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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

JetBuddy wrote:
The plug is apparently nearly identical (if not exactly similar) to the ones installed in the 737-900/ER.

I was thinking about this particular point. Are airlines inspecting plug doors on their -900ERs as well? Shouldn't they be? At least the newer build ones which also came from Spirit?

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Re: Southern Africa & Indian Ocean Aviation - 2023

Zambia Airways Zambia Airways received a 737-800, 9J-HHZ which was formerly operated by Ethiopian Airlines. Details are scarce, but the interior config looks identical to ET so I wouldn't be surprised if its just a lease directly from ET. Possibly even a wet lease (but the plane is registered in Za...

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Re: Washington State Aviation - 2023

I have spoken with someone who works in gate/stand planning at the Port of Seattle, and my understanding is that WN is staying put in it's home on the B gates. UA is supposed to take over B7, B7A, B9, and B11, and DL will keep gates B1-B6. B15 will be a common use gate. The UA Club will be in the f...

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Re: Air India to lease six aircraft as poor interiors delay flights to North America

Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper for them to just fix or refurbish the "poor" interiors?
How bad are they that it ends up being more economical to lease 6 airframes instead of getting some local talent with mechanical ingenuity (not hard to find in India) to just fix them?

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Re: 737-8200?

I am sure they are having a ton of internal meetings about this and may have even hired external branding consultants and researchers to figure it out. We can all post what we think for free. I'll throw out my little bit of advice - I'd rename it the 737-NEO. Why not? After all its a "New Engin...

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Re: How is AVOD content uploaded to aircraft?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11

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Re: Twin Otters on the Equator: Air Kiribati, Tarawa to Abemama (TRW-AEA-TRW)

Excellent trip report. I spent a good part of my childhood living on TRW and it was great to read this. Nice work.

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Re: TSA screeners calling in sick

What about immigration and customs officers manning FIS facilities? Are they also not getting paid right now? The irony there would be that the disagreement that is currently blocking their pay is about Border Security. One party believes that the most efficient use of funds is in a physical barrier...

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Re: Idea for jetways

If HSBC had a jingle they'd be all over this!

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Re: WN Blames System Wide Outage On One Router

In this day and age why does an airline company even have their own data center? They need to be outsourcing all that stuff to a cloud provider who caters to enterprises with high compliance and security requriements - so maybe not AWS but something like IBM, Microsoft, Oracle or a mix of them. They...

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RE: WestJet Frozen Livery

I would totally mistake this for an Alaska aircraft if not up close.
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RE: Has Every 747 (Of 1400) Been To JFK?

I would imagine the ones configured for Japanese domestic service never did.

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RE: Indigo Airlines 2011 Commercial - Amazing!

While it is a nice ad, I would have preferred (and think it would be more audience appropriate) to have something that used a Bollywood muscal style rather than Broadway.

Just my opinion.

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RE: Restricted Parking Space At PAE?

The 152s and the 206 in the picture belong to Regal Air - <a href="http://www.regalair.com" target="_blank">http://www.regalair.com</a> - one of the FBOs & popular flight schools at <acronym title="Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE), USA - Washington">PAE</acronym>. In fact it...

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RE: Is It True Cobras Like Indian Music?

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RE: KLM Pushback Truck Type (Photo)

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RE: Redeye Flights And Fuel Consumption

"Resume own navigation" simply means 'fly the route you were cleared for earlier'. If the route consists of complex airways, waypoints, etc. then you're still obligated to fly it. However when the controller says "United XXX fly direct Dulles" then you're saving gas. There are a few times where I've...

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RE: Who's In Trouble After This Incident?

Mandala - great post & thanks for the detailed explanations. I found this document on the Boeing site - <a href="http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/737sec4.pdf" target=_blank>http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/737sec4.pdf</a> that describes the turning characteristics of va...

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RE: Who's In Trouble After This Incident?

Mandala - you're right, thanks for that. In fact if you look closely you can see that the normal parking spot for the 3rd stand is indeed a little further to the east of where the plane is parked in the picture. For some reason on the day the satellite image was taken, an aircraft was marshalled a l...

