Did they fly with flaps extended by any chance in order for the MCAS not to kick in? I don't know. A Dutch news report stated the plane was flown relatively low and slow to avoid any MCAS related problems. No word on using the flaps. Maybe someone else has the answer to your question. ....and if yo...
Jump to postThis thread is getting ridiculous. Posting that officials are influenced by money over safety is completely unsupported by fact. FAA grounds on fact not hysteria. There are no facts showing that the MAX is dangerous. There indeed have been two serious crashes with large loss of life, but there are ...
Jump to postDo we have any idea if MCAS was even enabled? From the Lion data, they pilots didn't retract the flaps until about 1800' agl, and MCAS isn't enabled with flaps extended. Did the Ethiopian aircraft even achieve 1800'? Supposedly, the problems started shortly after takeoff, when the flaps were extend...
Jump to post... China is becoming a leading nation in sustainability. India much less so. It is unsustainable, so something needs to be done. Both countries are doing lot more than west with less publicity. The number of electric buses produced by BYD in China is amazing. That will change public transportation...
Jump to postHopefully 1:1 scale of this, and not just 1:200: https://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server1900/9aa77/products/27538/images/66064/1520612844_148986_0__03329.1520613006.1280.1280.jpg?c=2 The 777-300 looks the business in BOAC colours. I really hope that they don't just do four 744s.
Jump to post...[As it is only a matter of time until someone calls the strikers greedy and if they don't like their wages then they should look for a different job, same logic applies here.[...] ??? What other jobs? Most of those black mailers are unskilled scool droppers who just underwent a six-week drill in...
Jump to postI have a friend working security at MUC. I think currently she said she is on about 9.50 Euro per hour, however I have noticed an advert for Security staff at MUC offering 20 Euro per hour AND something like a 5000 Euro bonus. When you consider that a Licensed Aircraft Engineer (EASA CAT B1) on the...
Jump to postI have a friend working security at MUC. I think currently she said she is on about 9.50 Euro per hour, however I have noticed an advert for Security staff at MUC offering 20 Euro per hour AND something like a 5000 Euro bonus. When you consider that a Licensed Aircraft Engineer (EASA CAT B1) on the ...
Jump to postAre the non-rev passes free in the USA ? At all the Airlines I have worked for in Europe you pay for standby tickets (ID90). It used to be pretty cheap though until they started taxing them like normal tickets. In the end you could get a normal ticket for not much less than taking a chance on a stan...
Jump to postMSN735 Airbus A330-243 that previously operated as B-6123 for China Eastern has been WFU, flown to St Athan and appears to be in the process of getting scrapped. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4907/44244277870_577298a141_c.jpg M-ABLK by l8rmt , on Flickr I'm a little surprised that a 2006 A330-200 ...
Jump to postSlash787 wrote:Is this the first B737MAX which has landed in Iran?
Hi: Fan cowls Have also red “flags” that indicates, when not “flush” no properly closed. Rgds There is a Service Bulletin that replaces the FWD Fan Cowl latch with one that uses a Key with a long red streamer attached for better visual identification of open latches. The Key can only be removed fro...
Jump to posthow can they have 501 engineering/maintenance staff for a relatively small fleet. The extension in maintenance Windows for Q400s really should have an impact on their maintenance costs but they make no mention of it. They perform Heavy Maintenance for other Operators at Exeter, so that would be one...
Jump to postAgain you see, it’s not a case of those “pesky foreigners” it’s the fact we can’t control who is coming here and doing what they want. I think it’s great having migrants coming here and contributing through high paid jobs. In the future, lets choose the workers and skills we want. We'll see how you...
Jump to postThere is a rather obvious handle on the inside that a dog could probably open.... https://ibb.co/dKOeUT I'm sorry, but that Handle is stiff enough for Humans to struggle with, let alone a dog that couldn't "grip" it. We did have a Dog get loose in a B767 Bulk Cargo when I was at BA in the...
Jump to postCondor would be perfect to rebrand as level. Haha, good one. It wouldn't. You would lose lots of Germans on the way and would be flying half-empty flights. Condor passengers aren't driven by price, they are almost never the cheapest, but by passengers who have always booked them and will always boo...
