In the three best years of Boeing pre -max they had $8.9, $9.2 and $12.6B of free cash flow from 2016-2018 respectively. Analysts (even after all the recent the recent events) are predicting that they get back to about $6.5B in 2025 and $8.5 in 2026 and with 777-8/9 hopefully contributing after, go...
Jump to postThis may simply be an attempt by Airbus to look good to UA, without costing them anything. The whole ordeal of trying to find early slots from early customers applies to almost all customers before they have to resign and order 6 or 7 years in advance. This happens even after the order has been plac...
Jump to postThe fact that COMAC has not even attempted EASA/FAA certification suggests that they have a realistic long term view (unsurprising for PRC state enterprises). They are already after the EASA certification: China seeks European approval of C919 I guess it's only a matter of time for COMAC to go afte...
Jump to postOne possible compromise in a peace agreement would be the obvious front line as future official border. By your logic, if i steal half your money, burn half your house and kill your dog, I should be able to get away with it as long as I maintain I wanted to steal everything, burn your entire house ...
Jump to postEven if Ukraine decided today to negotiate toward some compromise less than their current plan, what would that be? https://war.ukraine.ua/faq/zelenskyys-10-point-peace-plan/ Look at this through Ukraine's eyes, and it doesn't seem so obscure. Supposing they were willing to give up Donetsk and Luha...
Jump to postIt's not that simple, politicians are many. Speaking of France, an article from august 2023: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2023/08/17/sarkozy-criticized-for-call-to-compromise-with-russia_6096373_5.html France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has stirred outrage in Kyiv and Paris by s...
Jump to postI admit it's strange to see a European politician spontaneously underline the harsh reality of peace negotiations by at least abandoning the territories already lost. It's a kind of broken taboo. However, with or without such statements, the situation on the ground remains unchanged. To negotiate pe...
Jump to postIn this World War I-like scenario, the loser will be the first to implode.
Jump to postAs for tanks, AFV and artillery . . . Seems like we are getting a steady stream of new SPG being provided to Ukraine. While the rate is low, it doesn't seem Ukraine is losing too many thru attrition. And the US still have a ton of M109s in storage. The US still have a lot of Bradleys. Not a lot of ...
Jump to post7) Now, with the counteroffensive having failed, and Russia retaking the initiative: this is all pointless and the cost is too high for the west to sustain. [...] Ukraine needs more material support, and we in the west are capable of giving an abundance of it, especially from our old stockpiles You...
Jump to postWhat did the military need in Vietnam that it didn't have? I can't see it as having been short-changed in manpower, money, or material. The problem was that victory was defined as a goal that military force couldn't deliver. The real mistake was not recognizing South Vietnam as a lost cause from th...
Jump to postAnyone can write such a "report", sorry. The airlines should know better in due time, anyway.
Jump to postThe C919 is known to be less efficient and the only thing that it is potentially brings to the table is price. But the main driver of price for industrial complex goods is scale. We don't know much about the C919's efficiency, yet. However, as a tube with wings powered by LeapX fans, it should be i...
Jump to postActually, I think it is good reading for everyone in this discussion. It's good not merely because it pointed out one of the potential outcomes was exactly what happened, but also because the point it makes about the West needing a long term plan for what support they want to give Ukraine and how t...
Jump to postAfter the COMAC C919 narrowbody entered service in 2023, it's now the turn of the Chinese widebody to be developed and tested. The program began in 2017 as a China/Russia joint venture CRAIC CR929, but in 2023 the Russians were ousted and the program is now called COMAC C929 . The C929 programme ent...
Jump to postThe list price doesn't really matter. When the time will come selling the C919 in the EU and the USA, the purchase price will be "Chinese enough" to attract like nothing else, all things being equal.
Jump to postLet’s see how the C919 certification process unfolds Or let's see how this micro player is conquering the world, right under our eyes. As long as it's a clever-managed project, it won't stop at certification. So far, it doesn't look like ARJ21. Different eras, different generations, different objec...