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RE: Who's In Trouble After This Incident?

There was another version of this thread in the Civil Aviation forum where I posted the taxi track superimposed on the Google image of the ramp in Lusaka. My attempt is to present a reasonable picture of the route the aircraft took. Of course we don't know if he was marshalled on the wide turn or if...

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RE: Go Air G8 376: 23/SEP/07: MAA-HYD: Y Cabin

I know you hear this a lot, but these TRs are great! I flew the same leg around the same time last year and so it was particularly interesting to see the pictures. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-bottom: 1pt #1B2E3F s...

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RE: AA To Start DFW-PLS; BOS-PLS; More MIA-PLS

How is the parking space situation at the <acronym title="Providenciales - International (PLS / MBPV), Turks and Caicos Islands">PLS</acronym> ramp at this time of day (15:05 - 15:40)? When I was there earlier this year there was one point in the afternoon (around 1:30 p.m.) when pretty much every p...

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RE: Indian Aviation Thread: Part 56

Speaking of 777 deliveries: last night (July 31st) I heard a callsign: "Jet Airways 1999" getting a clearance from Seattle Center controllers for a flight from <acronym title="Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE), USA - Washington">PAE</acronym> to <acronym title="Delhi - Indira Gan...

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Why WN Does Not Have TV Screen On Boeing 737-700?

JetBlue and Frontier both have in-seat video screens on their aircraft - although its somewhat debatable if they position themselves as "Low Cost carriers". But they certainly aren't majors. I realize folks on these forums debate on the necessity of IFE. Personally it is absolutely a consideration w...

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RE: Hawaiian Pilot Trip Report

Yes a HAL trip report!!!!!! I've been eagerly waiting for an <acronym title="Hawaiian Airlines (USA)">HA</acronym> one for some time now <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile">. How does it feel flying into <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX)...

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RE: BFI-PAE-TIW-SEA-BFI W/ Tons Of Pics!

Gorgeous - reminds us all why this is the best place to fly. I was up yesterday flying some friends on a sightseeing trip as well and certainly agree that those cold and clear winter days in the NW can't be beat.

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RE: HA 763 From DL

Awesome news. I saw 4 delta 767s (one had its paint stripped off) hanging around the Goodrich facility in <acronym title="Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE), USA - Washington">PAE</acronym> last Saturday. Are all of those destined for <acronym title="Hawaiian Airlines (USA)">HA</a...

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RE: Near Miss At BFI On 12/27?

Thanks for that extremely accurate post HAL (I'm a big fan of your trip reports btw). I have trained out of <acronym title="Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE), USA - Washington">PAE</acronym> and <acronym title="Renton - Municipal (RNT / KRNT), USA - Washington">RNT</acronym> and ...

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RE: BOS Runway 14/32 Approach

It can't be more than 10 degrees off between 32 and 33L - that's a very easy correction for aircraft coming in on a visual approach. The majority of the approach can be flown parallel to 33L and then a correction to the left lines you up just fine with 32. That will not be a problem for most aircraf...

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RE: FAA Warns Samoan Gov. About Banning HA From PPG

Out of curiousity is the control tower at <acronym title="Pago Pago - Tafuna International (PPG / NSTU), American Samoa">PPG</acronym> manned by FAA personnel? Or is it one of those "non federal" contract towers? Who provides approach control services? If its an FAA controlled tower there is no way ...

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RE: Explain ATC Instructions

I have a question regarding the original subject - the circle to land approach @ <acronym title="Chicago - Midway International (MDW / KMDW), USA - Illinois">MDW</acronym> 22L. What kind of airplanes are being cleared for this approach? ATA and SWA jets? At what altitude are they doing the circle? T...

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RE: AC To Operate YYT-LHR With An A319

Would this flight even need the recent FAA ETOPS certification for the A319? Since its between Canada and the UK wouldn't it only need JAA (which I understand has already certified the A319 for extended overwater ops) and CAA certification?

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RE: Hawaiian To Increase Pago Pago Flights

HAL recalled? Great - congratulations. Are you going to be based in <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> (not sure if its still a domicile) or some other base? You know when I read your story about being furloughed, flying in <acronym title="...

