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One way or another I'm going to have to do something with FordPrefect, my Tesla Model 3 Highland if Meg Kingsley and I do head overseas from July/September.
Logically that means selling it, loaning it or storing it for 3+ years. It's in excellent condition and I've done a number of upgrades over the past 12 months. The tyres are recently rotated and in excellent condition, but I could well provide the car with an additional 4 new tyres ready to go when needed. If someone wants to buy my cherished Tesla or come to some interim arrangement where you look after it for me for a reasonable rate ... let me know.
I plan on starting at $55K on Marketplace and elsewhere, so we'll see how that goes.
This Tesla Model 3 Highland Standard Range was delivered in Feb/2024 with Pearl White Exterior / Black Interior. Originally treated with a ceramic protective coating, it has 40,000 carefully driven kms. I’ve added a number of additions and upgrades to the vehicle.
- Tesla Original and additional Type 2 Charging Cables.
- Protective Matts throughout (Frunk, Cabin, Rear)
- Storage Area organisers
- Column and Behind Screen phone mounts
- EnhanceAuto Commander, K**b, Buttons and Stalks (https://enhauto.com/)
- Spare Tire, Changing Kit, Electric Pump, Jacking Pucks
- Cleaning kit including Towels and Blower/Vac
- Overhead retractable Jowua Sunshades
- Front windscreen shades

Updated for Trips RP10. Also added to the RP list to the end of 2025. No intentional implication implied there there as to how long this current EBA will last ...

EBA Productivity Calculator – Issue #42 – 24Aug24 – Infinidim EBA Productivity Calculator – Issue #42 – 24Aug24 So having come back to Virgin after a COVID-enforced absence, a common request from a few pilots is for me to update my Wide Body EBA Remuneration Spreadsheet for the Narrow Body 2021 EBA. Sure, I thought. How hard could that be? Well … The 202...

Update on the B737 Document for the SOP Changes 11Jul24 (and the usual cornucopia of other items).

B737NG Type Rating Document – 24Jun24 – Infinidim B737NG Type Rating Document – 24Jun24 So … for the second time in 2 years and the third time in 25 … I’m doing another Type Rating. This time it’s the Boeing 737NG and it’s very … different. For the first thing – I have LOTS of time. As practically every other pilot who’s ever gone...

Update to the B737 Procedures and Flows document, as follows:

Updated Min Cabin Crew complement; EDTO Diversion B738 27K; Change to Step On Board timings; Updated Cold Weather Missed Approach Climb Capability summary table (Flap 30); Hot Weather Missed Approach Climb Capability; Corrected B737 Flap/Lim Speeds Table in Tables (thanks SS); updated non-ACARS CDU Setup to match line ops; reworded factoring in Stopping Solution box of LPA; added Landing Performance Table for YBHM (corrected YBCG/YMLT); Removed MinM+10 from ToC flow; OEI LVO to Landing Flap Selections in Ldg Perf Analysis; added max 20 deg Body Angle to NADP; Added Automation, Flap, Take-off Alternate to Departure Brief (A1); added Automation, Alternate to Arrival Brief (A1); I have succumbed to the inevitable and written out what is a reasonably common sample briefing format from the Line for TR candidates to use; added Ayers Rock to Runway/Parking Ramp and OneNote; added >FL300 for 10 degree bank at TOC.

B737NG Type Rating Document – 18May24 – Infinidim B737NG Type Rating Document – 18May24 So … for the second time in 2 years and the third time in 25 … I’m doing another Type Rating. This time it’s the Boeing 737NG and it’s very … different. For the first thing – I have LOTS of time. As practically every other pilot who’s ever gone...

Boeing 777 Procedures and Techniques Document

I’ve stated in the past that I try and release a copy every year, and while the past 12 months have been “quiet” on the 777 front (to say the least) I figured I might as well try and stay on top of the aircraft anyway.

There’s not a lot of change to the content (see below). As always there are two versions of the document. One of them is marked “HL” and incorporates highlighted/changed/new content. The second is a pristine version. Both have a change revision section at the end you can head to and click the links to jump to the new/revised content. As I said – I haven’t seen the inside of a 777 (or simulator) since mid 2021, so there’s not a lot there that’s stunningly new as such.

