Thanks, aaron747 very interesting detail. Comparing mere money is too cramped, the comparison needs to be purchasing power and lifestyles. Cultures vary greatly in what they want for money and lives. Yes indeed. My friends are often shocked at the relative COL when they come visit (especially when ...
Jump to postBeing on different sides of a union vote could be far more acrimonious potentially than a temporary issue between a seasoned couple. I definitely would not draw a line in the sand for couples, in most cases, professional couples are probably excellent with CRM, as stated upthread.
Jump to postMore interesting question, how do US pilot compensation compare EU or Asia? Salaries in the US are generally much higher. Over here in Japan, professional salaries tend to run 20-30% less than US counterparts in many industries, and 40-50% in some others. Starting salaries for the major airlines ar...
Jump to postThese days the runway 16L/R visuals (only in use in afternoon flow on southerlies) into HND are quite dramatic, as its basically an aerial tour of the heart of Tokyo.
Jump to postOn the trapezoidal skin section between the flaps, where the yehudi ends, on many A319s and A321s, what is the purpose of the distinctive wavy line where the skin thickness apparently increase, towards the rear of the section? To affect the boundary layer separation? To avoid fluttering of that thi...
Jump to post21 years and probably 23 total including lurking. Gone are the heady days of intense A v B and UAL/DL/BA/LH livery debates. The rumor mill also ran wild here when I first joined, especially before 9/11. Lots of stuff posted that would never fly with airline HR now lol. After 9/11 the Non-Av forum go...
Jump to postMy parents were going to leave in the early 2000s but managed to snag a ranch house in Santa Clara for $500K. A few years later, construction started on the new Apple HQ just a couple miles away. They sold in 2021 for north of $3 million, and the market was 'down' at the time. They bought a place i...
Jump to postIt's not a new story. In my case over 30 years ago I looked at housing prices, traffic issues and taxes in the SF Bay / Silicon Valley area and decided whatever upside that was possible there was not worth all the down sides. My periodic trips there have only confirmed my earlier judgement. Unless ...
Jump to postCupertino is in the Bay Area but it isn't on the Bay itself, nor exactly near SF. Without going into high rises (which are inefficient and environmentally unfriendly, also not a smart move in a place with seismic activity) low rise apartment buildings should be more common and encouraged. Wow sorry...
Jump to postCapitalism plus local government zoning regulations. This is what you get. You run out of space and you have more money chasing after fewer resources. Also, such trends are not new in San Francisco. The media keeps talking about the "mass exodus" from California but houses are still being...
Jump to postOn April 6th, an A343 from flight WK-24 (Edelweiss) took off from ZRH - CUN. A video caught the aircraft experiencing some altitude loss right after take-off. Youtube footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRNmwiB1oiQ The flight crew later reported this was caused by a tailwind. :scratchchin: Inc...
Jump to postI wish I felt something in DC. I remember those two minor earthquakes we've had that could be felt in DC in the past what 15 years? They were exciting and interesting to me. There was that magnitude 5.8 that was centered in central Virginia back in 2011. My cousin in RDU area felt that one pretty g...
Jump to postSorry, but I don't see how windshear can cause this. The windsock that the aircraft passes to its left shows a 3kt tailwind. I can hardly see how a sudden 3kt tailwind would cause a commercial airliner to act like this. There has to be something more to this, like an incorrect loadsheet, incorrect ...
Jump to postiRISH251 wrote:Tailwind on rotation.
https://youtu.be/3o59fyCarow?si=MZ00OBwQhHhfXWbV
Living in Tokyo where they are more frequent and deeper than the ones I grew up with in California, I have got to know all the different types, including short and long wave amplitude. There is a quake you can feel in most buildings probably 1-3x a month in the Tokyo area. Just last week there was a...
Jump to postOn a hotter day in ZRH that could have been pretty hairy.
Jump to postThat's a pretty unusual location for an earthquake given that there are no faults anywhere nearby, it's pretty central at the North American plate. The closest fault would be the mid-Atlantic ridge which, as it's name suggests, is in the middle of the Atlantic halfway between Europe and North Ameri...
Jump to postA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has been felt across New York and the surrounding areas. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-68744358 Flights soon got going again. No reported injuries. Once FAA discovers that earthquakes don't impact the air, they will issue an all clear. Seriously though.....
Jump to postTwitter was blowing up with reports from people of a good shake this morning across the tri-state area. Epicenter was Whitehouse Station, near Lebanon, NJ. Pretty shallow too at less than 5 km. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/05/earthquake-strikes-new-york-new-jersey-region.html Hope people are taking ...
Jump to postMost of the collapsed buildings are aged before 1990s building code revisions. You could tell from some of the footage they had inadequate column width, soft first floors, and other weaknesses. In a region like the east coast, with so many M7+ events, you simply have to build to code or retrofit.
Jump to postGustave Eiffel was actually from Dijon and spent most of his life there. Came across a nice little tribute to him and the tower at the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie museum in Dijon.
Jump to postWhy are federal agencies incapable of talking to each other? If he is under federal investigation, FAA should be notified and flight plan requests by the aircraft he owns should be denied...
Jump to postThis is just my perspective and by no means meant to infer any factual information. But I feel as though the entire industry and infrastructure is being pushed to the breaking point. From Boeing cranking out 737s at record pace, to just too many flights in restricted spaces such as LGA. I know LGA ...
Jump to postPontiac wrote:I am amazed how grungy all that is in there.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68562140 Seems that flights have stopped for now, not sure about overflights. I am not aware of any strategic interest in Haiti, so will the outside world get involved. Also to what extent can Dominican Republic prevent the breakdown net door spreading...