Jump to postNor do I have a problem with the particular length of the thread. It's divided into pages of 50 posts anyway.
Jump to postWho is to blame for the loss of the CVR recording? Once back on the ground, who should have pulled the circuit breaker to prevent the recording from being overwritten?
Jump to postCOMAC is going for EASA certification of the C919 to expand its market. https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3247291/china-seeks-european-approval-c919-wants-its-home-grown-jet-compete-boeing-and-airbus-abroad?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage It's huge! History in the making, rig...
Jump to postOld habits die hard. I hope that calling any opinion that differs from yours "Russian propaganda" and attacking the user instead of its idea will eventually stop. I can see that the last few months have broken the taboo of always being optimistic about Ukraine. Over the course of 2023, my ...
Jump to postExcerpts from here: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/101015/how-can-ural-airlines-fly-its-a320-from-unpaved-field How can Ural Airlines fly its A320 from unpaved field? I'm from Novosibirsk and lived there for 30+ years, so I know how things work in that climate pretty well. 1. The groun...
Jump to postWithout being able to launch the nukes they inherited from the USSR, they were of no deterrent value to Ukraine, so pretty pointless keeping them. I don't see disposing of them as a mistake any more. With insight, they could have built their own nuclear weapons control and firing system. It would h...
Jump to postThis is what I would call a good example of a propaganda article, based on thin air, If one have read from the author extensively, then one would not have dismissed the insight as coming from thin air. I took a look. Nothing but propaganda, in my opinion. A good start to analyzing reality would be ...
Jump to postbikerthai wrote:An explanation on what's happening to Russian artilery.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9 ... illery-war
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Why Russians rapidly occupied southern Ukraine early in invasion/ A dozen bridges connect Ukraine to occupied Crimea. Only a few of them were mined on February 24 2022. Unanswered questions have fueled debate among Ukrainians since Russia’s rapid seizure of Kherson and advance on Mariupol early in ...
Jump to postUral Airlines spoke about the condition of the plane that landed in a field near Novosibirsk The Ural Airlines airliner , which made an emergency landing near Novosibirsk, is still in the field. Three engineers from the airline's aviation technical center are working at the scene of the emergency. ...
Jump to postIt's the same as targeting infrastructure and civilian targets. That's the only thing they know how to do. I think thats the only thing they know where it actually is. As far as all the pictures and videos you can find, Russia was only able to hit some military infrastructure initially but since th...
Jump to postBut comparison with WWII is not my point. My point is that maps are usually lagging indicators for the ability of either side to continue to fight. We agree on this point. Anything unexpected can happen tomorrow. However, an unexpected change in the trench stalemate we're observing is open to specu...
Jump to postThere are not only governement elections, but also legislative, local and European (for EU countries) elections. At each of these, the opposition's rhetoric will be similar. I don't read the future either, so I can't say how Western aid will evolve over time; I'm merely observing old mechanisms and ...
Jump to postThe willingness to support has not shown any sign of abating from those countries, either materially or verbally. However, as elsewhere, every aid announcement is accompanied by a storm of criticism from the political opposition. This slowly but surely affects the reliability of future aid. So Ukra...
Jump to postThis is not just about Ukraine. If Russia gets Ukraine, where next?. It's too virtual for the average taxpayer, who will be manipulated by political opponents "We have no money for our poor, we're already living on credit, Ukraine is corrupt and your money is stolen blah blah". To answer ...
Jump to postToday, the Russians are consoling themselves with Plan B (Dombas + land link to Crimea), but there's no guarantee that the Russians won't try Plan A (occupation of the whole of Ukraine) again at the first opportunity. Ukraine's supply of money and weapons depends on so many external political factor...
Jump to post. . . the loss of a significant number of irreplaceable soldiers in exchange for a mere 0.3% of occupied territory can only be described as a disaster Russia's plan B - to win the Donbass and a land connection to Crimea - seems to be going well. Do you see the problem here? Trying to hold on to &qu...
