Ah yes, the window shade debate...right up there with reclining seats Personally I love the 787 windows....when the crew don't lock them....when the crew lock them at dark then it's worse than window shades Dimmable windows allows you to see outside (which let's face it is why most window-seat fans...
Jump to postMIflyer12 wrote:Ask yourself why passenger jets don't cruise a 7,000 ft.
I suspect the answer is no, or it would have been done already. But as technology on composite materials and advanced aerodynamics gets better all the time, could we ever reach a point when an ultralight non-pressurised passenger jet flying low becomes more efficient than the current ones despite th...
Jump to postThose are all longish enough flights that people can take a nap and sleep. Light flooding into the cabin is a major annoyance. Easily solved by a blindfold though. Plenty of airlines provide them already on longer flights. If RJ is so concerned about passengers getting shut eye, all they need is to...
Jump to postclose the blinds let people sleep. You don't have to sleep Just close the blinds the lights could be going in other peoples eyes and blinding them? I always try to think of others not just myself. Some people like to sleep at every opportunity, some people enjoy looking out of a plane's window. Why...
Jump to postLast year I flew AMM- LHR on RJ’s 787, which IIRC departs at around 11 am. I was bemused when the crew dimmed all the windows given that it was a morning flight and no more than five hours, and couldn’t think what reasoning was behind it. Today I flew RJ from AMM to Copenhagen, departing at an equal...
Jump to postI have the feeling people try to avoid discussing this picture seriously. Is there anything that motivates this attitude? It’s clearly a major issue that Airbus is trying to hide. Thankfully, someone is trying to shine a torch on this. Keep up the good work! A worldwide grounding of the A350 is sur...
Jump to postLOIs and MOUs are the perfect moveable feast in aviation forums. Can be used for boasting a manufacturer’s fortunes or dismissed as a pipe dream that will never materialise depending on one’s allegiances towards A or B.
Jump to postI actually think that the first non-737 jet that Boeing buys will be the 797. I don’t necessarily think that WN will be an all-Boeing operation after the 737 is discontinued. They could very well buy the A220NEO (which is sure to happen in 15+ years, or they could just buy some now for a regional o...
Jump to postPerhaps I should ask this separately in the tech forum, but then again it might be too dumb a question to merit its own thread. If Southwest or indeed any other airline goes from one manufacturer only to a dual-manufacturer fleet, could they train/ certify their existing Boeing maintenance crew to a...
Jump to postThe internet and social media really are priceless gifts for companies to generate a lot of hot air. If this massive announcement turns out to be simply new routes... well, I am sorry but anyone who isn't an aviation enthusiast would expect anything described as really big news to be far more signif...
Jump to postWhat’s the fastest timeframe Airbus could build up a new A320 line/ plant from scratch and start spitting up frames? Two years? Three? At this point it must be starting to seem an attractive proposition.
Jump to postI am not too sure rebranding is very effective when the product in question is safety related and the public is genuinely worried they might put themselves in danger by using it. Whether their concerns are justified or not, If someone is buying plane tickets and is genuinely afraid of flying on a MA...
Jump to postN14AZ wrote:jeffrey0032j wrote:On a less serious note, I don’t know why but the name reminds me somehow of Harry Potter’s broomstick Nimbus 2000…
Interesting article on Simple Flying today not on why DL didn't order the MAX, but on the happy consequences (at the present time at least) of them not doing so:
https://simpleflying.com/delta-737-max-benefit/
Given that the total costs of the grounding will run into billions (whatever the number of billions might end up being), Boeing continues to needlessly shoot itself in the foot by announcing a victims compensation fund of just $100m, which works out at less than 300k per passenger. I’m sure lawyers...
Jump to postGiven that the total costs of the grounding will run into billions (whatever the number of billions might end up being), Boeing continues to needlessly shoot itself in the foot by announcing a victims compensation fund of just $100m, which works out at less than 300k per passenger. I’m sure lawyers ...
