The -300 does tons of Hawaii flying for UA The -300 DID tons of flying to Hawaii. The amount has greatly dwindled with the 777 and MAX doing the bulk of the lifting now. In any event the Hawaii flying on the 300 isn’t a high enough percentage of the -300 flying to see any kind of ROI on scimitar in...
Jump to postShorter flights due to less range inherent in the design. It takes flight time in cruise to make the fuel savings. -200s do lots of TATL and HI flying, the -300 not so much. The -300 does tons of Hawaii flying for UA The -300 DID tons of flying to Hawaii. The amount has greatly dwindled with the 77...
Jump to postHi, Acey!!!! Question: Why not just turn down the audio on the observer's panel, assuming it's not in use, and put a piece of tape or something over the knob to be sure it isn't turned up inadvertently, then turn on Channel 9? I guess as I'm asking the question I'm realizing that a lot of people ju...
Jump to postThe biggest concern is that on some aircraft, the 756 fleet for example, allow for Channel 9 to broadcast everything on the interphone, not just ATC communication. So when the flight attendants are talking to each other or to the cockpit, all of that makes its way to Channel 9 if the observer panel...
Jump to postConsidering that senior captains in legacy airlines basically make the same as the C-suite in decently sized companies, and more than most lawyers/physicians and senior software devs in FAANG companies. It also seems like it offers the best "knowledge&skill required/money earned" rati...
Jump to postRussian airspace closures are the reason why ORD/EWR-HKG continue to be suspended and that's not likely to change any time soon. With the IGW, even avoiding Russian air space, UA should be able to fly to HKG from ORD. I anticipate they simply will just not want to because of the start and ramp-up o...
Jump to postUA is moving their hub from IAH to SAT because of the Alamo. ;) Joking aside, I don't know the SAT market so I'll just ask what are the chances it's Avelo or the return of Breeze? I’m disappointed it took until the 43rd response for someone to have brought this up. This is clearly the correct answe...
Jump to postcwa45 wrote:I feel they could at least paint one of them in the evo
Seems a pretty simple idea. Why hasn't that been tried before? Or has it and it just wasn't efficient at the time? Added weight, cost to install, cost to maintain, need to establish maintenance tracking and procedures, can it be MEL’d if not working and if so how is that handled, need to train crew...
Jump to postWith Regional payrates so elevated, less diversity on fleets, etc, this MAX grounding is another example to me where every aircraft flown should be mainline with crosstraining. No reason an experienced cross-type trained pilot could not be moved over to some of these sitting E-175 birds and E-145’s...
Jump to postMr. Gates at the Seattle Times is becoming increasingly skillful at cherry-picking airworthiness directives and time limited exemptions to portray as major scandals. Curious that he didn't write a similarly sensationalist article when Airbus requested a time limited exemption from the regulation th...
Jump to postIs a 763 capable of flying Denver to Western Europe? Or is that to far beyond her range? I understand how old the 767s are and that they are due for retirement in the coming years, but by reading these posts it seems that UA would have had good use for some more 767s. She is such a perfect size for...
Jump to postThe Civil Aeronatics Board (CAB). Routes were profered & awared after lengthy government hearings. If it made sense (kind of) you took what you could get. That's why local service carriers (Southern, Ozark, Frontier, Western, Continental, Piedmont etc) operated some weird stuff like CMI to LGA ...
Jump to postThe US never gives a "contact departure airborne" instruction, and the instruction wasn't about being airborne. Also, he was literally miles from 28R/L at that point, so he wouldn't be getting any sort of a clearance, and QATARI sounds nothing like AMERICAN and the flight numbers weren't ...
Jump to postHere's the thing - who doesn't study the airport they are operating to if it is their first time there or they don't go often? Also, did he read the ATIS print out or listen to it? If he did, it would have said "landing and departing runways 28, departing runways 1." Why would he confuse ...
Jump to postHere's the thing - who doesn't study the airport they are operating to if it is their first time there or they don't go often? Also, did he read the ATIS print out or listen to it? If he did, it would have said "landing and departing runways 28, departing runways 1." Why would he confuse ...
Jump to postHere's the thing - who doesn't study the airport they are operating to if it is their first time there or they don't go often? Also, did he read the ATIS print out or listen to it? If he did, it would have said "landing and departing runways 28, departing runways 1." Why would he confuse ...
