Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q2 2019

Spirit Aerosystems (who builds 70% of the structure of the 737) is putting all its salaried employees on mandatory short workweeks (32 hrs) starting 6/21 due to revenue issues from the MAX grounding.

Re: Winter Storm Eboni Causes Disruptions at IAH and DFW

I was on WN 6835 TUL to HOU yesterday and it was one of the bumpiest rides I've ever had. Also the scene at TUL when we left was pretty crazy, two extra planeloads of people in the gate area.

Re: Naming OAK after Amelia Earhart

Yeah, disappearence in the Pacific...not a good name for the general public airport (accomplishments aside) I think Oklahoma City takes the cake for bad airport names. OKC is named after Will Rogers and PWA (Gen Av) is named after Wiley Post. Both died in a plane crash! The same plane crash in fact.

Re: why buy new 777 freighters?

777 Passenger models have carbon floor beams. 777 Freighter models have metallic beams.

Re: Boeing prepares 10,000th 737 aircraft

Spirit AeroSystems time Lapse of Fuselage, Flap, Slat, Nacelle and TR Production for 10,000 Unit
https://youtu.be/U7vojbkrFfY

Time Lapse of 10,000 unit transport from Wichita to Renton
https://youtu.be/I8IOrkrnIck

Re: Circle/Endless Runway

Look at the photshopped C17 Carrier landing on p. 42

Re: Boeing 777X Production Thread 2018

Ive been working 777s for over 2 years now and have yet to find any part of the plane that's been built/manufactured in the US. Granted not every single part of the aircraft has a "Made in XXX" stamped on it, but a large part of some them do. Ironically when I was working A330s I found a ...

Re: Best companies that hire new engineers

I assume you are wanting to go into design?

Don't forget, the T1 suppliers do design work as well for the OEMs, so Spirit is a good option. GKN, Triumph are good too.

Re: CNN: Delta to order 100+ Airbus A321neo Aircraft

StTim wrote:

KarelXWB wrote:

LockheedBBD wrote:

The planes are going to.be assembled in Mobile, Alabama.....

Most of the pre-assembly happens in Europe though.

But spirit in the US had been supplying sections for European built A320’s.

Re: Why is Monday Day 1 in IATA?

At my work (aerostructures manufacturing) Day 1 is Friday, day 7 is thursday

Re: How on Earth Does Boeing Transport Fuselages?

Okay, we all know how 737 and 787 parts are brought in. (By rail and by air) But how does Boeing transport their other widebodies parts? I don't see how a 747 fuselage could be brought into Mukilteo by road! The 737 fuselage is assembled as a complete unit by Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita and then ...

Re: Airport design, why are departures normally on top of arrivals?

In TUL, departures are on ground floor, arrivals on second. So there are exceptions to the rule.

Re: The boss of Qatar Airways ridicules American carriers for their aged flight attendants

QR just hasn't been around long enough to have aged FAs

Re: Boeing Factory Tour

No cameras allowed (Supposedly at one point in time someone dropped a camera, landed on an aircraft on the line and caused some damage, though it could also be because they don't want people being able to take photos of certain assembly practices, who knows) Its an industry practice. I work at a Ti...

Re: Bean Queen--QR Sued By Woman Over Coffee Spill

Mcdonalds lost a multi million dollar law suit over hot coffee. they awarded her $2.8million instead. Had you spent 5 seconds reading it, you would've known that the judge awarded $640k and that they settled for less than that. While it does seem McDonald's was apparently negligent in terms of how ...

Re: Delta's Turn: Pax removed from plane

If I was one of the passengers next to this man I would have much preferred that he be allowed to use the bathroom than urinate on himself (and possibly me)

Re: SEAT Law coming?

The trouble is that the system is gamed to be just a few percent below "acceptable," but the next step up requires doubling or even tripling the fare. Most of us would be willing to pay a 15% premium to just barely de-miserablize the seats and overall experience. That's not "gamed&qu...

Re: Airports with Light rail/metro and heavy rail connections

ATL has a MARTA station inside the terminal

Re: AA to set up $100mil Maintenance Center at GRU

So what impact do we think this is going to have in TUL? I've noticed TUL has been getting more 772 work lately.

Re: How were DC-9's delivered to Hawaii pre-ETOPS?

interesting that they go as far as to affix their logo to those tanks.

Re: First Boeing 787-10 enters final assembly

Considering all of the tracks.... I wonder if they ruled out rail due to cost, or was size preventative there too. Then again, could be both, I guess. At a minimum, I'd think the width would kill any chance of moving by rail. They can barely move 739s from Wichita to Renton I've always been told (a...

