Any idea how the A330-900 does in the 12-14 hour range compared to the 350 and compared to the 330-200? I know the 330-200 did just fine on DTW-NGO for many years but just wondered if the 330-900 range is similar or better. I'm assuming the typical winter winds are such that the 330-300 probably co...
Jump to postSince dtw is the hot topic October 28 The 359 ams flight goes to a 330 And surprisingly dtw-hnd goes from 359 to 339 Nice to see the 339 in dtw Any idea how the A330-900 does in the 12-14 hour range compared to the 350 and compared to the 330-200? I know the 330-200 did just fine on DTW-NGO for man...
Jump to postbfitzflyer wrote:NW had the largest northern transpacific presence of any carrier for many years. Up to 6 dairy flights out of DTW alone.
Just noticed that the 757 has been completely withdrawn from all Hawaii flying as of last December. Is this a permanent change? Also noticed that the A321neo stops in SFO (for fuel?) between SEA and Hawaii when winds are tough. Surely they have better endurance than this? Did the 757s have to do th...
Jump to postThe entire NOTAM system is a joke, separate from this outage.
Anyway, I see a bunch of inbound UAL flights to EWR that are now diverting elsewhere.
UAL2321 LAX-EWR going to CLE.
UAL1525 RDU-EWR going to RDU.
etc.
Is this about the NOTAMs thing, or is something up at EWR separate from that?
PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:Right now both DTW and MSP - HNL are being operated with the 763.
In January, DTW-HNL goes to the 35L (exLatam 359).
laca773 wrote:SLC-KOA can be flown with the B75W/B76W. Is this another route they want to utilize the A21N?
777Mech wrote:PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:3951 will be the first 73J/R 739 to enter service correct?
Looks like doing ATL-ECP turns tomorrow.
It will be. They'll be very little fanfare because the configuration is absolutely terrible. It'll also be flying without wifi.
It'll be interesting to see what the longer range 321s bring for DTW in particular, although that might amount to nothing. In regards to this particular comment, I think that although the 321NEOS will eventually fly DTW-west coast just like they'll be used out of ATL-west coast, it won't change any...
Jump to postDL will be putting the A321NEO on SEA-OGG from 9/6/2022 to 10/5/2022 6 times a week. https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220612-dlsep22ogg Wow, that's soon. In July it looks like BOS-SEA and BOS-SAN start up, but by September there might be a dozen or slightly more airplanes on property to make OGG work. Go...
Jump to postThose best filtration systems are not operating while you're boarding, taxiing out to the runway, delayed on the tarmac waiting for a thunderstorm to pass, taxiing to the gate, de-boarding. When the best filtration systems are not operating, you're sitting in a petri dish. You need to learn about h...
Jump to postPSU.DTW.SCE wrote:3223 / N323US is one of the zombie, retired A320s to now be un-retired after spending 2 years in purgatory at BHM.
The second A321neo, #5002, D-AZXJ/N502DX, has been spotted at XFW in full c/s with engines installed: https://aibfamily.flights/A320/10467 Looking nice. So when is #1 being delivered? It's got to be real soon by now, right? I'm guessing that she will be delivered next month. Still awaiting her maid...
Jump to postIf oil pushes through $100 to 120+ and stays there for a while, think all three of these new additions will remain?
Jump to postaudidudi wrote:The second A321neo, #5002, D-AZXJ/N502DX, has been spotted at XFW in full c/s with engines installed:
https://aibfamily.flights/A320/10467
Here’s the KATL METARs for the last 12 hours, nothing dramatic. . . . Worst case is 18 knots of cross at 2152Z Nothing dramatic on the surface but there were apparently windshear alerts all afternoon so I'm guessing there was a pretty significant gain or loss of 20 knots at 300' AGL type of thing g...
Jump to post- The I-275 reconstruction project from 6 Mile (I-96/M-14 area) down past the airport is scheduled to begin in June. 2 lanes in each direction from Eureka to 6 Mile, 1 lane open south of the airport. Multiple ramps from I-275 to/from I-94 to be closed. This is going to be a royal PITA for those usi...
Jump to postSometimes its all about traffic flow...Imagine having all those planes having to wait singlefile in one lane...pilots are gonna get anxious. This way the line can always keep moving Anxious pilots has nothing to do with it. The layout of the taxiways is beneficial for sequencing departures by direc...
Jump to postNoshow wrote:Pilots get ranked for fuel used and bad landings and such.
Roadway improvements on Eureka are a pleasant surprise. I miss the high-pressure sodium lights because blue LED lights affect my vision and seem to make things blurry. I also feel the increase in blue LED's have adversely impacted my vision. Here is a link that helps describe blue glow LED lights a...
Jump to postTTailedTiger wrote:Why doesn't Delta combine their A330 and A350 pilot groups? It's legal.
Very sad indeed. I can't help but reflect on TFS departures, many of which take you directly over TFN. A tragic example of CRM disasters and the toxic masculinity that still risks lives to this day. You are confusing the term "masculinity" with something else. That the captain of the KLM ...
Jump to postI never use the tram. There are moving sidewalks that do the job just fine. Not using the tram makes Detroit a safer place to connect in my opinion. Would you use the tram if you were in the last row of a full A321 parking at A70, and had a connecting flight departing out of A12 in 40 minutes? Or w...
Jump to postI never use the tram. There are moving sidewalks that do the job just fine. Not using the tram makes Detroit a safer place to connect in my opinion. Would you use the tram if you were in the last row of a full A321 parking at A70, and had a connecting flight departing out of A12 in 40 minutes? Or w...
