Re: Why not measure acceleration instead of using derated flat throttle percentage?

We did it in the Falcon 20, well the original one we had with CF700-2D2 engines. I want to say it was normally 20ish seconds to 100 knots but that's fuzzy. We did standing takeoffs as SOP in them.

Re: Holding the nose wheel off

I remember some guys in the 727 holding the nose off while going to idle reverse. It was strictly a no no to hold the nose off anytime for all the reasons mentioned above. Hard on the nose gear, We had a guy do it on the 727 in 2009ish and it was a bit tail heavy and too much reverse thrust. Fell o...

Re: DTW Detroit Aviation Thread - 2021

A Saturday only seasonal DTW-ANC flight would be the addition that would be most beneficial. AS runs 2X in the summer so I'd say that's pretty good loyalty it's on par with the other AS outstations from SEA. without feed on the DTW side, DTW-ANC wouldn’t do well. I’d be curious to know what the num...

Re: Spirit Announces LGA-LAX/SJU/BNA

Whats NKs top route? Top route is ATL-FLL believe it or not. Reading this surprised me, is the ATL-FLL route top based on lf, yield, total pax count? I'd be interested to see the T0 for Spirit's top routes. Somebody use to pull those every quarter for each airline and post but haven't seen that dat...

Re: Spirit adds Pensacola (PNS) & St. Louis (STL)

NCAD95 wrote:

Very disappointing not to see DTW-PNS on this list.

Re: Spirit Announces LGA-LAX/SJU/BNA

These are not solid adds beyond BNA The once weekly long haul stuff out of LGA has been tried by DL AA US HP and ATA...possibly more. Doesn’t work. You need relevance in the market. NK has none. Fly this out of EWR or JFK where they belong due to perimeter rules. Plenty of space at both places...an...

Re: Spirit Airlines Discussion Thread - 2021

WN now an Official "Legacy Carrier" with the Sabre Agreement. Their Fares are higher than ALL the Legacy Carriers and losing market share to AA who chose to Fly when everyone one else was sitting on the hands. I walked through the very busy terminal last week in PHX and most WN Flights ha...

Re: F9 Deicing Incident Nashville (BNA)

I saw pictures of the wing a couple weeks ago when it happened and you can tell they for sure just sprayed Type IV on it without deicing first with Type I. Criminal.

Re: Spirit Airlines Discussion Thread - 2021

I heard it was AirTran's old operations center. Lots of the maintenance and dispatch people are Floridians, and likely wouldn't want to move to BNA. No, it's a new facility. The article that was posted up thread mentioned that Spirit will be utilizing AirTrans old NOC which is located at MCO (next ...

Re: Spirit Airlines Discussion Thread - 2021

The fuss was all Pre-COVID and things changed. Cheaper to go to MCO I'm sure. Companies do this all the time to get the best deal they can. Playing off one city against the other. I heard it was AirTran's old operations center. Lots of the maintenance and dispatch people are Floridians, and likely ...

Re: Spirit Airlines Discussion Thread - 2021

Has there been any info on whether the proposed OCC in Nashville has been canceled? https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/86701-spirit-airlines-to-open-11mn-occ-in-tennessee-in-2021 I believe they chose Orlando. Interesting. They shouldn’t have made the big fuss about it if they weren’t going to ...

Re: Allegiant Air Route Expansion 2/9

MIflyer12 wrote:

RAP-GRR? Seriously? Seasonally at 2x weekly?

Re: Severe mountain wave

Yikes, was it in the climb? Looks like it happened before they got to 410. Ironically looking at my FB memories I was flying a 727 near ABQ 9 years ago when we hit some moderate wave. Someone north of us hit much worse stuff..... Mountain wave was pretty bad over CIM this evening, we had +/-200' and...

Re: Odds of buying older generation jets like 707, DC-10/MD-11?

If someone planned to fly it, rather than keep it as a static display, why wouldn't he just buy a 763ER instead, the way the Google guys did? (I guess they bought a 762, actually.) FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Air Force will create a demand for 767 parts for another three decades. As an enthusiast, if I...

Re: A319/A320 Ops from an 1803m Runway?

We operate out of SNA - a 1738m runway - with 319/320 aircraft. We are prohibited from using 321 aircraft. In both 319/320 aircraft, takeoff is TOGA flaps 3 packs on. But we don’t fly 2400km. It’s only a short hop of 500-600km. Fuel load is around 10000lbs. So even with a payload of 182 pax we’re l...