Re: DOT considering forcing airlines to include Fees in Fares

If it's like here in Canada, it would be things like Security Fee, Airport Improvement fee and so on. In Canada those fees are actually a huge chunk of the fare. Edit: I see now they ARE referring to things like bag fees. Not sure how that would work since not everyone has a bag. My guess is that a...

RE: Boeing Considering Layoffs Of Airplane Engineers

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/phatfarmlines" class="quote" target="_blank">phatfarmlines</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>Quoting BravoOne (Reply 18): G...

Delta Buys 11 B777 From Singapore?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/UA444" class="quote" target="_blank">UA444</a> (<a href="#60" class="quote">Reply 60</a>):<br/><i>He said no commercial carriers. Cargo carriers...

RE: Allegiant Incident In BOI- Wing Evacuation

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BoeingVista" class="quote" target="_blank">BoeingVista</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>Is it also a natural human reactio...

RE: EK's Clark: US3 Are Messing With The Wrong People

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AAexecplat" class="quote" target="_blank">AAexecplat</a> (<a href="#40" class="quote">Reply 40</a>):<br/><i>964 workers dies in Qatar in 2012 an...

RE: QR Denies Firing Crew Who Marry

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyboy_se" class="quote" target="_blank">flyboy_se</a> (<a href="#31" class="quote">Reply 31</a>):<br/><i>I do not really understand this. First...

RE: Has SXM Beach Bashing Gone Too Far?

You also have to remember that telephoto lenses can do some weird stuff to perspective in photos. Without knowing what lense this photog was using its hard to tell how close the plane actually is to the people. <a href="http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/86/3486-004-D81AEC93.jpg" target="_bl...

RE: Boeing Pitches 100 X 748 To Emirates

As someone who actually works on the 747-8 program I hope this gets some interest from EK, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

RE: Which Florida City Will See First Asian Service?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote" ><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bobnwa" class="quote" target="_blank">bobnwa</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>Quoting Max Q (Reply 3): Do the Japanese l...

RE: AA To Take Delivery Of First 787-8 Today (1/23)

Do we know where they are doing mantenance on the 787s? I'm hoping for a TUL visit.

RE: AA 787 Launch Route

Will the 787's be serviced in TUL? I enjoy the occasional 763 and 772 movements here.

RE: Passenger Kicked Off Plane For Tweeting

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tioloko100" class="quote" target="_blank">tioloko100</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>what happened to freedom of spe...

RE: Southwest Airlines Media Day Notes

Will the upcoming <acronym title="Dallas - Love Field (DAL / KDAL), USA - Texas">DAL</acronym> buildup due to the removal of the Wright Amendment affect <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>'s ops at <acronym title="Oklahoma City - Will Rogers World (OKC / KOKC), USA - Oklahoma">OKC...

RE: UA Ends Topeka (FOE) Service

This brings up an interesting thought for me, how many state capitols have no airline service?

RE: Small Plane Land On Dallas Freeway Rush Hour

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/type-rated" class="quote" target="_blank">type-rated</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>During private pilot training you ar...

MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 18

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/laxboeingman" class="quote" target="_blank">laxboeingman</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i>Are you saying that a body was f...

RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 10

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/CALTECH" class="quote" target="_blank">CALTECH</a> (<a href="#190" class="quote">Reply 190</a>):<br/><i>If the fuselage remained intact after im...

RE: Dreamlifter Lands At Wrong Airport

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rfields5421" class="quote" target="_blank">rfields5421</a> (<a href="#47" class="quote">Reply 47</a>):<br/><i> Boeing 'owns' the west side of th...

RE: ANAs Yellow "Pikachu" Pokemon To Be Scrapped

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DeltaMD90" class="quote" target="_blank">DeltaMD90</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i> Ahh Pokemon. I was actually at the age ...

RE: LH Bringing 744 To TUL To Scrap

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ouboy79" class="quote" target="_blank">ouboy79</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>Definitely. Though something other than an...

RE: Landing Incident Sukhoi Superjet At Keflavik

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OZ 777 Crash At SFO Part 3

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RE: OKC Being Evacuated Right Now Due To Tornado?

Yep currently a tornado on the ground in North Norman heading this way...

RE: Wifi With Power Or Seatback TV's?

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RE: Delta Buys 767 N764RD

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RE: Should NYC Airports Be "moved" To Higher Lands?

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RE: Rumor: New Lufthansa Logo For China?

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RE: Boeing 787; No Customer Codes

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RE: United May Be Paying For Leaving Houston - Fortune

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/COflyerBOS" class="quote" target="_blank">COflyerBOS</a> (<a href="#34" class="quote">Reply 34</a>):<br/><i>The cost of living index is 37.0% hi...