Jump to postPSU.DTW.SCE wrote:A320 3219 N319US, the oldest of non-retired A320s is scheduled to ferry out of storage MCI-MSP on Wednesday.
When a manufacturer writes up a new delayed delivery schedule with an airline, in all the legalese of it, are they able to put in a clause that would prevent the airline from purchasing airplanes from a competitor during the window of time where deliveries are being deferred? In other words, Airbus ...
Jump to postCRJ200flyer wrote:Completely random question - on the BARII2 departure out of DTW, a first fix is NITRN, pronounced “night train” by ATC. Any idea what this refers to, or is it just random?
This kind of shows the negative side of basing everything on seniority. A more logical approach might have a pilot evaluating risk and reward. You can fly the 777 for more money, better destinations, and more days off. Or you can fly the 737 for less money, bland destinations, but more job security...
Jump to postWhen a new A350 is delivered, what creates the need to fly it from the factory to NRT? What modifications might that be?
Jump to postIf DALPA doesn't like it they can grieve it, and then seek to enforce a win. Right now it's just whining. From your statement I have to question if you realize that the communication posted was not written to the public. Rather, it was a letter from a chairman to his own pilot group. Updates, infor...
Jump to postHas the 763ER ORD-DTW tag-on (for cargo purposes) as part of DTW-LHR (if I’m not mistaken), already been discontinued? I was looking to book this rare short haul domestic widebody, but can no longer seem to find it in the schedule. Attached is the Delta Cargo Widebody schedule for August. Not seein...
Jump to postFerry pilots do it all the time—it’s about 18 hours to HNL in Cessna 206 and maybe 12-13 in a light twin They sure do, but that is not a routine operation for anyone except them. They do that for the purposes of repositioning an airplane across a body of water that it does not even have the capabil...
Jump to postNot only would I not want to be the single pilot of an airplane that is going to fly for six hours, and have to sit in discomfort for far too long and ration water intake . . . but I would not want to be a passenger on an airplane where there was only one pilot up front for six hours doing so.
Jump to postThat's probably part of the reason for a 16% cut in pilots even though the demand decline (7,000, if that's the number into 2021) is much steeper. I wouldn't be confident that other crafts, nor admin nor management, will fare so well. The training needs may be very different. True, and the other fa...
Jump to postWith cities burning, in the US, I know if you turn on the TV and watch the news coverage it looks like the whole country is on fire. That is exactly what the media wants. Mass chaos. Pandemonium! In all reality it is small sections of cities. I was on a layover in one of the high profile ones a few...
Jump to postAt any airline with multiple fleet types but especially so with those that have many, moving pilots backwards in positions is limited by their training capacity. Only so many simulator events can be done in a month. There are only so many instructors. There are only so many check airmen. Some of bot...
Jump to postFirst airplane in November.
Service in February/March 2021.
Yeah I don't think the pilots will allow 767's to be replaced by the A321. They are pretty firm when it comes to widebody replacement. Not sure what you mean by this. Firm on what? The pilots fly the planes that are ordered by the company. The contract spells out pay rates and which fleets are sepa...
Jump to postSeabear wrote:Millions of cubicle dwellers, slaving away the days for a measly paycheck and a bleak future, are undoubtedly wailing and gnashing teeth over the plight of these poor pilots that can't make due on 200k/year.
Manual breaking on a 777 you can stop in 3565 on a dry runway. I wasn’t saying this was always how it was done, I was saying that it’s possible. Just to clarify here, that's the type of "possible" that is just about at the point of melting the fuse plugs and deflating the tires about five...
Jump to postMore of a short term question but anybody know what's up with the 767-400 that's been sitting at the DTW 4R de-ice pad for a few days now?
Jump to postHow do you know a pilot is an alcoholic? They are a pilot. As a test engineer, I actually had training on detecting drunk people at work and the #1 job group caught drunk at work was technicians/machinists/mechanics, #2 was pilots. Lightsaber So you, Lightsaber, are accusing anyone who is an airlin...
Jump to postIt'll do everything. There's 100 on order. I would imagine that Hawaii won't start in the first few months because of ETOPS and out to the islands probably just isn't the greatest way to break in the new sub-fleet. But after the first 10-20 are delivered, I'd assume anything that's a 757-200 today i...
Jump to postI think this is the winner.
SFO-EWR.
Pax would have been on the jet for a little more than 11 hours unless they briefly deplaned at IAD before heading back for the recovery leg.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KSFO/KEWR
The "interesting diversions" thread is inevitable so I thought I'd post here in advance. Yesterday was an ugly day in the northeast but it was a warmup for this afternoon. Mere child's play. The morning is already IFR throughout the northeast with the usual suspects having 3 hour EDCTS. Lo...
Jump to postHa.
Right.
"Autoland failed; aircraft drifted right of centerline on final" in the logbook last week. Brand new A321.
Okay so there are 38 B757-200s that have 180 minute ETOPS. Additionally the whole fleet of 16 B757-300s has ETOPS. Of course some of the 752s are doing stuff like BOS-LIS etc. So I suppose if someone were to figure out exactly how many 757s are currently needed to fly the west coast-Hawaii schedule ...
Jump to postThere's a lot of conflicting information about how many are getting ETOPS. The first 20, the first 40 . . . ? I've heard it all. Does anyone have any concrete info on that plan? (which is quite possibly not even decided yet) The first 20 will have ETOPs. First delivery will be January 2020 As for t...
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