Good Afternoon / Morning / Evening guys and girls.I have just woken up (its nearly 16:00 here). Did not arrive back to EGKK until 05:45 this morning, not happy, we where late departing EGKK last night, turn around problems as per usual.I did speak to the first officer last night on my flight about PDMG's panel. He and some other friends from work are coming over tonight for a BBQ and I will get the full run down of what he thinks of it then and yes I will post the results ;)When he took a quick look at it last night, he did say it looks really good, a lot cleaner then most of the flight decks he has ever worked in :(Anyways better be off, will post again later.Hope you have all had a good day.Warm RegardsKimberly. :-outta

Hi Kimberly, I second that about a clean cockpit, makes me want to throw tea over my screen ;-)How was the flight back from Kos? Ive never had the opportunity to fly to the Greek Islands except as a bucket and spader in the passenger compartment being a transatlantic guy.All the talk in this forum about VNAV, FLCH or VS climbs and descents actually leaves you the most qualified person to discuss which is preferable. I always VS at+700 in 747-400 stepclimbs to smooth out the climb ride for the cabin crew. Im sure you can testify that you know who is upfront by the quality of the ride with pilots who are FLCH merchants, being pinned to the cabin floor with FLCH up-pitches to drain speed and being spreadeagled on the ceiling in a particularly keen FLCH descent ;-) Seriously quality of ride has always been a major consideration with me, something simmers dont have to deal with. You have enough on your plate up and down the aisle all day with the compulsory obnoxious punter in 31A and the guaranteed amorous guy in 1B with the bad breath, not to mention the biggest illness affecting airline passengers today, "Trolleyitis", symptoms of trolleyitis, also known as Cartitis in the USA being severe bladder weakness whenever a service trolley is in the aisle and is between the passenger and the facilities!. Its so severely infectious that it causes hoardes of passengers to climb over the trolley/each other/attendant whenever a trolley is in the aisle..A clear aisle without trolley however is a miraculous cure with all passengers suddenly staying in their seats.So all this talk about handling the NG in its climb and descent profile, LNAV etc is actually something your eminently qualified to discuss. The cabin crew used to regularly tell me they could tell who was flying and their flying style by the quality of the ride. Working with large numbers of pilots your better qualified than most to discuss techniques and flying styles in the forum so you are a welcome addition here. I guess you have clocked up significant hours in the NG?As for me I will stick with gentle VS stepclimbs and putting on the seatbelts at top of descent so you have aisle space to get on with tidying the aircraft :)take careAndrewPS enjoy the barbecue its raining here in West Wales :(

Hi Andrew,So did you used to be a pilot?Yep, you can most defiantly tell who is flying. I have been working with Britannia for three years now, so I have worked on all the types with operate (Boeing 737-800, Boeing 757-200 & Boeing 767-200 & 300).What I tend to find is that the Boeing 757 & Boeing 767-200 are treated a lot more like a fighter jets then the Boeing 737 & Boeing 767-300. Not quite sure why! With the B752 & B762 we get to our CRZ ALT very quickly, unless we are going on a long haul flight, then we have to do a step climb. I would say that in a B752 & B762 we climb very quickly until around FL300 then they tend to level out a little.The B738 normally climbs quite steeply until around 17,000ft to 19,000ft, then the pilots tend to level her out and climb quite slowly. I guess unlike American operators we carry a lot more payload, I mean 180 passengers, their luggage and cargo as well, it all takes time to get to CRZ ALT.The B763 if used on a European route is just amazing. Even when she has a full passenger & baggage payload, she is still nowhere near her limit on weight (so I am told) so she can rocket! It can someone get a little annoying, you find that by the end of the climb your feet and lower legs are hurting like mad from working up and down a very steep hill :(Normally the problems don

Hi Kimberly, the short answer is yep a pilot :). I have replied properly in an email to you rather than have the thread go off topic :)take careAndrew

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