Jump to postNow Ukraine is also making assumed sacrifices to regain control in those areas and considers that a positive thing. So "going well" is out the window unless you close the blinds and refuse to look outside. Once again, Russia's Plan B is going well, as it has clearly succeeded in occupying...
Jump to postThe map never lies. . The map may not be telling lies but it doesn't tell the whole story either. What did the map of the Western Front look like shortly before the German surrender in 1918? Interesting perspective, which has in fact already been raised - of course in a one-sided way concealing a w...
Jump to postRussia may control the areas on a map but it does not have true command or freedom of movement in said area without significant and constant effort and reinforcement. And as it currently stands, active combat and attacks will be on going in those areas it claims for a long time if it stays, again r...
Jump to postI am trying to figure out how you come to this conclusion? "Going well" seems to mean having an active fighting force that requires constant resupply of men and material, while suffering daily losses of both as well as continuous attacks on infrastructure. My conclusion is based on the ma...
Jump to postI don't see gaining a couple of hundred sq km as a disaster. Losing a few thousand would be a different story. The situation in Ukraine could indeed have been worse. However, the loss of a significant number of irreplaceable soldiers in exchange for a mere 0.3% of occupied territory can only be des...
Jump to postUkraine has liberated 300 square kilometers (115 square miles) of territory from Russia since the start of its summer counteroffensive, but minimizing casualties as troops move forward in tough conditions has been its priority, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said. In an interview with CNN Sen...
Jump to postIt's likely the Ukrainian tactics have switched from massed assaults to bite and hold operations; conduct piecemeal small attacks and take territory that is well within Ukrainian ability to hold and defend against counter-attacks. It's a slow, methodical method that reduces risk to the Ukrainians t...
Jump to postBarbarossa began on June 2 2 1941, but cskok8 was referring to the Soviet Union's invasion of eastern Poland on September 17, 1939, following the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/16kufac/ru_pov_mariupol_theatre_under_full/ Mariupol Theatre Under Full Rec...
Jump to post5640971 Summary of the 2019 topic: Ural Airlines A321 VQ-BOZ 15 august 2019 Moscow emergency landing And we have ourselves a Russian version of Sully. This is indeed the Russian version of the Hudson miracle. actually pilots become Heros of Russian Federation and FAs got Orders of Courage And now t...
Jump to postSo these Heroes of Russia - according to the test pilot - were in fact incompetent pilots who did not follow the procedures they were supposed to know without needing to refer to written check lists. According to him, the flight control software saved the passengers from the lousy flying of the pil...
Jump to postUpdate: Ural Airlines Plans To Fly A320 Out Of Field! Initially, the information we had was that the flight went around during its final approach into Omsk, because of a hydraulic issue. It now seems that this was inaccurate. The airline and Russian authorities now say that the crew abandoned their ...
Jump to postNow, Tarom, you were writing here saying that Russia was getting round the sanctions affecting civil aviation, weren't you? Man learns while he lives. This isn't the first time I've had to update my thoughts on a subject. Hot on the heels of my opinion on the ability of Russian aviation to cope wit...
Jump to postClosely related to civil aviation: excerpt from the december 2022 Russian interview Sanctions have begun - and screw you, no engines! (you need to translate it in your browser) Hero of Russia, Honored Test Pilot Alexander Garnaev explains what is happening to Russian aviation. [About Russian acciden...
Jump to postAs a percentage of occupied territory liberated, Ukraine's gains are miniscule. Around 400 sq km out of around 90,000 sq km occupied. Less than 1% of occupied territory liberated since the beginning of June. The figure is even less than 0.5%, for which the Ukrainian army has lost far more resources...
Jump to postFrench OSINT assessment of the territorial gains of Ukraine & Russia from June 4 to September 15. Yellow: Territory liberated by Ukrainian Army (total 388 km²) Blue: Territory occupied by Russian Army (total 79 km²) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6KSz_gX0AADmed?format=jpg https://twitter.com/clash...
Jump to postUkraine declared its independence in 1991, but it did not immediately and totally leave Russia's satellite orbit.
What we see today is Ukraine's war of independence, after other progressive events that led to its complete autonomy.