Jump to postI thought they banned this or were planning to. I remember Seles starting it and IIRC Maria Sharapova grunted a lot. I wonder how loud it is for fans courtside which is why nothing has been done about it. If it annoyed the chair umpire then it would probably be gone. It's very loud on TV because yo...
Jump to postAmerican player Emma Navarro upset Aryna Sabalenka at Indian Wells today and in watching the clip back, it seemed like Sabalenka's grunt-screaming has become even more pronounced than it has been over the last couple of years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFaSuqzzXc I remember as a teen this all...
Jump to postMan denounces big corporation and later appears dead with a gunshot wound. Obviously, a story like this will fuel conspiracy theories and raise speculation. The best thing to do is wait for the police investigation to determine what actually happened. People mentally committed to finding bogeymen e...
Jump to postI’m not a conspiracy theorist, but the timing seems seriously suspect. Just days into testimony against Boeing…RIP. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703 The timing is not 'suspect', it's simply bad for the legal proceedings. It's only 'suspect' if his death were truly unexpected. 62 year-old ...
Jump to postI’m not a conspiracy theorist, but the timing seems seriously suspect. Just days into testimony against Boeing…RIP. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703 The timing is not 'suspect', it's simply bad for the legal proceedings. It's only 'suspect' if his death were truly unexpected. 62 year-old ...
Jump to postMechanical issues like we've seen at United over the past week or so happen all the time. In this day and age we live in where social media hypes everything and nearly everyone has a smartphone it puts a spot light on mechanical issues but when talking about an airline the size of UA or even AA, DL...
Jump to postIt's one of the oldest stops on the PGA tour but it also has gotten way out of control. People were mud diving. Running onto the course, one guy did snow angels as the players were on the green. As a result all booze was stopped being sold. Still there was nasty interactions with players and all ac...
Jump to postI really cannot believe the sheer number of incidents United has faced in the last few days alone. I'm thankful to see no one got hurt, but wow, I never thought I'd doubt United's safety until now. United's fleet is nearly 1000 aircraft and average fleet age is 16+ years. Stuff will happen, sometim...
Jump to postNot a pilot, can someone educate me on landing with such landing gear damage? Since no one has commented on that yet I’m assuming, not a big deal, plenty of redundancy with remaining landing gear???? Tons. The MLG trucks on the 777 are huuuuge and can support the entire weight of the aircraft. One ...
Jump to poststewartg wrote:What's ironic is that many people complain about the prospect of crossing the Atlantic in a narrow body. (A-321 for now) In the "old" days, the 707 was the only available way to cross; and with several refueling stops along the way.
Hard to see clearly here but in this zoom shot of the aircraft being towed off runway at LAX, the wheel assembly looks partially damaged, as one would expect.
https://youtu.be/skESnVD93Ok?si=RriYqqWsHZ25Ac4u&t=596
How exactly does this happen? The 777 wheel seems to have about 20 "lug nuts" (for lack of the technical term) attaching the wheel to the main landing gear. Does it break at the main gear itself? I wish United would start agressively retiring the PW 777-200 fleet. I recently flew one from...
Jump to postWhy did it divert to LAX? That seems odd They probably had a spare aircraft there ready to go. UA35 was rescheduled LAX-KIX on another B777 so they transferred the pax to that aircraft. They did not. The replacement aircraft is currently taxing from SFO at the time of this post (roughly 4:12 p.m. P...
Jump to postWeatherwatcher1 wrote:Why did it divert to LAX? That seems odd
Fantastic find on YouTube, a tribute video to the last B707 flight in Aer Lingus service in 1988.
Love the quote from the Captain, where he says 'if you can fly a 707, you can fly anything!'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkq_lsmySxE
Beyond dumb. A vanity project that will find itself in a developer's dustbin before long.
Jump to postNot to create drama but I often see AF aircraft rotate aggressively and also over flare compared to other airlines when spotting (777s, 787s and 359s). Is there something different about AF’s training that would cause this? It seems to be a noticeable thing as I’ve discussed this with other spotter...
Jump to postSo some person on Simon’s site is claiming in the comments that they were on the flight and the captain announced after the « go around » that the runway was occupied …. To be taken with 6 tons of salt. But if true…. Same site claims the landing was on 24L. 24R is the classically dangerous one as t...
Jump to postNot to create drama but I often see AF aircraft rotate aggressively and also over flare compared to other airlines when spotting (777s, 787s and 359s). Is there something different about AF’s training that would cause this? It seems to be a noticeable thing as I’ve discussed this with other spotter...
Jump to postWell there's bad days...and then there's that. Not sure how to mix up from down like that....
Jump to postOh, I get it. Only rich, sophisticate people should be allowed to fly. Well it is not comparable at all. Ryanair is by far the largest carrier in Europe. It has twice the number of passengers of IAG or AFKL (which themselves have several carriers). Ryanair flies hundreds of routes with no competiti...
Jump to postThe A350-900 is a great long-range airliner. So, why is JAL still deploying 787-9's with lower passenger capacity to LAX? I watch streaming YouTube video from Osaka Itami at night and was puzzled at the number of A350's serving ITM-HND. I had no idea these were 'light-weight' purely domestic models...
Jump to postGood Juan Browne video on this: https://youtu.be/PFCfSMgq3to?si=xXMVrBi4gM3URY_i Lots of good info. Lots of clear explanations. "Suck squeeze bang and blow." Also some smart commentary from Juan about everything being a Boeing issue now. Liveatc.com excerpt of the incident: https://forums...
Jump to postcrjflyboy wrote:STT757 wrote:I feel like there's a gameshow to be created, one where troublemakers from Ryanair, Spirit are pitted against each other.
LOL