Man, those 717s are incredibly, horribly and deafeningly loud! Happened to be sitting in the last row KOA-HNL and wow! what a deafening ride LoL :-) Have you ever ridden a 727, DC-9, or MD-80 back there? I thought I read that the 717’s were going to remain for another 5 years after the merger. I sa...
Jump to postN584AS, Alaska's first 737-800 converted to freighter, has been at Victorville since early February. It first reentered service after conversion in mid-November last year, and flew regularly for a month, then went to Oklahoma City until late January, then was back in service for less than two weeks...
Jump to postAlabama returning to Tuscaloosa on an Aveo 738. Looks like (I’m guessing) media and University Management are returning on a couple of Executive Jet Management PJ’s, a Falcon 50 and a Challenger 300. Rich fans are on those private flights. Media is flying commercial. Most likely the AD and universi...
Jump to postThe SkyClub was the longest wait I've experienced anywhere, and it has to be one of their smallest in the network. What a difference a few months makes--I flew DL in June 2023 and there were probably 10-20 people in the SC. In about 4 years, the T3N2 concourse will open which will provide six addit...
Jump to postWith the exception of C9 and C11 (AS)I and C19, C21 (AA), I believe all the other gates on C are some form of common use. AS may have priority use over some of them. C16 is usually vacant most of the day. The jetway may be the longest we have at PDX. Is C16 the gate with an elevator labeled somethi...
Jump to postpjc747 wrote:Atlas Air still operates a 747 Classic simulator in Miami, and there's still a handful of people in the cargo 747 world flying the -400 and -8 who keep current on the classic for the few still flying around in the civilian world.
Any thoughts on how a second Taiwanese semiconductor major entering the PHX area influences potential Asia routes? Not this again. No worse jet lag than a west coast-Europe flight IMHO. I've found that east coast to Europe flights hit me harder than the west coast to Europe flights--probably just b...
Jump to postIt is silly, and as I’d said previously, while she’s not all smiley, she’s also very nice. My money is on her succeeding Ben as CEO in the coming years. As long as she's not a CPA by trade... :D Unfortunately, Ben’s recent investor update showed that AS, as expected, doubled down on the 737. Look, ...
Jump to posthttps://i.ibb.co/Tq9kz5M/IMG-8082.jpg Do some airlines or countries require FA’s to place hands under legs during takeoff and landing? If so, why? I’ve noticed this more on non-US airlines. Do we know where the five FA’s were seated on this AA flight? Was the flighted staffed with five or six FA’s?...
Jump to postPHX 1410 CDG 0915+1 What a lovely recipe for jetlag! Good timing on the WB flight though. I would of thought from the start they would advertise Arizona/Phoenix as a destination. When I was in Paris last year, most locals I talked to had never heard of Phoenix, or even more broadly Arizona. Have to...
Jump to postThe door plug is not supposed to be opened even during an emergency. So it could have been designed bigger than the hole. People have stated that the purpose of the plug is so the aircraft can be later changed, to add an exit door, or vice versa. Does that mean they have the same mounting system, o...
Jump to postYou can't do a 25-minute connection between B22 and D17, either. Sure you can. It's not advisable, but it's certainly not impossible. I'd use the A/D connector instead of the B/C one. Kinda sounds like a fun challenge. 12 years later I have only seen one 787 and one A380 each in person, and IM stil...
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And since the VX acquisition, they’ve learned a lot about what questions to ask, like “What terms did you get when negotiating for your A321s and B787s?” What kind of boneheads were in Seattle that didn't get this info during the VX merger? That seems like it should be one of the first pieces of in...
Jump to postThe B717s have about five good years left, barring any Herculean efforts to extend their service life. After that, I’d imagine you’d probably see a mix of HA-branded A321s, AS B737s, and HA-branded QX E175s running interisland ops. They’d use varying aircraft at different times to maximize yields a...
