noviorbis77 wrote:All of them talking about ending the proposal.
Perhaps it was all about getting better terms from UEFA for Champions League reforms.
It’ll only be England, Spain and Italy without the bigger names. If you think punters will happily pay to watch Arsenal v Inter Milan four times a year, you’ll be surprised. These businessmen/owners are many things, but stupid they are not. They’ve war-gamed this several times over, and know what t...
Jump to postA linear repeat of the 20th century decade by decade is unlikely. The cities you mention really don't make sense either - why would an anachronistic style like Art Deco be considered futuristic in such places? Gwadar...are you serious? There aren't even 500K people there. Agreed with this. Why woul...
Jump to postThe only silver lining is that it shines a light on how badly UEFA has managed the game for 15 years now. The whole organization should be shuttered and replaced by something new. UEFA is somehow shocked that after decades of allowing clubs to become billionaire playthings that those billionaires w...
Jump to postfr8mech, I have a couple of questions: 1. I assume there is a locking mechanism/you need a key to gain access from the outside? Otherwise anyone can gain access into a 744 parked on the tarmac? 2. Would you get a Door Open/Unsafe light in the cockpit if it is not properly secured? 3. It would be im...
Jump to postI think FIFA and UEFA are overestimating their leverage. The World Cup and Champions League are only as popular as the teams playing. True, loosing the CL is no big deal to these teams if the super league starts. But loosing access to their national competitions is a significant threat. Also, the t...
Jump to postAcording to Dutch radio news several football associations have already gone into revolt. Claiming that any club participating in this scam won’t be allowed to play thrir respective leagues, and that their players won’t be invited to the national teams. If true, that would scuttle the super league....
Jump to postAre you trying to put me out of business? Look, I'm no Warren Buffet, but waiting for scrap metal to fall from the sky does not sound like a sustainable business model in the long term. Thinking too small! Use that scrap starship metal and start selling keychains made from it, planetags style. Sitt...
Jump to postAs I understand, the Lunar lander starship is more or less just a shuttle from lunar orbit to surface, and back. So just the one launch, fuel up, and TLI needed. It has no heat shield or air brakes. Begs the question of how many they’d even need. Program costs would definitely go down if they could ...
Jump to postHearing that SpaceX has won the NASA Lunar Landing System contract, which is worth $2.9 billion USD: https://twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1383110799086997505?s=19 Basically SpaceX had the lowest price and had adjusted their budget schedule to meet NASA budget, and thus was the only bidder that ...
Jump to postAgree.... all of this has definitely contributed to Fly Over Country REALLY being Fly Over Country.... 20 or more years ago, everyone had a story about being stranded in these small secondary and tertiary cities. Nowadays, most have never even been to them... It’s something that’s noticeable if you...
Jump to postWhile I don't necessarily disagree, this opens up a slippery slope. Where do you draw the line. What differentiates C19 from other activities that are very risky? For example I am into mountaineering, a hobby that is on the deadlier side, and a friend of mine does paragliding (one of the deadliest ...
Jump to postYes you can, on most widebodies.
Depending on container positioning though, it wouldn't be useful for really anything.
It looks nothing like the movies and is definitely a place you couldn't sneak down to.
This. Neither is defensible, both should be held account, but lets not pretend they are equal in terms of how gross, disgusting or reprehensible they are. Gaetz is accused of harming kids, in the worst way possible. Not surprising, sadly, some in this thread are using the 'yeh but Cuomo' defense in...
Jump to postCuomo-accused of sexual harassment, and overall being a creep Gaetz-paid women (let's be real, girls) to partake in drug fueled sex parties with known pedophiles. Yes, they are certainly the same. There were also plenty of calls for Cuomo to resign, even from within his own party. And lest we forget...
Jump to postNothing like a website of aviation enthusiasts wishing every airline would just merge into one already giving you one choice to fly anywhere at a price you can never afford because there's a lack of choice and one simple color scheme to look at for the rest of time. Makes sense. Well, if these same...
Jump to postIt would seem there are now women speaking out.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/matt-gaet ... n-tell-cnn
Time to resign and wait for the investigation to be made public.
