Timeline for Could a flight engineer fly a jet solo?
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| Feb 12 at 0:11 | comment | added | Pekka | Floyd J. Stelly points out that National Airlines, at least, required FE applicants to have jet pilot ratings. | |
| Feb 13, 2017 at 18:07 | comment | added | Terry | @DavidGlickman Thank you for the kind words. It's highly unlikely to ever be published, but if you go to terryliittschwager.com/novel.php, you can read it online. | |
| Feb 13, 2017 at 15:45 | comment | added | David Glickman | When's the novel going to be published? If it's anything like your answers on here, I'll be the first to buy a copy! | |
| Jan 11, 2017 at 20:24 | vote | accept | Ashley Strout | ||
| Dec 17, 2016 at 23:00 | comment | added | gsnedders | @Terry Sure, didn't know how long the answer would be! Question is here. | |
| Dec 17, 2016 at 20:46 | comment | added | Terry | @gsnedders That's a separate question well worth asking in my opinion as a regular question. It's also one that to properly answer will greatly exceed the character limit of comments. So, if you post a question, "How able were pilots of three-man cockpits at running the normal FE work?" or some such, I'll be happy to answer. | |
| Dec 17, 2016 at 15:07 | comment | added | gsnedders | @Terry How qualified are pilots at running the normal FE work? I have no idea how qualifications work in three-person cockpits! | |
| Dec 17, 2016 at 0:27 | history | edited | Terry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2016 at 0:25 | comment | added | Terry | @TomMcW My solution to that scenario would be to first decide which pilot could best run the FE panel, and have him go back to the FE seat. The FE seat both rotates and slides forward and aft. For takeoff and landing, the seat is rotated to face forward and slid all the way forward. From that position, the FE can manipulate the thrust levers, the flap and gear levers (with a little stretch for the gear). Thus whomever is in the seat can easily perform the non-flying pilot duties. In cruise, the FE's work is intermittent, so you could move between a pilot seat and the FE seat. | |
| Dec 17, 2016 at 0:14 | history | edited | Terry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2016 at 0:06 | comment | added | TomMcW | So if a FE had become incapacitated on a 747-100,-200 would one of the two pilots have to go back and man his station? | |
| Dec 16, 2016 at 23:21 | history | answered | Terry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |