Re: Final Boeing 747 rolls out tonight December 6 2022

Sad to see production end.

Glad to have flown in a series 100, 400 and 800.

Best Regards

TRB

Re: Mexico considers allowing domestic cabotage

Considering that tickets are very cheap and taxes and airport fees are ridiculous, I think is just another stupid occurrence of this government (specially if we have a Category 2 rating)

This goverment is a joke.

Regards
TRB

Re: Southwest FA Breaks Back During Hard Landing

I once landed at MIA in a 738 with American Airlines, I was seated in the last row the landing felt like a crash, its the only time I have heard a Flight attendant gasp. Then both of them laughed and commented on the "landing".
Hope the FA has a speedy recovery.

Best Regards
TRB

Re: The Great Neil Peart Has Died. Drummer for Rush.

Sadly he is gone. I had the fortune to see rush in their last 5 tours and saw them 7 times. I concert was something to behold because of the presicion of those guys. I had knowledge of Neil condition since July, I kept the secret because I was warned about it. AND I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT for those...

Re: MEX keeps growing against all odds: Breaks 50M mark

MEX is simply put an embarrassment to Mexicans, the New airport was cancelled and PAID in full with the new government, so we ended with a old, outdated and undersized airport, with low ceilings and dismal services. I flew FCO to MEX last month and after a 13.5 hour flight we had to wait another hou...

Re: Update: AF firms order for 60 A220 plus 30 options and 30 purchase rights, A380's to be retired by 2022

I wonder what will AF fly to Mexico MMMX to cover the lost seats on the big A380. I flew 14 days ago in Expanded cattle class (known as Y plus), and the Plane was full, my sources tell that flight is seldom lower than 85% full including F and C...So i guess its a money making machine. Using a 777-30...

Re: A380 was success for Airbus, says new CEO

FACTS A CEO has to sugarcoat his company failures. The A380 is a Tech Marvel They learned a lot of stuff by going BIG (remember the Apollo program?) The A380 tech and software permeated to a lot of improvements and Airbus products Yep they lost a lot on the business side of it. People love to fly th...

Re: 77W vs A35K capacity

I am 5´7 and not overweight, I find the 10 abreast 777, simply a torture chamber, since it is used for more than 8 hour flights...
Id gladly pay 200 each way more just for that 2 extra inches
Best Regards

TRB

Re: Rumor: American to make huge announcement

Since there is a typical Mexican stone mixer I am willing to bet a lot of MEX news included...

Re: AM looking at A220 and E2-195 to replace its regional fleet.

If they go Embraer/Boeing, they will need to give them a killer price, and some nice freebies included. My money is on the A200 Series.

OTOH they could buy some nicely used Russian Airplanes for a song

Best Regards

TRB

Re: Federal Prosecutors Expanding Boeing Investigation to CHS 787 Production Site

Has anyone seen the Al jazera report on Boeing and the 787. Granted it has a lot of exageration, but the hidden camera and the employees talking about QC is really frightening...

Best Regards
TRB

Re: Operational Weak Spots of the Airbus A321NEO/LR Discussion Thread

The wing is simply the biggest limitation for this airplane. When it was designed, the A320 weighed 155,000lbs. 58,000lbs less than the 213k of today. Correct, as I have read Airbus is trying to bring down empty weight , and simplifying the wing using variable angle flaps and multi position Slats.....

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q2 2019

I just want to stop seeing that the pilot could have done differently and saved the doomed flights. Please KNOW that the crews were not familiar and possibly not trained to handle a MCAS malfunction... and also in a dire situation, so please stop that and lets focus on the actual grounding of the MA...

Re: AC Passenger left on plane at remote stand at YYZ

If I was in that plane Id love to get into the cockpit and use my training to startup the Apu the lights and beacons... problem solved.... probably go to jail...but heck sometimes you have to see the glass half full.

Regards
TRB

Re: Airbus seeks to break Boeing/AIG deal

The meltdown people are having over this order has made decades being on this site as worth while. I am happy about Boeing getting this nice order, but they have 100 truckloads of maxes to deliver so its another glass of water in a very full bucket.... but lets consider: They really need to get the...

Re: Air France delays A380 cabin refit; future of fleet under study

The CDG-MEX Flight is always full... maybe the price is way too low, to make it a good business case.... Bummer I love the 380

Re: Did Malaysia Airlines fly to Mexico, Argentina, Canada & USA in its heyday!?

I flew on Jan 1 1994 and returned Jan15 1994 on MH on a Spanking new 747-400 they flew the MEX LAX segment from November 1993 to late 1995, and they took it because Mexicana Aeromexico and United torpedoed the 5 freedom rights..

Best Regards
TRB

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q2 2019

I have refrained for posting on these MAX threads because quite frankly, lot of exaggeration and Ill comments. I really hope Boeing makes its homework because after the grounding is lifted ANY incident will be magnified ... I certainly hope they can get back on track, pay what is due and polishs aga...

Re: Boeing 737 replacement, back on the table in summer 2019?

Love these never ending threads on the SA replacements of the future...since we have long made the 572 and the Mad dogs threads a thing of the past.. Boeing and Airbus will try to keep selling their current stuff as long as they can.... its like a Mexican standoff... The new Boeing will cost gazilli...

Re: How is the A350 performing for DL

I find it tiresome that its 2019 and the flame wars A and B are still going with the same tired old arguments. Delta is a very well run airline, and if they choose the A350 they must have seen it with a magnifying glass, so much that after that they have made comintments with other products from Air...

Re: Icelandair cockpit window "shattered", emergency landing at CFB Bagotville

B757Forever wrote:

But what happened to the fish?

Re: Windows in the 787

On my flight MEX - NRT it was 15 hours of darkness, but the crew elected to dimm the windows all the way, so I could not see the stars or the aurora over Alaska... it was a moonless flight.... hate the windows on the 787.... and then on the descent they put them in normal, and the landing lights rea...

Re: Future A380 Customers And Routes

Routes that could use a A380 profitably: MAD-MEX MAD-GRU FRA-MEX EZE- MAD Who will use them? Who knows, even LHR-MEX is a table route.

Re: PSA 182 40th Anniversary 9/25/2018