Jump to postHere's the thing - who doesn't study the airport they are operating to if it is their first time there or they don't go often? Also, did he read the ATIS print out or listen to it? If he did, it would have said "landing and departing runways 28, departing runways 1." Why would he confuse ...
Jump to postAnd is there ever a point at which so few passengers are booked for a flight, that it gets canceled? Thanks guys! Keep in mind that the airplane may not be empty on the return flight. Or it’s going to a different hub after arriving (say being routed JFK-LHR-MIA in the case of AA or BOS-CDG-ATL for ...
Jump to postDo you remember what the max flap speeds were off hand? The gravel kit does not make any difference in the flap speeds in the 200. They are: 1 - 230 2 - 230 5 - 225 10 - 210 15 - 195 25 - 190 30 - 185 40 - 170 We used flaps 10 a lot to slow down as that would get your LE slats to full extend. As yo...
Jump to postThe only thing I'll add from my brief tenure flying these is that the gravel kit substantially reduces the max gear speed (180 knots I think vs 270 on a normal 737). Not a big deal but it takes some options away if one needs to slow down quickly. Do you remember what the max flap speeds were off ha...
Jump to post...but it's an optimistic plane and occasionally gets a little overconfident. That's a brilliant line! I guess that makes the 737 a generally pessimistic airplane; some are worse than others but at least in my company's fleet we have a few that will invariably display DRAG REQUIRED just after top o...
Jump to postI'm betting that the landing was made at the end of a 'redeye', so fatigue comes into play. 0800 (EDT) departure from EWR, 1030 (CDT) arrival at IAH, so not a red-eye. No significant weather at IAH. If they’re east coast acclimated. It they were a west coast crew that’s an 0500 body clock departure...
Jump to postPi7472000, we are years away from a pilot-less cockpit. In fact, studies have shown we will first go to a cockpit with one pilot one dog. The dog is there to bite the pilot if (s)he decides to manually fly the aircraft. The pilot is there to feed the dog. Show of hands: how many people would by a t...
Jump to postWouldn't everyone on board have to clear customs at HNL in this case? Maybe and maybe not. If the crew swap happens quick (say 30 minutes or less to swap, add gas, etc) they may opt to keep everyone on the plane to facilitate that and get going to minimize any further arrival delay. If it’s going t...
Jump to postThere's been this rash of weird comments criticizing very good, professional pilots on videos who are doing exactly the right thing by being on instruments. Looking out the window is a tool, but your primary navigation is by instruments and pilots hand flying a SID need to be looking at their guida...
Jump to postIn the case of a LAX-SYD, if reserve coverage at that outport is not available, they would probably just delay the flight and protect as many pax as possible on other flights. In other scenarios, and depending on the relevant regulations, they might dispatch the flight with three crew to a closer p...
Jump to postHow safe it is will be completely dependent on how thorough the owner/operator is with their planning for contingencies. If everything works perfectly I’d imagine it should be fine. However we cannot plan on everything going perfectly. Is there a suitable alternate for the destination? If not that’...
Jump to postHow safe it is will be completely dependent on how thorough the owner/operator is with their planning for contingencies. If everything works perfectly I’d imagine it should be fine. However we cannot plan on everything going perfectly. Is there a suitable alternate for the destination? If not that’s...
Jump to postThe autopilot doesn’t manipulate the rudder on the 737 (any series) so any autopilot autoland must have the autopilot disengaged after touchdown. Hence why a CAT3 approach in the 737 is to a DH and not an AH. If the airplane has the HUD, the HUD provides rollout guidance for the pilot and a CAT3 ca...
Jump to postI remember reading the 737NG Autoland did not incorporate roll out steering ? Is this still the case with the Max ?! The autopilot doesn’t manipulate the rudder on the 737 (any series) so any autopilot autoland must have the autopilot disengaged after touchdown. Hence why a CAT3 approach in the 737...
Jump to postInteresting... Personally, I've never understood why people East Coast of the US would want to fly 9-10+ hours to go to Hawaii when the Caribbean is so much closer -- so it's hard for me to wrap my head around Europeans doing it. Don't get me wrong, Hawaii is great and is the go-to for a lot of peo...
Jump to postI remember reading the 737NG Autoland did not incorporate roll out steering ? Is this still the case with the Max ?! The autopilot doesn’t manipulate the rudder on the 737 (any series) so any autopilot autoland must have the autopilot disengaged after touchdown. Hence why a CAT3 approach in the 737...
