Could EASA come to Boeing's and the FAA's rescue and be contracted to do some of that certification?
Jump to postWhatever the current plan for Boeing is, it is also obviously clear that it is not working. The US needs a strong commercial aviation, defense aviation, and space. One of the former and at least couple each of the later two.
Jump to postlol yes SFO actually somewhat prefers the status quo, wherein they get to monopolize the use of the well-known name of the center city and the region. If another airport also uses that name, some travelers might go there instead of SFO, which would be bad for SFO. If they're so worried about confus...
Jump to postThere is close to such a thing. Community Solar. Residents buy shares in a large, but not huge, solar farm and are owners. You pay the local power company to wheel the energy to you, I think that is something like 3 cents a kWh. Big saving can come from selling excess energy to the local power compa...
Jump to postThat 9 seat regulation needs updating to 20, perhaps with regulations as to weather and pilot licensing for particular routes..
Jump to postWork from home technology, protocols and procedures will also aid and abet work groups working in different locations.
Jump to postBoeing has chosen to be a dysfunctional lobbying company. Leave them alone. LOL
Jump to postI don't think the next generation of planes, esp. narrow body, can be designed until we see how engine technology and ground transportation plays out. Autonomous driving will arrive especially fenced, at which point freeways will have tremendous capacity. 8-12passenger busses with amenities could be...
Jump to postRobots have a place, and while difficult not so difficult as doing it right.
Jump to postStarfuryt wrote:and here come the headlines: "Whistleblower claims Boeing Dreamliner could break apart midair"
Two Seattle Times writers have done major reports in the last couple days. Both think things are grim, short term and long term. I am reading nothing to persuade me that some sort of drastic government intervention may be necessary to save Boeing.
Jump to postOne advantage Alaska will have, should this go through, is that they have successfully swallowed another airline, Virgin, in the past several years. People from the front line to the top, have been through this once. Both Virgin and Hawaiian had/have some different fleets and strategies.
Jump to postWhat's the situation with manning those airwings? Carriers have been adequately manned, but often at the expense of smaller vessels being seriously undermanned.
Jump to postIt probably will be cheaper to rebuild the bridge pretty much as it was, but:
No longer fracture critical
Piers with collision protection for ships of X size and Y knots
Boeing Space in underperforming, Boeing Military is unperforming, and the problems at Boeing commercial's problems may not be connected??? The rot, in my opinion, is definitely coming from the head.
Jump to postMost aviation fuel, IIRC, is for flights less than 1000 miles. If those go electric/hybrid the amount of CO2 from aviation will go down substantially.
Jump to postOakland to SFO - go back to flying kites. The Bay area can use and needs more than one airport.
Jump to postThose household appliances, long with only a GE name connection now, were great advertising and public/political connection.The Japanese way, if I understand correctly, would have been to spin off divisions, but with a lot of cross ownership. Boeing, take note.
Jump to postThose turbines power US naval ships are close cousins of aviation turbines, as I understand.
Jump to postThat upwards of 25% publicly held does have an effect. It protects all of the other stakeholders. It is disingenuous to assert otherwise.
Jump to postI've had good experiences with my last several dealerships. Ask around, or go on line to a dealer with a decent reputation. Know what you want, know about how much you want (expect?) to pay, ask if they have any deals or cars where they can do even better, otherwise settle for your expected price. p...
Jump to postI've often wondered why Seattle doesn't have direct flights to the Philippines.Larege community here in the PacificNW,
Jump to postblr... That would seem to be almost criminal, or actually criminal. Or at least make him vulnerable to lawsuits by families of the c350 dead.
Jump to postKeep in mind, if someone fourteen years ago said Boeing would be in the current situation, they would have been called Crazy, Mad, Clueless. And a Fool.
Jump to postThe furthest spots from the open ocean can have the greatest tides, Bay of Fundy or the much gentler Olympia Washington yofrd for example. Tides are complicated, and early mathematicians/astronomers 'cut their teeth' on predicting them. No doubt any group of humans in the past living on tidal waters...
Jump to postOakland could have the best transfers to the Amtrak station, with connections and dozens of stops going to LA, Chicago, and Seattle. Admittedly not a major factor, but why should a 15 minute car ride to the major RR station take and hour and a half with many transfers? A small subsidy and a $10 tic...
Jump to postI posted a bit on this, but likely removed because I quoted MS copilot. So here is my surmise from (limited) boating experience, and about all of the Coast Guard boater classes available.. And from a variety of sources. Tides on the river run at a little under 1 knot. The boat was going down river w...
Jump to postOakland could have the best transfers to the Amtrak station, with connections and dozens of stops going to LA, Chicago, and Seattle. Admittedly not a major factor, but why should a 15 minute car ride to the major RR station take and hour and a half with many transfers? A small subsidy and a $10 tick...
