Re: Covid-19 Interesting One-Off Flights

So the delta cargo flights, is Delta using the passenger area for more cargo, or is the passenger area empty and the cargo hold stuffed to the gills?

Re: Airbus - blended wing aircraft code name Maveric

I started following aviation seriously when i was around 12 so late 90s. I"m pretty sure the BWB concepts of back then looked more or less exactly what this looks like. Until I see one built it's exactly that...a concept. But I like how most of the thread has now been devoted to windows. :D Hi...

Re: Airbus - blended wing aircraft code name Maveric

Do they put the vertical fins on the nacelle? That's interesting because I wouldn't do it. That is the first thing that struck me when I saw the video. After the UA DC-10 crash in Iowa, I think combining the vertical fin with the engine nacelle is a potential disaster waiting to happen. Boeing and ...

Re: Report: FAA acted improperly in approving WN Hawaii flying

I'm surprised to hear allegations that the FAA rushed the approval, since it seemed to take Southwest years to get its Hawaii routes up and running!

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2020

Nice to hear that the Circles of Death and Despair are coming to an end! Everyone should fly out of terminal one before it's knocked down so we can tell our grandchildren what we had to put up with back in the day.

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

Why would Iran shoot down an airliner full of its own citizens intentionally? News outlets are stating the missile was unintentional which would make much more sense -- except that, why does Iran have an active missile launcher near the international airport? Tehran is quite a distance from all the...

Re: UA to Potentially Gain 24 of 39 New DEN Gates

For all this talk of a Polaris lounge in DEN, I'd say forget about it, at least for the foreseeable future. I seriously doubt UA would add enough international long haul flights to justify it. Where else could the realistically go that wouldn't pluck traffic away from the lucrative long haul routes...

Re: Atlas Air 3591 Down in Trinity Bay, Texas

Relevant parts of the transcript, before this things seemed relatively normal, despite a hurried descent, and the FO's instruments being apparently temporarily disable earlier and then started working again. The FO is the PF. 12:38:43.6 CAM-2 (oh) 12:38:44.0 CAM [Sound similar to a mechanical click...

Theoretical Line-up -- If Boeing Started From Scratch. Your Ideas?

It’s a slow news day, humor me folks! A.net member 9patch recently posted his/her armchair suggestion for Boeing’s line-up using previous and current aircraft types in his assessment. Not surprisingly, by mentioning the 757, the post was given a traditional A.net water cannon beat down. (Here’s the ...

Re: Pictures surfacing of 777X Sept Test Failure - they are Bad

My goodness. This thread makes me want to quit engaging the airliners community. It's almost as bad as the non-av threads. Where to begin. I have been involved in many tests like this one. This is hardly newsworthy. If only you had seen the things I've seen. What do you expect us engineers to do? W...

Re: Ukranian plane on fire in Sharm El Sheikh

That ground crew weren't playing - they doused that fire with so much retardant the plane nearly disappeared from view! Reminder to self: check to see if my at home fire extinguisher is expired.

I bet there was some frantic passengers inside the plane for a moment.

Re: AA Fleet Updates - 2019

[i][b]Where is this AA DC-10 taking off from? It's definitely not PHX, but possibly TUS. I don't see a body of water at the end of the runway. Having been raised in TUS, I am certain it is not TUS. The mountains appear too close and too many, even if accounting for a zoom lens. Perhaps Salt Lake Ci...

Re: Allegiant to open DSM base

DiamondFlyer wrote:

Regular line MX in no way requires a hangar to get things done. It can easily be done on the ramp

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2019

Load factors don’t tell the whole story. If they’re selling lots of cheap fares to get the plane that full, then it might make sense to move to the A321neo which can cover its costs selling fewer seats at a higher fare. Except that HA's fares, even on the 330 are not generally the cheapest offered....

Re: WN Downgraded based on aquisition speculation

The WN hate is strong with this one. :duck: You very obviously have no idea about what actually goes on at WN. No WN hate. Seriously. I just don’t think they are what some make them out to be.[/quote] Who pays attention to advertisements and marketing as evidence of anything other than - well, adve...

Re: Akbar AlBaker accuses Singapore being a ‘copy cat’

During the unveiling announcement, Akbar has stated that a Singapore National working at Hamad Airport has leaked the idea to his home airport (SIN) This comes as the new expansion at HIA will include indoor waterfall and large gardens similar to Changi's Jewel. That would have to be a Singapore Na...

