Posts by user "TBL Warrior" [Posts: 5 Total up-votes: 0 Pages: 1]

Originally Posted by tdracer

Sorry but you are wrong. The RAT was basic on the 767 - every single 767 built has one. The Gimli glider deployed the RAT (1982), and the Delta dual engine shutdown out of LAX deployed the RAT.

Originally Posted by sixgee

Ex 787 pilot here, I can confirm that the excerpt from the FCTM above is correct, and also confirm that the QRH memory items for Dual Engine Fail/Stall are:

Condition: Engine speed for both engines is below idle

Fuel Control Switches (both) \x85 CUTOFF then RUN
RAM AIR TURBINE switch \x85 Push and hold for1 second

Originally Posted by moosepileit

787 pilots, If throttles are NOT at idle, will their respective fuel cut off switches still trigger a shutdown?

The above checklist procedure implies throttle lever angle and cutoff switches are independant for resetting FADECs.

If so, is it time for this convention from the days where throttles and cutoffs were mechanical systems, not resolvers and switches, to end?

Risk vs reward? Requires more coordination between PF and PM in cases where cutoff is not desired by PF- keep throttle/s up, cannot be surprised by a fuel cutoff.

Originally Posted by galaxy flyer

Just for emphasis, the fuel control switches control both the spar valve AND the shutoff inside the fuel controller at the engine. It\x92s not the spar valve the starves the engine of fuel it\x92s the HP valve. If it were only the spar valve, shut downs at the gate would take awhile.

Originally Posted by tdracer

No simulator access, but I do know this much:

One EICAS and one PFD is on the battery (most likely the left seat PFD) - they might momentarily flicker but will not 'blank'.

You get an EICAS message when you set the fuel switch to CUTOFF - something like "ENGINE X CUTOFF" (not sure of the 787 wording, but it would be something to that effect.

While I doubt the PF would be actively monitoring EICAS during TO, with the sudden audio change to the engine noise as well as the sudden loss of acceleration, I'd expect him to take a quick look at EICAS to see what the ( ) the engines are doing. Plus, if the PF was in the right seat and his PFD blanked - I'd expect him to look across to see what's on either the standby or the left seat PFC, and perhaps EICAS.