In several decades of travel I've learned that when you're heading into someone else's country and a local says or implies "Do you know who I am?" pay attention. The crew may have been better off getting the passport number, address, phone number and then giving her the upgrade and sending...
Jump to postTo paraphrase a famous political line-I knew Pan Am. I flew extensively with them as a boy. EK is no PA.
A different animal and business model actually.
Is there any indication LH is unhappy with their 748's? And if so is there any evidence of this?
Jump to postA great order for the 748F. It shows just how great and versatile that amazing design is. I'm a huge 747 fan and hope we'll see an order for 748i's as well. But let me pose a controversial question- are 748F orders hurting the 777F? Yes I know the nose access difference. But couldn't 748F operators ...
Jump to postThere's a lot of breathless talk this morning and dire predictions of a UK breakup or an EU breakup or some horrible recession. Take a deep breath. The UK enjoys a unique geographic position that is within miles of continental Europe but is not directly connected. This is not only a geographic fact ...
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/IADCA" class="quote" target="_blank">IADCA</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i>A temporary bump in the share price or a singl...
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/IADCA" class="quote" target="_blank">IADCA</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Moreso does caving, purely in the interest of ...
Jump to postWhat will be more interesting with be Boeing's K street lobbying if the S. China Sea business gets any hotter. I think there is already some push back starting about the US position. It's not a matter of "right" or "wrong". Or international law. It's about possibly alienating (to say the least) the ...
Jump to postIt's hard to imagine folks who have made and earned their own wealth would see $80k as acceptable for airline ticket... no matter how wealthy they are.
Jump to postActually, the irony is the 748i seems to be doing quite well in service.
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/davescj" class="quote" target="_blank">davescj</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>Most US airlines seem not to move beyond t...
Jump to postIMHO the 747 became what it is to the public because it opened the world to every day people. Also, with it's unique-but solid-appearance it gained a special place in the hearts of the traveling public. I many ways the 747 was the public's first "tech" love affair. It was a groundbreaking advance ac...
Jump to postWhen a planeload of innocent people goes down this will be a very different conversation. And much of the defensive griping will be swatted away. Sadly, it will probably take a terrible incident to make everyone realize exactly what the stakes are.
Jump to postSometimes my eyes tend to glaze over from the over enthusiasm that is sometimes displayed for one aircraft manufacturer's products on this site. However, not the A321. The A321 is a superior aircraft. I think pound for pound (kilo for kilo) it's the finest aircraft Airbus makes... and is best aircra...
Jump to postThe elephant in the room is the competition from <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>. The A380 order looked like a wise move... until <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> and their magic economics made them so very tough to beat. It seems the 777 wo...
Jump to postI have a dumb question-can this lady now be excluded by airlines from purchasing a ticket now that they know she's litigious?
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/Airbus747" class="quote" target="_blank">Airbus747</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>The EU is likely one of the few instit...
Jump to postVery disturbing behavior by one half of what can be argued is a near duopoly. I hope this deal gets scrutiny.
Jump to postHe lost lift suddenly. An engine failure at that altitude should not have produced such a sudden drop. Somehow he negated his own lift.
Jump to postMost reporting requires multiple sourcing. That's very hard to do in this circumstance. However, the western press can report the accusation and call it unverified.
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/WIederling" class="quote" target="_blank">WIederling</a> (<a href="#171" class="quote">Reply 171</a>):<br/><i>bad enough to fly the second large...
Jump to postQatar. It's not America. Is there really anything else to say?
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/aryonoco" class="quote" target="_blank">aryonoco</a> (<a href="#41" class="quote">Reply 41</a>):<br/><i>This would require a massive change in a...
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/nimool" class="quote" target="_blank">nimool</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>That is true, however from what is being hea...
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/VS11" class="quote" target="_blank">VS11</a> (<a href="#64" class="quote">Reply 64</a>):<br/><i>What's the fuss all about? They are renting seco...