Re: A319/A320 Ops from an 1803m Runway?

We operate out of SNA - a 1738m runway - with 319/320 aircraft. We are prohibited from using 321 aircraft. In both 319/320 aircraft, takeoff is TOGA flaps 3 packs on. But we don’t fly 2400km. It’s only a short hop of 500-600km. Fuel load is around 10000lbs. So even with a payload of 182 pax we’re l...

Re: DTW (Detroit aviation) thread 2021

Ahh, wasn't sure which comment it was. I was there late 2019 and didn't notice any issues either. The down escalator on the parking/rental car/hotel shuttle side at the North has been broken and out of service for over a year now. A couple weeks ago, one of the 2 elevators over there was broken as ...

Re: DTW (Detroit aviation) thread 2021

Nice schedule Kavok, thats what i was hoping to see. A little rundown of where we are at now , which shows what were missing, and then as carriers add it could be fun. Weve already seen some very fun adds across the country during this "interesting" time in aviation, and i think DTW has s...

Re: DTW (Detroit aviation) thread 2021

Wrong with what? Someone was commenting about escalators in the North being a problem. I was just curious if they are INOP or just they thought the placement was bad. Ahh, wasn't sure which comment it was. I was there late 2019 and didn't notice any issues either. The down escalator on the parking/...

Re: DTW (Detroit aviation) thread 2021

I just hope they fix the darn escalators at the North. Ridiculous.

Re: Western Global 747 Incident at CAE

Probably remove it, put it on CDL and finish up Peak without it. Small weight penalty and small fuel burn increase of a couple percent won't be a factor I'd imagine if it's just staying domestic.

Re: Do cargoliners have locked cockpit doors? Or cockpit doors for that matter?

The 727's I flew had the original Boeing door, no lock. On the freighter Falcon 20's I flew we had a sliding door that helped keep it warm up front.

Re: Spirit Airlines Network Thread - 2020

klm617 is right here. If DTW was meaningful to NK, they would've at least added BNA by now, a market that can certainly handle a low cost and daily A320 year round. Much of what I see going on here is bitterness towards Southwest and Alaska, which leads me to think current leadership is more focuse...

Re: Spirit Airlines Network Thread - 2020

DTW's getting the shaft now. Well, times aren't exactly great. Stuff will come back quickly though once the rebound starts. Sorry but Detroit hasn't been a priority for Spirit for a long time now. There are markets that have gotten the same number of adds in one announcement that Detroit has gotten...

Re: Just saw this happened at bwi

Weatherwatcher1 wrote:

Is that one of their A320neos?

Re: Spirit Airlines Network Thread - 2020

They've barely been interested in ORD & DFW in the last few years. DFW, IAH, ORD, & DTW seem to be seeing the door under new management with no adds and some decreases. C'mon meow, DTW had stuff added in the good times, you know, not 2020. An additional seasonal daily to LAX, seasonal SAN, ...

Re: Spirit Airlines Network Thread - 2020

One of those markets are in your username, SLC is a gap for NK. I feel like LAX, LAS, MCO, EWR, & BWI would be a decent selection to start. MCO, EWR & BWI highly unlikely, LAX, LAS, ORD & DFW are more realistic They've barely been interested in ORD & DFW in the last few years. DFW, ...

Re: A320 Fuel System Center Tank (Original Configuration) Question

It doesn't like it when there is around 200 pounds of fuel in the center tank, I can tell you that! Pretty common to get a fault then.

Re: Amazon Prime Freighters: Standardized MTOW(s)?

Second-hand freighter fleets are standardized fleets until the 2nd airplane shows up!

Re: AMFA looks oust AA mechanics union

If America Airlines mechanics bring AMFA to the property it would be the STUPIDEST thing that they could do. I worked at Northwest Airlines as mechanic and Crew Chief when AMFA was voted in and upper management, including Richard Anderson, had a celebration party at Building A, which was the airlin...

Re: JetBlue Secures Slots For BOS-STN, JFK-LGW

I know there are a lot of B6 fans here on a.net, and they do have a nice domestic product the couple times I've flown on them, but I think this is a terrible decision on their part to cross the Atlantic. I just don't think the money will be there.

Re: Pilot and business

I suppose you could but you can't compete and you have to watch your flying hours.

Re: AMFA looks oust AA mechanics union

Varsity1 wrote:

The mechanics are trying to distance themselves from the fleet service side, which is also represented by the TWU.

Re: Spirit Airlines A320Neo routes?

