the dirty unwashed camps of left wing marxists.
1
@libusebuckova7603 the first reasonably balanced post from the "I know my rights" brigade. Tell me, how do you as an employee who'd show no loyalty to an employer, expect any loyalty back? When my company went into trouble through no fault of ours, most staff stayed with us as they were loyal- and when we sorted ourselves out, they received a bonus and pay rise and some put forward for promotion. Those who walked out on us and then came back afterwards asking for their old jobs back were told to foxtrot oscar.
1
@prismpyre7653 at 40K (above the service ceiling for the Tristar) oxygen levels are so low that you could kill the fire with depressurisation.
1
@ladoga cooled exhaust gas? From a gas turbine? OK... But why would you want the extra weight and complexity of ducting and cooling systems when you could have a couple of large nitrogen tanks. Flood the compartment with nitrogen and out goes your fire.
1