DocLightning wrote:CATIIIevery5yrs wrote:…..That escalated quickly……
Yes, major disasters tend to do that.
Can you imagine the chaos had they actually struck the tower? Obviously, everyone on the plane would die instantly as would everyone in the tower. A high-speed allision (as I just learned it is properly called in the Francis Scott Key thread) would probably result in debris being thrown at the very...
Jump to postWhat I found confusing is the diversion to PIT. Was that because landing conditions at LGA were so bad? Or were the pilots trying to get out of a post flight interaction at LGA? Why PIT and not a closer airport, which of course the flight ended up at BWI where Southwest had more resources for impac...
Jump to postTo ‘pull the CVR’ you have to remember it’s protected by US Code. Accident investigation only. So the NTSB would need to open an investigation. Is this a NTSB reportable event? Per the regs probably not. But neither was the United Maui event and they picked that up. So we’ll have to wait and see if ...
Jump to postWhat I found confusing is the diversion to PIT. Was that because landing conditions at LGA were so bad? Or were the pilots trying to get out of a post flight interaction at LGA? Why PIT and not a closer airport, which of course the flight ended up at BWI where Southwest had more resources for impac...
Jump to postOf course it costs money to fix. But it costs even more to have a broken operation. That’s airline 101. Just listen to all the B6 employees that have to deal with their op. To a man and woman, what I’ve read on here is they are ready to help anyway they can if B6 will have a plan and commit the res...
Jump to postThis whole saga is a microcosm of the Robin Hayes era at B6 - very distracted. They have basically spent the last 4 years and countless amounts of money and energy on mergers and partnerships and to end up with nothing to show for it. I hope the new CEO does better. Perfect statement to close out t...
Jump to postI think if there is a change in Administration that JetBlue won’t be around for 4 more years. I would fully expect the company to be sold and broken up. The little airline that could, just doesn’t have many options in a constrained market, and so north east heavy. Maybe I’m being a little dramatic,...
Jump to postAll over the place. Goes from the SWA schedule of 15 legs over 3 days that gets schedule swapped every few legs to United widebody flying of 1 leg out to some far off international destination, long layover, then fly back.
Jump to postApparently, one affected flight from BWI to LAX was covered by none other than a B6 plane. Talk about marketing 101 haha. Talk about getting the DOJ’s attention… Some missed inspections won’t but that sub-service surely will. Hopefully for the pro-merger crowd it was all done on the up and up. Can’...
Jump to postJust knowing there are some younger a.netters that likely never had the opportunity to fly on a 727, or even hear one makes me feel old! That cracking rumble is something special to the ears for sure! Many year ago I threw bags at MDW. We would have to take mail to and from the post office which in...
Jump to postAlso access to airports with on time reliability in the Great Lakes/Midwest. Plus great new opportunities for jetblue mint product out of NK hubs like DTW/ATL/IAH. Maybe a rethinking to create some sort of “mini mint”/ Big Comfy seat crossover for the all core aircraft…. Seems like it’s a growing f...
Jump to postWhen I was at the regionals we flew unpressurized at or below 10K on the appropriate MEL many times. Non event. Thats what you do.
Jump to postIt is company seniority. You don’t go to the bottom of the CA list when you upgrade. Your system seniority remains the same. If you’re 40% system seniority you’ll be a more senior’ish FO and a more junior’ish CA but still 40% on the seniority list regardless of the seat you’re in. You don't go to t...
Jump to postSeniority bites everyone yet again, this happens in every unionized field in the airline industry.. It causes movement in the industry of most any kind to be very difficult if not completely undesirable. A better system needs to be found, Company seniority or Industry seniority would be much prefer...
Jump to postIf done properly like Omni, this could work. We all have to start somewhere with the big jets, and if they got the right management, then hopefully things will go smoothly and will see a successful operation. Yeah but at a time pilots are so in need and getting paid so high, it just seems that you ...
Jump to postTWA772LR wrote:Any news?
Nonrevhell wrote:Sounds like a Bill Franke kind of thing....
Not Again, RIP! My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and anyone that witnessed it. Seems with all the growth and new people safety problems have up-ticked in all of aviation in recent years and I am afraid it will only get worse as we lose more experience in the next few years. Sadly this i...
Jump to postCame up with a list of all the routes that Spirit has announced, but not yet started: SJC-LAS 14/7 June 7th SJC-DFW 7/7 June 7th SJC-SAN 7/7 June 7th LAS-CHS 5/7 September 7 BOS-CLT 7/7 June 7th (initially August 9 start) BOS-IAH 7/7 September 6 (initially August 9 start) BOS-DFW 7/7 June 7 BOS-LAX...
Jump to postyeah, workers comp laws don't play out that way. He'd be covered - without a fight. As far as lifting bags go, I have never met a FA that was injured while on duty, helping with a passengers bag, who was not covered by workers comp. It's cut and dry. The airlines don't want to be responsible, it do...
Jump to postthis is ridiculous. Whether it was outside of procedure or not, he would be covered by workers comp - fully and completely. It's the law - especially in California, where the incident happened. California has no fault workers comp laws, which means that the employee does not have to prove they were...