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RE: AA 757 Boarding

If you notice the #2 doors on most <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> 757's (RR powered) have two seats right by them which limits the space available for entering the aircraft. It would also make it very inconvenient for passengers to sit in those seats while boarding is still go...

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RE: Air Nauru's 737

I beleive its the Taiwan government - last I saw the original 737 (VH-RON) is still looking for a customer. The ex-im bank is accepting 'cash only' offers for it. Sources: <a href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/rnzi/200603171124/219e3e5" target=_blank>http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletin...

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RE: Pilots Flying With Gloves?

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RE: Pilots Flying With Gloves?

This is a funny thread, but I've had this discussion before: If you're paranoid about germs, think about how many hands have been on those controls before you? Did the previous pilot of the airplane wash his hands with soap when he went to the john? You just never know... I can imagine that there mi...

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RE: LAX-OAK, SFO-LAX Quikie

I enjoyed the report. You like planes and busses? What a unique combination. Just don't ever get caught up in one of those Boeing vs. airBUS threads! .

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RE: ATL To SEA Best Side Of The Plane To Sit On?

Guys its been raining for the last 27 days in <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> (so far it hasn't rained today but it probably will soon). Cloud layers have been pretty low and there have been very few let ups in weather before today (toda...

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RE: Wash. Redskins Ride In Style To BFI

Why don't professional sports teams have policies about not having too many people fly on the same plane at once? I know that large corporations have policies like this for business travel. For example the company I work for has a policy that no more than two executives (VP level or higher) are perm...

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RE: "Longlanding"

I don't believe "long landing" is an official phrase that is to be used by Pilots or Controllers since I couldn't find it in the Pilot/Controller Glossary. But that said I have used it and heard tower controllers use it several times. If I'm landing a small single engine plane on a 9000 ft runway an...

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RE: Smuggler's Transit At SIN

Its been about 2 years since I've been in transit through Changi but if I recall the security check is done as you enter the each individual gate's seating area. Pretty much each gate has metal detectors and X-ray machines and once you enter you have to stay in a cordoned off seating area until you ...

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RE: KNUW-OTBH On A USN DC9. Couple Of Pics

What? No IFE on that bird?

Really enjoyed the trip report - especially since you originated from the local area @ NUW.

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RE: AA 762's Now 3 Class?

Since I flew BDA-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> last Monday (Nov 28th) on an <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> 767-200 on a coach ticket I can confirm that indeed the business class seats are sold as...

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RE: HAL-HP Pilot Trip Reports - More?

I have to say that I too am a huge fan of these airline pilot trip reports, both from HAL as well as the Southwest 737 FO (sorry can't remember your name right now). I've also stumbled across a couple of airline pilot blogs that I've started to read regularly - <a href="http://fl250.blogspot.com" ta...

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RE: Air Pacific Files For Honolulu-Christmas Island

Kiritimati was originally named Christmas Island by Capt. James Cook who discovered it on Dec 24th 1777. The island is part of the Republic of Kiribati which consists of three groups of islands in the central pacific - the Gilberts (Kiribati) group, the Phoenix Group and the Line Islands (where Chri...

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RE: DEN's Runways Originally Shorter

Wow that is a sharp observation. I'm a nut for looking at airports in google maps just like the next guy on a.net but I don't think I'd have ever noticed that. My best guess would be that the threshold was displaced at some point due to construction or repair work & the chevrons were drawn at that t...

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RE: Why AirTran/indy @ SFO Int'l Pier?

To answer Steve's question - Recently I flew on an Alaska Airlines flight from <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> to <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> that was continuing on to somew...

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RE: Rumor - AS May Call Back SEA Rampers?

My wife arrived on a severely delayed <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> flight from <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> to <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> last night...

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RE: Mumbai-Mangalore On Jet Airways With Pics.

Thanks for the picture of Juhu airport. What is with the displaced thresholds on that runway? It appears as though there's hardly any actual runway left after the thresholds are taken out. Does that runway even get used? It seems somewhat impractical to use it on a regular basis. Anyone in the know ...

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