Well I suppose it had to happen, Drag me out off my home from home, and stick me in this 747-400 and tell me as your rated to drive this then earn your pay.Well all I can say is ETOPS is on a sunny curve, why well after over 2700 hrs of cramped no space pick the plates of the deck were can I can I stick my cup, to this palace of menu choice and hot running water.All I can say is I'll be back!Please dont stand on the seat as it cost a small fortune on cleaning. How the hell do you want me to land it then?.

Congratulations! (I think).So we'll be seeing you on the Aerowinx 747-400 Message Board also? :-)Cheers.Ian.

Wah - I read that post three times - and I still can't figure it out.Almost a poetic PONSKY PONDEROSA, Ferd Berful, I think.DS CVA3339 / UKD149http://vatsim.pilotmedia.fi/statusindicato...tor=OD1&a=a.jpg

My head hurts from reading it 4 times over...maybe if I have some beer first, fondle a couple sheep, then I'll figure it out.

That's a real Hum Dinger!

sorry guys must be jet lag. in the current hard times! it,s what the company expects that you should be type rated on both 76 and the 74-from the 300 up, as on etops these aircraft are used on the routes per pax numbers and flight lenth.so you could take out a 76 and the next aircraft back on your rotation is a 74 so they then have a crew ready to opperate that flight to keep cost down.

"in the current hard times! it,s what the company expects that you should be type rated on both 76 and the 74-from the 300 up, ..."Ah.... So it's not so much a promotion, but an increase in the "what's it doing now?"-factor :-) Or in the case of the 747-300... "Who's hidden my FMC?!"IMHO, I think it's a bad policy swapping back and forth between aircraft, especially if the dynamics of these aircraft are different. I heard that one of the possible causes of our 747-400 accident was that the Captain was more familiar with 767's (and perhaps thought they could stop on the runway in the available distance).Putting extra stress on employees is not going to help the prospects of the airline business... especially if aircraft crash as a result.Regards.Ian.

Yes, I can see you going down a storm with the bean counters. The 747-400 is imho. the most safe of aircraft to fly.It's common practice now to rotate on these aircraft and to keep current on them.still love to fly the 76 though.must dash got a ybcs-ybbn return to do.

Ok so they changed you from the 767 to the 747?? Those ####... ;) LOL!!Take care.

"must dash got a ybcs-ybbn return to do."So they've got you flying Dash's, too? :-hahI was hit by the same beancounters too, when Radio trades got swallowed up by "Avionics". Now I'm doing 3 jobs instead of one. BTW, these are same the beancounters who are trying to cut back on employee numbers, but who brought 30 guys in on overtime one day last week at YSSY Engineering. They are madly encouraging workers to take accrued Annual/Long Service leave... and bring people in on overtime (double dollars) to replace them. Go figure the economic rationale of that little exercise! Each beancounter has his/her own little budget responsibility and doesn't appear to see the bigger picture.Cheers.Ian.