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1983
1983 - 1307.PDF
Boeing 757: six months in service Air Europe's chief pilot and 757 fleet manager Capt Geoffrey Baldock says L of the CRTs: "Absolutely no problems—I only wonder how we managed before". The most striking difference is clarity. The displays are much easier to read, even in direct sunlight. Air Europe is a hard-flying charter airline, planning 4,500hr a year for each of its 757s, mainly to Mediterranean resorts. The longest sector is Gatwick-Tel Aviv (2,400 n.m.). Until the airline takes delivery of its own second 757 next March, it is leasing a BA aircraft. AE has six-and-a-half crews per aircraft. All have taken readily to the colour CRT cockpit. "The HSI or map mode is such an innovation that radio-nav charts become redundant," says Capt Baldock. "It really cuts down work. Look ing ahead 360 miles makes routeing easy." There has been one small CRT failure, a focus problem on both displays, though they remained readable. Training in any case includes flying on standby instruments only. A total CRT loss on Above: "We took delivery on a Tuesday and put it into service on the Saturday." Right: Air Europe's longest sector is Gatwick-Tel Aviv—2,400 n.m. FLIGHT International, 23 July 1983 195 Mechanical reliability of the 757 was designed by Boeing to be just under 99 per cent for the mature aircraft—say after a third of a million departures. It is already more than 98 per cent after only 6,000 departures. Six months into the 757's revenue-earning life J. M. Ramsden visits the four initial operators
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