I've never seen a pushback from this perspective before. Nice vid! Those 777's are some beautiful machines. I'd love to travel on one once before I'm done. Unfortunately, most destinations I travel to only call for regional jets. Guess I should start saving up for a trans-continental trip!
the communication is made via a headset, conected to the airplane,(on this video you can see the cable on the right side, next to the "remove before flight" tag) larger airplanes have the comm port on the nose gear, and smaller ones have a small latch on the fuselage
First of all a pilot contacts the delivery (if there is one) for the IFR-Clearance to his destination containing at least the standard instrumend departure route (SID) and the squawk code. If this readback is correct, the pilot requests startup and pushback from the GROUND ATC or the Apron, whoever is responsible (different between airports). If pushback is completed he contacts Ground again for taxi and reaching the holding point the release to the tower for the t/o clr is last.
i use to be a tuggie at gatwick best job ever from 2000-5 it was a job that i never got bored with looks better in oz than dull gatwick.the only difference that i see on the push was the wing man took the steering by pass pin out not the head set man .nice push
all power is on the truck. the plane helps in that the flt deck releases and sets the plane's parking brake at the begining and the end of pushback respectively.
The Pilot Gets the Instruction from the Tower where he/she should be push ie, Tail south north wets etc etc..the Bypass pin which u see with that red strip keeps the nose gear locked so the pilot wont accidentally trn the wheel while he is pushing back..thats VERY importaint..but it really dosent matter if the plane goes directly on the line or not..Mainly we just use that has a Guide cause sometimes gate space can be too close like at LAX..
The Airplane business is definitely socio- eco-political...so many variables(behind closed doors)...You are definitely right there. I did not say the RR was worse...but the GE is the monster to have, thrust outpust,frugality, and durability/reliability. At least GE aint giving it to the A350...777 has exclusivtity to it.
hello mate, Just curious to know couple of things since you are in this job for so long. Is it really important for the front wheel to be on the yellow line? Why? What if it's not exactly on the yellow line while taxing etc? Also, after pushing back straight is it the job of pilot to turn it right or left in direct or you yourself turn the aircraft?
Jet engines are started on compressed air, There is no ripcord to start a trent, the rope that people see is the cord for the interphone so the LAME can speak to the pilots, No it is not Bay 37 but bay 57 if i remember correctly it has been 2 years since I worked there on break down crew. The dolly wheels on the towbar should have been up higher
It would reverse out...then it would be called a powerback...BUT the engines are to low over the ground, so they could suck something in(that´s also the reason, why they disengage reverse thrust at 80kts) and that wouldn´t be cheap. Powerback is mainly used on MD80´s and some props.
I have just thought of the most amazing idea this evening, I live in Surrey UK, about 3 miles away from Gatwick Airport, and about just under 40 miles away from London Heathrow Airport, my dads uncle died on Friday, all his family live out in the Blue Mountain area of Australia, none of my immediate family have ever been to Australia until last December when my sister went to Perth for just over 3 weeks with her boyfriend as his sister and her family live out there, what I am thinking is next M
just wondering why doesnt BA use the b777LR i think it can make that journey from syd to lhr because im not sure that airbus a359R can make it well we will see i think they should just do a test with the b777LR and the a345 and see which one can make it closer to london
Just a couple of questions since I have no idea about the subject.....What is the actual name for this job? Apart from pushing back the airplane, are there any other responsibilities? and, who actually hires these guys? The airline or is an independent body belonging tot he airport? Thanks a lot! :)
March/ April next year me and my dad celebrate our 70th, and 30th birthdays within a month of each other, and I would love to take myself and him out there to see our family, I currently would like to stop via Singapore, as I have never been on a 777 before does anyone know what they are like.
You made an mistake. Its better to stay in the circle of the rod. In this case you have to stay on the left site. Because if the rod breaks, you not get injured from around flying pieces of metal. The metal will be fly to the right site when the plane will be pushed to the left site
While that used to be true, it isn't anymore. 1: BA 777-300s and several 777-200s have GE engines on them, and if the RR was so much worse airlines like American would not be using them.
Oh yes i do know what i'm talking about , have been pushing nearly all commercial aircraft at LHR , excluding the A380 , for the last 9 years and in more restricted space than the push shown , can you say the same !!!
IT's a British thing...even though the GE is a much better engine....British Government requires its own home made engines....that it still being a Bad ass 777. If the US government told US carriers what engines to put on our planes...we'd protest at the White House or in front of the Capital.
lol look at the body of the plane. There is no way in hell that thats a 757. The triple 7 has a much bigger and curvier fuselage. The nose of a 757 is much longer like a bottlenose dolphin. Get your Boeings right! There really isn't' a way to tell how many wheels the plane has in that video cause its to dark.
Awesome video! Check out my page. I have similar videos of me pushing planes, towing and marshalling here in Ottawa (YOW). I may be wrong, but it looks like it is a 757 in this video though...
