Yesterday, I landed at AMS and next door at gate F8 was DL243 AMS-BOS on an A339. Scheduled departure was 11:30am and it was delayed at that point until 3pm. I departed AMS at 1:35pm and when I landed at 3:45pm I looked again and the flight was canceled. It feels like whenever I see a DL A339 while...
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Jump to postCorrect, yesterday Alaska preemptively cancelled a bunch of todays(Sunday) KSEA flights in the 10am-12pm departure time block. The weather this morning (and during that time) is fine, well above freezing and no precip at the airport. TAF does not call out anything that should cause an airline to pr...
Jump to postMaybe this will finally swing DL into getting some 787s. Maybe a lease deal on 787s and an order for the max.
Jump to postMy biggest complaint at the new SLC terminal is the lack of Coffee shops. I don't like waiting in line for 10-15 minutes for a cup of coffee. Either make an expressline for just coffee, and not all those flavored cups of syrup, or make a dedicated stand for just coffee, and no flavored syrups. Rant ...
Jump to postHow about a 321XLR route of LAX-PPT? A 140 seat XLR may be the perfect size for that route.
Jump to postThe carrier is struggling to survive, with facts constantly changing. This type of technicality is so counterproductive because DL can probably just pull 12 E175s, take out 6 seats, and put them back into service. Those 6 seats, which actually is less with seat blocking, make absolutely zero differ...
Jump to postSeems DALPA has additional concerns - 76 seat cap violation. Per the pilot scope agreement, DL is required to comply with the permitted 76-seat cap of 188 frames as of August 31st following the closure of Compass. Seems DALPA has identified DL operating at least 12 aircraft above this limit and iss...
Jump to postIf true, wise. How much would QR subsidize DL? This is getting so complicated! Only in a global shutdown would this even be plausible. Seriously, what does it say about the state of aviation that we can seriously discuss DL forfeiting $62M and then cheaply taking over QR A350 orders and saving DL c...
Jump to postDL, AA and UA are all reevaluating where they can park their fleets so they can collect insurance.premiums....
Jump to postFAA website says CLT is closed until 2p EST due to severe weather and possible field damage. That escalated quickly!
*edited because I suck at spelling.
That right wing is on/in the ground. Did the right main gear collapse?
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Could this also be seen that BA needs, or wants, a better SA partner than AA? Will BA send connections through Spain now instead of MIA?
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This could work if Boeing designs the plane with the intention of using current generation GTF engines, but also build the plane with the knowledge of a NEO coming out shortly after EIS. This is a 6-8 year project and from reading other posts, engine technology is still 10-15 years out for the next ...
Jump to postDocLightning wrote:lightsaber wrote:This is about a $180,000 part having to be replaced early.
How much is the engine itself worth?
When you add thrust from a tail mounted engine, the tail wants to rise, and push your nose down. Therefore in high power settings, you need more tail down force to counteract this pitching moment. Its physics!
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So they bought shares at $0.077/share price? Quite the fire sale! Wingnut That price is not a fire sale, it’s basically the market price right now. Icelandic stocks are priced in Icelandic crowns that are denominated like cents, so most stocks are actually penny stocks. However, it doesn’t have the...
Jump to postSo they bought shares at $0.077/share price? Quite the fire sale!
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without a rewing, this is imo putting lipstick on a pig. without a new wing, i dont think that this will be all that competitive with the 797. this will capture a decent portion of the upper nb market, but is that enough to stop the 797? imo its not That is probably the biggest question from Boeing...
Jump to postAgain, the data would only be looked at if needed to aid in the investigation and would not be released to the public. It would be especially difficult for the family of the pilots. It could be of tremendous help with the Atlas Air investigation and with Egypt Air flight 804 https://en.wikipedia.or...
Jump to postThat will mean making live videos of people burning and exploding. Again, the data would only be looked at if needed to aid in the investigation and would not be released to the public. It would be especially difficult for the family of the pilots. It could be of tremendous help with the Atlas Air ...
Jump to postThe surprising thing was how long they kept the gear down. Well after positive climb acheived. In addition to the great explanations about this already posted; I would add that go-arounds are completely normal and planned for/briefed/discussed on every approach. Go-arounds are common in the broad s...
Jump to postMy personal longest was PWM-MSP when I flew the plane at Mesaba. 1136 miles!
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Also, to go along with some previous comments, DL oders planes when they bennefit DL completely. A huge part of that is tech ops. DL ordered A220's and announced a huge engine maintenance contract too. Those A321 NEO's also have a contract on MX. RR on their new widebodies? Yep! So, if Boeing wants ...