In regards to the training, sure the length and subjects are something they could be revamped. But I think there’s an overhaul required of a larger scale. Police Academies often have more in common with military training than anything else. Which makes sense, there’s life endangering risks, a firm h...
Jump to postMax Q wrote:727’s
732’s
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I don’t get the viewer angle. Of course no one but a few sick folks will actively seek it out. But police body cams will show everything short of an actual shooting death on the 5pm news, no problem and yet people still want cops wearing them. The same arguments could be made. If you’re doing everyt...
Jump to postWhere I work, most staff park at a garage owned and operated by our dear airport authority, and take employee shuttle buses. Fun catch to that is the garage is on the opposite side of a lift bridge that tanker ships pass under. More than a few delays have occurred because staff are stuck on the bus...
Jump to postBasically it's black world US technology probing white world US Military assets to see how they respond. They are developing their offensive tactics as well as helipng the white world US military develop their defenses should the technology be advanced by foreign adversaries. Keep mind the drone te...
Jump to postThe good guy with the gun argument has to be one of the worst you can make. We don't live in the wild west anymore. And as the stats show, it's just such a minor outlier it's not even worth considering. It's just such a childish solution. Oh no, a man with a gun! You know what this situation could u...
Jump to postWhere I work, most staff park at a garage owned and operated by our dear airport authority, and take employee shuttle buses. Fun catch to that is the garage is on the opposite side of a lift bridge that tanker ships pass under. More than a few delays have occurred because staff are stuck on the bus ...
Jump to postWhat is it used for?: Accident / Crash investigations. Who has access to the video?: The NTSB or equivalent body. Does the video erase like the CVR does after about 90 minutes?: Yes Will said video be used for disciplinary action against a crew outside of an accident?: No. Next? Exactly. It seems s...
Jump to postHad Floyd or Garner done what he suggested or the equivalent for the situation, they’d be alive today. Fight back and you’ll have a long day or night, I don’t care who you are. Disobeying the police comes with a death sentence nowadays? And why are white males still much safer when disobeying the c...
Jump to postI have to agree. Why is the cockpit deemed this bastion of pilot privacy, that we dare not video record? What are you guys doing up there that’s so secret? Provided it’s like a FDR and not accessible unless an investigation requires it, I can’t see an issue. Meanwhile working on the ground I can’t e...
Jump to postWhat’s odd is that Floyd could have left before the police even arrived. He was already in his car when the store employees came out and accused him of using a fake $20. Not that you can blame him for staying, but if some shopkeeper is calling the police on me because he thinks I gave him a fake bi...
Jump to postWhat’s odd is that Floyd could have left before the police even arrived. He was already in his car when the store employees came out and accused him of using a fake $20. Not that you can blame him for staying, but if some shopkeeper is calling the police on me because he thinks I gave him a fake bil...
Jump to postIt doesn't prohibit connecting flights. Read the thread. So if a flight is connecting to NYC, will they use a NB for the connection or have the 777W fly the route? The flights still exist, but they’re only available if you’re arriving or leaving CDG on a plane. JFK-CDG, then transfer to your connec...
Jump to postNot sure that you can hold them to the same standards. They do no have the same role as Joe Public. If a crime is being committed, Joe Public can walk away. That’s where I see the qualified immunity removal movement failing. You cannot hold police officers to the same standard as a civilian because...
Jump to postI see you ask about LD2. In my experience LD2 are not common. We use only LD3 in B767. We can fit enough LD3 to carry all the bags in the rear hold, and they are then able to be through shipped at the hub onto a B777 or B744. We normally only carry pallets in the B767 fwd hold. We sometimes carry f...
Jump to postMy colleagues and I were of the same opinion... I’m not going to open the door to an international flight, carrying pax from all over, each potentially carrying who knows what sort of illnesses...with no protection. It’s one thing if you work remotely or isolated, but you’re an absolute fool if you ...
Jump to postJettainer is easier in that they provide the software for tracking and in most cases will manage inventory and that type of thing themselves. From my experience it depends on the contract, but being part of a collective can help when you run short on containers, as jettainer can “loan” some that are...
