.... Aviation trails the bleeding edge by a very long margin, and with good reason. The bleeding edge usually draws blood at some point! I was initially surprised to learn, in circa 1999, that the B767 didn't use GPS for navigation. I subsequently learned that they don't need it... GPS isn't really up to scratch. (I'm not gonna explain that here, that's fodder for ...

...that archaic. Aviation trails the bleeding edge by a very long margin, and with good reason. The bleeding edge usually draws blood at some point! I was initially surprised to learn, in circa 1999, that the B767 didn't use GPS for navigation. I subsequently learned that they don't need it... GPS isn't really up to scratch. (I'm not gonna explain that here, that's fodder for ...

... archaic. Aviation trails the bleeding edge by a very long margin, and with good reason. The bleeding edge usually draws blood at some point! I was initially surprised to learn, in circa 1999, that the B767 didn't use GPS for navigation. I subsequently learned that they don't need it... GPS isn't really up to scratch. (I'm not gonna explain that here, that's fodder for another ...

... 2462 +13.7%% Rank 3 (3) B737 300 400 500 - in service 1809 -1.7%% Rank 4 (5) B757 - in service 980 -1.0%% Rank 5 (4)B MD80 - in service 977 -4.3%% Rank 6 (6) B747 - in service 955 -2.6%% Rank 7 (7) B767 - in service 873 +2.0%% Rank 8 (8) B777 - in service 714 +13%% Rank 9 (11) AB330 - in service 533 +12.4%% Rank 10 (9) B727 - in service 500 -10.7%%

... flight decks of these aircraft in the past seem to indicate that the B744 cockpit is smaller than say that of a B767. Perhaps it's due to the profile of the fuselage on the upper deck, compared to the wider cross section of the B767 around the cockpit area? Did you take into account that the seats are on slides and adjustable?

... photos that I've seen and visits to various flight decks of these aircraft in the past seem to indicate that the B744 cockpit is smaller than say that of a B767. Perhaps it's due to the profile of the fuselage on the upper deck, compared to the wider cross section of the B767 around the cockpit area?

... normal routine. The announcer started babbling on about Qantas and its aircraft suffering from "disasters" all over the place. I heard and read two reports, one claiming it to be a B737-800, another a B767-338, with a picture in the Melbourne Age. I did an interview with ABC Hobart who told me it was a 737, and I wondered which doors were being referred to, since there are no gear ...

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... not apply to this case. Heck no, I wonder all the bloody time. Ned "Mr Dixon said the Qantas Group would manage the reduction in ASKs by: * grounding two B767 aircraft and one Jetstar A320 aircraft; " http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/au/publicaffairs/details?Article... Personally I have no issue with management and commercial decisions of ...

... to this case. Heck no, I wonder all the bloody time. Ned "Mr Dixon said the Qantas Group would manage the reduction in ASKs by: * grounding two B767 aircraft and one Jetstar A320 aircraft; " http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/au/publicaffairs/details?Article... Personally I have no issue with management and commercial decisions of this type...