It’s interesting that Air France deploys its A220-300 to Istanbul a lot instead of an A320. One might think that the A220 is more appropriate for shorter flights, but we see airline’s operating 3 or 4 hour flights and sometimes even more (Air Baltic…). One would think of the A320neo as a more suita...
Jump to postI'm wondering who was doing the flying - Captain with the HUD, or FO who wouldn't have it. Seems like winds maybe were moving around a lot. METAR in the video claimed 16 knows right down the pipe, but on the first approach they reported a tail wind, so I'm confused what the real winds were. Winds c...
Jump to postCoThG wrote:DLASFlyer wrote:Not just an Alaska pilot, but a captain.
That makes it even worse. He should have known better.
But if the law say they should wear it, could the police sue for discrimination based on their believes? Essentially no, but the two regs conflict with each other, so it needs to be tested in court. Whilst police in the uk are exempt under road laws from wearing seatbelts they do operate under the ...
Jump to postI am confused. As I noted, I walked from the domestic gates to the international gates without any checks. How is that any different than telling 350 people at D39 to go to E75? You cannot exit the international area without going through customs, so this is a non-issue with the mixing. You just co...
Jump to postTo add to my discussion above …. both sides of the coin. In 1970, an Air Canada DC-8 crashed north of Toronto with the loss of all on board. It was very public, in all newspapers, radio, TV. About two weeks later another Air Canada DC-8 did a low speed rejected takeoff at Toronto. Thinking of the e...
Jump to postNot understanding your first sentence, but...it may be a "type" of a plug door, but not in the traditional sense in my mind, like doors on DC-jets and all Boeing's prior to the 777, where the door must first move inward before in is able to rotate outwards. And close-to-zero pressure diff...
Jump to postI'm new here and just had a few dumb questions I would love to ask, apologies if this was covered already on other threads. Ignoring for a second the cost/profit component of the A220-500/A320neo debate, what advantages would the a320neo have over a A220-500? Sure the stretch would reduce range for...
Jump to postmikejepp wrote:But yes, lets praise someone sitting in a cubicle.
I keep seeing everyone congratulating management. How about the pilots who safely recovered from bad takeoff data and got hundreds of people back on the ground safely? Praising management does not unpraise the pilots. Indeed. Plus we expect a level of professionalism from pilots so that part may ri...
Jump to postI think people underestimate the impact for an airline of switching from A320s back to bulk loading (A220). AKH containers have increasingly been making inroads in Europe and Asia. LH, AC or ANA moving back from A320 to bulkload A220 would have huge logistical consequences. I wonder if a A220 fitti...
Jump to postIs MIA really that expensive to fly to/from compared to FLL ? Do you mean from a passenger perspective, or the airlines'? If the former, I doubt that makes much of a difference. South Florida-Tel Aviv is a market that is sure to bring high yields, and I wouldn't expect fares on FLL-TLV to be all th...
Jump to postIt's not mentioned in the Press release linked above, or in the discussion above that I saw, but it's now being reported that Porter will be flying out of YYZ (first routes are to YUL and YOW, starting February 2023), as well as YVR on the E-195s: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/porter-airlines-pea...
Jump to postWhy did it take 3 hours to get stair trucks and shuttles to the plane? It may not be safe to actually get the passengers outside the plane due to local weather condition. If it's very windy and snowing heavily, it's safer to leave the passengers in a sheltered place (the plane for this instance) th...
Jump to postThat said, would it not be a hell of a lot easier to change the shape/type of switches under an AD? Make one a red rocker*, the other a black paddle switch? *Sammy Hagar approved Reminds me of an old report I once read, an early B727 crash. The NTSB pointed out that the handles for flaps and wheels...
Jump to postUsing this incident as an example. One would have to look at the FDR, but let’s say they were below V1, but at a possible flying speed. Detecting the obstacle, an emergency system might reject the takeoff, but the Captain might have already decided to rotate early, clear the obstacle and stagger in...
Jump to postThe article says the French union SNPL wants to allow the scope to be changes from 110 seats maximum to 135 seats. “Choosing the E190-E2 would be a strategic mistake,” an anonymous source at Les Echos said this week. “It’s a very small and very heavy plane. Furthermore, Embraer has difficulties sel...
