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I hear the C-17 will be getting navs, but they'll be called "gear position monitor".

Three cheers and three beers for McAllister. :beer: Edit cause I only put 2 beers in the original post.

I'm sure some of you have came across this on the net but for those of you who haven't enjoy. I am glad they had more than 2 guys in the flight deck to keep up on the faults the computer was spitting out. I guess the Aussie term "Flat Out" is task saturated. Subject: A bad day on the A-380 ________________________________ 1. From a friend. Lots to things for this crew and their ground support team to think about and work on. Here are just SOME of the problems the QANTAS guys had in Singapore last week aboard QF32, in addition to the engine failure.... * massive fuel leak in the left mid fuel tank (the beast has 11 tanks, including in the horizontal stabiliser on the tail) * massive fuel leak in the left inner fuel tank * a hole on the flap canoe/fairing that you could fit your upper body through. * the aft gallery in the fuel system failed, preventing many fuel transfer functions * fuel jettison had problems due to the previous problem above * bloody great hole in the upper wing surface * partial failure of leading edge slats * partial failure of speed brakes/ground spoilers * shrapnel damage to the flaps * TOTAL loss of all hydraulic fluid in the Green System (beast has 2 x 5,000 PSI systems, Green and Yellow) * manual extension of landing gear * loss of 1 generator and associated systems * loss of brake anti-skid system * unable to shutdown adjacent #1 engine using normal method after landing due to major damage to systems * unable to shutdown adjacent #1 engine using using the fire switch!!!!!!!! Therefore, no fire protection was available for that engine after the explosion in #2 * ECAM warnings about major fuel imbalance because of fuel leaks on left side, that were UNABLE to be fixed with cross-feeding * fuel trapped in Trim Tank (in the tail). Therefore, possible major CofG out-of-balance condition for landing. Yikes! * and much more to come.......... Richard was in the left seat, (FO in the right), SO in the 2nd obs seat (right rear, also with his own Radio Management Panel, so he probably did most of the coordination with the ground), Capt Dave Evans in the 1st obs seat (middle). He is a Check & Training Captain who was training Harry Wubbin to be one also. Harry was in the 3rd obs seat (left rear). All 5 guys were FLAT OUT, especially the FO who would have been processing complicated 'ECAM' messages and procedures that were seemingly never-ending!

That's surprising, I hear the market for former Navs is pretty good right now. I know of at least three Eastern Mongolian airlines that need navigators.

I don't know either. I'll ask my wife if it's something I want. She would know.

Just wanted to share that he was re-assigned to C-130Js at Ramstein. Just further proof that it's becoming a different Air Force out there and that T-38/T-1 doesn't exactly mean what it used to anymore. Re: Anything Goes! I'd like to thank everyone for their input to this topic. Cheers!