Jump to postNon US-citizens cannot qualify for a security clearance, which is a requirement of the job. I did not know this! Curious why you need a security clearance for the job? Is it because all en-route can handle military/SAM flights? Obviously don't violate your NDA replying :lol: but still genuinely cur...
Jump to postNever been visited by iceman in Florida, but have been visited many times in Tucson, Las Vegas, and other strange places. Even been sprayed in Seattle when it was in the 50s (frost on the underside of the wing). There are a handful of deice trucks in Phoenix too. Kinda funny seeing them getting cove...
Jump to postI may be one of the only AS FA's (at least, SEA based) that misses the 200 combi's. Why? Genuinely curious. They were a bit more roomy in the cabin. It was kind of a step back into yesteryear. It felt warm and familiar. There was a gun closet (although now used for fishing poles) a fire closet (wit...
Jump to postFlew through OAK today and was pleasantly surprised that I was able to get some decent photos of the parked A321s. N926VA (More to Love): https://flic.kr/p/2pdF3RM N927VA (More to Love): https://flic.kr/p/2pdGdgP N922VA and N927VA with MAX9 N704AL in between: https://flic.kr/p/2pdDMmi I’ve always h...
Jump to postWhen booking thru AA their website keeps mulishly defaulting to my AA FF number where I desire the points go to my AS account. If that’s all what you are after, you just have to sign out of your AA account before you book it on AA and then add your MileagePlan number when u book it, or afterwards. ...
Jump to postThey used to with the 738. They pulled out about 12 or 13 years ago and replaced it with Costera E145s I believe to HMO, but that only ran for a few years. 2792486,1745783 I hate to be that guy, BUT, you posted 737-700s. :mrgreen: TUS was served with a Saab 340 to HMO that went away in 2008-09. I v...
Jump to postThe airport really dropped the ball by demolishing Terminal 2 before they had any additional capacity lined up. Terminal 3 (and Terminal 4 at times) are at capacity now and to wait 5 years for additional capacity when many competing airports such as DEN, DFW, and others are adding capacity is poor ...
Jump to postSurprising to me that a flight kitchen would move so often as it's got to be an EXPENSIVE proposition due to all the equipment! Often these things aren't as expensive as you think. Their lease was probably expiring at the old location and they negotiated favorable lease terms at the new place south...
Jump to postIn south Peoria (101 and Peoria Ave) we had high winds and got a whopping .02 of rain. Make a total for the monsoon of .07 :( Was listening to PHX and most AA went to ONT and most WN went to TUS. Was interesting for sure. Also had a few LAS diversions. LOL I wonder how much rain WE got in Avondale;...
Jump to posthigher ranking TSMC employees from Taiwan. I wouldn't be shocked if there's enough traffic back and forth to make it worth it. On this Tiktok user page, there is discussion on this below. Has anyone else seen or heard this before regarding CI & JL? I looked up John Dekker Travel and they are af...
Jump to postI've flown with an Aussie or two on WN before.
Jump to postBut if you want to say that the 753 is an unsuitable tool on days that are 45C and have massive congestion on the taxiways - that would be difficult to dispute. I read somewhere they were 12th in line? Maybe that was just a guess? Doesn't seem like "massive congestion" to me. Either way, ...
Jump to postThere's an airline actually named Sky High airlines?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngknx7Wag80
I keep forgetting to ask this, and flying into PHX yesterday evening and seeing 8/26 lit up from I-10 driving home reminded me: can somebody explain to me why that runway has no touchdown zone lights and not even, to my true astonishment, no centerline lights??? It blows me away. And while asking t...
Jump to postVctony wrote:It appears AA may be planning more growth (including intercontinental) per JohnNYC (who seems to be pretty accurate with AA rumors): https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1675996775520378880
This is a long way from it's home under the Denver airport...
Jump to postIt drives me nuts that B closes at 2000 when the last bank for AA departs at 2100 currently and you still have international connections that just got in at 1930 that still have to come up and reclear security. The worst is landing at 2200 after a long trip, parking at B24, then realize you have to...
