Re: LA800 flight SYD-AKL in flight uncontrolled descent

How long does a reboot take? If it need to be done every so often, why not just do it after every segment.

Are the CRTL-ALT-DEL keys in a covered panel in the back? hopefully the OS isn’t MS based…..”please wait while updates are installed”

Re: What happened to flight engineers when 2 man cockpits were introduced?

I think they were invited to enroll in the "Soylent Green" program.

Re: Spirit Unaccompanied Minor put on wrong plane

We're talking about human beings. Occasionally sh*t happens. You can never make a system 100% accurate.. all you can do is think about the number of 9s involved... maybe 99.99% accurate, or 99.999% or 99.9999% Or would you prefer Spirit charge a $250 child supervision fee or just refuse carriage to...

Re: The Aftermath of Mayor Daley’s Meigs Closure

About the only jets that operated there were Citations and the odd DA-10; pretty short runway. Mostly light GA annd turboprops. Even in those innocent times we knew most jets were performance limited there. No Gulfstreams, for sure. Campbell Soup did go off the end in the Executive Mailing Tube (Fa...

Re: Passenger runs onto to tarmac in attempt to get on flight she was late for

These people walk among us. That’s the worrying bit. And yes, I concur with others… my first thought was US, probably Florida. After that any other developed western nation. It wouldn’t be newsworthy if it was in a place that didn’t have the same safety and security infrastructure - it’s only newsw...

Re: UA HD 777s to CUN

A long way from the days of sending a few MD-80s from ORD to CUN during the winter seasons (in general).....

Re: UA20 diverts - Unruly passenger due to unavailability of preferred meal

Jail time and massive fine over a meal, you must be kidding. If anything United is to blame. United must have screwed up as usual. They do it often in meals, may be it was a special meal this person ordered and they forgot. What are you then supposed if you cannot eat anything. The passenger paid t...

Re: Passenger Opens door before landing Asiana A321

LabQuest wrote:

Well I guess this puts to rest of oft asked question about the possibility!

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

I flew out of T5 last week, and I must say I'm SUPER disappointed in the gateside remodel of M14-M17 hold area. It's as bad as I feared when the pics started popping up on Linkedin. The hold room is so anti-septic, so plain, it is downright creepy. Those walls between the lounges loom over waiting ...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

Ok so its been a little bit since I've been ramp side at ORD. When did the delta taxiway become victor in front of T5?

Re: AA first class passenger "dragged" off after being refused a pre departure beverage

You know an AA plane is AA property, correct? Your whole post should end at “a passenger requests a pre departure beverage, which is denied” We don't know this as a matter of FACT. So, publish the entire transcript and the reasons that led to this "spectacle". The passenger has paid to be...

Re: Sun Country Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Working with them back in the early 90s at ORD I never thought they'd still be around today. Pretty cool to see them still chugging along.

Re: UA 777 close call at Maui

I am not at liberty to disclose what actually happened but let's say some of the information in both of these posts is correct...some is not. I will say the airplane was not stalled and a stall was not the reason for the pitch down. I will also say there wasn't anything wrong that Boeing has to be ...

Re: AA Passenger Unable to Stow Bag in Overhead Bin - Gets Offloaded

Part of it is how the FA worded being unable to help with the bag. "It's not my job" makes them sounds like a pompous ass. "Sorry, I'm not allowed to per company guidelines due to the injury risk" makes it much more palatable and could have slightly diffused the situation. If I h...

Re: will AA put PTV's on their NB fleet?

Really isn't much of a point of having the weight and costs of IFE. Most all seats now have charging capability and most everyone has a phone/laptop/tablet and can charge it while using it on the plane.

Re: EVA Air B777-300ER was stuck in snow @ YVR

Why did it take 3 hours to get stair trucks and shuttles to the plane? It may not be safe to actually get the passengers outside the plane due to local weather condition. If it's very windy and snowing heavily, it's safer to leave the passengers in a sheltered place (the plane for this instance) th...

Re: EVA Air B777-300ER was stuck in snow @ YVR

Why did it take 3 hours to get stair trucks and shuttles to the plane?

Re: Time to talk about.....old airlines!

I can think of a few charter airlines I used to work for back in the day: Private Jet (same company also was one of the National re-births) Translift Transmeridian Rich Intl Tower Air Leisure Air USA 3000 Ryan Air Darn you worked for a lot of them ah? Did you at least get a couple plane models from...

Re: Time to talk about.....old airlines!

I can think of a few charter airlines I used to work for back in the day:

Private Jet (same company also was one of the National re-births)
Translift
Transmeridian
Rich Intl
Tower Air
Leisure Air
USA 3000
Ryan Air

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

Chicago Lightfoot International Airport. Ridiculous. Gonna be a lot of work to remove all of that crap when her ass is booted from the job. More wasted $$, the Chicago way! The also added all the new parking and the rental facility but the remote parking fills up and they have to hand out discount v...

Re: TAP 237 Medical Divert to KFAR

Where at any point in his statement did he equate the value of someones life to the delay? They are two separate things and anybody would be annoyed at a 30 hour delay in a location they weren't planing on going to. That statement has ZERO to do with the medical emergency, which as a physician he wo...

Re: Airline seats too small? The FAA may soon change that

I think they should mandate wider seats and seat pitch. Its a hazard in an incident / accident if you can't easily get out of your seat / row, and while I know their are certified max pax capacity on all aircraft that are authorized by the FAA / manufacturers, common sense says its currently allowe...

