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Cockpit Chronicles: Eight ways to slow a jet

We now have a program called FOQA, or Flight Operations Quality Assurance, that records the exact speed at which the flaps are deployed among many other parameters and sends a report to the company (see my personal experiences with FOQA here ). Should the flap speed limits be exceeded, the airplane is taken out of service and given a thorough inspection, sometimes costing tens of thousands of dollars in maintenance man-hours to accomplish, not to mention the revenue lost when an airplane isn't flying. All airliner brakes have anti-skid protection and the option to use 'autobrakes' for landing. We can preset the brakes before landing to automatically activate soon after we touch down. There are five different levels to choose from, with 'max auto' the one to use on slick runways. The same setting on a dry runway would leave a nose print in the setback in front of you, however. To manually operate the brakes, pressure is applied to the top of the rudder pedals with your toes which, if they were selected, will also kick off the autobrakes. We generally don't manually apply brakes until we're below 100 knots. Pilots can even control the right and left brakes independently by pressing the tops of the right or left rudder pedals. The noisiest, and third most effective way to stop an airplane on the ground is to use reverse thrust. This is done by lifting some handles that are in front of the thrust levers (throttles) when they're at idle. The farther we pull these handles, the more thrust is deflected forwards to slow the jet. If these devices are inoperative, or a specific airport has restrictions on their use during late night hours, only 400 to 600 extra feet are needed for landing. There's actually a fourth method of slowing an airplane after landing, but it's generally not effective in the airline world, and more often seen when watching the Space Shuttle land. Aerodynamic braking is when the nose wheel is held high off the ground to use the drag of the airplane as a way to slow down. It's not really effective, and it delays our ability to use brakes (and reverse thrust on the MD-80) while the nose wheel is still off the ground.

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Turks and Caicos – An Air Canada Vacation Destination « Turks ...

Non-stop service on Air Canada (Halifax) to Turks and Caicos Islands begins soon……

Air Canada recently announced new direct, non-stop service from Halifax, NS to Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, set to begin on Feb 16/12 and run until Apr 26/12.

Outbound flights will depart Halifax on Thursdays at 13:45 arriving in Providenciales at 17:30, with the return times departing at 18:30 and arriving into Halifax @ 23:57.

Turks and Caicos Tourist Board Officials in Toronto met recently with Judy Wallace and Ewa Borowa at Air Canada Vacations to discuss this new service, what it means to the TCI, Air Canada and travellers from Eastern Canada and Northern United States.

Upon his return to the Turks and Caicos Islands, Director Ralph Higgs expressed his pleasure in the meetings held with Air Canada Vacations representatives.   “We are always excited when an airline adds a new route and service to our destination.  With this new addition, the Turks and Caicos welcome Canadian tourists from the Maritimes.”  Our talks with Air Canada have given us further insight to the Canadian markets in addition to new trends and developments in the Canadian market place.

With this new route being added by Air Canada, the Turks and Caicos Islands are now accessible to travellers from a new province who did not have the option of direct flights before.  This is new route comes at time when the islands have just completed one of its most successful seasons and look to further growth its tourism arrivals.

Air Canada’s commitment to the Turks and Caicos has been increasing yearly.  This new Halifax flight will be one of 8 flights per week from Canada during high season. Service from Toronto is expanding to 5 flights per week, December to April, along with their continued Thursday flight from Montreal and Monday flight from Ottawa. Saturday and Sunday flights operate year round.

All flights are available for booking at: www.aircanada.com

The Tourist Board is excited to have these new flights open up from Halifax in order to provide such easy access for those in Eastern Canada to experience and enjoy our Beautiful by Nature Islands.

Posted July 8th 2011 – TCI Sun

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