So your contention is that while this is a high number of accidents, the conditions of pilot selection, training and maintenance are beyond the reasonable control of the company and are just consistent with an operation like this? Why would a FSDO, seeing operational control like this over the cour...
Jump to postWasn't DHL still flying DC8s? Did the old UA and DL DC8s fly for anyone else or did they head straight to the desert? When UPS retire theirs? Let me guess, the 757 Freighter was the replacement for UPS. DHL (ASTAR Air Cargo) retired them in 2012. The former DL DC-8's went to UPS. Many of the former...
Jump to postI’ll bet that that plane didn’t even have engines on it. The fuselage livery is obviously digital and the engines probably are too. Note the #1 engine turbo-compressor (EDIT: these planes had #1 turbo compressors) Could they do digital in 1992 when they were shooting that? I guess they must have us...
Jump to postPress release on the new routes, all already mentioned above: https://newsroom.alaskaair.com/2021-03-04-Plan-your-summer-escape-with-new-flights-between-California-and-Montana SAN-FCA/BZN SFO-BZN LAX-FCA Can anyone clarify if PDX-FCA is a new route or is it a resumption of an existing route? (I'm p...
Jump to postMDW22L31C wrote:Is AS moving 737's out of storage at ONT.
AS has a flight ASA9801 to SAN from Ontario today.
Would’ve been nice, but it’s a weekday and it came in around 1130PM local (I’m 1.5 hr away), so wasn’t too realistic :lol: I'll try to get out there when it leaves, if I'm not at work. I live only 3 miles away from VCV but work at PSP. Wow! At my best, I have made that drive in 1.5 hours; that's a ...
Jump to postIAC has painted Atlas/Amazon 763F N1511A, flew into VCV on/around April 6, 2018 (caught it in the post-conversion greenie livery, ex EuroAtlantic jet). That was the most recent 763F that came into VCV for post-conversion repaint until N503AZ today. Very interesting. Cool that you knew that! Would b...
Jump to postI think we could see PAE-HNL or OGG...maybe not daily. AS could try the LAS-HNL route because Hawaiians love to gamble. Lastly, maybe AS will consider reinstating BLI-HNL. The only other CA flights to HI could be out of ONT, if WN or HA doesn't get there first. If I were to go out on a limb, maybe ...
Jump to postN503AZ, the first (ex-Westjet) Amazon-owned 767-300 to go through conversion, is on its way home. Following a different route than the ATSG ones do, this one is flying TLV-BGR. It will be fun to see where it goes from there. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N503AZ/history/20210222/0935Z/OJAI/KBG...
Jump to postWhere could Alaska in the future add flights to hawaii ? They talked about this year adding more flying the islands this year More seasonal destinations to Hawaii I feel like they can’t keep adding just more California flights on the places that southwest is flying to Hawaii because southwest is go...
Jump to postIn another thread, we are tracking Skybus's DC-8Fs. Was wondering if anyone could tell me if there are DC-8Fs continuing to be stored at VCV? I know N805SJ flew in and then departed a few months back. Oh yeah, I'm a frequent visitor to that thread, love the work you guys are doing :) There are two ...
Jump to postI also would love to see some more shots from ryanflyer :) Aeroflot 777-300ER N5512A (future VQ-BFN) exited storage VCV-PAE as BOE350. Interestingly enough, it appears that she used runway 3 for departure (one of the crosswind runways). That would mean that VCV has done a LOT of moving around to sh...
Jump to post727 jump. Gear is up. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tJk9V8dfvrY Another 727 jump with gear up: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cLELcLiZQzc Watch all the C130 military jumps. Gear is up. I would’ve thought having it down would do the opposite. More drag, turbulent air etc etc. Making it more difficult...
Jump to postUpon landing, the aircraft had a gaggle of all kinds of people around it, with mechanics coming and going, and he just slid himself out, joined the crowd, and walked away. I don't think they do an oil change in a hostage situation. I don't believe in this theory but after the 727 landed, after he j...
Jump to postHe would want as little slipstream hit as possible - gear + flaps equals more drag and a lower safe airspeed than in a clean configuration. Come on man, Google is your friend. Also the crew would want to be as slow as was safe too - they know he plans to bail, can’t lockout the rear airstair from t...
Jump to postwhy is it you focus on AGE as if that matters as to How the airframe has been Maintained? I'll bet there are still DC8's flying that are older than you ! It's not the Age of the airframe it's how it was maintained! when I was still at United we sold airplanes that went on to fly for another 15 year...
