Air New Zealand ATR 72 Flight Deck Landing at Christchurch

[thestig747]

Also just to reiterate so it doesn't sound like I am a terrorist I am 13 and I want to become a pilot, so I am really interested in aviation, and I want to ask the pilots some questions

[Steve181]

@thestig747. PT 1: I have connections to the airline so I can more easily ride in the jumpseat than most. My advice though is to call Air New Zealand one or two days before departure once you have bought your ticket & explain how you'd love to ride in the jump seat. They might put a note in the system requesting this or they might say to ask a check-in staff member on the day, & hopefully they'll put in a request to the captain.

[Steve181]

@Steve181 PT 2: Don't take it personally if the Caption says no, there are many reasons why like if the jump seat is being occupied by an engineer needing transport to another port or if the weather is complex etc. If you can't get the jump seat you can always ask a flight attendant if you can meet & ask the pilots a few questions during or after the flight, I'm sure they will be happy to. I don't fly for a living but I do have my Commercial Pilots Licence, if you have any questions PM me. :)

[thestig747]

@Steve181 Thank you for the information, hopefully it goes well :) Also thanks for the offer, and if I have any questions I will PM you. Thanks :)

[thestig747]

How do you get to go in the cockpit, it seems a lot easier then on the boeings and airbus's. I am flying from Christchurch to Rotorua in 2 months or so, and I really want to get in the cockpit, thanks mate.

[appleglory]

310 feet..... minimumsss

[KFCmaori]

i farted on one of these planes and punked out the whole cabin hoohoohoohoo was a turbulent flight too so for most of the flying i was woffing the seat with all the bumps hoohoohoohoo

[yepp87]

im planning to study aviation do you recommend massey uni in palmerston north or a flight school

[rnzafdude]

Depends what you wanna do, but if you wanna go airlines, better to get a degree.

Is what I was forced to do.. c_C

[appleglory]

@rnzafdude you dont need a degree to get into airlines

[rnzafdude]

@appleglory Read the whole comment before replying. thx.

[appleglory]

@rnzafdude did read the comment. k thx.

[rnzafdude]

@appleglory No you didn't. Because I never said you NEEDED one. I said it's better.

[appleglory]

@yepp87 choose the closest to you.

[highflyerl23]

Pilot here...ask.

[MKSailmationto]

Any pilots here? Need ask a question

[emohunterCHCH]

whats that whril whril noise for?

[boilerinbound]

Its called the trim whooler. Activates when the aircraft is being trimmed after a few seconds.

[britshairwaysrocks]

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[jesusgonebad]

just a question.

how come the speed brakes weren't deployed on landing?

gr8 video. hopefully i'll be flying for air nz soon!

[rendezvousnz]

ATR's dont have 'em. Reverse thrust and wheel brakes stop the thing.

[jesusgonebad]

ah k. cheers

[rustydevilll]

They are looking at new Atr's actually.

bigger models.

[kiwipilot84]

not atm, they have just extended the current fleets life atm-

[heyitsboo]

well not exactly a bigger model :) but the newer ATR has an all glass cockpit, updated engines and higher ceiling range or something like that. way back they were thinking about making an ATR 82 i don't see why Alenia/Aerospatiale (whatever they're called now) they should go back and consider it again it would be great :)

[heyitsboo]

its not just that either. the Q400's are hideous. and dont make a cool noise like the ATR's do :) lol

[flightnse]

I would say that air new zealand will replaces them with the Q400 but with the Q400's landing gear that would be a bad move!!!!!!!and the 600 are faster.

[heyitsboo]

yeah if air nz buys the Q400 we'll be seeing heaps more videos of collapsing under carriages! LOL

[aviator197927]

cool video, hopefully these atr's will be replaced with the 600, and not the Q400!!