So what are you doing with your fleet of 380s? being that Greg and other F/Cht pilots , don't have a license to fly? FFS would have been nice for them to tell you that before you bought the fleet ..
Re Fi with AVCO South Aussie ,1st month default ,walk away cashed up , its not as if your a director of your firm (QANTAS) good move getting Ian and Morretttiiii on as guarantor directors .
Just found these pics I took when I was at the Pilatus factory in Switzerland in 2017. It was the mock-up / prototype PC-24 that they were using for marketing. At this stage we hadn’t even announced that we were going to buy some. Little did I know that four years later I’d be flying around Oz in one. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Avionics has come a long way, looks too clean aesthetically to be a cockpit, would love to see the equipment that feeds the instrument panel How reliable is all of the information these days ?
Actually, given that the yoke comes out of the panel rather than the floor, the main reason for the gap is it makes getting in a lot easier. That’s where you stick your foot! Of course, if one decided to log a few nude hours it could also have the benefit you mentioned. Not much use to me, though. I’m usually pointing north when flying this thing.
See post 3770. I think that traditionally it was because in jets the yoke often comes out from the floor (see the pics of old cockpits Gay Gary posted), and the gap in the seat allows you to pull full back-stick (he could probably answer that definitively). But, like I said, in the -24 the yoke comes out of the panel anyway so we think the gap is there to make getting in and out much easier. You've got to get over the centre pedestal, and without that gap it'd be hard work getting your leg in a spot to support yourself getting in. There is also a theory that the gap is there to make losing your pen, paperwork, sunglasses, etc. much easier...
