Re: Reports EK A6-EDM damaged on ground in DME

Whoa! No one has said it'll buff right out, or that you can fix it with duct tape? Come on!

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

avi8 wrote:

Will the newer 737-700s get the new interiors? Seems odd to not reconfigure them given they’re still a big chunk of the fleet. Those interiors are really old and kind of embarrassing.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

How do people generally feel about special liveries being on the 737-800s as opposed to the -700s?

Re: Today marks 11 years since the American/US Airways merger was announced

American Airlines is a zombie airline run by America West.

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

O_O i thought this guy was history..

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

SXDFC wrote:

Veigar wrote:

How many Canyon Blues are still flying at the moment, excluding the MAX?

3, N762SW, N786SW, N7813P.. All likely to be gone by end of this year.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

How many Canyon Blues are still flying at the moment, excluding the MAX?

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

Is WN moving a bunch of their special liveries to 737-800/MAX because 73G are being retired?

Re: Are Frequent Flyer programs of any value anymore ?

Are WN points worth anything? They are my biggest/most common option where I live.

Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

LAS-DFW-ELP specifically to hitch a ride on the soon to be retired AA MD-80s. I even managed to get onto N501AA for a bit... was she the last AA bought MD-80 by retirement?

Re: Rare types in service 2024

The thread didn’t specify ‘scheduled’ service, but it is operational I'm sure if you offered enough money to Northrop Grumman or Las Vegas Sands you'd be able to hitch a joy ride on an L-1011 or 747SP.. how much is another question. Why is that L-1011 still in service anyway, does it provide a bene...

Re: Rare types in service 2024

Nothing rarer than the sole operational L1011 in the world, now used to launch a rocket that puts small satellites in orbit Is it in scheduled service?. The thread didn’t specify ‘scheduled’ service, but it is operational I'm sure if you offered enough money to Northrop Grumman or Las Vegas Sands y...

Re: Future of LAS/SNSA

I wish LAS was renamed to Bugsy Airport instead

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

A minor yet significant detail here is the size difference on the two jets, had this been a 320 or 737 on final, we could be looking at a death toll in the hundreds, thankfully for those on the A350 it took the hit surpassingly well Yeah, or if the dash-8 was a slightly larger plane. This is alread...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

This evacuation just makes me think of what could have been with Saudia Flight 163..

Re: New Royal Jordanian Livery

Just a touch up. Really have no room to be upset given it could always be worse (e.g. a eurowhite)

Re: Airlines naming aircraft

Didn't Olympic Airways name their airplanes? Or am I wrong

Re: Specific aircraft that got you into aviation

Growing up right under a flight path in LAS near McCarran, I would very very frequently see WN 73G in Canyon Blue (sometimes the older livery) and I'd say that did it for me. What else even was there in the 2003-2010 timeframe for LAS as frequent as WN?

Re: Anywhere to fly 747-400 from the US?

Another option would be Air China, they fly the 747-400 from Beijing to San Francisco and Los Angeles. I don't think either is operating with a 747 of any type currently. LAX Has 747-8 pretty sure. I didn't know LH operated their 744 into JFK because when I checked their website it was A340 and did...

Anywhere to fly 747-400 from the US?

Best chance is probably Lufthansa but I think that they only serve Canada with the 744. I want to do some itinerary where it is outbound towards Frankfurt then back with 748 but I think it'd be a pain in the ass to find a 744 from the US without having to go to Canada first. Is Vancouver the only pl...

Re: American Airlines heritage fleet disappearing??

i hope that this means they move the PSA heritage livery to a 737 since it looks more like the 727s PSA had and flat out better, but that's just my opinion

Re: Emirates unveils first new livery in 24 years

Does anyone have a photo of the original Emirates livery when the airline first started up ? It is essentially the same thing as now except smaller titles. https://static1.simpleflyingimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Boeing_727-2M7-Adv_Emirates_AN2004952-1.jpg?q=50&fit=contain&am...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

https://twitter.com/itripreport/status/1574816714151411712?s=46&t=AgSznkCrvKBPUJm4dxqa2Q https://twitter.com/aeroimageschris/status/1575164858899001344?s=46&t=AgSznkCrvKBPUJm4dxqa2Q The Desert Gold retro has rolled out of paint! Man I really wish they'd explain why they did this modified cl...

Re: AA Announcement 3/24 7 PM CT

Why all the stupid comments and jokes? AA is unveiling of a “Medal of Honor” livery. I posted the tail # and plane type as another poster provided the information I’m retired my ex is still in maintenance and she also confirmed it. What's the problem with some joking around, if the most likely answ...

Re: SoCal Boneyard Storage and Activity Thread - 2022

If you've heard apparently WN is painting a few MAX aircraft and 738s into old liveries (Old state liveries, and Desert Gold/Canyon Blue tributes) - will those be done at VCV and posted here?

Re: Enjoying it while it lasts - 757 time.

Does anyone have any shot in the dark assumption of when UA/DL will start to retire the 757s? I want to eventually fly both the RR and PW variants.