Jump to postThis smell is not confined to aeroplanes. On the WCML rail service in the UK, prior the to Pendolino stock being introduced, the old Mk.3 carriage stock had a similar odour when braking. I'm no engineer, but the postings above regarding bleed air would make sense. I used to travel regularly between...
Jump to postThe Floors (and Sidewalls for that matter) are not always in great shape because of the fact you are throwing cases around the Compartment ! You would not believe how much money and time it takes in Maintenance to repair all the damage caused by this. Especially on the Airbus where quite often we h...
Jump to postKLDC10 wrote:Berlin Tegel (TXL) 2017! (Lufthansa 747-400)
And if you'd like to bring in other widebodies, I disembarked from an A340-600 by stairs there a month or two ago too.
I recently flew on a couple of Condor 753s. I was in their Premium Economy, and they didnt even have seat recline on the seats. They looked like a newish Recaro seat with the shorter narrow armrests. Its a race to the bottom now on every airline. At least with a Low cost or Holiday airline you half ...
Jump to postlol at the post about sliding bags, not gonna happen on the 738 or 739, only way to get the bags to the door is to throw them. On the A320 its not so bad and bags can be slid sometimes but heavy bags don't slide well and the floors are not always in great shape making sliding more difficult. If any...
Jump to postNo she doesn't, she is doing her job and that is the reason for the slide being on the side on the jet bridge. Baggage handlers are under pressure to make sure they don't cause a flight to take a delay. The moment you start getting jet bridge bags most times you are up against the clock and baggage...
Jump to postShe needs to be fired!! Period! No she doesn't, she is doing her job and that is the reason for the slide being on the side on the jet bridge. Baggage handlers are under pressure to make sure they don't cause a flight to take a delay. The moment you start getting jet bridge bags most times you are ...
Jump to postTo strike when there is a legitimate reason is one thing, to cause such chaos with a "proactive warning strike" is something completely different. Such tactics won't win the unions any public support for their position. Exactly. Ver.Di are a nightmare. I am in that Union, but as soon as I...
Jump to postSorry to say, but if all of the above is true, I don't like this deal. Founding a new Austrian based company means the current Niki employees will have to re-apply for their own jobs. They will be offered new contracts, which will most likely be worse than their current CBA, which already isn't ver...
Jump to post[ I am the lucky one. I started a new job within two weeks of being terminated by Air Berlin. The Aircraft I work on now don’t fly passengers so I won’t be interested in people complaining about ticket prices :D My issue is only that Air Berlin Technik is still operational and paying people their f...
Jump to post[ You could have said the same about Air Berlin employees. Only certain people, most of whom had already left didn’t know how to run an Airline (unlike every Armchair CEO on this site). The majority of the employees were hard working and dedicated right to the end, and the cherry on the cake for so...
Jump to post.......still, who cares about employees, as someone mentioned that this is not a welfare forum. As long as you get your return ticket from A to B for 2 Euros, who gives a flying one about the people who make that happen.
Jump to postAt best you could say that the assets of Niki are a dedicated Team of 1000 employees that know how to run trhe Airline and Keep it operational.. Thus saving start up costs in a new market. That would be called soft assets or good will in accounting Terms. If IAG wins the battle, they should Keep th...
Jump to postIt’s all been a stitch up in the end. LH lobbied the Authorities to ban codeshares between AB and EY, yet eventually ended up having a cosy relationship with EY themselves. It was pretty clear that when Merkel and Spohr visited the UAE that it was going to be the end of AB. The fact that EY then pub...
Jump to postThere is a hole of 60,000 seats in the German domestic market. The 747's are but a drop in the bucket. Prices are ridiculous. Where are all the people who were posting that the train would provide competition and be a valid alternative to the LH monopoly? http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2017-11/insol...
Jump to postWas watching Volle Kanne on TV this morning. They had a report on former Air Berlin married couple workers who were very unhappy with the conditions of employment offered for Eurowings. Well I guess no one is forcing them to go and work for eurowings. Perhaps they can go and apply for easyJet or Ry...
Jump to postThe main reason I would guess is that if you want to have a base in Germany, you have to abide by their employment laws, and the likes of Ryanair won’t be interested to pay the staff a living wage that reflects the money required to actually be able to live in Germany near to an Airport.