Jump to postQuestion to those with the technical know-how: putting aside the financial side of things for a moment, if instead of creating and installing MCAS Boeing had simply designed the MAX without it and opted to tackle the different handling characteristics of the model by requiring additional training fo...
Jump to postIt's tit-for-tat stuff, and far from unprecedented. As we all know, Boeing just couldn't stomach the thought of the all-Airbus narrowbody order American Airlines was going to place back in 2011, and went to extraordinary lengths to sabotage the deal, with fateful consequences. One could also mention...
Jump to postSeveral people have made reference to the increasing costs of HMVs as an airplane ages. My response: so what? Its still several tens of millions of dollars less than a new airplane and the engines/fuel burn are essentially unchanged comoared to a new CFM56 powered variant. I find myself wondering w...
Jump to postNow Ralph Nader says the MAX "must never fly again"...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -fly-again
Ultimately, it’s not as if the paying public will be able to do much about a possible proliferation of NB a/c on long haul anyway. In any case, public passenger opposition to it cannot be too strong or widespread, or the various 757 transatlantic routes in existence wouldn’t have lasted long. Speaki...
Jump to postI wonder if other equally questionable statements made by A or B bosses over the years had/ would have resulted in as popular a thread as this one (or even merited a thread being created in the first place). The A380 really does seem to stir all kinds of emotions and ruffle feathers amongst A-netter...
Jump to postit is funny that people that claim to be aviation enthusiasts are discussing this forever like bean counters. was 380 success? from our perspective? definitely. maybe not for some investors, but i dont really care. they wont die from it. was Concorde a success? definitely. was Apollo success? defin...
Jump to postWasn't there also a significant change in the price of aviation fuel between the time the A380 was conceived and the time it entered service? That might have played a part too...
Jump to postIn fact many people might argue that it is the *duty* of a company's representative to big up their products and try to make them sound as successful as possible, even when the truth lies elsewhere. You won't hear the CEO of Airbus claim the A380 is 'a failure' anymore than you'd hear the CEO of Bo...
Jump to postSpinning any lie into being truth is the new normal now, whether it comes from Airbus or Boeing. It is the new way of doing business in the world tell them what they want to hear and for the most part it will be believed because it makes people feel good. And if you get called out for bending the t...
Jump to postI think it is an industry success, and should demand comes back, Airbus would have the technological advantage over Boeing for VLAs. How? If the demand should come back after the line shuts down will Airbus start production again? No. What technological advantage will it have over a clean sheet des...
Jump to postIn a recent Airways Magazine article, it said Airbus saw a market for 1000 Airbus A380s. In the end, only about 250 of them will actually be delivered and flown by customers. I'd say that's falling short of the target goal. An engineering success? For sure. A technical success? Jury is out. A sales...
Jump to postIt will not be a direct commercial success, but there is far more than that when assessing the overall legacy success of a program and its benefit for the manufacturer. The A380 completed the portfolio of an aircraft manufacturer that went from not even existing a few decades prior, to one of the to...
Jump to postI still do not understand why there is a discussion about training and pilot quality and possible errors in this thread. The recent NYT article had this quote from Boeing VP Mike Sinnett that answers your question: “The assumption is that the flight crews have been trained,” Mr. Sinnett said in the...
Jump to postThis is a surprise. Despite the problems, Boeing is not suffering badly as of yet. https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/04/13/boeing-crushes-airbus-q1-aircraft-orders-737-max.aspx Just a guess that Q1 was still a little too early for exposure to the unraveling of the bad news. Its good PR that, &quo...
Jump to postSorry, I do not believe this. A professional organization will not be led by feelings of temporary problems with the MAX8/9. It could perhaps more likely to be a covert message to the US government in relation to the ongoing trade dispute? The US just announced an increase of its trade tariffs on C...
Jump to postOriginally the decision is to be made between A320/NEO or MAX 8/MAX 9, but the recent crashes of the MAX has led to the NEO winning. Sorry, I do not believe this. A professional organization will not be led by feelings of temporary problems with the MAX8/9. It could perhaps more likely to be a cove...