Jump to postThis is slightly in my area of past experience. Doors on airliners for spy cameras? Highly unlikely. On the other hand "baggage" containing signals intelligence devices? I'm sure that might have happened quite a bit. And while such devices would not at all be as effective as a dedicated ELINT aircra...
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/AngMoh" class="quote" target="_blank">AngMoh</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>Brazil was a big market for Korean heavy ind...
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/747megatop" class="quote" target="_blank">747megatop</a> (<a href="#26" class="quote">Reply 26</a>):<br/><i>Does anybody know if the no money an...
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="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>When it's self-induced, as many in the i...
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/par13del" class="quote" target="_blank">par13del</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>Well, if they were one of the early cust...
Jump to postBut, at the end of the day, doesn't this all come down to an unhappy customer that is unable to utilize the very expensive aircraft they bought? It may be AI... but none-the-less... this never looks good for the manufacturer.
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/PlaneInsomniac" class="quote" target="_blank">PlaneInsomniac</a> (<a href="#70" class="quote">Reply 70</a>):<br/><i>So apparently it has transpi...
Jump to post1) Cooler heads will prevail. The stakes in Syria are too low for any further risk by any outside power. 2) The deployment of the S-400 is mostly symbolic. The entire idea is to keep aircraft with anti-radiation missiles away from the radar and control system. At less the 50 miles from Turkish airsp...
Jump to postBusiness school can teach you all you need to know about the commercial aviation business. Real world experience means next to nothing.
Jump to postI'm sure they could fill the aircraft consistently. But even then could they make a net profit? I've been to <acronym title="Asiana Airlines (South Korea)">OZ</acronym> twice and would have taken this flight if it had existed. But 19 hours is a long long time to be stuck in a seat.<br/><br/><font si...
Jump to postI don't see any evidence of pitting in the pics. That starts to put missile theories to bed.
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/tu204" class="quote" target="_blank">tu204</a> (<a href="#145" class="quote">Reply 145</a>):<br/><i>http://ria.ru/world/20151101/1311751608.html...
Jump to postThe crash site is uncomfortably close to the Egyptian/Israeli border. Is there any chance this could have been an accidental downing by an air defense missile? Are these any similarities between this incident and MH17?
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/eielef" class="quote" target="_blank">eielef</a> (<a href="#50" class="quote">Reply 50</a>):<br/><i>First: all we know was that about 22 mins af...
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/KarelXWB" class="quote" target="_blank">KarelXWB</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> That can't be r...
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/pvjin" class="quote" target="_blank">pvjin</a> (<a href="#188" class="quote">Reply 188</a>):<br/><i>Another pic here: https://pbs.twimg.com/medi...
Jump to postHighly unlikely it was a missile. There is a rough similarity to Pan Am 103. But it could also be an engine issue-and this frame was said to have had engine issues previously. Of course it could have been something else entirely. I am no fan of Putin or Russian foreign policy of the last few years. ...
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/RJAF" class="quote" target="_blank">RJAF</a> (<a href="#107" class="quote">Reply 107</a>):<br/><i>ISIS now claiming to have shot down the aircra...
Jump to postPassengers should be instructed to place the lotion in the basket.
Jump to postI'd be surprised if the cameras showed anything. If this was a professional hit there will be nothing to see.
Jump to postJust as a sidenote-I remember when Nav30 was Nav20 and he was a respected commenter on Anet. Then after being away from the forums for a year or so I come back and there are members who literally chase him around from one thread to another... including one gentleman from China who has a zeal that bo...
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/Revelation" class="quote" target="_blank">Revelation</a> (<a href="#69" class="quote">Reply 69</a>):<br/><i>Yet we read "Visibly Emirates would ...
Jump to postThis is exactly the type of creative financing that I thought would propel the Neo into reality. <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> needs this aircraft badly. Airbus wants the A380 project to go forwards. This is a flagship aircraft for both <acronym title="Emirates (Unite...
Jump to postI don't mean to snarky but is there any evidence the agreement favors or serves the interests of Brazil? What benefit does Brazil get from the agreement?
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