Those giant turbofans on the 777 and 787 are impressive at altitude

Sep 19, 2023
7:10:59pm

UberDeek Intervention Needed

I've heard that the 777 has to basically go to idle when it's time to descend because of how powerful the engines are. Something like throttling back to 13% thrust

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Have you ever seen the tracks that airlines use to fly between the mainline and Hawaii. It’s kind of cool. They’re like

Busting Coveys All-American

9/19/23 7:08pm

Those giant turbofans on the 777 and 787 are impressive at altitude

UberDeek

9/19/23 7:10pm

Most descents are done at flight idle regardless of the aircraft. It’s the most fuel efficient. Stay at altitude as long

Busting Coveys

9/19/23 7:22pm

Just the chemtrails.

kccougar

9/19/23 7:22pm

It's a commie conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids

cougarmeister

9/19/23 7:43pm

No conspiracy theory but a real conspiracy that people need to wake up to!

jpal1397

9/19/23 8:41pm

Can't see the video, but whatever it is, I'm sure it's nefarious and dastardly

cougarmeister

9/19/23 10:21pm

I was flying on Allegiant Phoenix to Provo and the flight coming the other way

novacoug1

9/19/23 7:31pm

Minimum altitude separation is 1,000 feet. It's weird, sometimes ATC calls them

BleedCougarBlue2

9/19/23 7:57pm

Southwest flies to Hawaii? Did not know that. Do you like that trip? I've

BleedCougarBlue2

9/19/23 7:53pm

We’ve been going there for almost 5 years now. We do inter-island also. Hawaii is fun. I like the ETOPS flying.

Busting Coveys

9/19/23 8:07pm

Is it all out of LAX? If you're doing inter-island what's a typical trip? Think

BleedCougarBlue2

9/19/23 8:13pm

Out of Las Vegas as well, among others probably.

kccougar

9/19/23 9:56pm

SAN, LGB, LAX, OAK, SJC, SMF, LAS, PHX

Busting Coveys

9/19/23 10:24pm

4 leg days....ugh. Think I've done 1 or 2 of those up front. More when you count

BleedCougarBlue2

9/21/23 3:09pm

I have 20 days off in October. How many days do you have off? We do longer days but usually have shorter trips.

Busting Coveys

9/21/23 6:10pm

And every seat is first class on Southwest.

WDaddy

9/19/23 10:04pm

Whoa whoa whoa. What’s this passing on the right stuff? Get out of the fast lane

WDaddy

9/19/23 10:02pm

Haha!

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