tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post5760924866939038386..comments2024-01-19T02:23:51.665-06:00Comments on Journal Wunelle: I'm Getting A New Office.wstachourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-35114105186086653142009-02-19T02:00:00.000-06:002009-02-19T02:00:00.000-06:00I meant to respond much sooner - this sounds like ...I meant to respond much sooner - this sounds like a very good thing.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't appear that it will cause a huge change in your work schedule, and it will be interesting and exciting all around.<BR/><BR/>Plus, you get to be referred to as a 'Heavy'! What could be better?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860812772132171202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-72910690350264989462009-02-12T16:54:00.000-06:002009-02-12T16:54:00.000-06:00It's more an I've-got-a-mountain-to-learn fretful ...It's more an I've-got-a-mountain-to-learn fretful mania, but I am excited to get back to a modern airplane and also to see the world. Our MD11s regularly see Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai, Bombay, Cologne, Honolulu, Sydney. Lots of fun stuff I've never seen. So even if I tire of international flying, I'll at least know what I'm opting out of!<BR/><BR/>International flying centers much less around Louisville, though there is plenty flown out of there as well. We sort packages in Cologne and a couple places in Asia, so one goes in and out of a sort somewhere, or takes a planeload from A to B. It's a different kind of flying, and not the routine in-and-out-of-the-sort kind I'm used to.wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-88990089100212616142009-02-12T09:19:00.000-06:002009-02-12T09:19:00.000-06:00So do you have that sort of shiny, I'm-getting-a-n...So do you have that sort of shiny, I'm-getting-a-new-car sort of feeling? (Probably not even close but that's the only analogue I've got!) And do the international legs all center around Louisville as well?Dzesikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04152238257528930570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-20869707887460762892009-02-11T22:04:00.000-06:002009-02-11T22:04:00.000-06:00Interesting stuff. Good luck. Keep us posted as ...Interesting stuff. Good luck. Keep us posted as to how the training goes.dbackdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700991588554336491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-64535042662945584542009-02-11T20:17:00.000-06:002009-02-11T20:17:00.000-06:00I think when most people hear "Airbus," ...I think when most people hear "Airbus," they think of the A-320 that Northwest and United fly. Airbus makes several models, and from the A-320 onward (thru the A-330 & 340 and now the new A-380) these are ground-breaking, modern airplanes with all-glass cockpits and fly-by-wire technology.<BR/><BR/>Our Airbuses, though, are the first airplane Airbus made, the A-300 (ours were bought new, but it's an old design and only partly updated over its lifespan). It first flew in the early '70s and originally had a flight engineer--a three person cockpit. It's about the same size as a Boeing 767, but is not very cutting-edge technically. It has some screens in the cockpit, but very early generation computer navigation, and it does not have fly-by-wire. So there is a standard yoke instead of Airbus's trademark sidestick controller.<BR/><BR/>So actually, the original Airbus A-300 and the Douglas DC-10 are from about the same general era. The MD-11, while having a modified airframe from the DC-10 original design, has a different wing and tail, different engines, and the cockpit and systems have been extensively redesigned to get rid of the flight engineer.<BR/><BR/>Training for the MD-11 will likely be in Louisville, though we also now have a simulator up in Anchorage; so they could send me up there. Training is a seven-day-a-week affair (though one IS given some breathing space as you go!), so my schedule will likely be all days and times of day and night. I'll post about it, but I think all the preliminary stuff is done on computer and on a fixed-base (non-motion) simulator, all leading up to actual flight training in the full-motion sim.<BR/><BR/>More detail to come!wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-85212788864768449322009-02-11T19:27:00.000-06:002009-02-11T19:27:00.000-06:00The time is obviously right. It would be nice if ...The time is obviously right. It would be nice if you could fly both here and overseas, to give you a taste of both worlds. I was under the impression that the Airbus was quite abit newer than the MD-11. Where does your training take place? And is it a Monday - Friday thing until you learn what you have to learn? Anyway- congrats, and I'm sure you will keep us informed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com