That might be hard to do. I once flew NK PHL to DFW and was excited to see that the equipment was a neo, only to go to the airport and have it substituted for a ceo last minute. The neos do routinely come to ACY also. Well that’s a bummer. I was slated to fly BNA-TPA and back on one (two), but Spir...

Re: Spirit Airlines A320Neos

They have about 30, and they are all over. Here's N906NKwith stops in DTW, IAH, TPA, LAS, ORD, and OMA in the last week. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n906nk OMA was definitely a diversion. They are getting mixed in pretty good so it's hard to track down exactly what they will be doin...

Re: Spirit Airlines Network Thread - 2020

NK certainly isn't a tiny player at LAX anymore - but do they even have more than a few CUTE gates? LAX-SJD will be NK's first international service from LAX in quite some time, however. If NK was willing to help out LAWA and move over to TBIT, I wouldn't be surprised if the airport provided them w...

Re: Takeoff Power Setting on a Stretched Variant

Typically the FLEX temp is usually lower(more thrust)on the A321 versus the A320, but we also can weigh a lot more. Then on the 319 you can basically takeoff at a FLEX temp that is really high like 72(lower thrust)that is basically climb thrust if you are light enough. I guess you would rotate in th...

Re: Spirit Airlines Network Thread - 2020

Wish NK would come in and serve both SLC and BOI. Would like to see service to LAS and LAX from both airports. Had this year not been what it has been I think there would have been more expansion out west, SLC would have been added this fall for sure. Lots of places to go still! BOI at some point b...

Re: Spirit Airlines Network Thread - 2020

I’ve been noticing that NK has been changing up the tail numbers of its A320s. I’ve seen N652NK twice and I saw the “3652” at the rear door and nose gear door. Is this something that’s been going on for a while? Yeah the planes are getting "ship numbers" if you will. A number correspondin...

Re: DTW train... still broken?

The train isn't broken but the down escalator at the North over on the car rental bus/parking lot side has been broke for like a year. It wouldn't be DTW without a downed escalator.

Re: How Many jumpseats are in a DC-9 Cargo?

Oh man, my legs hurt thinking about that.

Re: How Many jumpseats are in a DC-9 Cargo?

Just the one in the cockpit.

Re: [Video Only] Spirit Airlines A321 (ECONOMY) Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson (ATL) - Newark Liberty (EWR)

Thanks for the love. Hopefully you can get on a Neo sometime soon, they are quiet!

Re: 727 fuel burn / tank management

Yeah I always figured on 12,000 pounds the first hour, 10,000 the 2nd hour, then 9,000 every hour after that. Upwards of 1000 pounds for taxi and takeoff. We could generally upload 25,000 pounds of freight and still top off in the -9 powered planes. We would dust off both ends of the runway for sure...

Re: 727 fuel burn / tank management

I can’t be sure, but I think every operator propped up or dropped the tail stair at the gate. Maybe the ballast fuel was airline specific for overnight or longer-term parking. We always did a ramp load of 30,000 pounds whenever we left the plane parked overnight on the freighters. Kept them from we...

Re: Was SkyBus ahead of its time?

My former neighbors brother was John Weikle, the Founder. He has since moved away but before he left he had mentioned his brother wanted to start a similar airline again at some point. I was still flying freight and not for a ULCC yet but I really wish I could pick his brain now!

Re: Cessna 152 carb heat

It does seem a bit counterintuitive but there is logic to this. In case of a filter clog, there must be an alternate air path that bypasses the filter. On the 152 this is provided in combination with carb heat. The reasoning is that one of the more likely causes of a filter clog is icing, and if yo...

Re: 727 fuel burn / tank management

Just remembered another 727 day Landed with min fuel, less than 2k per tank, CA had already shut down #3. I was the FE and had switched essential to the #1 generator He was in a hurry to catch his commuter flight home. We went round a corner so fast the #1 engine flamed out as the fuel unported fro...

Re: 727 fuel burn / tank management

Depending on the cargo door mod we had some planes that would burn down evenly after #2 got to ~10k but we had a couple we would burn number #2 down to 6,000 pounds with the wings full, then burn only out of the wings to 6, then burn them all down evenly. Interesting, thanks for that TB Looking at ...

Re: 727 fuel burn / tank management

Depending on the cargo door mod we had some planes that would burn down evenly after #2 got to ~10k but we had a couple we would burn number #2 down to 6,000 pounds with the wings full, then burn only out of the wings to 6, then burn them all down evenly.