Jump to postAll US carriers who use to have cargo planes got rid of them. [/i] Which US carriers? The now big 3 all had some sort of cargo divisions years ago. United had a fleet of DC * cargo jets AA had 707's and DL had a Lockheed model of some sort in the 70's. As best I recall, AA got out of the cargo (fre...
Jump to postAA does not seem to like Airbus widebodies . First, they retired the 300, then the 333, and now the 332. I don't think they will order the 350. They also retired the 707, 727, 737 classic, 747, 757, 767. So clearly they don't like Boeing airplanes also. They also retired the MD-11, DC-10, MD-80. So...
Jump to postAny update on the stored Interjet Airbus's at CNO and the Alaska 737's stored at ONT. My impression was that the Interjet Airbuses were still there and the Alaska 737s have left, but I'm not certain - will check next time I'm in the area. The Alaska 737's at ONT are quite strange in that many start...
Jump to postOKC is open, has been since July although I don't know how large class sizes are. I have a friend that started basics back in March but had to leave after week 1. She continued to do basics via Zoom and then drove back to OKC in late July. Not really sure how that's working. I guess they're immedia...
Jump to postThat’s ridiculous to let go of people who were weeks away from finishing I couldn't imagine going through the academy and coming within weeks of CPC for this to happen. It's bad enough with all of the trainees in my facility (and everywhere, of course) who were days or weeks from CPC or a pay bump ...
Jump to postYes, I liken an Air Traffic Facility to that of a locker room. There are many discussions that go on that probably shouldn't but that is how it is. I'd say over 90% of the people I've worked with at my 4 facilities are great people that work hard but sometimes things get "crazy" with Type...
Jump to postMy friend, and I respect you a lot, you're missing the point. You can't just write it off as "you can't criticize because you don't know what our job is like". What you're missing is that this isn't appropriate ANYWHERE, in ANY workplace, much less in one where what you do is broadcast, a...
Jump to postOMG, Will you just stop all of this. Hey why don't we pool our money and start up some of the old US regional airlines, North Central, Ozark, Air West. etc. We already have Southern, and Frontier How about PSA, Western, Air California....Anyone?? Well since Frontier has been around for a little ove...
Jump to postSo a few overworked controllers in a severely understaffed agency keeping it light at work are now racist bigots for the way they pronounce an intersection? Interesting. We're immature, get over it. Wow. Allow me to respond. It isn't a question of how someone "pronounces an intersection"....
Jump to postFedEx A300-600F N654FE exited storage VCV-ANC as FX9817. Note the quick left turn after rotation. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n654fe Off of RWY35 it looks like he was issued either left turn direct PMD or left turn heading 250 on departure. Since there are no SIDS they can turn pret...
Jump to postFlying out of ONT the other day, and was interesting to note 13 Alaska/Horizon aircraft parked in a holding area between T2 and the International arrival terminal. It appeared to be a mix of E175 and B737 aircraft, in tight line up, and with engine intake covered. Are there other smaller stations i...
Jump to postThanks again for the thread this week. It's a pleasure to look at, even if there are sad, deep deep cuts in it. **DL ONT-SEA NOV 0.4>2.0[0] DEC 0>2[0] JAN 0>2[0] FEB 0>2[0] MAR 0>2[0] APR 0>2[0] MAY 0>2[0] JUN 0>2[0] DL actually had me worried because originally this was bookable only for October. ...
Jump to postDoes PSP have two gates for WN? It’s not a huge airport. Absolutely, it will only be about 6 total flights a day. The regional terminal has been getting worked on for a couple months so it will be open again soon. I can't imagine they would really have a need for 2 gates. Pre-COVID I thought the So...
Jump to postAs for PSP, I'd think top candidates for service would be OAK and/or SJC, PHX, and DEN. Maybe MDW in the winter season. I don't know about LAS - that'd be a really short flight, even shorter than OAK-RNO. It's actually very surprising to me that LAS-PSP is unserved. It may be short as the crow flie...
Jump to postAssuming the Latin American gateway is done, I would not be shocked if FLL is trimmed to just ATL/BNA/BWI/HOU/DAL and maybe SJU a year or two from now. No need to fly MDW year-round either, that flying can be shifted to MIA. DEN/LAS/PHX can also be shifted to MIA. ISP is a bit of a niche route so i...
Jump to postPA12 wrote:Both Arrow Air and Fine Air had them, I don’t know how many. I think Millon Air did too.
There was a plan to put the A330/A340 wing onto a stretched MD-11 fuselage to be named the AM300. It was set to challenge the 747 and could be configured with either the standard MD-11 or A340 cockpit. I imagine if MD had re winged the MD-11 from the beginning rather than just putting wingtips onto...