Jump to postI am definitely happy that British Airways never took over KLM or Swiss. IMO, those two ended up in the best possible relationships. The Delta and AF-KLM takeover of Virgin Atlantic is one I'd have loved to see. At least pre-Covid, it seemed that Virgin was moving in this direction, with more integ...
Jump to postThe Queen Mary certainly sees about 1.5 million paying visitors a year, which is about the same as the Seattle Space Needle and the observation deck of the Sears Tower. And yet somehow seemingly every company that touches Queen Mary ends up bankrupt. What does that tell you? Allow me to remind you ...
Jump to postThis is just silly. People can walk and chew gum at the same time - especially educated people running companies such as these. There is no pandering to ‘get politicians off their back’ - I can tell you in my company and many others, senior directors and other leadership are the same men and women ...
Jump to postSeems almost boring these days, but another successful F9 starlink launch in the books. Most interesting part for me was the landing. The drone ship camera cut out, but stage 1 kept rolling. Can’t remember the last time we got to see a complete landing from the stage 1 point of view.
Jump to postForgive me if I'm not convinced by all these right-wing posters who have suddenly always been against corporate power. The GOP only spent the last forty years helping big businesses grow as large, as undertaxed, and as underregulated as they could get away with. You don't get to complain when they ...
Jump to postI think the article hits on an interesting point, about the "type" of noise complained about. Many years ago when I was but a 20-something long-haired rock and roll guitarist, our band played an outdoor gig in the town where we lived on Memorial Day afternoon to give the kids in the town ...
Jump to postIn an unrelated note to air service, I happened to drive by Logan the other day and work is progressing on the terminal E expansion, it's huge compared to the other terminals. Was not able to snap any photos. I keep meaning to post some from the ramp side. It’s a massive, very imposing structure. I...
Jump to postI think the article hits on an interesting point, about the "type" of noise complained about. Many years ago when I was but a 20-something long-haired rock and roll guitarist, our band played an outdoor gig in the town where we lived on Memorial Day afternoon to give the kids in the town ...
Jump to postI know next to nothing about United, but seat manufacturers were severely behind on premium seat deliveries in the years leading up to COVID-19. I recall Qatar Airways being very vocal about it, as well as being part of the reason why the new Qatar 787-9s have yet to enter service. Come to think of...
Jump to postA Boeing old timer told me that they picked the height of the door sill above the ground on the 707 to match that of the DC-6. If I had to venture any guess, this explanation would make more sense than most. 707 was already a huge technological leap for airlines. So having it at a height that their...
Jump to postI don't understand why some view it as inappropriate to put blame on the person most responsible for bringing everything down. Sure, there are other minor factors but someone has to light the match. That was the KLM captain in this case. Just like that cowboy USAF pilot that crashed the B-52 when p...
Jump to postMLB in one day managed to outdo the dumbness of all the dumb things the NBA and NFL combined have ever done. That’s quite an accomplishment there The left has managed to politicize everything in this country, this is the result. They were so concerned about mis information, there has been so much o...
Jump to postInteresting that this forum cries foul of gender reveal parties, but then is aghast when an airline retires an aircraft type and doesn’t have a massive nostalgia ridden 3 week send off celebration.
Speed. Altitude. Time.
Need at least 2 of them. Somehow this pilot lee seemingly all 3 slip
His behavior since the story broke has been fascinating. He told Tucker Carlson the girl did not exist, then also alleged that Carlson had met her. He also may have possibly compromised an FBI investigation into a DOJ official. Sure, there’s no definite proven source yet, but there’s certainly plen...
Jump to postHis behavior since the story broke has been fascinating. He told Tucker Carlson the girl did not exist, then also alleged that Carlson had met her. He also may have possibly compromised an FBI investigation into a DOJ official. Sure, there’s no definite proven source yet, but there’s certainly plent...
Jump to postWas the gentleman who was killed doing an UberEats run at the time of the carjacking? I believe he was in the middle of a delivery yes. Not that there’s any blame that can be put on the people ordering, but my goodness would I feel absolutely horrific if me being lazy and ordering food ended with m...
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