B777 severe tail strike on take off from Milan.

[Astro14]

I can see that happening very easily unless careful not to cross check with the flight plan ( why is the TOW much lighter than the FP estimated TOW given the same fuel and number of passengers? ). It will happen again.

Exactly - easy to see the mis-entry (putting ZFW in the TOGW line) but the “numbers” should make sense.

If we were at MTOG, and I saw a VR that was 30+ knots lower than what I was expecting, I would be looking around to resolve that discrepancy, instead of blindly pushing up the power and pulling back at that number.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

Exactly - easy to see the mis-entry (putting ZFW in the TOGW line) but the “numbers” should make sense.

If we were at MTOG, and I saw a VR that was 30+ knots lower than what I was expecting, I would be looking around to resolve that discrepancy, instead of blindly pushing up the power and pulling back at that number.

If I ever do make that switch to the A330, B787, or B777 , I won't have a CLUE what the "normal" speeds/power are until I have gained experience on the plane and would be 100% at the mercy of getting the calculations right ( lots of newer Fo's, and RP pilots today ) unlike a mistake on the NB Airbus where I would hopefully recognize something was wrong regardless what the take off calulations say, plus notice something wrong with the acceleration.

Off to Sim, no clue ( seriously ) what scenario they will throw at us today and tomorrow.

Not sure if I am arrogant or getting grouchy, I never ask anyone what they got on their last sim and just show up.

The way I see sim is, when I go real flying, I have no advance warning or know exactly how the flight will go so I just do the same in the sim. They see the real pilot versus many who know exactly what's going to happen.

All the new Fos upgrading know the scripts.

If you don't hear from me in two days, it means I failed LOL.

Off to the center of the Canadian universe aka Toronto

 

[Astro14]

If I ever do make that switch to the A330, B787, or B777 , I won't have a CLUE what the "normal" speeds/power are until I have gained experience on the plane and would be 100% at the mercy of getting the calculations right ( lots of newer Fo's, and RP pilots today ) unlike a mistake on the NB Airbus where I would hopefully recognize something was wrong regardless what the take off calulations say, plus notice something wrong with the acceleration.

Off to Sim, no clue ( seriously ) what scenario they will throw at us today and tomorrow.

Not sure if I am arrogant or getting grouchy, I never ask anyone what they got on their last sim and just show up.

The way I see sim is, when I go real flying, I have no advance warning or know exactly how the flight will go so I just do the same in the sim. They see the real pilot versus many who know exactly what's going to happen.

All the new Fos upgrading know the scripts.

If you don't hear from me in two days, it means I failed LOL.

Off to the center of the Canadian universe aka Toronto

I really dislike pilots who want to know “the gouge“. The scenario.

It’s like cheating on a test, when the test is closed book, but you want an advanced copy so you can study the right questions. Well, then, that’s not an accurate and fair assessment of how you did on the test.

Truth be told, I really grade folks on their CRM performance. That’s where I’m focused. The technical knowledge has to be acceptable, but strong CRM, workload management, communication, automation management, situational, awareness, etc., or what makes or breaks crews, in the type of evaluations I do.

Knowing the scenario in advance tends to predispose towards certain decisions that they cannot justify, and it lowers their grade when I evaluate them.

I applaud pilots who study, know their procedures and limitations cold, know the flight operations manuals, and aircraft manuals, cold, but come in without preconception about the scenario.

That is the mark of a professional.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

I really dislike pilots who want to know “the gouge“. The scenario.

It’s like cheating on a test, when the test is closed book, but you want an advanced copy so you can study the right questions. Well, then, that’s not an accurate and fair assessment of how you did on the test.

Truth be told, I really grade folks on their CRM performance. That’s where I’m focused. The technical knowledge has to be acceptable, but strong CRM, workload management, communication, automation management, situational, awareness, etc., or what maker break, cruise, and the type of evaluations I do.

Knowing the scenario in advance tends to predispose towards certain decisions that they cannot justify, and it lowers their grade when I evaluate them.

I applaud pilots who study, know their procedures and limitations cold, know the flight operations manuals, and aircraft manuals, cold, but come in without preconception about the scenario.

That is the mark of a professional.

I show up just as prepared, just like when operating real flights.

Too many pilots know the scripts.

I always tell them, I am not a fake guy, you see the real me in the sim , the real way I fly and handle emergencies.