While we’re at it, drop the bubblegum-country-pop boarding music for something more curated and serene, and encourage FA’s to actually use the mood lighting. What’s the point in having it if the crew only sets it to white or off? This times 1000. They have done so much work to make the fleet more a...
Jump to postWasn't DL having some take off performance issue at some airport due to engine restrictions? This will make up for that?
Jump to postI think the problem statement is wrong. It's not about single pilot, it should be about "computer based co-pilot". There will always be two pilots on duty for redundancy, but during the cruise segment of flight, computer based co-pilot can be the second pilot. In addition, in emergency sit...
Jump to postWell, used narrow body market should be hot right now, considering the supply side shock Boeing just induced on new build narrow bodies
Jump to postThough if some airline wanted quad engines on the plane today, I'm curious how the CFM-1A or PW-GTF 1100g will do. Is it fuel inefficient? Probably. Will it have better takeoff and climb performance? Fun thought experiment These modern fuel efficient engines should do wonders for cruise fuel burn b...
Jump to postRandom thoughts after reading through the thread. I believe that one advantage of the 3 spool design is improved climb performance. By "improved" I mean more power for less burn when compared to two spool designs. But climb is such a short part of a long haul flight, how much difference d...
Jump to postPurely anecdotal here, but with some informed participants: I've chatted with some people involved with the A339 at DL (mainly pilots and ops-not dispatch) and the plane seems to have some runway/takeoff performance weaknesses when heavy. 1. On one fairly routine MSP-CDG sector, the longest runway ...
Jump to postIMO RR is in a position to charge more , even if they are dead last in the ranking of mainstream widebody jet engine makers Based on? The A350 is good, but it’s not easily best in class like let’s say the A321. How is RR in a position to charge more when airlines can just go for the 787 on the lowe...
Jump to postIMO RR is in a position to charge more, even if they are dead last in the ranking of mainstream widebody jet engine makers
Jump to postIt's true A320 wing is more dated than 737NG
Jump to postFor EK's current fleet of double deckers to remain competitive, the best bet is to ask RR for a re-engine using ultra-fan targeted towards A350NEO.
RR is likely motivated as well due to four engine setup being more tolerant to IFSD, which is a risk for any new engine model at service entry
Boeing needs to do a 788NG, update the wingbox structural design for 200 Ton MTOW. The original first gen primary structure composite design is outdated anyways.
Delta will bite as it's the closest thing to MoM
Airbus will not allow Boeing commercial to go under, having competition is important
Jump to postThe carpet QA team at Airbus indicate they welcome the news and wish Al-Baker a wonderful retirement
Jump to postLarger wing - > more empty weight - > Less max payload with same MZFW!
Jump to postsmokeybandit wrote:The lawsuit will probably cost them more than just paying employees more to stay.
Cargo is also critical to HA’s inter island operations. The 717 has a good bit of room underneath to store a variety of items/goods (saw someone mention here one time they saw surfboards & tires being loaded). The smallest mainline jet would have more capacity underneath than the biggest turbop...
Jump to postThat's a good diplomatic excuse for not having to go to Australia
Jump to postEngine PIP will have to make up for the weight gain in the future then
Jump to postIn the wide body segment PW has lost the battle already. GE/CFM rules the waves, with 20-25% left for RR. On the military side, PW seems to have a large political / military lobby, otherwise I can't understand the selection of any PW engine above the rival GE engine. See the present issues with the...
Jump to post[list=][/list] The BA 777 that caught fire in Las Vegas returned to service after about a year, so who knows. That looked like worse damage, at least to me, but of course I wasn't on scene for either!. Weigh the costs of repair vs replacement, time to acquire a new frame, etc. GE the engine OEM paid...
Jump to postI'm thinking, how an airline such as FI with its transfer pax performs in comparison to the same pax flying direct? I wonder how the economics look like if you fly for example cdg-jfk or cdg-kef-jfk. I would assume that a direct flight on a 789 would be much more cost efficient than a transfer flig...
Jump to postVideo of ground equipment fire at YUL. A reply to the tweet has a closer look at the carnage. https://twitter.com/Ken_Ying/status/1678124459654356998?s=20 The B77W damaged is C-FITL (FIN731). Bad luck considering it had just returned to service in March 2023 after a C-check. During COVID, C-FITL (F...
Jump to post15 year old aircraft, write off? Might sway the decision to order a few 787-10s
Jump to postAlso 757 and 767 shares pilot pay rate at DL, part of the reason it is so effective
Jump to postNo need to order ahead on A330-900. Can probably pick off leaser deals
Jump to postHasn’t HA been in search of a viable DC9/B717 replacement for inter island ops for years? Yes, but now it's available. Get the ARJ21 (4 times as many of them as you actually need), the only new certification the flight deck crew needs is a refresh of their DC9 certs, and some Chinese, so they know ...
Jump to postDash 8 really. Sell it as an environmental friendly option, it will go
Jump to postScale it down to 5000lb thrust for Airbus A300 sized MoM aircraft
Jump to postWho is to say the stolen container has actual gold in it? Maybe it is a insurance scam
Jump to postA general view from EASA about certification of the RCT: "(EASA) Executive Director Patrick Ky told Aviation Week in a recent interview that “We spent a lot of time on this and had a very controversial discussion with Airbus about it.” However, “we found a good way to work together with the FA...
Jump to postYou can't recycle carbon fibre like recycling aluminum right?
Jump to postShould roll back to 60. Start early, retire early
Jump to postWhat does international civil aviation treaties and agreements(ICAO?) say about this topic
Jump to postJust noticed A321NEO has lower approach speed(136kts @80T) than A321CEO(140kts @75T) browsing through ACAP. I guess that's why Airbus changed inboard flaps to single slot on XLR to save weight
Jump to postI thought in-cabin pressure is regulated based on delta pressure to outside atmosphere. The marketing equivalent altitude is really in-cabin pressure at service ceiling Newer gen airliners(787, A350) typically cruise at higher altitude than last gen(A330, 777), partially negate the improved delta pr...
Jump to postHopefully only sloppy paperwork, not actual structure design problem on forward bulkhead
Jump to postHmm, something tells me those Chinese airlines don't fly to close to Donetsk... For what it is worth, should Europe want to they can ban flights that cross Russian airspace from landing in the EU. Makes no sense, but politics rarely do. Deep down while quite a lot of people may not like it, Europe ...
Jump to postAt 260T Takeoff Weight, what would be the initial cruise altitude?
Jump to postSo when will the 787-10 IGW become available for airlines and how much did MTOW increase? If we know, we can draw a new payload-range diagram. http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm262/ferpe_bucket/343787-10and350-900realPilotsPRchart_zpsb98cf23e.jpg 254->260t (as oft mentioned) increases the range ...
Jump to postDid GE give DL Leap overhaul rights with DL's 100 MAX order?
Jump to postA "tight 8 abreast" could possible, or using a existing WB if lightened up. Comparing e.g. the A310 and A330 makes much of the empty weight is influenced by optimized wings, engines, landing gears, wing box, fuel tanks and span. A significant investment, for e.g. a medium capability A330 ...
Jump to postIf trip cost was the be all, end all, we’d all be flying in Cessna 152’s. In a commodity business, it’s all about unit costs. And that means unit costs adjusted for an identical standardized average stage length. It’s pointless to try and compare unit costs between an airline that has an asl of 600...
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