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Ground power is 115v/400Hz high-current, 3-phase A/C regardless of the name on the airplane. Fires can result when current flows where it isn't supposed to flow.

LGA does it on intersecting runways. Normal operation. Airplane cleared to land. Another airplane cleared for takeoff and crosses the first airplane's runway when it's within about 20 seconds of reaching the threshold.

Yes, they can. The default rule is that they can not but many facilities (towers) have procedures approved to allow it under specific conditions. All large airports do. In LGA's case, the Line up is on one runway and the landing is on the other. Such as, departing 13, arriving 4. Many other...

The charted minimums are 2400 RVR with "Flight Director or HUD to DA". The E175 has a flight director.

There is no +/- 4nm flying IFR. That is the width of an airway, and the controlled airspace associated with it. It does not mean that an IFR flight can fly anywhere within that 8nm-wide path. 14 CFR § 91.181 Course to be flown. Unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an...

I've never had their chicken. I've always had the pulled-pork. No mustard on that. Either way, not my favorite spot in the terminal. I'd go for the hot chicken at Party Fowl or the muffuletta at Kitty Hawk. I looked it up and there's now FOUR hot chicken places in the terminal. 400 Degrees...

Which restaurant? Tootsie's isn't exactly a BBQ place, but they do have a BBQ sandwich. Don't think you're talking about Bar-B-Cutie, in the A/B food court. I haven't been down the B-concourse in a while but there might be a BBQ pace there. Also, probably one in the food court mid-way down...

The V-g diagram, that Half Fast posted, is key to understanding Va. At, or below, Va, the wing will stall before positive-g loading increases above the certification limit. Va does not protect against negative-g loading, as you can see by going down from Va on the V-g diagram.

Clearance Delivery, at your departure airport, is not going to know what a TRACON or Center will be able to do down the road. Depart IFR then negotiate in the air. Cancel if you can't get what you want.

Don't be afraid to use more than one line for a flight when you have more remarks to enter than will comfortably fit on one line. The bigger professional logbooks are good because you won't go through them so quickly. Find an electronic logbook to parallel your paper logbook. Find one you...

With good VMC, you have another option. Depart with the re-route then try to negotiate a shorter route. If they are not able to do that, ask if you can get the routing you want if you go VFR-ON-TOP for the segment that they can not approve. You'll fly at a VFR altitude but remaining with ATC...

I wouldn't say maintenance shortcomings. They are usually mechanical failures. Perfect maintenance doesn't prevent all mechanical failures.

The big ones that fly long-haul generally have a fuel jettison system. The smaller ones that flight domestic, and shorter international, do not.

14 CFR 61.51(d)

Challenge accepted! My 767 type is not restricted. That was done when flying for ATI in 2012. They have since stopped maintaining circling qualifications. I never did one in the airplane.

The student pays the bills. Aviate Academy uses partnerships with various aviation organizations for outreach, scholarships, and student loans. Scroll down to the "Partnerships" section, just past half way down the page. https://unitedaviate.com/ They are trying to increase the number of...

They are trying to create more qualified, capable pilots with the Aviate Academy because there are not enough in the pipeline to meet the aggressive growth plans. Nothing in what they are doing changes the hiring or training criteria.

I think the problem at Atlas was their inability to get, and keep, pilots of any any race or gender, not DEI hiring practices. There's been a lot of misunderstanding of what UAL's CEO said. The 50% goal is for the Aviate Academy, which is a flight school in Arizona, not UAL new-hire classes...

To paraphrase Confucius, The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names.

VORs have radials, NDBs have bearings. It might sound like a meaningless distinction but it is not for the reasons I stated above. The NDB bearing-to is dependent on your heading and relative bearing. A radial is fixed in space (until the VOR is realigned). If there's actually anyone...