Re: WN Downgraded based on aquisition speculation

Whatever happens, Herb wouldn’t approve. I have a bad feeling that his legacy will be trashed in a few years. It’s already kinda diminished. His legacy went out the window as soon as WN instituted the Animal Farm-style boarding zone system they currently employ. I love the animal farm-style boardin...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

Listen folks, lets take a poll right now: Keeping the Max out of the picture, would you book your wife as a passenger on an NG or any other line aircraft with a Lion Air crew? (I would not as there are serious doubts that the average LA crew could handle much of any curve ball the aircraft or the w...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

Listen folks, lets take a poll right now: Keeping the Max out of the picture, would you book your wife as a passenger on an NG or any other line aircraft with a Lion Air crew? (I would not as there are serious doubts that the average LA crew could handle much of any curve ball the aircraft or the w...

Re: Southwest pilots allegedly placed hidden camera in lavatory

Waiting 3 years is not necessarily an indication of "making up" this issue, they had to gather the evidence of being stalked (and that takes time). The lawsuit is about retaliation , and which took place over time, and not the initial event. Objection, motion to strike. Calls for speculat...

Re: Delta allegedly lobbying against new FAA rest rule for cabin crew

Delta always fighting against anything good for the workers. Immoral and unethical anti labor company with the dirtiest practices to make sure their employees don't unionize. And yet their employees are among the happiest and best compensated in the industry...weird. I'm a pilot at a major airline ...

Re: Southwest pilots allegedly placed hidden camera in lavatory

Good lord - THERE WAS NO CAMERA. Thanks for screaming. And what? Did I miss something? The article alleges she saw live streaming video from the pilot's iPad while he was in the lavatory. Ah, I now see the SWA post (after mine) in which the airline says it was all a prank. If that is so (the link t...

Re: Southwest pilots allegedly placed hidden camera in lavatory

How could anyone see anything from such a camera? You barely have enough room to get your pants down in those bathrooms, and virtually no free space between you and the walls. I imagine the camera showing the mole on the back of your knee, or the part in your hair in extreme close detail if the came...

Re: Boeing 777X Testing Thread - 2019

Will the Antonov deliver all the Genx engines for the 777X program moving forward?

Re: Ethiopian Ailrlines Boeing 767 suffered uncontained engine failure

OB1504 wrote:

JAAlbert wrote:

I am always amazed at the power of those engines - just one can keep that immense plane in the air, even just after take off! Glad it all worked out.

Isn’t that a certification requirement for any twinjet?

Re: Why haven't the 787's electronic tinting windows been used on other aicrafts?

We really haven't had a clean sheet aircraft since the 787 to apply the technology to. I don't see airlines retrofitting existing aircraft because of the cost and added complexity to older designs. Boeing wanted to change as little as possible on the 737-MAX so the cabin is essentially the same. I r...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

Nice summation of the big picture problems that caused these crashes. What I don't understand is how you managed to sum all this up without including the traditional adjectives, judgments, condemnations and outrage! :D Maybe we should lock the thread now? :biggrin: If I ruled the world, any discuss...

Re: Southwest Pilots Association Sues Boeing Re: 737MAX

That is exactly what the complain alleges: Boeing spoke directly with the pilots union to get it to agree to add the plane. In those discussions, Boeing, inter alia, guaranteed that the MAX would not require more training for Southwest's pilots (or at least materially more training) and that the pl...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

In a cockpit full of (in)correct vocal alerts, warning lights, single points of failure, refusing trim wheels, stall rumbling sticks that can't be stopped, a pilot theoretically could have saved the aircraft. So we can try focussing on training to handle, trouble shoot, pull circuit breakers by the...

Re: Southwest Pilots Association Sues Boeing Re: 737MAX

That is exactly what the complain alleges: Boeing spoke directly with the pilots union to get it to agree to add the plane. In those discussions, Boeing, inter alia, guaranteed that the MAX would not require more training for Southwest's pilots (or at least materially more training) and that the pl...

Re: Ethiopian Ailrlines Boeing 767 suffered uncontained engine failure

As per Sam Chui's website, an Ethiopian Airlines 767-300 aircraft suffered uncontained engine failure while climbing out of Blaise Diagne International Airport few days ago https://samchui.com/2019/10/09/ethiopian-airlines-boeing-767-suffers-uncontained-engine-failure/?fbclid=IwAR1Tbu9P8RtWwgmUPDgb...

Re: Southwest Pilots Association Sues Boeing Re: 737MAX

I am not an attorney but I wonder how much of a chance this suit really has. Again, I have no experience with the law but I would think that the pilots would only have standing to sue WN and for WN to sue Boeing. On the other hand, I'm sure the pilots would not have gone ahead with the suit unless ...