Jump to postSuperDash wrote:I am happy with AS and their decisions. Keep my costs low....no wait, keep my fares low.
Happened to be on-board SWA3386 on 5/20 LAS-SEA. Upon arriving at the gate in SEA, a mild "hot electrical" odor was present. With about half the plane already off loaded, the FA began asking everyone to hurry up the process of exiting the plane.....followed by the word19794.jpeg19794.jpeg...
Jump to postAVLAirlineFreq wrote:A 3-hour flight in a CR700? I would need to be sedated.
Happened to be on-board SWA3386 on 5/20 LAS-SEA. Upon arriving at the gate in SEA, a mild "hot electrical" odor was present. With about half the plane already off loaded, the FA began asking everyone to hurry up the process of exiting the plane.....followed by the word19794.jpeg19794.jpeg...
Jump to postWent to PHX for the first time in six months (totally enjoying not traveling anymore!), and it seems the traffic from the east is getting exponentially worse. Is the airport ever going to fix the east approach to eliminate all the weaving necessary? https://www.gatewayairport.com/pressrelease?id=204...
Jump to postWhat exactly are we admiring here: the deeper bins? the upward sweep so that you can also stand up in the middle seat or the indirect lighting which half the crew dont quite know how to operate? Maybe we should admire the pitiful airflow from the gasper vents that comes standard on all BSI equipped...
Jump to postPart of the problem with the cross border wage comparisons is the exchange rate. The Canadian dollar in the past was a bit higher than the US dollar. Today the CDN$ trades at a discount to the US$. CAD has routinely traded at a discount to USD. The monthly average since 1990 has been 1 cad = 0.8026...
Jump to postI was told I would not be able to board a AA flight from Phoenix to Maui without my passport.
That was a bizarre experience.
Thanks for the post - wonder if 3M has the accounting system where each centralized support group (Legal is an example) must charge out "hours"to internal business groups. Thats a death loop for support groups because the VP running the operating business wants to have the absolute best f...
Jump to postInteresting data point: I worked for a Fortune 500 company and could easily access everything I could ever want to know about the corporate flight department, including the scheduling team. It was easy to find in our intranet. They were very proud of it but anyone who rode on the jets kept it hush-h...
Jump to postUA and DL often use 739ERs in and out of SCE with its 6,700 ft runway for college football team charters in/out of Penn State. They couldn't have the payload to fly to the west coast, but more than enough to get to the other schools in the Big Ten Country. (eg MSP, MSN, ORD, etc.) Wonder what they’...
Jump to postAnother damn good reason to get a paper boarding pass is OW treats AS like a rented redhead stepchild. We had a hell of a time getting miles credited with travel on BA to our AS acct - a copy of the tix sent to AS cleaves thru the mess easier. Another reason for me to avoid BA. 75K since it was ann...
Jump to postAA is already making a change to the PHX bank structure in June to add additional connectivity - the first and last banks of the day will now be omni-directional (to make up for the loss of a 7AM westbound bank and a 10PM eastbound bank) so that'll boost PHX flying some more and that can happen ove...
Jump to postFrom my understanding the oversight was that the drawings did not include a series of drawings with the jetways retracted - they were always extended to the aircraft. Whomever laid out the gates should get their own "Wanna get away?" commercial. Bet whenever they do new terminals, the dra...
Jump to postAccording to an old terminal map I dug out from the early-2000s, there used to be a connector bus between gates D2 and C6. Don't see why such a thing couldn't be implemented currently, unless construction debris etc. would prohibit it. There isn't a way up from the ramp at C6, except through the je...
Jump to postAssuming Alaska/Horizon/SkyWest can staff the schedules, while there is only a net of 10 airplanes added to the fleet, there will likely be more like 19-21 airplanes worth of flying added to the schedules. Essentially, that comes out of improved utilization and the efficiency of the simplified flee...
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