Re: Why APU after taxiing in narrow bodies?

Actually, the main reason is in case you have an Engine Fire on or just after shutdown. The APU then offers you a bleed source to windmill the Engine to help extinguish any Fire.

Re: Volga-Dnepr AN 124 Status?

I believe there are two VDA AN124s in Leipzig. The whole notion of ADB taking them over is a pipe dream which I think even Dmytro has admitted to be unrealistic in one of his most recent videos. It would be a bureaucratic quagmire. So I anticipate these two along with the one at YYZ to go nowhere f...

Re: Maintenance Coffee Maker and Boiler

Wacker1000 wrote:

You run it until it breaks, place it on MEL, and do nothing until the MEL drops dead.

Re: Tui 763 squawking 7700 (TOM5GM)

Pretty sure 767s cannot dump fuel, but they can land at takeoff weight. They could have burned off fuel to avoid overweight landing inspections, but only they know. As usual here, plenty of erroneous info. Most B767-300ER can dump fuel. That said, an overweight landing inspection takes two mechanic...

Re: A330 and A340 Movements/Write-off/Retirements/Scrap Thread - 2021

Airbus A330-243 1451 D-AAAQ Castlelake ferried 30 Nov 2021 LEJ-ZRH-LDE, for part-out and scrap, ex V5-ANO Airbus A330-243 1466 D-AAAS Castlelake ferried 01 Dec 2021 LEJ-ZRH-LDE, for part-out and scrap, ex-V5-ANP Wow, those are 2013 builds. If I’m not mistaken, these would be the first A330/340s und...

Re: EI looking to start transatlantic from MAN

I've never quite understood why BA didn't pick a second hub in the north so this seems to be a long overdue step They had one in the early nineties including long haul to Orlando, New York,Toronto, Barbados, Hong Kong,Delhi, Mumbai and Islamabad at its height . Los Angeles, Bangkok, Bahrain, Montre...

Re: Revisiting MH370

So let’s look at the facts...ATC, military radar tracking and common sense, let’s take out the speculation about motive, experienced pilot, trying to cover up a suicide mass murder. Double back fly to the most remote part of the world, kill your co-pilot/pilot do do a slow decompression of he plane...

Re: Lufthansa Group: 10B EUR bailout - Update

But why exactly do they need €9 billion? What do they plan on spending it on? I mean they have a lot of cash reserves left so it's not like they are on the brink of bankruptcy? Maybe they need the money to repay the thousands and thousands of people who had their money taken for Flights that didn't...

Re: Lufthansa: 10B EUR bailout - Update

The EU should definitely attach strings to this enormous government support. Breaking up LH-group might be appropriate. LX and OS together and with their governments support can go their own way. That way LH and Germany get a very clear message that they aren’t exempt from EU regulations. Many peop...

Re: Rumour: Emirates to decommission 40% of A380 fleet

Revelation wrote:

They've been taking new 77Ws up till a few months ago.

Re: Virgin and the 747...

So with the announcement today that Virgin is finished with their 747's what happens to a city like Orlando which had 5-6 747 visits a day?. I realize that it will never be the same again at least not in the forseeable future, but there was an article in the Orlando Senitnel that the Brits are stil...

Re: LH Group fleet groundings, Germanwings closure

Germany did not ask for money from any other country in order to bend any rules. Don't you think that many of those (DUE!) refunds would be going to families and companies in the named countries, thus making it even harder for them to sail through the crisis? Intercontinental fares might go up to 1...

Re: Airlines unpaid leaves and layoffs thread.

KLM reduces all employees hours (and pay) to 20%. The resulting gap is partly filled in by the government, but depending on ongoing talks, either fully OR 70% of the amount you would get when unemployed (which is 1500 euro net per month in this case). So either a really big decrease in monthly pay,...

Re: Air Europa flight UX965 MAD to IAD

Loads of weird flights on FR24 at the mo. Jordan Aviation A330 the other night from Chisinau to a withheld destination somewhere in the middle of North America (coasted out past Norway towards Greenland), Enter Air from Bardufoss in way northern Norway to Bristol, 3x LOT 787s to Heathrow in a singl...

Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020 - Part II

There are currently three Lufthansa flights on the way to Punta Cana. An A340 and a B744 from Frankfurt, and an A350 from Munich. The flight numbers are in the ferry flight range 9xxx, so are these Coronavirus related flights, maybe bringing German Citizens home ? Thanks for any info.

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q3 2019

Did they fly with flaps extended by any chance in order for the MCAS not to kick in? I don't know. A Dutch news report stated the plane was flown relatively low and slow to avoid any MCAS related problems. No word on using the flaps. Maybe someone else has the answer to your question. ....and if yo...

Re: Should airline regulators consider grounding B737 MAX series

This thread is getting ridiculous. Posting that officials are influenced by money over safety is completely unsupported by fact. FAA grounds on fact not hysteria. There are no facts showing that the MAX is dangerous. There indeed have been two serious crashes with large loss of life, but there are ...