Jump to postWhen you fight your employer you will be out of a Job in the long run.. Keeping old coontracts alive, which do not hold up with reality, was one of the many reasons for the demise of AB. Pilots cannot repeat mistakes, Managers can. and that is why Spohr and Co do a brilliant Job in avoiding the man...
Jump to postVery moving video/song, from the staff, very well done I might add! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgG6kuo0wks Auf Wiedersehen AB, you will be sorely missed! I love that video. I wish they had come to our Hangar and filmed something towards it, although maybe we would have had a rather more blunt ...
Jump to postRegarding Air Berlin Technik: Air Berlin (AB, Berlin Tegel) has announced that a consortium consisting of MRO provider Nayak and logistics company Zeitfracht has agreed to enter into a purchase agreement with the bankrupt German carrier to take over MRO subsidiary airberlin Technik later this week....
Jump to postbmibaby737 wrote:I wish you all the best LTU330!
The aircraft going to VIE, these are for Niki?
It seems the saga is ending. LH will today buy the majority of AB assets, including 81 planes, and plans to hire 3000 staff: https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article169565664/Lufthansa-unterschreibt-Kaufvertrag-fuer-Air-Berlin.html I know this was the very first post, but it is worth pointing out tha...
Jump to postQuick question but does anyone know where Air Berlin's Q400's are gonna go? They are going to fly for Eurowings. The first one is already being painted. However.... There could be news next year along the lines of “passengers don’t like the Q400, it is unreliable (true) and noisy (not true) and the...
Jump to postThanks Revelation. I think transition aid won't pay my house and other things. I have to get a job now. It comes at completely the wrong time for me, but that is just the way it is.
Jump to postOk, so the press already say 300 from 900 jobs are saved in DUS and TXL in Technik. Station MUC to close, and still not a word internally about it. It makes me sick. We proved we are as cost effective as even Eastern European MRO's but no one cares to keep us going. Now I look for a new job.....
Jump to postD-ABQG positioned as BER101P on DUS-FCO 24th October, I don't see another one though? Some are clearly out of operations already, sitting right now at DUS and can spot at least four rowed up unfortunately too far away to see their registrations. The irony is I'm supposed to get on one but our fligh...
Jump to postI still can't believe that tomorrow will be my last AB flight. About to go to bed now in Frankfurt and set my alarm for 4am to get that flight ex DUS. Aside from my personal experience, does anyone know how soon the first Q400s might get deployed on EW? I think the first two might already be in Rom...
Jump to postWhat will be the last AB flight? AB6210 MUC - TXL on the 27th (Friday) provisionally planned for D-ABNX is the last flight in to TXL, and officially the last AB flight although others around the network also land at the same time like the TXL - MUC service. It should be a good flight. Nearly every ...
Jump to postMaybe there is a master plan to eliminate all internal flying and force people on to DB or Flixbus ;) But seriously, time is running out and this now risks putting 8000 (minus 60 Leisure Cargo) people straight out of work because of the fact only LH wanted to get involved with hard cash. How stupid...
Jump to postMaybe there is a master plan to eliminate all internal flying and force people on to DB or Flixbus ;) But seriously, time is running out and this now risks putting 8000 (minus 60 Leisure Cargo) people straight out of work because of the fact only LH wanted to get involved with hard cash. How stupid ...
Jump to postThought Technik had been bought out ? According to talks condor also in running now as well as easyjet No info about any of Technik so far (at least nothing we can see here at work). Leisure Cargo has been bought. Time is running out for either Condor or Easyjet to make a deal unless the Authoritie...
Jump to postNot looking good for the easyjet deal or any deal . What is the deadline today? Is it it midnight ? Not sure on the deadline, but I thought it was at the end of today for the Airline side. I guess the Technik is delayed until they know if any people will be needed in TXL if Easyjet take something. ...
Jump to postwell. seams like KEF has the law ( of island) on its side but is this a clever move? if this goes through lessors will no longer accept that their customers, the airlines are flying their property to island and they will stop any aircraft leasing to companies based in island was it that worth? They...
Jump to postI suppose they are selling the ability to transfer leases along with crews? No. Buyers will not be interested in the leases and the employment contracts as both had to do with the downfall of airberlin - too expensive.So the lease contracts would be re-negotiated anyway, I suppose. A sale mostly gi...
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