Re: Same airport...same airline over and over again

Out of LAS/PHX I tend to always hop out via WN because they are the most convenient/cheap.

Re: Stored Olympic 747 tips on tail due snow in Athens

Paint looks good for sitting out in open for 20 years. One of the volunteers repainted it by hand a few years ago amazing talent . I was at an open day prior to Covid and the interior is surprisingly good . The interior design was specially selected by Onassis direct from Boeing. It should be prese...

Re: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

"CNN is centrist." Nearly spit my coffee on the keyboard over that one. Compared to MSNBC or CBS? Unquestionably so. There are many progressives who call for deplatforming CNN’s ‘corporate agenda’. CNN is to the left, but at least the website tries to balance itself every now and then. I ...

Re: Car drives through parade in Waukesha, Wisc

[*] When I was a bit younger I had gold fronts and I’ve never been arrested for anything. In fact, I know far more folks with them that are not criminals than are. Also, teenagers of all races seem to enjoy flipping off the camera. My point was to Seb when he implied they show white defendants in t...

Re: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

I think that it is not uncommon for people to judge the outcome of cases based on what they would like the law to be rather than by what it is. This is true, but in the US we have the added dimension of structural problems that have provided unequal outcomes in courts depending on wealth and ethnic...

Re: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

LittleFokker wrote:

Good news, everyone - vigilante murder is legal in Wisconsin now! Should I drive up from Illinois and inflict a little self defense of on own?

Re: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

Rittenhouse will be sued, as will the man that bought the gun for him. I don't know what the verdicts will be , but there will be civil suits. Especially since Rittenhouse did lie about being an EMT to the police. That will establish false premises for the police allowing him to be there. The city ...

Re: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

Not too surprising that he is acquitted. The entire trial was a complete circus show

Re: Flair Airlines US Expansion

Last time I saw them at LAS they operated a 737-400. Looks like they are all gone now. When did they retire their last frame?

Re: Southwest Fleet/Network Thread - 2021

Here is a better photo of the new livery, right here on the database:

Re: Texas to allow unlicensed carrying of handguns

California, watch out, Judge Roger Benitez is coming for your assault weapons ban. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/us/assault-weapons-ban-california.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage Nothing to watch out for - his absurd Swiss Army Knife analogy will get killed o...

Re: Strong correlation between movie/TV gun violence and today's gun culture

but some places do, and if it was movies and TV they would have the same problem. best regards Thomas Are you assuming all these places (societies) have the same cultures, values, etc? If they do, your statement is well taken. However, I have been to the U.K., Italy, Japan and Australia in the past...

Re: Man barely survives freak accident with RN-50

The general consensus on the gun forum that I belong to is that the gun is a poorly designed POS. I have seen this discussed too. Is the even further consensus that the gun sucks because it has no failsafe, or should it explode, explodes in a way that does the least damage/directs shrapnel away fro...

Re: Man barely survives freak accident with RM-50

M564038 wrote:

The link is to a 20 minute video of some people discussing some guns. Is there something particular we should watch for?

Man barely survives freak accident with RN-50

Hey all. I normally don't start topics here but I wanted to see what the general community of Airliners.net thinks of this absolutely bizarre incident. https://youtu.be/1449kJKxlMQ I would describe it myself but I feel like I wouldn't be able to do it justice. I can say for sure this man should have...

Re: Wizz Air flight operations chief resigns after "bad apples" comment

Dupe sorry!

Re: Wizz Air flight operations chief resigns after "bad apples" comment

Would it be appropriate to call this nepotism?

Re: Will WN join an Alliance?

Didn’t WN partner with ATA at some point? What was that about?

Re: Georgia Election Law Controversy

Newark727 wrote:

Veigar wrote:

If you wanted to remove the ID requirement to exercise a constitutional right, that'd include gun sales too I assume?

When's the last time a dozen people were killed in a voting spree?

Re: Georgia Election Law Controversy

NIKV69 wrote:

Veigar wrote:

It took me 10 minutes to vote in Vegas, which I'd consider heavily democratic.

It's not.

Re: Georgia Election Law Controversy

Only in certain areas does it take hours. Heavily Democratic areas and heavily minority areas. Outside those areas, we hear "but it only takes me five minutes so why are people complaining?" It took me 10 minutes to vote in Vegas, which I'd consider heavily democratic. And it takes us in ...

Re: Georgia Election Law Controversy

Surely, the real point is why does it take hours to vote. Only in certain areas does it take hours. Heavily Democratic areas and heavily minority areas. Outside those areas, we hear "but it only takes me five minutes so why are people complaining?" It took me 10 minutes to vote in Vegas, ...

Re: Southwest Orders 100 MAX + 155 Options

So strange to me still how every single WN aircraft tail number doesn't end in SW anymore.. almost like yesterday that this was the case!

Re: Last 737 Classic Built 21 years ago.

Is the actual passenger experience in flying on a 707, 727, and all 737 variants from the -100 to the MAX that much different?