The luggage issue is a vexing one. But who in their right minds is going to prosecute survivors of an aircraft crash. I doubt it doing anything to prosecute those folks is going to matter. Because no one will go after survivors of a crash. On the subject of MIA, interesting how 12/30 is also disabl...
Jump to postVideo from the ramp of the end of the crash and evacuation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ibs7nJU80M I’ve watched this video several times. 1 minute 45 seconds before the L1 door was opened and the slide was activated. This seems like WAY TOO MUCH TIME was wasted to get the passengers seated in ...
Jump to postThe 767-300F has sold 270 copies in 27 years. The 767-300 converted freighter business has more than 100 orders... I didnt include the scant number of 767-2C that were produced. Boeing's orders report returns: ⋅ 271 x 767-300F, of which 209 have been delivered ⋅ 102 x 767-2C, ...
Jump to postThe 767-300F has sold 270 copies in 27 years. The 767-300 converted freighter business has more than 100 orders... I didnt include the scant number of 767-2C that were produced. Boeing's orders report returns: ⋅ 271 x 767-300F, of which 209 have been delivered ⋅ 102 x 767-2C, ...
Jump to postThis article https://leehamnews.com/2022/06/16/faa-adopts-icao-2027-emissions-noise-rules-death-knell-for-new-production-767f-777f/ quotes Boeing‘s freight-customer leader Brian Hermesmeyer who mentions, that Boeing is working on an exception of the 767 from the 2028 ICAO emission standards, as the...
Jump to postYou really do hope this is just their (very poor) external PR view. If this is truly the internal Boeing view it points that they are still stuywith their heads in the sand. He's the vice president for marketing. It's his job to sell the product, not set the strategy. The fact is Boeing isn't going...
Jump to postIsn't it possible that the hiring is to have enough people to get the current issues cleared sometime in the foreseeable future? Somehow they haven't managed to get the MAX 7 certified yet and it's a simple shrink of the MAX 8. Yes it's possible. The BCA work includes 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10, the 777-...
Jump to postThere's a difference between a depressed person who ends his life and a mass murderer. Not really. People taking their own life in this way and those suffering from illnesses like depression are thinking and acting irrationally. If this is true it's yet another piece of evidence we, as humans in ge...
Jump to postEvery aircraft has to meet the rules for a TC. When a new aircraft is launched at some point in time the manufacturer will apply to the FAA, EASA etc that it wants to design, build etc a new aircraft. From this point in time the rules for certification are taken and frozen for 5 years. If any new r...
Jump to postLike we all know, Boeing says they’re confident that congress will extend the deadline, when are they taking it to congress? Actually, I didn't know if they were confident, so I went ahead and looked up the transcript from the last quarterly earnings call (April 27), on the expectation it was discu...
Jump to postBoeing's market share has eroded vs. Airbus. They should make changes aside from waiting for the FAA's grandfathering permits. Has there been any clear signal that they are aware of a massive turn being needed? I don't remember. Forcing out the previous CEO, stopping the public call outs of the FAA...
Jump to postFor what it's worth, from my armchair, I agree with him. And moving the bigwigs to Washington, DC is NOT the right direction; it implies that Boeing plans to base their future on being a politically influential entity, rather than a leader in engineering or product relevance. The corporate headquar...
Jump to postOn the MAX-10, I think Congress will grant an extension if needed, since the only reason not to would be to punish Boeing. That was not the original intention, so I think they will hold to that. But we'll have to see. The reason not to would be to comply with the law, and which Congress themselves ...
Jump to postAs I pointed out last month, producing over 25 copies of the 779, with zero ability to deliver them until, now, 2025, was an enormous mistake. The carrying/storage/possible future modification of that inventory (to an eventual type cert. standard) is a ludicrous investment for Boeing at a time they...
Jump to postThe regulations are the same, but the requirements to demonstrate compliance are much stricter, as both Calhoun and West acknowledged in the media call. It's a new paradigm and they are learning and adjusting as they go. That's going to be true now for every aircraft certification program, they are...
Jump to postFYI, the Q1 earnings call is scheduled for Wednesday, 27 April.
Presumably we will find out more then.
Airbus launched the 350F in 2021 for EIS in 2025. So 4 years for an airframe that is already fully certified. Yet Boeing, who hasn’t been able to meet a deadline in this millennium, are somehow able to do that in 2 years for an airframe which isn’t even certified yet? The 777-8F was launched Januar...
Jump to post2) without checking the flightpath I'd say it's possible this piece detached when there was the attempt to pull-up from the initial descent It did. The right winglet debris is exactly at the point where vertical speed transitioned from negative to positive (pullup recovery). Also the highest speed ...
Jump to postPAE could potentially add more if someone is willing to spend the money for another environmental study and meetings with the city of Mukilteo. Propeller could expand toward the west and wrap around to the north toward the tower. I believe they are prevented from expanding any further west due to s...
Jump to posthttps://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3174696/china-eastern-flight-mu5375-early-report-deadly-crash-unlikely?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article&campaign=3174696 They are lowering expectations already.... My guess is we will have to wait at least year to know anything, even t...
Jump to postI'm excited to see mainline service coming this year. Still really hoping a second airline comes in and starts offering flights at least to the middle of the country like DEN, ORD, DFW etc. though. UA/OO flew PAE-DEN for a while. Obviously didn’t last. I was under the impression that this route was...
Jump to postWhat is interesting about the Guy Norris article posted early Nov 2021.. is it stated the MAX10 was scheduled to be certified by 2023... that was already pushing it past the Dec 31, 2022 deadline... Boeing then knew... actually planned for it... that they weren't going to make it by Dec 31, 2022......
Jump to postAlaska plans to return Paine Field service to their full currently allotted 18 departures per day as of June 17. My understanding is some of their previous schedule increases have not actually occurred as quickly as planned, although it hasn't been clarified if that has been due to the staffing chal...
Jump to postWhat is interesting about the Guy Norris article posted early Nov 2021.. is it stated the MAX10 was scheduled to be certified by 2023... that was already pushing it past the Dec 31, 2022 deadline... Boeing then knew... actually planned for it... that they weren't going to make it by Dec 31, 2022......
Jump to postBut let's look at this from another angle. It's in an entity's interests - most important of all a government's interest - to disseminate information as quickly as possible lest it risks losing credibility and the public's trust. There's always going to be a small group that will claim the governme...
Jump to postWestJet to PSC? It's a little early for April Fool's!! Can someone explain what “Pasco” refers to in the context of WS flying YYC-GEG? Haven’t heard that before. PASCO is the call sign for Pacific Coastal Airlines, who operates feeder flights on behalf of WS. I believe on their Saab 340’s Ok, that ...
Jump to postMr. Dmytro Antonov has uploaded extended footage of the flight from Billund to Gostomel, which turned out to be the final flight of the beast ;( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QklAPHcAQR4&ab_channel=DmytroAntonov (English subtitles are available) The statement from the KLM crew starting at 11:...
Jump to postThis is great news, I am glad to see PAE is warranting some up-gauges. Let's hope for flights to mid-continent hubs like DEN, MSP, DFW, and ORD soon. Any word on which airline is most poised to join AS up there? I haven't been following the crew situation closely. Have shortages been leading to mor...
Jump to postI don’t know from which orifice Leeham pulled their analysis, but it’s simply impossible for an aircraft (777-8F) weighing 32 tons more having “near equal” operating costs. Clearly it is not as simple as comparing takeoff weight and payload. The orders so far are similar in number. If I'm seeing th...
Jump to postI don’t know from which orifice Leeham pulled their analysis, but it’s simply impossible for an aircraft (777-8F) weighing 32 tons more having “near equal” operating costs. Clearly it is not as simple as comparing takeoff weight and payload. The orders so far are similar in number. If I'm seeing th...
Jump to postI seem to remember seeing somewhere that the Ukrainians are determined to rebuild her.......... as much as I admire their national pride..... I think that would be impossible. It was just a social media post made with unclear information how much damage there is, in the middle of a war from which t...
Jump to postBegs the question, why did the Ukranians fly it back to Gostomel only a few days before the attack. Should have kept their prize asset in Poland or wherever it was on a mission. You have to take a few minutes and read the posts on this thread, its very informative...It was mentioned that it was unf...
Jump to postBoeing press release:
https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2022-03-04 ... -Freighter
Expected quantity is 5 aircraft.
Oh wow! The nose of the fuselage on the floor seems to confirm it. You make out one of the engines on the port wing also in the first few seconds of the clip Alhough there's already Twitter comments asking if the clip is fake, CGI or not ? Mainly based on the short length and the amount of Russian ...