- Airfield Lighting Calls : Added a directional element to airfield lighting calls (thanks JR).

- Rejected / Balked Landing Procedure : Revised procedures in relation to Balked Landing (Rejected Landing After Touchdown) in line with Boeing’s 2020 FCTM Update.

- Engine Performance Compromised – Continued Flight : Content reviewing continued flight with an engine that cannot reach rated thrust owing to NNM.

- TO2 … Engine Failure … TOGA … Vmc A/G? : Added a technique of running a full thrust solution in an attempt to validate a TO1/TO2 V2 against a full TO V2. Thanks Daniel!

- Fire Engine on Ground Checklist : Some background and overview to this new checklist paradigm that is sweeping all Boeing fleets.

Once again – some wonderful questions from the crowd that have kept my head in the game and I’ve answered as best I can, see the Questions from the Audience section.

Regards Ken

Procedures and Techniques – Feb 2022 Update – Infinidim Procedures and Techniques – Feb 2022 Update For the last decade or so, I have been working on a document called Boeing 777 Procedures and Techniques. It has it’s genesis in what was originally a Common Errors document based on observations of Pilot/Student actions in the Simulator – but most p...

So Boeing revised it's 777 Rejected Landing After Touchdown procedure in favour of a Balked Landing procedure last year. Just catching up ...

Boeing 777 Baulked (Balked) Landing – Infinidim Boeing 777 Baulked (Balked) Landing A Balked Landing is the commencement of a missed approach that occurs just before, or more typically just after the aircraft touches down for landing. While not an especially “normal” manoeuvre, it is considered part of the normal sphere of operations for an a...

I’m about to release an update to the Procedures & Techniques document. While there haven’t been many changes to the core content (on the back of bu**er all 777 flying/training over the past 12 months); I’ve decided to incorporate a document on Standard Calls I wrote a number of years ago. In addition I’m including an FAQ section which documents the best questions I’ve received on the content over the past few years. All current subscribers will receive a link through email to download the update. Please contact me directly if you want a copy. I release copies for personal use at zero cost and ask for a small contribution if you feel the content is useful to you in your aviation role.

Howdy All - with the significant reduction in salary we are all experiencing, I dug out an old spreadsheet I built a while ago to look at forward budget planning. I updated it this week and have set it up initially to be able to look at different scenarios of when we might be back at work. If you are struggling with working out how your spending is looking - this might be useful. Any difficulties getting it up and running, feel free to PM me. There’s a help guide in the post here, and I might throw together a couple of videos on how to set it up if there’s actual interest in it. Ken

Infinidim Monthly Budget Planning Spreadsheet – Infinidim Infinidim Monthly Budget Planning Spreadsheet Back in 2008, I was looking at leaving Emirates for a job with an Airline that didn’t exist at the time – V Australia – to be part of the startup operation introducing Boeing 777’s into Australia. On the back of napkin, it looked like about a 50%...

An update to the Procedures and Techniques document will go live on www.Infinidim.org tomorrow.

Infinidim – Ken Pascoe FRAeS Unreliable Airspeed on Takeoff – A Simulated Scenario So after a carefully walk around the outside of the aircraft where the Static and Pitot ports are checked un-obstructed; no indications from your EICAS that there are any problems with the Air Data System during taxi; you barrel down the runway...

Unreliable Airspeed on Takeoff – A Simulated Scenario – Infinidim Unreliable Airspeed on Takeoff – A Simulated Scenario So after a carefully walk around the outside of the aircraft where the Static and Pitot ports are checked un-obstructed; no indications from your EICAS that there are any problems with the Air Data System during taxi; you barrel down the runway...

First post by a guest author. The issue of crew dynamics on the flight deck can be a thorny one ...

I’m Sorry – Did You Want To Fly This Thing? – Infinidim I’m Sorry – Did You Want To Fly This Thing? Ken : The following article is written by a current B737 First Officer, after a discussion we had on Flight Deck Crew Dynamics. Have you ever been in the situation as the Pilot Flying where your off-sider has interfered with the Mode Control Panel (MCP...