Re: Should airline regulators consider grounding B737 MAX series

Do we have any idea if MCAS was even enabled? From the Lion data, they pilots didn't retract the flaps until about 1800' agl, and MCAS isn't enabled with flaps extended. Did the Ethiopian aircraft even achieve 1800'? Supposedly, the problems started shortly after takeoff, when the flaps were extend...

Re: Tax on kerosine

... China is becoming a leading nation in sustainability. India much less so. It is unsustainable, so something needs to be done. Both countries are doing lot more than west with less publicity. The number of electric buses produced by BYD in China is amazing. That will change public transportation...

Re: Rumor: British Airways to paint 4 aircraft in retro livery

Hopefully 1:1 scale of this, and not just 1:200: https://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server1900/9aa77/products/27538/images/66064/1520612844_148986_0__03329.1520613006.1280.1280.jpg?c=2 The 777-300 looks the business in BOAC colours. I really hope that they don't just do four 744s.

Re: German airport security staff strike, 1000+ flights cancelled

...[As it is only a matter of time until someone calls the strikers greedy and if they don't like their wages then they should look for a different job, same logic applies here.[...] ??? What other jobs? Most of those black mailers are unskilled scool droppers who just underwent a six-week drill in...

Re: German airport security staff strike, 1000+ flights cancelled

I have a friend working security at MUC. I think currently she said she is on about 9.50 Euro per hour, however I have noticed an advert for Security staff at MUC offering 20 Euro per hour AND something like a 5000 Euro bonus. When you consider that a Licensed Aircraft Engineer (EASA CAT B1) on the...

Re: German airport security staff strike, 1000+ flights cancelled

I have a friend working security at MUC. I think currently she said she is on about 9.50 Euro per hour, however I have noticed an advert for Security staff at MUC offering 20 Euro per hour AND something like a 5000 Euro bonus. When you consider that a Licensed Aircraft Engineer (EASA CAT B1) on the ...

Re: Dad books 6 flights to spend Xmas with FA daughter.

Are the non-rev passes free in the USA ? At all the Airlines I have worked for in Europe you pay for standby tickets (ID90). It used to be pretty cheap though until they started taxing them like normal tickets. In the end you could get a normal ticket for not much less than taking a chance on a stan...

Re: A330 and A340 write off - retirement - scrapping thread - 2018

MSN735 Airbus A330-243 that previously operated as B-6123 for China Eastern has been WFU, flown to St Athan and appears to be in the process of getting scrapped. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4907/44244277870_577298a141_c.jpg M-ABLK by l8rmt , on Flickr I'm a little surprised that a 2006 A330-200 ...

Re: Norweigan 737 Max Diverts to Shiraz, Iran

Slash787 wrote:

Is this the first B737MAX which has landed in Iran?

Re: Frontier A320 Loses #2 Engine Cowling Departing LAS

Hi: Fan cowls Have also red “flags” that indicates, when not “flush” no properly closed. Rgds There is a Service Bulletin that replaces the FWD Fan Cowl latch with one that uses a Key with a long red streamer attached for better visual identification of open latches. The Key can only be removed fro...

Re: Flybe losses much greater than expected - shares tank.

how can they have 501 engineering/maintenance staff for a relatively small fleet. The extension in maintenance Windows for Q400s really should have an impact on their maintenance costs but they make no mention of it. They perform Heavy Maintenance for other Operators at Exeter, so that would be one...

Re: What is the aviation impact of a no-deal Brexit?

Again you see, it’s not a case of those “pesky foreigners” it’s the fact we can’t control who is coming here and doing what they want. I think it’s great having migrants coming here and contributing through high paid jobs. In the future, lets choose the workers and skills we want. We'll see how you...

Re: Dog opened cargo door on B737 during approach to SVO

There is a rather obvious handle on the inside that a dog could probably open.... https://ibb.co/dKOeUT I'm sorry, but that Handle is stiff enough for Humans to struggle with, let alone a dog that couldn't "grip" it. We did have a Dog get loose in a B767 Bulk Cargo when I was at BA in the...

Re: Thomas Cook Mulling Airline Sale

Condor would be perfect to rebrand as level. Haha, good one. It wouldn't. You would lose lots of Germans on the way and would be flying half-empty flights. Condor passengers aren't driven by price, they are almost never the cheapest, but by passengers who have always booked them and will always boo...

Re: Spirit flight diverts after fliers fall ill from 'dirty sock' smell

This smell is not confined to aeroplanes. On the WCML rail service in the UK, prior the to Pendolino stock being introduced, the old Mk.3 carriage stock had a similar odour when braking. I'm no engineer, but the postings above regarding bleed air would make sense. I used to travel regularly between...

Re: Video of Hawaiian Employee Chucking Bags Posted on Twitter

The Floors (and Sidewalls for that matter) are not always in great shape because of the fact you are throwing cases around the Compartment ! You would not believe how much money and time it takes in Maintenance to repair all the damage caused by this. Especially on the Airbus where quite often we h...