Jump to postWhat is it used for? Putting employees up for training, commuting cabin crew?
Jump to postOh and there is probably a third audience - the state of Ottawa (I could have the wrong province - sorry if I do) who are still a major investor. Ottawa is a city (the capital of Canada), which is located in the province of Ontario (barely). Thanks - I have a very poor understanding of Canadian geo...
Jump to postCan anyone please identify the airline in this video? Safety card shows 737-400 but I am not able to read what airline it is. Not having any luck in finding a Russian airline that had -400s. Probably are just not seeing one. Claimed altercation between newly mobilized citizens onboard a flight. htt...
Jump to postER757 wrote:xwb777 wrote:I have a feeling that the company will shutdown before its first flight.
Yeah, I wouldn't recommend buying a non-refundable ticket for one of their flights
Hi everyone, Looking at the future projects of Embraer made me wonder why Japan, a super-industrialized country at the forefront of technological progress, was not able to manage a successful civilian aircraft program since the end of WW2. While Airbus and Boeing are unrealistic "role models&q...
Jump to postFrom the Tweet: "If the flight crew had reacted a second later, it's over. What happened? ATC gave an incorrect altimiter setting, leading to a glide slope 280 feet below profile."
Am I the only one thinking, "That concludes our object lesson for this evening." ?
Hi, have a question about TATL ops. There are numerous discussions involving issues that European airports are having with understaffing and delays; at AMS those problems are being caused by understaffing at security, and there is no solution in sight - so the airport operator has announced that it ...
Jump to postHow could you stole something that is legally yours? Bermuda registry says that owners are leasing companies, worldwide. Plane is on the Bermuda registry. Then it ends up on Russian registry, as "legally russian property", while still staying on Bermuda registry. Try harder, comrade. Sema...
Jump to postRussian aerospace industry is beyond saving, I assume? There were various civilian and military projects at varying stages of development. Sukhoi: SSJ100 (150+ built), Su-57 (6 serial models built, 1 written off), Su-75 (vaporware) Tupolev: Restarted Tu-214 production, PAK DA strategic bomber Mikoy...
Jump to postIsn't it standard to move the throttles to flight idle at the flare (not a pilot, but that's my understanding)? I would imaging that it would be difficult to spool up for a go-around without touching, unless it was started before that (... and in this case, avoiding the touch down zone entirely woul...
Jump to postThe policy of the US and the EU, along with aiding the Ukraine, is to coerce Russia back into some sort of normal relationship. It does not need to add the complications. Sanctions are doing their job. Whatever mutual agreement settles all of this will include just how international trade is restor...
Jump to postWith respect, that is absolute nonsense. If the Aeroflot aircraft (plural is still aircraft by the way) are already owned by Aeroflot then sanctions are not applicable, and no grounds exist to seize them. Added to that, is the fact that it is highly unlikely that Turkey would impound anyhow. Actual...
Jump to post... There is no 'track record'. It has happened once, and in direct response to western sanctions and virtually any country would have done the same in the circumstances. Whether that is right or wrong is irrelevant, and a different matter entirely. The same morality could equally be said of unilat...
Jump to postInteresting, thanks. I note that several states are not parties of the Cape Town Treaty, including Israel, Thailand, Japan and Korea as major aviation markets. So I assume - from a purely legal perspective - reposessing aircraft in those states would be much more difficult than in others. Of course...
Jump to postI just see it as a rehash of what everyone on this site already knows. I've been following the MAX saga closely, and even I found some details that were new to me (or perhaps forgotten) like the "10 seconds to react" assessment, or the campaign to discredit the pilots following Lion Air. ...
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news
Shows a destroyed Ukrainian Air Force AN-26.
Probably 25 Transport Aviation Bde.
I suspect we are in between two rates announcements. The last announced rate target was 14/months. I expect an updated rate announcement perhaps this year already. Perhaps along with a A220-500 launch, but not necessarily. As you say even without the 500 the rate is becoming the bottleneck. But the...