Jump to postI’m wondering where they found the pilots. Is there a DC-8 sim in the states? I’ve been sidelined for months I’ll go fly the thing. On a recent Samaritan's Purse flight to IAD, controller from the tower asked the same question. The pilot answered that they are all ex DHL pilots. They bought Airborn...
Jump to postAgree about the Bud Light livery - but I didn't like Eastern's either, and never liked the American Airlines Silverbird - they were all great when clean and polished, but . . . Also Flying Tigers, Hawaiian, Pacific Western, Cathay Pacific Cargo, Skywest and People Express wore similar, silver liver...
Jump to postNorthrop Grumman L1011 N140SC flew MHV-EDW yesterday (August 6) as FFL374....possibly a new role? But what's really strange is the ForeFlight callsign, ForeFlight is a Boeing Company software app...(see 2nd link). Furthermore, this is her 2nd visit to EDW in 1 month, and I've heard that she's parke...
Jump to postNorthrop Grumman L1011 N140SC flew MHV-EDW yesterday (August 6) as FFL374....possibly a new role? But what's really strange is the ForeFlight callsign, ForeFlight is a Boeing Company software app...(see 2nd link). Furthermore, this is her 2nd visit to EDW in 1 month, and I've heard that she's parke...
Jump to postUPS 747-8F N606UP filed HNL-SBD 8:21AM - 4:34AM as 5X9867. Filed out on SBD-SDF 6:42AM - 1:13PM as 5X2623. If this becomes regular service these posts will stop, however it seems that for now there is no concrete evidence to support that. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n606up https://w...
Jump to postYeah, okay. But you don't need a long-term wet lease with a sticker by the door to fly under somebody else's callsign. If you're doing subservice for them, that will often be the case as well. And certainly with Military. Used to be all sorts of flights by CRAF participants were "Reach" f...
Jump to postSo I live in Detroit and remember the Northwest-Republic merger. At first, the word "Republic" was simply covered with "Northwest Orient". Then, as the new livery came out (which was the bowling shoe), "Orient" was dropped. My memory of your timeline is a little differ...
Jump to postAnd finally, not quite DHL but operated by Kalitta Charters II: N725CK seems to be stopping by VCV an awful lot lately. Is it not based out of Lexington and/or leased to Tex Sutton any more? I believe you mean SBD, and although I’m not 100% sure who operates it, I have seen it fly to SBD numerous t...
Jump to postLooks like the duo of American Eagle CRJ-900ERs will be leaving VCV tomorrow (Sunday May 24) at 1:30PM local. Anyone know why they were here? Unlikely for maintenance as AA have their own MX bases. I doubt they’d want to spend money on a repaint. Possible charter??? AA9883 is N944LR headed to PHX, ...
Jump to postLooks like the duo of American Eagle CRJ-900ERs will be leaving VCV tomorrow (Sunday May 24) at 1:30PM local. Anyone know why they were here? Unlikely for maintenance as AA have their own MX bases. I doubt they’d want to spend money on a repaint. Possible charter??? AA9883 is N944LR headed to PHX, ...
Jump to postThe new FedEx cargo ramp and sorting facilities are coming along nicely at ONT. Is that the construction taking place off East Airport Drive, the northern “ring road?” Yes, it is on the northwest end of the airport, the old west cargo ramp. It also is part of the old Lockheed facility. For PSP, the...
Jump to postFlyingElvii wrote:Looking at the Victorville departures for today, a FedEx MD11 went to LAX, UAL moved a 789 back to SFO, and Air Canada moved a 788 to YVR.
More cargo capacity coming back from desert parking??
I have heard the news that Delta is temporarily storing a 1/3 of their fleet due to the Coronavirus outbreak, but why are they storing them at a boneyard? Delta has several hubs, but is it cheaper to store aircraft at MZJ rather than leave them at their main hubs? I have noticed that Atlas Air also...
Jump to postUA and AA have been buying used A319s for parts and for capacity for years. Lower oil prices makes them even more attractive. Whether or not there is the demand to fill them is now another question. American and United have been buying "Matched" A319's American's via USAir had CFM-56's mo...
Jump to postIt's definitely not PHX, but possibly TUS. I don't see a body of water at the end of the runway. Although I don't see water, perhaps can't rule out an airport on the Big Island of Hawaii, especially on the leeward (relatively dry) side. It does not look like LAS as the mountains appear to be too cl...
Jump to postI'm well aware that all 34 of the WN 7M8s are currently in long-term storage at VCV. I was pointing out that they are not visible on Google Earth. The imagery was taken before the grounding. The images were taken last year, at the latest. They still show the former Arizona One sitting on the apron,...
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