Jump to postManagement at U.S. carriers tell FA's not to lift passengers bags for them without assistance - and then IF and only IF the bag is of a weight they can confidently help lifting WITH assistance. The reason is because the airlines don't want to be responsible for paying workers comp. If you're inferr...
Jump to postthis is ridiculous. Whether it was outside of procedure or not, he would be covered by workers comp - fully and completely. It's the law - especially in California, where the incident happened. California has no fault workers comp laws, which means that the employee does not have to prove they were...
Jump to postI was curious - it seems that EWR is generally in a southern flow (landing/takeoffs on the 22's) the majority of time in my experience (not sure of exact usage - 75% of time? That i dont know). Why isn't runway 11 used more frequently (if the winds are light enough)? If airspace is constrained I'm ...
Jump to postProbably has something to do with the Skywest mothership in SGU. Likely a big time Skywest corp shuttle they want to keep on schedule.
Jump to postMaybe the tail strike reporter was on Janet. Ha ha ha. Yes I know they don’t fly in Hawaii. Or do they??!
Jump to postIs that the one where a real wealthy students parents bought it with the intent of the the student being the coolest kid in school and maybe they’d make some money on the side selling right seat real airplane time but after they saw the cost of just flying it into DAB they let it go all together?
Jump to postCan someone update this thread when we find out how much CN is looking for in damages? Probably not too cheap to delay some freight trains.
Jump to postHow many times are people going to bring up past mergers? Like it or not, the political environment is different now. At least offer some new and compelling arguments instead of asking this every few posts. It's a stale and irrelevant argument in today's reality. Tell me the last time the DOT had a...
Jump to postI wonder - does the fact that lots of biz jet pilots fly multiple types play into maybe grabbing the wrong procedure? Basically, how often do they fly this type, and is the naming not super consistent that could help lead to that mistake? Plus they source crews from all over to cover a trip which m...
Jump to postWhat’s their incapacitated pilot procedure? The one I’m familiar with is very clear and doesn’t mention bringing in an offline pilot. Would not surprise me if there is a little internal backlash over this. Will help if the pilot was in CASS and run through it before boarding. That's an interesting ...
Jump to postWhat’s their incapacitated pilot procedure? The one I’m familiar with is very clear and doesn’t mention bringing in an offline pilot. Would not surprise me if there is a little internal backlash over this. Will help if the pilot was in CASS and run through it before boarding.
Jump to postWhen are people going to accept this is the state of air travel?? It’s not going back to the days of dressed up travelers and airline agents who would bend over backwards for you. Buy the cheapest ticket you can, bring your own snacks and water, put your earbuds in, and get to where you’re going as ...
Jump to postTonyClifton wrote:Pretty poor deal. They establish a B-scale rate for the 330 in freighter operations.
Southwest is over HNW and loses an engine. KTVL, KMOD, KMHR and KMCC all have more than suitable runways to land on. Does the regulation require them to land at one of those airports, or can they choose to land at KSMF, despite it being more distant? Did these AC pilots violate the regs by going to...
Jump to postNot necessarily. Suitability is relative and they were very high. An airplane that departed OAK wouldn't necessarily be expected to go to to SFO for the longer runway. Do you really believe what you're spouting here? Again, the regulation requires landing at the nearest suitable airport in point of...
Jump to postAllNippon767 wrote:So where is it now?
Certainly looks fun. I opened up the windy app (or go to windy.com) and at FL340 it looks like a perfect headwind of 110kts + across the entire US. I’m tempted to find out some ground speeds. Fred Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I just saw UA 1338 (753, ORD-EWR) do 606kts (696mph, 1120kph) over La...
Jump to postTime to explore commercial aerial refueling. I think we have a perfect opportunity to reinvent the wheel and make things harder than they need to be. Airbus can make the tankers.
Jump to postKPTKRampy wrote:Stupid question: Could the DOT force southwest to rebook passengers on other airlines? I feel like it wouldn’t be too hard
Bob Jordan couldn’t seem any more tone deaf. I’ve worked for corporations before where local leadership was wonderful, but videos from executives who are “thanking” employees for their hard work while providing no real insight into how issues will be solved was pure insulting. In my opinion that’s ...
Jump to postHoping the ghost of Herb Kelleher visits Bob Jordan tonight and shows him the true meaning of how to run an airline operation. Herb’s WN has been run into the ground the past decade. Herb never ran an airline this size and scope. Be interesting to see how he’d have it running right now. You can’t s...
Jump to postBack in the not so long ago day start ups could count on the laid off pilots of defunct carriers.
Jump to postHow is jurisdiction determined for in- flight crimes that could include 4 states depending on if you look at departure, planned arrival, diversion airport, or airspace the assault happens in? From what I read it's always a federal offence if it happens mid-air Michael I’ve had the police at the lan...
Jump to postDon’t forget Robin Hayes stated, I believe in an internal communication to Spirit employees, they don’t plan on closing bases. So DTW, ORD, DFW, IAH, ATL, and ACY are safe too……….
Jump to postFlyingsottsman wrote:At LAX I saw a cargo airline called Zantop I am sure they used Electra's for freighters what ever happened to them, where were they based and where did they fly to?