Re: Runaway cart at ORD, saved from hitting plane by ground crew (video)

This is second hand information that I'm getting from some friends I still have on the ramp at ORD. Supposedly UA is using this video to show employees what NOT TO DO and I'm hearing from UA employees at ORD that American Eagle has suspended the employee who drove the Lektro and he is required to t...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

Hadn't seen this posted yet, apologies if I'd missed it. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/business/boeing-737-max-crashes.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage I read the article early this morning and found it interesting. Of note, the guy who filed the complaint left th...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

A new thread is both refreshing (no need to cycle through 88pgs) and distressing - has any other commercial aircraft been grounded for so long? The de Havilland Comet? That one broke all records, or rather it set them right from the start. In fact, the grounding was never lifted for the original Co...

Re: Runaway cart at ORD, saved from hitting plane by ground crew (video)

What a mess that runaway cart caused! I wonder how long it took to clean all that up. Is this sort of incident a required report to the airport authority or other government agency?

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

A new thread is both refreshing (no need to cycle through 88pgs) and distressing - has any other commercial aircraft been grounded for so long? It seems the matter is moving toward resolution and the Max should be airborne again soon (weeks? Months?). I for one am looking forward to seeing the plane...

Re: Aircraft Values, And Lease Pricing - Spring 2019

I always love this post, it allows me to spend an hour fantasy shopping for the jet aircraft of my choice. I am always amazed at the monthly cost to lease a plane. For the 350-900, a million dollars + each month is a lot of cash you've got to come up with -- add on to that the cost to crew and fuel ...

Re: DL retiring MD-80s quickly

Wasn't just a few years ago that Delta was scouring the market for used MD-80/90s? Or am I confusing DL with another carrier? I enjoyed my rides on the MD-80/90 back in the day, but I can't say I'm sorry to see them go. The ride up front was nice and quiet, but back near the engines the noise and vi...

Re: Nearing the end of construction: JFK Rwy 13L/31R

Now, let's get that terminal masterplan going and see some real improvements at JFK! I would take improved access from the Verazanno bridge direction before I'd invest in terminal resources (although yes, terminals are in need of help too). Terminals don't matter if nobody can get to the airport in...

Re: AA kicks passenger off airplane after he has allergic reaction to "emotional support" pet

I think we're going to see more pets on planes and elsewhere. It seems society's acceptance of dogs in public spaces is changing toward more acceptance (the laws aren't though). Folks are bringing their dogs everywhere these days. I often see people with their dogs in the grocery store all the time ...

Re: Nearing the end of construction: JFK Rwy 13L/31R

Now, let's get that terminal masterplan going and see some real improvements at JFK!

Re: Probe launched after oxygen bottles on CX planes found half-empty before flight from YVZ to HKG

I suspect this is sabotage by pro-Chinese ground crew at YYZ. We all know that the Chinese government is bullying CX and it is understandable that some pro-Chinese crew will take it into their own hands to "punish" CX. This is the Chinese modus operandi. My initial thought as soon as I sa...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q3 2019

Wow, that's a lot of outrage directed at a use of a statement with qualification, no? It is better to look at the bright side: We now have something to top "making a safe plane safer"! [emoji3] Sorry, my reply was not meant to come across as "angry" or "outraged". But ...

Re: Lufthansa Polling On Which City To Send A380 To (ORD, SEA, TPA, DFW)

I vote for San Diego! Seeing a 380 glide in over Bankers Hill and downtown would be quite the sight, watching it take off would be epic also!

Re: HNL-LON Nonstop?

No as Hawaii is generally a low yield market. There is substantial business demand though for LHR-SYD and JFK-SYD though and one could make the case for that but that would be connecting traffic and HA would have higher costs than the established Asian/Middle East competitors in the case of LHR-SYD...

Re: HNL-LON Nonstop?

No as Hawaii is generally a low yield market. There is substantial business demand though for LHR-SYD and JFK-SYD though and one could make the case for that but that would be connecting traffic and HA would have higher costs than the established Asian/Middle East competitors in the case of LHR-SYD...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q3 2019

Lots of commentary in this thread, but where are we on the fix? I've heard nothing recently from Boeing or the FAA indicating any progress on the software/equipment changes that are required to get this bird back in the air. Any news I've missed?

Re: A350 In Service Thread - 2019

Looks like EASA has revised the AD about needing to reboot some A350s every 149 hours: Some models of Airbus A350 airliners still need to be hard rebooted after exactly 149 hours, despite warnings from the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) first issued two years ago. In a mandatory airworthiness dir...

Re: Passenger on AA from KIN-MIA asked to deboard to change from her romper outfit

What about the guy who took off his pants (and socks) on that Air France flight awhile back? The flight attendants simply shrugged. The passenger next to him was a bit ruffled, but settled down and everyone managed to finish the flight without having multiple melt downs. Personally, the socks/no soc...