Jump to postThat is one thing most EVs don't do well, driving to the tops of a mountain. You likely need to get a charge about halfway up, preferably battery lowish at the top, and regen braking going down. Real limitations for those who ski a lot. Kids and grandkids need an ICE to get to Crystal Mt and back.
Jump to postWould older 737NGs with higher hours but lower cycles be cheap enough to buy or lease, so that they could sit around letting the engines cool?
Jump to postWhen going to a dealership Be knowledgeable, know what you want, what people are paying, what the dealerships in your area are adding on to the price of a vehicle. My recommendation, sell your old car privately. Tying it into the purchase of another car muddies the negotiations. If you know your car...
Jump to postThe NTSB can only recommend. Those recommendations are frequently ignored. There were some odd complaints about her not being an aviation expert. Now that those complaining perhaps see that the NTSB has to concern itself with planes, trains, cars, bridges, ships, and who knows what else perhaps they...
Jump to postI find some of the posts here scary. I hope they do not reflect the discussions actually going on at Boeing about these management changes. Building airplanes is not like building trucks or furniture or apartment buildings. You must must MUST have a passion for aviation. Of course you need the fina...
Jump to postAny typically often seemed to vote like an old time Southern Democrat. on so many issues, particularly later in his political life.
Jump to postWell, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was not too narrow in the late 1960s - built by people's taxes who were born about the time of WWI. Our turn to build the infrastructure we want.
Jump to postThanks. That all makes sense. It would make all of us RR fans ever so happy to see the faster freights of 100+ years ago coming back. There are a few now. Always shocking that a couple hundred truck drivers can move more freight cheaper than a train with an engineer and conductor carrying about the ...
Jump to postBankers, MBAs, lawyers, accountants could all be OK, but they (and engineers) need to be looking 10 years ahead, not next quarter or year.
Morrisond
"787-8,9,10
747-8/8F
737-7,8,9,10
777-8/9"
And each in its own way a disaster.
wjc...... "Amazon's interest in expanding its fleet, of course, has diminished since it bought these to own and convert itself as it has reorganized its delivery network" Back in the beginning I had expected (wrongly) that Amazon would use planes to distribute goods to warehouses (delivery...
Jump to postAnother thing about marine land law, is that blame multiplies, and is not divided. In effect two or more people/entities can be labeled up to 100% responsible.
Jump to posthttps://www.bing.com/search?q=when+a+pilot+is+bringing+a+ship+into+a+harbor%2C+and+there+is+an+accident+who+is+at+fault%2C+the+pilot%2C+the+captain+or+both&form=ANNTH1&refig=da1246f95e87441dac33d19c04be3920&pc=DCTS Whose fault/rresponsible: pilot or captain? This can be as long a read as...
Jump to postI doubt that Airbus and Boeing will find this a contentious issue. Anything from their buying controlling interests, and letting a 3rd party running it, to divvying up the bits and pieces, and owning them separately. What they both want is for Spirit to have acceptable quality control.
Jump to postAdded note: managers don't 'walk the line' to see the scenery, get exercise, or to be seen, the job is to enable lower level workers to get their jobs done, to promote production, to manage dysfunctions.
Jump to postPray tell, just what efforts and resources are you proposing that can get the job done? I follow navy and civilian marine facility and personnel assets fairly closely - they're booked. The Navy itself was about 7000 people short of recruiting goals in 2023. FIFTO is not a solution, which we need. S...
Jump to postOne of the best ways for the US government to help, rescue, subsidize US companies is to improve Social Security and extend Medicare to all. As is Boeing and every other big company is forced to become an insurance company - Twice. Once as responsible for lifetime retirement, and the second to becom...
Jump to postIt has been mentioned that the changes required for the inlet fix can affect many of the rest of the engine. How many of those changes affect safety, versus how many affect engine performance and longevity. The former need to be addressed before the planes are delivered. The later could be updates. ...
Jump to postNothing wrong with discussing what I paid for that1965 Mustang - $2350. And I have always worked in the non-profit sector so it seemed a high enough price for me to notice. I limited myself to the 289 cubic inch V8, so it was only one step up from the 'baby' 6 cylinder motor. Inflation adjusted to d...
Jump to postI was finishing grad school in 1965 in NYC, me and all of my classmates were having a horrible time with dealerships. A classmate had an uncle with an upstate Ford dealership. He came down and sold us over a dozen cars, including financing, in just one morning. We all carpooled up there a couple wee...
Jump to postSeveral weeks ago, I was seeing a withdrawal of Boeing's license to produce aircraft, hence a forced bankruptcy, splitting commercial off from Defense and Space, as a possibility, followed by a government rescue. Of the sort that rescued General Motors, including the so-called Good GM and Bad GM. No...
Jump to postDiabetes for example is a condition in which there is a lot of variation as to when it should be diagnosed. Receiving injected medications including insulin is what really makes it diagnosable. And also that is what can cause low blood sugars which is the concern for pilots and for commercial driver...
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