Jump to postDelaxio wrote: If you look at FR24, the AA 777 did accelerate while crossing the runway. IIRC, they went from 10 kts to like 20-25 kts to get off the runway. Not sure how noticeable it is for pax onboard But......most pilots do that, don't they? Scoot across the active, I mean. I've watched as a pa...
Jump to postIf the reverser on the failed engine opened then the engine was running. IIRC if the engine is INOP you can’t get the reverse selector out of the interlock and it won’t deploy. I’ve been off the 737 for a while though so take that with a grain of salt.
Jump to postNot all slots require the same noise emissions restrictions. Some are “louder” some are “quieter”. The airlines that still utilize the cutback procedure do so because they are using slots that are more strict about noise emissions. Not for nothing but I don’t think that is telling the entire story....
Jump to postA CAT I approach usually can be flown by autopilot and making an auto landing depends the runway itself and company policy. Personally I would do it manually but I’m old school. The XW/HW for autoland could have been out of limits. Can’t auto land on a CAT I ILS. Sure you can. At least in the 737 a...
Jump to postI still say, I can plan a better route into KJFK 22's more direct. You have so much space over Long Island Sound and Conn. to line the planes up away from KLGA, KEWR and KISP. Think about the extra 1/2 hour x 1000 planes x 365 days. The fuel saving along will be astronomical. Somew how, you can hit...
Jump to postIt’s NYC airspace. You said it yourself. There’s traffic to LGA, EWR, and HPN. Additionally you have arrival and departure routings to work around from each of those airports in addition to VFR and IFR routes through that area running up and down the coast. You do the loop from the west even for the...
Jump to postAre there any operators still actually doing that ridiculous procedure? With the RNAV departures now and airplanes being much quieter my shop hasn’t done that for years. Just a plain old boring NADP-1 departure. Big Ern did a video not long ago detailing the pull back that WN still does out of ther...
Jump to postAre there any operators still actually doing that ridiculous procedure? With the RNAV departures now and airplanes being much quieter my shop hasn’t done that for years. Just a plain old boring NADP-1 departure.
Jump to postSEAorPWM wrote:How does the PW2000 reliability compare with modern engines like the CFM56 or IAE2500?
I understand it's from the '80s.
Not sure if posted yet but config for MAX 10 should be 20/64/105=189 for standard jets and 22/45/96=163 for lie flat jets. No plans for PP on the lie-flat jets? I can’t imagine there is enough demand for a PP like product on domestic flights to realize a return on it that is worth the time and spac...
Jump to postSince LAX and SFO both get regular 737 service mixed into their Hawaii service, I'd imagine they can simply do the flights as revenue and rotate the incoming GUM plane with the outgoing at HNL. No, they ferry to and from mainland USA, in fact one is currently ferrying GUM-HNL-SFO-CLE. https://www.f...
Jump to postOutsider question. How senior does LHR bid for the US3 ? That’s a difficult question to answer because many factors must be taken into account and every body has different bidding priorities. Things that will matter in no particular order: 1) How many days is the trip? 2) What is the credit value o...
Jump to postOne of DL/AA/UA capitalizes on the as of yet untapped and lucrative SAT-VIE nonstop market. Whoever starts it first prints money on the route and opens up an ICN hub as a follow up.
Jump to postIt's no secret that there has been a pilot shortage for some time, worse after the Covid pandemic. So, I'm wondering where do the startups, especially those growing quickly, get their pilots? Hard to believe these people left majors unless they were passed over for upgrade, etc. A close friend and ...
Jump to postI saw a post the other day where it mentioned UA 747-400 engines are now being used on the 767-400 aircraft Not a chance. UA had Pratts and CO's 767-400s were GE. You can't just swap them out. Also, if I'm not mistaken, only the legacy sUA fleets do engine overalls in house. COs fleet was all "...
Jump to postFunny story, I think I saw SFO-HNL or LIH scheduled with a 737 MAX. :eek: Since we all know those planes crash, I can't imagine who in their right mind would take something like this to Hawaii... I hear there's lots of water along the way. :biggrin: Of all the stupid crap I see on this site this is...
Jump to postBut aren't they too small for Premium Transcon? Especially given that United has been flying international WBs many times a day? Don't forget that UA deployed multiple 757s in a 28-J config (the Pratts - since retired) between EWR/BOS, SFO, and EWR-LAX. United doesn't appear to be up to their pre-p...
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