tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056175.post113028856114155314..comments2023-05-31T02:27:27.866-07:00Comments on Yankee Alpha Foxtrot Bravo: Vectors, Vectors, Vectors...Hamishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08238239589217873611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056175.post-1131750787120555372005-11-11T15:13:00.000-08:002005-11-11T15:13:00.000-08:00An interesting theory. I know that the one time th...An interesting theory. I know that the one time the AP disengaged due to failure (rather than my clumsiness) I almost missed the disconnect, despite the loud alarm (which didn't register with me at all); I can easily believe that in the confusion of trying to talk to ATC someone might miss what happened and just assume the plane's under the control of the AP... with fatal results on such a night.Hamishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238239589217873611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056175.post-1131677044063269132005-11-10T18:44:00.000-08:002005-11-10T18:44:00.000-08:00"(it's way too easy to try to talk to the autopilo..."(it's way too easy to try to talk to the autopilot when you're really trying to talk to tower -- those two buttons are far too close to each other on the yoke...)"<BR/><BR/>I've often thought that inadvertant autopilot disconnect may have been a factor in the JFK Jr. accident. <BR/><BR/>On the Saratoga the mic and disconnect buttons are close and similar. Mr Kennedy called the tower just before he lost control. <BR/><BR/>Night, overwater, inadvertant roll... it could have happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056175.post-1130449650484528512005-10-27T14:47:00.000-07:002005-10-27T14:47:00.000-07:00I haven't had any trouble getting back into Hawyar...I haven't had any trouble getting back into Hawyard yet (that'll change when the Southeast plan is in effect...), but I spent nearly five minutes on 28L in position-and-hold while tower kept telling me release was "imminent". I have to admit it was kinda fun watching all the planes being forced to land on 28R because of me (rather, because tower jumped the gun...), but I can see it getting to be an awful pain at rush hour.<BR/><BR/>I'm starting to wonder whether it might not be easier to get to or from Oakland as the IFR flightplan end-point (even using SVFR if the weather's iffy) for all but the worst IMC days.... After all, it's only a ten minute flight.Hamishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238239589217873611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056175.post-1130436197452199032005-10-27T11:03:00.000-07:002005-10-27T11:03:00.000-07:00I gave up taking instrument students to Hayward, d...I gave up taking instrument students to Hayward, due to all the delay in arriving and departing. Plus the controllers always seem a bit harried when aircraft go into or out of HWD on an IFR flight plan.<BR/><BR/>I remember waiting for IFR release once at HWD for over 25 minutes, with a full bladder no less!<BR/><BR/>Late at night when the HWD tower is closed, I've often heard aircraft on the ground at HWD contact Oakland tower to pick up their clearance.Avimentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17508862704398151334noreply@blogger.com