Jump to postjanders wrote:Good, they should take the opportunity to end MSP-HND at the same time. They only average low 70% LF for 2017.
As an airline pilot, I can assure you that pilots don't willfully fly into a situation that they don't have an out from. Moderate chop to me and the industry may feel like severe turbulance to a not frequent flyer. Just because it is red on the map, doesn't mean it is a severe thunderstorm. At the e...
Jump to postLightningzap- No! No Cseries base for MSP. Firat base will be NYC, then LAX. MSP may get a 717 base when the Cseries is fully up and running in LAX.
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When the stabilizer trim runs for more than 3 seconds, that is the sound it makes to alert the pilots the trim is running,
Jump to postIf anyone thinks for a minute that Delta's Board of Directors would allow Ed and company to pay more in the long run, tens of billions of dollars, shareholder's money, to have a pissing match with Boeing, then there is a lot of naivety around here. Correct, but paying more per airframe but getting ...
Jump to postI say no new markets that aren't already being flone. All it will do is replace an older generation aircraft and fly the routes more efficiently. For example, DL will not fly from RDU-BCN because it has a new plane. It will fly to CDG and use less gas, or more importantly, carry more cargo, and the ...
Jump to postMy question is this: How much money is DL going to infuse into Westjet for a non voting stake in the company? I could see an easy $250-400M for say 20-30%? History has proven that DL likes to own a percentage of their JV partners.
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So, figure 2 flights a day at 298 seats divided by 30 days, that's only around $44 a ticket going to lease costs one way. Not bad.
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Has anyone seen a confirmation of how much the April meltdown cost DL? Original estimates were in the $100-150M range, but was hoping they would disclose it as a special write off.
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Although I have never flown them, everyone I know who has, loves them. They offer very competitive first class fares compared to their competitors. They also make use of a "partnership" with Transavia and Tuifly/Thomson, which are charter carriers where they "borrow" their aircr...
Jump to postLooking at the photo, the bottom of the engine nacelle is pretty scorched,or burned through. That looks like a fuel pool fire, but it doesn't make sense to have it after landing, unless there was a leak and yhe engine was already shutdown. That engine is definitely toast.
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Scope clauses have nothing to do with a communities service. If a community can't fill a 50 seat jet or barely fills it, a 70 seat jet is not going to help the situation. That efficiency gain by spreading the coast out over more seats is only realized if the seats are filled. A 70 seater with 50 pe...
Jump to postSomeone who is knowledgeable explain to me why they can all fly RNAVs SIDs at Atlanta but not at LGA. Admittedly I don't know on board equipment well enough but I'd love to know. This has nothing to do with the RNAV arrivals. It has to do with the RNAV approaches. LGA is decomishining the ILS/LOC 1...
Jump to postEvery small airport in the US would be serviced by 747's. Every medium sized airport would have both 787 and A380 service to every foreign hub on earth. Oh, and MSP would have Jetblue!
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MN Vikings team charter having some troubles.
Can't get the official MN vikings team twitter to attach, but they tweeted they are all Ok after exiting a taxiway in GRB.
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Comparing a crj900 to an MD80 is like comparing a sports car to a school bus. CRJ's are much more responsive at the yoke. Md80's require much greater inputs to get into and out of a turn. But until the autopilot is turned on, you are at the mercy of the pilot flying's skills. That variable can make ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SPREE34" class="quote" target="_blank">SPREE34</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>Sarcasm, right? </i></font></td></tr></tab...
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Jump to postIf <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> were to walk on <acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold-Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acronym>-<acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym>, who is to s...
Jump to postRemember, the weight restrictions are for passengers. Most likely due to more profitable cargo being shipped instead. I can almost gauruntee that the route is profitable for Delta as it is flown today.
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Yes, it will takeoff if the plane can land at the airport. The modern jet engine can injest ungodly amounts of water and continue to run. Visibility and convection are the 2 things that could cause a problem for the departure.
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/A346Dude" class="quote" target="_blank">A346Dude</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i> Who is meterology? </i></font></td></tr...
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Jump to postThis vote will be good for both the pilots and managment. Pilots showed they have a backbone and won't sell out for just a pay increase and worse work rules, and managment now has an understanding of what it will take to get to the 50%+1 for their bottom numbers. Excellent job on the pilots! Wingnut
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LAX772LR" class="quote" target="_blank">LAX772LR</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i> Soooo, in other words: an anecdotal and...
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