Re: American Airlines orders Boom Overture aircraft

Those complaining about the environmental impact... Do you know what the fuel efficiency is on it already? If so let me know. Also they are designing the engines to run on 100% sustainable fuel. So before we get out the pitchforks (and base what we think of SS flight costs because of Concorde) lets ...

Re: American Airlines orders Boom Overture aircraft

This is a publicity stunt. And for AA who is in the worst financial state of any of the big US airlines to put a non-refundable deposit is... insane. As stated above, either its a small deposit or they may have well just lit that money on fire. Exactly sir. If AA was the money making machine DL was...

Re: ORD AMX 687/8Aug

Blown tire. UA is sending out a rig to tow them away.

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

Besides that, the new T5 addition looks great! The only thing that would make T5 great is leveling it and starting over. A shit show from day 1. Have you been inside T5 lately? The entire structure is getting a gut job. More or less, the new eastern addition looks amazing. I was in it making the gr...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

sz1998 wrote:

Besides that, the new T5 addition looks great!

Re: American Airlines changes family's flight to another country, asks them to pay $30K, passenger says

This is the exact reason EVERYONE needs to use a travel agent for ANY international trip. We would have seen the schedule change when it happened and would have rebooked you to new flights or refunded the tickets and rebooked to another airline. Anything can and may go wrong when traveling these da...

Re: Confirmed: RED Air MD-80 accident in MIA

It would be extremely simple to have the locking mechanism skip the bins where the safety and medical equipment is stored. Exactly, and the FAs could still have a key so that if it malfunctions they can open the bins. Quick someone get Boeing and Aribus on the phone, I want to sell them my idea! :l...

Re: Confirmed: RED Air MD-80 accident in MIA

FAA won't sign off on a mechanism locking the bins; most airlines have safety & medical equipment in overhead bins. It would be extremely simple to have the locking mechanism skip the bins where the safety and medical equipment is stored. Exactly, and the FAs could still have a key so that if i...

Re: Confirmed: RED Air MD-80 accident in MIA

As for baggage, maybe a design change to new (or even existing) A/C is that under certain conditions the bins lock and pax can't access their carry ons. That would have eliminated all of the rollers being pulled out. As for under seat that would be a little harder. I sympathize with the idea. I dou...

Re: United DC-10 Cabin 78s/80s

A 25" CRT with 480i resolution at best. If they were playing a VHS tape probably even worse. Viewing would be "decent" (and I use that term very loosely) from about 10 ft away max. Damn near useless for most of the cabin. It didn’t matter. People generally brought their own devices. ...

Re: United DC-10 Cabin 78s/80s

A 25" CRT with 480i resolution at best. If they were playing a VHS tape probably even worse. Viewing would be "decent" (and I use that term very loosely) from about 10 ft away max. Damn near useless for most of the cabin.

Re: Confirmed: RED Air MD-80 accident in MIA

As for baggage, maybe a design change to new (or even existing) A/C is that under certain conditions the bins lock and pax can't access their carry ons. That would have eliminated all of the rollers being pulled out. As for under seat that would be a little harder.

Re: More than 100 Orthodox Jews are barred from boarding connecting flight in Germany

https://nypost.com/2022/05/09/airline-kicks-over-100-nyc-orthodox-jews-off-flight-over-masks/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10799895/Orthodox-Jews-NYC-barred-boarding-connecting-flight-refused-wear-masks.html What a messy incident. Airlines really should stop being so strict with mask us...

Re: More than 100 Orthodox Jews are barred from boarding connecting flight in Germany

This comment from the agent didn't help: Video from the incident, posted online by DansDeals, shows a male passenger speaking with a female Lufthansa agent. The passenger insists that he was wearing a mask, and that nobody in his group of travelers had been maskless, but the Lufthansa agent tells hi...

Re: AF 011 go around - Possible flight control issue

It does? Not to veer too far off topic but where was that feature when AF 447 went down (not saying sarcastically, genuinely curious)? I think the torque tube that connects the columns is broken loose only with a large differential force. It's not the kind of thing that happens by accident. So that ...

Re: AF 011 go around - Possible flight control issue

If it's not there already they should bake into AC a big ol noisy warning when there are conflicting inputs from the 2 sticks....."WARNING CONFLICTING COMMANDS" or something like that. I think the torque tube that connects the columns is broken loose only with a large differential force. ...

Re: AF 011 go around - Possible flight control issue

If it's not there already they should bake into AC a big ol noisy warning when there are conflicting inputs from the 2 sticks....."WARNING CONFLICTING COMMANDS" or something like that.

Re: Mike Tyson Punches Passenger on JetBlue Flight

santi319 wrote:

DualQual wrote:

That’s the SPIRIT!

I’ll show myself out now.

jetBlue*

Re: Too late to change these airport realities now?

#2, find enough overhead space to match the # of pax bags. When you have 180 pax and room for 130 bags, people are going to fight to avoid having to check their carry on. If it weren't for that I wouldn't care what group I boarded in

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

I would think that with computers and AI what it is today that they could implement something that if the plane didn't detect any system failures that would cause a crash and the inputs were determined to cause a crash the plane itself could take over. I know it's very complex (more than 3 lines of...

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

I would think that with computers and AI what it is today that they could implement something that if the plane didn't detect any system failures that would cause a crash and the inputs were determined to cause a crash the plane itself could take over. I know it's very complex (more than 3 lines of...

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

I would think that with computers and AI what it is today that they could implement something that if the plane didn't detect any system failures that would cause a crash and the inputs were determined to cause a crash the plane itself could take over. I know it's very complex (more than 3 lines of ...

AF 011 go around - Possible flight control issue