Re: Heathrow says airport queues are becoming 'untenable'

Heathrow had the worst lines I’ve ever seen in my life, including amusement parks, and that was 13 years ago. If they never addressed that, I can’t imagine how that airport is even usable at this point.

Re: Would US Military Ever Sell C-5 to the Civilian Cargo Market?

Who would want a C-5?! Fully loaded, it only has a 2500 mile range. It requires over a week of maintenance for every hour of flight. It's a completely useless airplane except in the hands of a military with an effectively unlimited budget and a fleet of tanker planes.

Re: Why doesn't Boeing build regional jet?

Just for the record, there are approximately 1450 RJ’s in operation in the US, not “few thousands.”

Re: AA B38M Pitch Trim Issue 3/29/21

Fixinthe757 wrote:

wjcandee wrote:

AvHerald reporting B38M

geez how many more abbreviations must we endure??

Re: A220 Howling Sound on Approach

I was actually going to ask the same thing about A*3*20's. Whenever a 320 series jet flies over, the moment it comes into hearing range it sounds like a landing UFO. "Beeeyoooooooo." Engine inlet shape or something? No other airplane does that and it's loud and distinct every time. Probab...

Re: A220 Howling Sound on Approach

I was actually going to ask the same thing about A*3*20's. Whenever a 320 series jet flies over, the moment it comes into hearing range it sounds like a landing UFO. "Beeeyoooooooo." Engine inlet shape or something? No other airplane does that and it's loud and distinct every time.

Re: Air France 777 painted green by Greenpeace.

So stupid. Putting green on a non-green plane isn't going to make it more environmentally friendly. Maybe they should have painted it black to show all the carbon it burns or brown because it's a crappy plane. In reality aviation is at the forefront of efficiency and innovation. In reality environm...

Re: Air France 777 painted green by Greenpeace.

LOL 9 people got in with giant ladders in the middle of the day?? What kind of garbage security...

Re: Why isn't MSP a busier airport (in normal times)?

MSP stinks at moving traffic, too. They only have 2 runways in use at any given time, and they run takeoffs and landings on both simultaneously. It’s inefficient at best. Plus that walk from A to F is absolutely the stupidest, most asinine thing, especially if the tram is out.

Re: CLE readies new terminal proposal

It’ll be a great day when they start tearing that old terminal down. I’ve got some fun memories there, but it’s easily the worst terminal in America now that LGA has a new building. Clearly you have not been to EWR Terminal A or B. Or MEM (although the B concourse is being replaced). Of course I ha...

Re: N840SK the last crj900

E175 vs 900 comes down to execution, too. A well-taken-care-of CRJ-900 crushes a gnarly E170/175, in my opinion. Republic’s jets are disgusting inside: yellowing bins, gunk on the walls, scratched windows, panels coming off. The seats are old and short with no headrest for taller people. I was in ro...

Re: Cleveland Aviation Thread - 2021

I worked at hopkins for 10 years. Yes it could use some repairs, especially the non passenger facing areas. Does it need to be leveled and built completely as a new facility? Absolutely not. Completely disagree. The entire thing is WELL beyond its useful life. I’m sure they’ll eff it up, though. Th...

Re: CLE readies new terminal proposal

Serious question, is CLE too busy to just consolidate in C and D? Or even just C? Absolutely yes. Unless you want to park 25 airplanes on an RON pad. It’ll be a great day when they start tearing that old terminal down. I’ve got some fun memories there, but it’s easily the worst terminal in America ...

Re: FAA warns of 737 NG and MAX rapid decompression

It is a bit lame that they’re having issues with a 60+ year old door design, though.

Re: UA328 engine explosion at DEN

Maybe dumb question but having flown through DEN at least 100 times the cross winds are almost always pretty impressive. Wouldn’t that at least protect against a bird strike? Irrelevant. Birds do not have a max crosswind published in their op specs and will fly regardless. And Broomfield's elevatio...

Re: UA328 engine explosion at DEN

They were fortunate that it happened when and where it did and not over the pacific halfway to HNL. I would argue the opposite. The most risky point for the passengers (the initial explosion) had already passed. It would have been better to have happened in the middle of the ocean. The probability ...

Re: "Dry airspace"

Was having a conversation on another website about odd/bad/weird alcohol laws in various states. One poster (who I'm friends with) said that when he lived in Kansas (I'm waiting for an answer on the time frame) that planes in Kansas airspace couldn't serve alcohol. Any truth to this? Seems a bit li...

Re: Complaints coming in about the new SLC terminal

There is nothing more American than complaining about how long of a walk between 2 places is, in an air conditioned building no less. Even more so are the posters blaming DL for making them walk. The privilege is shining bright. The eff are you talking about? Airport hubs are about making connectio...

Re: CRJ-200 being retired

Endeavor just got 10 more -200’s, so I don’t see them being retired this year... or any time soon for that matter. Delta’s been talking the “we’re retiring the 200” game for like a decade. Not this year, but they're going. It was announced in the 3Q20 8-K. Gone by December 2023. They took an impair...

Re: CRJ-200 being retired

The tallies for CRJ1/2's supporting the majors are: United Express: 157 in service, 35 parked, 31 retired. Average fleet age 18.4 years. Delta Connection: 64 in service, 10 parked, 181 retired. Average fleet age 17.6 years. American Eagle: 0 in service, 0 parked, 129 retired. Average fleet age N/A....

Re: Breeze - News and Discussion Thread - 2021

I thought they were getting 195's and 220's? What's with the E190?

Re: Cleveland Aviation Thread - 2021

The flights never even flew. They just kept pushing the date back further and further and then just removed Cleveland from their booking engine completely. I think it’s safe to say they’ve dumped us for Cincinnati. I don't think they would have had much success here anyway. I'll be surprised if the...

Re: Jetblue's first A220 rolls out/entry into service

I'm surprised B6 doesn't consider 30 of the smaller variant. The A220-300 is too big for airports in the Cape Cod area, and would also require frequency reductions on routes within New York state typically served, pre-COVID, with the Embraer 190AR. 140 seats are overkill for some of their current E...

Re: Jetblue's first A220 rolls out

Question: one of the objections stated about BA's World Tails design back in the day was that the myriad of tails was confusing for ATC: they couldn't easily and instantly identify aircraft as belonging to BA. Why is Jetblue, with its multiple tail designs, immune from the same criticism/objection?...

Re: COVID-19 News and Reference Thread