I crew many flights to/from ATL, and we often experience "hold times at the runway" at so-called low traffic airports. They are usually flow times to ATL, and have nothing to do with the departure airport. We try to coordinate with ATC on arrival our departure time. We always try to block ...
Jump to postIf you look at the large version of the newer pic and/or zoom in on the UA titles, you can clearly see lines where the letters were cut & pasted or are decals/stickers.
Jump to postThe article says the following. "The pilot,....., made the decision to return to the gate after being told the people he saw in the window were trying to get to their father's funeral" Whomever told the pilot also deserves praise. Many times the pilot wouldn't even be informed of the situation unfol...
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Jump to postThe image on the website, shows nacelles the same color as the upper and lower body. Last minute change or someone messed up.
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Jump to postWhile not 100% sure the point of this post...You can't, in most cases, operate 2 or 3 airports as a "hub." The movement of passengers between would be a logistics issue, and the ability for a given carrier to coordinate the operations among the multiple airports is not practical. While I disagree wi...
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Jump to postEl Al better be careful.......American environmentalists may freak out about promoting the use of packing peanuts and demand a boycot.
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Jump to postI've never understood the obsession with building the "3rd" Chicago airport, other than the corrupt Illinois politicians needing to payoff their construction friends, when there are several airports around that could be further developed to deal with any future capacity issues. There are IKK 43NM so...
Jump to postIt's not only the <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>-<acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> run. The entire <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington"...
Jump to postOn United, it depends on which aircraft and cabin you sit in. On most aircraft you can use your own 3.5mm headphone, but on international premium cabins the seats provide the noise cancelling equipment needed when using compatible headphones (i.e 2 or 3 prong jacks). There are some execptions on the...
Jump to postYou're worried about a gun when s/he is "packing" the column or side stick?
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Jump to postThe article says new service, not new airline, and F9 is not part of Southwest. I think you mean FL
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Jump to postCall the reservations number. They may not be able to change this once your ticket is issued, and may have to cancel it and you'll have to repurchase.
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Jump to postThese WERE NOT delivered the same day. The picture was taken before delivery of the first of five. The picture was taken as the aircraft were being finished on the flightline.
They were delivered as follows:
2-10/19
1-10/22
1-10/26
1-10/27
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Jump to postI'm pretty sure the <acronym title="St. Louis - Lambert-St. Louis International (STL / KSTL), USA - Missouri">STL</acronym>-<acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> leg is seasonal with regard to the 2nd flight. I've seen this run fluctuate betwe...
Jump to postShould we speculate as to which city AirTran may dump their new 737's?
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Jump to postSometimes companies use cannibalisation to eliminate a current product. It's a common ploy for marketers to do this. It's possible that Qantas may attempt to leave the route later if the new service takes off.
just a thought
I heard from one of Boeing's product developement engineers that all of the 787 doors would be the same so that they would be easier to change out. Not sure if this actually happened.
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Jump to postIf I remember correctly, Airbus "won" Farnborough last year and Boeing still ended the year with more orders then airbus. With the delta order on the horizon, and a possible <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> order by the end of the year, I think Boeing will take the year once aga...
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Jump to postHas anyone seen the proposed seating chart? Not sure if their talking about a pax version here, but I do remember seeing that a couple of years ago.
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Jump to post"JetBlue said he would carry on as non-executive chairman playing a more strategic role. " What kind of strategy are they talking about? Corporate strategy, operating strategy? I've studied operations for several years, and I'm well aware that airline operations are almost purely strategy. Airlines ...
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Jump to postThe city loaction numbers aren't in the right places for several of them. They show PIA where <acronym title="Springfield - Abraham Lincoln Capital (SPI / KSPI), USA - Illinois">SPI</acronym> should be and then MidAmerica is shown near Carbondale/Marion. Also, RFD is over downtown Chicago. Did they ...
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