I am currently 16 years of age from South Africa, and like many teenagers am interested in becoming the best fighter pilot that I can possibly be in the near future. My ambition and determination to become a fighter pilot is unlimited and my grades are exceptionally well. But my first question is: How do I “rise above” all the others that too, want

Unfortunately, there are very few routes that involve ETOPS restricted zones or the poles. The only areas where the A340-500 may have an advantage over the 777-200LR are routes near the West coast of South America and trans-Antarctic routes. It should also be noted that on most other routes, the 777 outperforms the A340- for instance, CI was ...

You should be noted that twinjets like B777 are subjected to ETOPS constraint, so they cannot fly over remote areas with ETOPS no-go zones, like the poles, southern hemisphere oceans. So twinjets have to use much longer routing rather than shortest great circle route used by quadjets like A340. Thus my comparison between B777 & A340 is not ...

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the 777 has always had and still has the highest reliability rate, which is currently at 99 percent. As for your argument that a quad engine design is ''better'' than a twin like the 777, how about this: the A330 (twin-engined) has always held a higher reliability rate than the A340. And of course, the 777 has an ...

Airlines are silly because they order the 777 over the ''much more reliable A340?'' Let the facts speak for themselves: - the 777 is MORE reliable than the A340 (99% as compared to 98.5%) - the 777 has always been more reliable than the A340, ever since 1996, just a year after it entered service - Sales figures, as of Sept. 2002: 777: 607 ...

All of this is ABSOLUTE NONSENSE! All of the incidents you cited about the 777 being unsafe involve problems with the ENGINES, in particular, the Rolls Royce Trent 892 engine, which powers the Singapore and Emirates 777 fleets. The Trent has had problems lately, however, these were all minor incidents of contained engine failure and in no way ...

Some airlines, like United, Continental, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, set up Economy Plus classes to make long haul trips more comfortable. But the number of such seats are limited, and their fares are much higher than that of Economy Class, except United, which only Star Alliance high grade members and passengers pyaing full fare ticket can ...

Avitop Air Force Pilots, I am currently 16 years of age from South Africa, and like many teenagers am interested in becoming the best fighter pilot that I can possibly be in the near future. My ambition and determination to become a fighter pilot is unlimited and my grades are exceptionally well. But my first question is: How do I “rise above” all ...

http://www.airbus.com/airbus4u/articles_detail.asp?ae_id=84 It said Airbus A340 has quad engined design, so airlines can always use the most direct route between the 2 destinations, rather than indirect route with no ETOPS no-go zone en route used by twinjets like B777. It also said A340 has much lower diversion rate, about 2-3 times better than ...

Philippine Airlines (PAL), Philippine's flag carrier, is founded by a Philippines leading industrialist, Andres Soriano in Feb 1941. It started operations with a single Beech Model 18 aircraft making one flight daily between Manila and Baguio. September 1941 is a very important month for PAL, because the Philippines Government invests PAL since ...