Jump to postWow. I never realized that SAS wasn't ever in Toronto before this. Interesting hole in the network and the 321 continues to find interesting niches for carriers. Is this their first time at YYZ? I recall seeing SAS when spotting there in the long distant past (possibly DC 10 days)... or, at least I...
Jump to postThis further reduces the demand for 747s for outsize cargo work that requires the Nose Cargo Door. I was wondering what potential there was to sub A330BelugaXL with A300STs and vice versa, but if they're on different AOCs that gets tricky. I'm guessing that Airbus-owned aircraft couldn't be subbed ...
Jump to postBTW: Trains again, required by federal law to throw that horn on as loud as possible; it's not Hollywood, and it sure in hell is not because kids like to hear the sound of a train horn! It's for a reason-to clear the tracks of people, animals, and in a case like this lollygagging cameramen with iph...
Jump to postNow that is a tough call, you're going down and looking for a straight clear patch to land... roads presumable jammed at rush hour, but look - a clear straight train track. But how log until a train comes, and will it be able to stop? Better to take the risk rather than hit a building at gliding spe...
Jump to postPretty much every A321-200 (ceo or neo) comes with at least one additional fuel tank to provide sufficient range. This claim again. I seem to recall correcting you in the past in this regard. I suppose if you repeat it enough times, it'll be taken as a fact. Most 321ceo/neo delivered upto this poin...
Jump to postJudging by the stock movements, it seems as if Boeing won almost 400 orders the first day in Dubai and airbus only up 1.7%. It is an excellent performance for Airbus but the markets don't recognize it but you can't say the Markets have already priced it. The market can't really afford to price it i...
Jump to postInteresting article from Leeham News https://leehamnews.com/2021/11/16/air-lease-corp-s-a220-order-may-be-followed-soon-by-others/ With the Dubai Air Show underway, LNA learned that there are at least two big orders that might emerge before year end that boost the book to nearly 800. One deal is wi...
Jump to postBeen thinking about this more. While this new technique is promising, will it have a significant impact in future incidents? ie, does this only work where there are radio operators in close proximity? If so, it would only assist where there are people but no radar, which may be the situation here (h...
Jump to postSo you turn TCAS off? Would it have a problem with formation flying if courses did not conflict, as long as minimums are respected? Obviously it would have to be re-programed to recognize whatever new rules were permitted if this were to be approved (in fact, it could become a useful aid in holding...
Jump to postI have am image in my head of convoys of planes flying over head like migrating geese. For practical purposes there are going to be very few routes where two identical planes flying between the same two points at the same time are going to be available to make this work, But I could see planes join...
Jump to postthank you for that detailed explanation. It is incredible what can be done sometimes with a bit of knowledge and some data! Agreed! my first instinct was to think that this can't possibly be legit... but it looks as if it might be. The arc positions remain valid though - would this data be consiste...
Jump to postThere's no question that Airbus has overtaken Boeing, which once was once far in the lead but faltered for a number of reasons (debated to death in this this forum). So the market responded. Or, as someone once said: Boeing was number one, Airbus was number two. Boeing lost it, turned it it's wings....
Jump to postWhen it rains, it pours. One bit of advice I received prior to visiting England several years ago: Always carry an umbrella. ...or don't live in Windsor. I've flown in/out of LHR many many times. Arrivals from/departures to the west go right over Windsor. It must be horrible living there. Isn't tha...
Jump to postLong time I have checked details...are there any pictures/comparisons of the XLR flaps ? Was wondering the same. Can someone confirm that the key difference is that current 321s have double flaps inboard and out, whereas the XLR will have single slotted inboard flaps? In any event, a difficult deta...
Jump to postI'm not saying it's only the cleaning crew taking items not belonging to them... but this always comes to my mind when I see someone walking down a bag of trash or laundry when they usually throw it. Well, when I explained and asked where the lost and found was at check in, the agent laughed and sa...
Jump to postThe cleaning crew will find the item, note the seat number, and hand it over to someone at the gate. They'll either make an announcement or, if it's a valuable item like a laptop and you've already left the airport like an idiot, they'll call you. Unfortunately, I've done this a couple of times. It...
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