Jump to postI believe DHC (or is it Longview) is the only company doing new build fire tankers, its a 2 engine turboprop that can fill itself on a lake. The naming is a bit messy. I will try to recap, but the conclusion is it's now the Viking CL-415. It was Canadair when the CL-215 Scooper was developed. The g...
Jump to postAntonov Airport (aka Gostomel or Hostomel Airport ) just north of Kyiv, about 60 miles from the border with Belarus, is reported to have been assaulted by helicopter-borne troops. This is a cargo airport and is also used by Antonov as the base of the An-225. It does not sound like this is normally u...
Jump to postBoeing average margin could not be higher than 10%, so even if their entire 330 Billion backlog is converted into 10% margin, it gives 33 Billion, which barely gets them out of the 25 Billion hole they are in now when we account for 15B in negative equity and 10B in intangibles. I mentioned the cur...
Jump to postNow of course, sometimes a balance sheet doesn't tell the whole story, for instance because real estate tends to appreciate in value over the years while depreciation tends to depress the value of assets on the balance sheet. However, the type of real estate that Boeing owns may not appreciate in v...
Jump to postI can't speak to other criticisms of Dickson, but the following all fell apart for me when I actually dug into the background of the 5G issue: ...including the recent 5G debacle. ...and the FAA’s role in the 5G debacle factored into his decision. The whole 5G debacle has shown that FAA still needs a...
Jump to postThe US being a Member of the ICAO, I fail to see how they can escape the rule. The ICAO does not have sovereignty over member states. It coordinates their activities and standards to assure orderly operations across borders. It is a treaty organization, but unless I'm deeply mistaken, ratifying the...
Jump to postLink: 787 limit of validity at 200,000 hours (no point certifying for more, the cost of testing would be more, in my opinion, than the value customers would place on the hours). Also note the high 66,000 cycles for a widebody: https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/2012_q4/pdfs/AER...
Jump to postNational no fly list and actual punishment for violators is wayyyyyy overdue. I don't know what no-fly list actions get taken, but jail time is quite common for these incidents. From a couple searches to look up sentencing information, it sounds like a couple years is typical. Two years in jail is ...
Jump to postSome plans for renovating the south satellite at SEA. A hell of an improvement from what it currently is. https://meetings.portseattle.org/portmeetings/attachments/2021/2021_04_13_RM_10c_supp.pdf I like the 1971 vs. 2016 comparison photos there - a single 747 and a DC-6, contrasted against 4x 747's...
Jump to postFX still has 40 763F on order and 5 777F of which they are the largest operator of both. I would assume FX will continue taking 767s until the line is forced to stop deliveries in 2027. I would not yet assume the 767F will not be produced past 2027. If it is only US companies UPS and FedEx taking d...
Jump to postSome plans for renovating the south satellite at SEA. A hell of an improvement from what it currently is. https://meetings.portseattle.org/portmeetings/attachments/2021/2021_04_13_RM_10c_supp.pdf I like the 1971 vs. 2016 comparison photos there - a single 747 and a DC-6, contrasted against 4x 747's...
Jump to postDrawing 3300nm (MAX 10) and 4000nm (A321neo) (yes I know max ranges are not real-world and it doesn't include the XLR, but it demonstrates the point) on Great Circle Mapper clearly indicates there isn't much where that extra range would benefit from DOH, other than some western Africa. I don't thin...
Jump to postI'm confused about the buffer list, which includes Paine Field: https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-01/50%20Airports%20with%205G%20Buffer.pdf I thought the buffer airports were locations where the FAA had received agreement from Verizon and AT&T to delay turning on band C 5G antennas fo...
Jump to postSo to recap. The band was auctioned off years ago. The airlines and faa new about this years ago. Then att and verizon turned their towers on after saying they were going to for months and weeks And then all the altimeters got approved within 24 hours of that? Similar claims have been repeated mult...
Jump to postSo to recap. The band was auctioned off years ago. The airlines and faa new about this years ago. Then att and verizon turned their towers on after saying they were going to for months and weeks And then all the altimeters got approved within 24 hours of that? Similar claims have been repeated mult...
Jump to postMost interesting to me about the NTSB Preliminary Report is the map that shows that the pilot asked for the lights to be turned up significantly-before they overflew the airport, when they were at an ADSB-reported altitude of 775 Feet MSL, the altitude they maintained while crossing the field. For ...
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