Jump to postThe 767 is still being produced, the 757 is not. The 767 has outsold the 757 by nearly 200 units. Why does everyone still act like the 757 is god's gift to aviation? Just my own perception of course but I always got the impression that the 757 is so revered amongst airplane enthusiasts because of i...
Jump to postWhat intially seemed like a strong year (at least relative to the trend) for Boeing orders this 2019 reversed and plunged overnight with Jet folding, in addition to the obvious MAX order freeze. With around two-thirds of 2019 remaining, Boeing has enough time to make this year brighter than this - ...
Jump to postAs narrowbodies become ever more commonplace in Trasatlantic routes in the coming years, I wonder if passenger preference will become a factor. Many passengers (me included) much prefer the extra space and the 'long haul feeling' of a WB bird for long haul flights, even if the seat pitch is exactly ...
Jump to postWhereas it is still possible that once the final report comes out it might rule human error might have been *partially* to blame (even though it is looking less likely by the day to me, but never mind that for now), surely it is beyond any doubt by now that Boeing will certainly shoulder a significa...
Jump to postI don't think for a second that the MAX problems or possible design flaws are unsolvable. An effective software fix couple with additional sensor redundancy and comprehensive pilot training would almost certainly result in an a/c that is way more than adequately safe to operate, even if a bit less f...
Jump to postBoeing had the new narrowbody in development farther down than today's NMA. It was nearing authority to offer decision. EIS was planned for 2018. Then, American issued RFP for replacement of 300 old aircraft, Airbus was winning it, Boeing panicked and rushed 737 reengine to meet 2016 EIS. The rest ...
Jump to postIt happened to me last year when I flew to MAD on a late evening flight. I can't remember if it was with BA or Iberia Express though. There was certainly no lack of available bridges at the time. I was told later by a friend who works at the airport that such occurrences are usually down to a shorta...
Jump to postSomeone explain to me a valid reason why we allow planes that aren't stable to be designed and approved in the first place? Why did Boeing choose to design an unstable aircraft? I think the answer is straightforward: they did not want to let Airbus' A320 gain and hold a decisive edge over the 737 f...
Jump to postTrue. WN alone also flew 40,000 MAX flights 90,000+ hours before the grounding with no incidents. WN thinks its safe now. Just saying. So you agreeing with StTim that 90,000+ hrs is a trivial number and WN are bonkers? Praise the Lord. :bouncy: As has already been repeated in these forums; 90,000 h...
Jump to postIf the existing A320 assembly lines had plenty of available extra capacity left, or if a new plant could be planned and built from scratch in a year, A could benefit immensely. But that of course is not the case, and even if the ongoing MAX situation were to result in mass dissatisfaction in the mod...
Jump to postThis will probably seem a very basic/ stupid question to those of you with good knowledge of such matters (not to mention pilots etc), so apologies in advance. But I was wondering if runaway trim problems affect non-FBW aircraft only, or whether FBW planes can also experience such malfunctions?
Jump to postI seem to remember reading that the procedure for MCAS failure (due to a faulty sensor for instance) is not only to switch it off but to keep it switched off for the remainder of the flight. If that is indeed the case, how much more vulnerable would the MAX be to experience a stall if it found itsel...
Jump to postRegardless of the financial cost, would it be technically viable to retrofit two extra AoA sensors on the MAX already built, and/or add them to those frames yet to be built? If so, perhaps Boeing should be forced to add the extra sensors as a condition for removing the grounding order.
Jump to postWill get interesting if the FAA rubberstamps the fix and other safety authorities in Europe, China etc. refuse to follow suit.... On the one hand you could understand if other safety agencies wish to conduct their own assessment to ensure the fix is comprehensive enough. As an aside, the argument c...
Jump to postIt is possible and perhaps likely the investigation concludes the flying or ground crew in one or both crashes might be partially to blame. But if MACS was indeed involved, there is absolutely no outcome in which Boeing is not partially to blame also. If a system is so critical it can make a plane u...
Jump to postThat is one fantastically good-looking bird, it's got to be said!
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