747-400 queen of the sky

747-400, manufactured by the Boeing company, an amazing aircraft in my opinion. It is, to me, the most beautiful plane in the sky. The best part is, I get to fly it !!!
2.5 months of extensive ground knowledge, I finally made it out and move on to the next stage - full motion simulator training.
I really miss flying 172...where the checklist is only 1 page and procedures are really simple....
in the jumbo, i spent 3 days to memorize the "cockpit preparation" for both left seat and right seat..
our 747 fleet, consists of  3 full passenger plane, 4 combi, and 9 freighters. which means....I will most likely be flying a lot of cargo flights! that's ....good, and bad.... the good things about cargo flights are... no passengers, arrival time is off peak, which means less traffic, and I'm excited to fly to DFW! the BAD part about it, is that the duty time is always midnight...  and the schedule is very unstable..
like I always say, things worth doing is always hard... so, bare with it!

all and all, i'm glad to have this opportunity to be introduced to the queen, I'm thankful.

Life is like a box of Cho-co-late....

Time building in the US was a lot of fun, after getting instrument rated, we are allowed to fly where ever we feel like and build our flight time and experience. I spent most of my time building phase with a cool Nepalese pilot- Suddat.
after we got our Commercial License in KDTO, we are bound for the next level, the airlines. I'm fortunate enough that Taiwan is in a huge pilot demanding phase, I entered EVA with little trouble. Suddat, on the other hand, wasn't as fortunate as I'm, he had to wait for his chance, today he told me that he got excepted in an charter company in Nepal flying dornier 228, a turbo prop. he will be done with ground within 2 weeks and start the flight training in the actual plane, in 2 months, you'll be flying in and out of remote airstrips doing STOLs and do the "real" flying, wow! seemed like his flying career was on a pause all this time and BAM!! I need a FO to fly my turbo prop, get ready to get paid and become a real pilot! reminds me of the famous Forrest Gump line-"life is like a box of cho-co-late, you never know what you gonna get", so true.. you never know... all we can do is hope for the best and plan for the worst, right ??

good luck and nice landings ! I knew you'll get it !

donier 228-202k

EVA Airway

EVA Airway, my second home for the next 1 year where I will receive advanced aviation knowledge and flight training. I have to say, I'm very lucky to have finish my CPL training and be able to make it in time before they stop hiring at end of the year.  My class, called ADV 50, advanced training class 50, also the largest group in EVA history, consists of 4 expat pilot, 5 cadet, and 20 CPLs.
In 2 months, I will finish this intense ground training and start simulation training, heard that's hard too ... but excited and looking forward to the challenge.

let's go for a jog around the park

I've been running along this route for several times before, 1 advantage about running around the park is that I can simply add a round if I feel comfortable, and advance in the training that way. 

minor pain at the lower back as usual... had a burger for breakfast... saw a ATR, C-130 and a bigger jet, couldn't make out the model, too far..  burned only 300 Calories but...good exercise. keep it up. 

long time no see

when's the last time I update this blog ? can't even remember, I think I should keep this thing updated "in case" someone out there actually is reading this..
Interviewing with EVA airline is the story of this past couple of months, I'm glad to say that I've cleared all the tests so far, first try, and on my way to the final stage, which is the 747 simulator. can't describe how unsure I am about it, why ? first of all, I DON'T FLY JETS!! especially a jumbo jet ... how are the controls ? heavy ? sensitive ? and I might have a problem scanning the glass cockpit... the HSI and the Flight Director...man..i should've done my multi training in the twin star.
Talked to some of the guys who has already been hired before me, they said the test is gonna be something like this - .take off, maintain 5000, climbing turn, climbing descent, steep turns, ILS, DONE !!! shouldn't be a big problem...
2 things that i'm really excited about EVA is, 1, their awesome fleet, consist 747 ,777, MD-11, A330. all heavies and mostly Boeing...just the way I like it...; 2 of all, their training is among the best in the industry, it's like going to a famous aviation school....for free ! no, and get paid !!!
I feel I'm really lucky to be where I am today and have this great opportunity. I should be thankful to people who support me and stood by me. I should work harder and keep this opportunity.