Re: Airports where pax had to use stairs to board 747, DC-10, L-1011

KLDC10 wrote:

Berlin Tegel (TXL) 2017! (Lufthansa 747-400)
And if you'd like to bring in other widebodies, I disembarked from an A340-600 by stairs there a month or two ago too.

Re: United's 757-300s to go to 234 seats

I recently flew on a couple of Condor 753s. I was in their Premium Economy, and they didnt even have seat recline on the seats. They looked like a newish Recaro seat with the shorter narrow armrests. Its a race to the bottom now on every airline. At least with a Low cost or Holiday airline you half ...

Re: Video of Hawaiian Employee Chucking Bags Posted on Twitter

lol at the post about sliding bags, not gonna happen on the 738 or 739, only way to get the bags to the door is to throw them. On the A320 its not so bad and bags can be slid sometimes but heavy bags don't slide well and the floors are not always in great shape making sliding more difficult. If any...

Re: Video of Hawaiian Employee Chucking Bags Posted on Twitter

No she doesn't, she is doing her job and that is the reason for the slide being on the side on the jet bridge. Baggage handlers are under pressure to make sure they don't cause a flight to take a delay. The moment you start getting jet bridge bags most times you are up against the clock and baggage...

Re: Video of Hawaiian Employee Chucking Bags Posted on Twitter

She needs to be fired!! Period! No she doesn't, she is doing her job and that is the reason for the slide being on the side on the jet bridge. Baggage handlers are under pressure to make sure they don't cause a flight to take a delay. The moment you start getting jet bridge bags most times you are ...

Re: Lufthansa cancels 800 flights amid strike action

To strike when there is a legitimate reason is one thing, to cause such chaos with a "proactive warning strike" is something completely different. Such tactics won't win the unions any public support for their position. Exactly. Ver.Di are a nightmare. I am in that Union, but as soon as I...

Re: IAG buys NIKI for 20m EUR

Sorry to say, but if all of the above is true, I don't like this deal. Founding a new Austrian based company means the current Niki employees will have to re-apply for their own jobs. They will be offered new contracts, which will most likely be worse than their current CBA, which already isn't ver...

Re: Who will win in the battle to takeover NIKI?

[ I am the lucky one. I started a new job within two weeks of being terminated by Air Berlin. The Aircraft I work on now don’t fly passengers so I won’t be interested in people complaining about ticket prices :D My issue is only that Air Berlin Technik is still operational and paying people their f...

Re: Who will win in the battle to takeover NIKI?

[ You could have said the same about Air Berlin employees. Only certain people, most of whom had already left didn’t know how to run an Airline (unlike every Armchair CEO on this site). The majority of the employees were hard working and dedicated right to the end, and the cherry on the cake for so...

Re: Who will win in the battle to takeover NIKI?

.......still, who cares about employees, as someone mentioned that this is not a welfare forum. As long as you get your return ticket from A to B for 2 Euros, who gives a flying one about the people who make that happen.

Re: Who will win in the battle to takeover NIKI?

At best you could say that the assets of Niki are a dedicated Team of 1000 employees that know how to run trhe Airline and Keep it operational.. Thus saving start up costs in a new market. That would be called soft assets or good will in accounting Terms. If IAG wins the battle, they should Keep th...

Re: Ryanair Applies For Slots To Base 9 Aircraft At Berlin Tegel

It’s all been a stitch up in the end. LH lobbied the Authorities to ban codeshares between AB and EY, yet eventually ended up having a cosy relationship with EY themselves. It was pretty clear that when Merkel and Spohr visited the UAE that it was going to be the end of AB. The fact that EY then pub...

Re: Updated: LH to operate Boeing 747-400 roundtrips between Frankfurt and Berlin in November and December

There is a hole of 60,000 seats in the German domestic market. The 747's are but a drop in the bucket. Prices are ridiculous. Where are all the people who were posting that the train would provide competition and be a valid alternative to the LH monopoly? http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2017-11/insol...

Re: Updated: Air Berlin to cease operations

Was watching Volle Kanne on TV this morning. They had a report on former Air Berlin married couple workers who were very unhappy with the conditions of employment offered for Eurowings. Well I guess no one is forcing them to go and work for eurowings. Perhaps they can go and apply for easyJet or Ry...

Re: Why do LCCs have such small market share in Germany?

The main reason I would guess is that if you want to have a base in Germany, you have to abide by their employment laws, and the likes of Ryanair won’t be interested to pay the staff a living wage that reflects the money required to actually be able to live in Germany near to an Airport.

Re: Updated: Air Berlin to cease operations

When you fight your employer you will be out of a Job in the long run.. Keeping old coontracts alive, which do not hold up with reality, was one of the many reasons for the demise of AB. Pilots cannot repeat mistakes, Managers can. and that is why Spohr and Co do a brilliant Job in avoiding the man...

Re: Updated: Air Berlin to cease operations

Very moving video/song, from the staff, very well done I might add! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgG6kuo0wks Auf Wiedersehen AB, you will be sorely missed! I love that video. I wish they had come to our Hangar and filmed something towards it, although maybe we would have had a rather more blunt ...