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航管菜鳥喊錯班號 關鍵30秒險撞機

怎麼感覺最近台灣空安事件一波味平一波又起? 上次是個單純的重飛被說成多嚴重多危險..
這次又來一個...
這是今天新聞轉載...http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/101112/2/2gs8z.html

台灣航管亮起紅燈！本月四日，桃園機場塔台一位菜鳥管制員，居然在下達指令時「喊錯班號」，把「BR612」呼叫成「BR652」，突然收到指令的長榮BR652穿過05跑道時，但跑道頭的華航CI5855貨機，早已進入滑行起飛，航管驚覺下錯指令，趕緊要求華航放棄起飛，在關鍵卅秒內避開一場「地面危機」。
民航局副局長李萬里昨天指出，這起狀況只能算是「跑道入侵」事件，在飛機起飛時，跑道突然有另一架飛機在誤導下「闖入跑道」，但航管已即時發現並制止，依國際規定不算是「飛安或地安事件」。
不過李萬里說，塔台管制員「喊錯航班放錯機」確有疏失，至於是否懲處還要再開會討論。
民航局飛航總台則承認，該名塔台管制員只有三年資歷，是較資淺的航管員，但因為年輕管制員反應很快，一發現錯誤即修正，並制止華航班機起飛。
但退休的資深航管人員卻憂心指出，這幾年航管人員青黃不接，通常幾個菜鳥航管只配一位資深督導，遇到較複雜情形時，菜鳥航管員經驗不足就很容易出狀況，這起事件是警訊，他擔心再這樣下去，航管早晚會亮起紅燈。
本月四日上午八時四十分，華航一架飛往雅加達的全貨機，獲得塔台起飛許可，在05跑道上已加足油門滾行，滾行約五百呎、速度四十浬時，機長突然發現跑道末端有一架長榮貨機橫向穿越跑道，塔台當時也下新指令，要求華航收油門放棄起飛。
據了解，華航貨機煞停後兩機的距離超過三千公尺，對兩架飛機及機組員都沒有造成威脅，有驚無險。
十分鐘後，兩機才在航管員的指引下，前後重新滑行到跑道頭起飛。
至 於桃園機場前天發生華航重飛事件，民航局昨天聲明，華航班機降落前，前面準備起飛的長榮貨機延遲起飛，原因是跑道前面有落地的澳門航空班機正在脫離跑道， 為確保安全隔離，航管下令長榮貨機放棄重飛，準備落地的華航重飛，都是標準作業程序，當時重飛仰角也在安全範圍內，並沒有任何人為疏失。
李萬里也指出，桃園機場一年有六萬架次飛機起降，今年一到十月，有九十二架重飛，全球航空平均一千架次就有一到兩架重飛，我們遠遠在平均值內。

松機上空驚魂！日航急重飛 像「海盜船」.

搭飛機居然會遇到就像坐海盜船，不難想見有多驚險！原來是昨天上午，有一架日航班機準備降落松山機場，結果塔台人員赫然發現，跑道沒有完全淨空，有一架華航的班機越過了等待停止線，緊急要求日航重飛，日航機師馬上從降落改為拉高機頭，由於角度太大，讓機上162名乘客飽受虛驚；事後華航機師坦承疏失，這也是松山跟羽田對飛以來，第一件飛安緊張事件。
開心慶祝松山羽田對飛後2天，松山機場上空就上演飛安的緊張狀態！11月2日上午10點56分，就在日航班機準備降落時，塔台人員赫然發現，華航班機越過了等停線，也就是說跑道沒有完全淨空，緊急下令要求日航重飛。
考量到飛機的機身很長，就擔心降落過程，萬一發生擦撞，後果不堪設想，只不過從降落變緊急拉高，角度太大，就有乘客形容，簡直就像坐海盜船一樣驚險，最後飛機在外海繞一圈後再降落，還好過程順利，只不過機上162名乘客，已經飽受虛驚。
民航局標準組技正喻宜式：「華航向我們自我舉報，飛行員也寫了報告，坦承是自己的疏失，(查證屬實)小到警告，嚴重的話，會罰到30萬。」
飛機越過等停線，民航局表示，這樣的情況確實不常見，是今年來第一次，只是跑道沒淨空，8月19日，桃園機場才發生過類似事件，當時一架新航準備起飛，但跑道尾巴赫然出現一台烏克蘭貨機，2架飛機最近的時候只差1100公尺，甚至只要11秒就可能會撞上，當時是機場航管凸槌。
民航局航管組組長洪美雲：「確實羽田跟松山對飛後，是增加松山的航行量，一天航行量大概是到160多班，應是航管可以限制的程度。」

go around 這個動作是在從開小飛機就在練習的一個procedure, 對我來說看這篇文章比較誇張一點的是那駕華航的班機會跨過hold short line...

source: http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/101103/8/2g6qg.html