Re: N.Y. grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump

I don’t see Trump’s ego letting him bail on the election and go anywhere. Having said that, I agree with you he’s unlikely to go to Russia or the KSA. He doesn’t need to. There are several countries without extradition treaties — the UAE would be the more likely Middle Eastern destination. He’d be ...

Re: N.Y. grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump

So, I am curious about something: When he is formally charged, he could be released without bail for a number of reasons, but couldn't he simply go to Russia or Saudi Arabia or Hungary at that point? DeSantis has said he would not extradite him (which is against the law) but in a country friendly t...

Re: Flight Attendant Who Shared Her Transition Journey in United Video Dead After Posting Emotional Final Message

My nephew died by suicide at age 21. It was 15 years ago. It still hurts me every day.

If you are considering this, please think of your friends and family and call for help.

Re: My son has had a bit of a week

N14AZ wrote:

Gentlemen, alcohol is not a solution.

Re: Emirates unveils first new livery in 24 years

I wasn't expecting a dramatic, revolutionary livery out of EK, but if the change is so minor, why bother?

Re: FAA to propose 25 hour CVR retention requirement

I wonder how they got to 25 hours. Seems like a random figure as opposed to 24.

Re: Tracking UA's 753s overwater

I like to track my flights when I'm aboard so at first it looked as if we had turned northwest (I began to wonder if this was the next MH370 You *actually* thought you, on a United Airlines 757 flying a domestic, over-water segment, were on the next MH370? *sigh* no. I did not actually think i was ...

Re: My son has had a bit of a week

So...I don't really drink. Sometimes I wish I did, but I just never developed a taste for alcohol. And ultimately, that's probably a good thing. As a doc I’m sure you’re right. But I prefer life with moderate alcohol to without :lol: Must be the mix of Ukranian, Dutch and Mexican DNA. The good news...

Re: My son has had a bit of a week

Aaron747 wrote:

Are you still in Maui? The only good news about all this strife is you can order more Mai-tais to cope.

Re: Tracking UA's 753s overwater

We just reappeared about 500 miles out from the West Coast.

Also, I believe our captain is a Captain Kirk. This is concerning. I don't want to get into a fight with Romulans, Klingons, or the Gorn. I just want to get home.

Re: Tracking UA's 753s overwater

Any aircraft flying in Class A airspace (FL180-FL600) is required to have ADS-B 1090ES (Mode S). It's possible that the 753's only have this mode and not 978UAT (many have both), which might be what the tracking site receiver is using. You do get different tracks for the same flights depending on w...

My son has had a bit of a week

So immediately after checking into our unit on Maui, my son (age 3) got his foreskin caught in his zipper. I always figured his first visit to the Emergency Department would be at our local Children's hospital, but...no, it was on Maui. We had to have him taken up by EMS because he couldn't go in hi...

Re: RIP Gigneil

Oh no. Way too young to fly west. RIP to him.

Re: Tracking UA's 753s overwater

Cubsrule wrote:

It's not all that uncommon to lose tracking on the free sites between the west coast and Hawaii. Take a look at this FX 77F flight, for instance.

Tracking UA's 753s overwater

So I'm currently on UA372 from HNL to SFO. I noticed over the last few days that when I was tracking this flight, the aircraft would be trackable until it was a bit over an hour out of HNL and then the tracking would go wonky, or simply not be available. I like to track my flights when I'm aboard so...

Re: Paris Air Show 2023 - Prospective Order Discussion Thread

no, but they do have 363 orders for the 777X family. while potential operators are getting frustrated by delays; they won't necessarily cancel wholesale; risking sacking the whole program. I will point out that this is part of what sank the A380 program. Had Airbus actually been on time, they proba...

Re: Paris Air Show 2023 - Prospective Order Discussion Thread

Reuters is reporting that Indigo is looking at placing an order for more than 500 aircraft with it consisting of A320neos or 737MAX and A330neos or 787's. While I suspect this will be an Airbus order I do wonder if Airbus is unable to fulfil delivery schedule for what Indigo requires and the 737MAX...

Re: Paris Air Show 2023 - Prospective Order Discussion Thread

MavyWavyATR wrote:

My predictions:
[list]
- WN ordering either the MAX 9 or 10.

Re: UA 777 close call at Maui

Humblebrag. ;) I'm in Polaris, too. :cloudnine: Bit of light chop. I guess the flights to Hawaii have been dealing with some chop lately. And then there was that HA that decided it was a roller coaster in December. But also, you know it all ended well because it wouldn't be called UA1175 anymore if...

Re: UA 777 close call at Maui

"It worked very well for the UA1175 crew as well, natural airmanship notwithstanding." Yeah, maybe. Certainly all part of the mix, but 1175 lived probably more because they had THREE 777 guys in the cockpit that day, and bc Chris Benham was a glider pilot who really enjoys thinking about ...

Re: Storms Bring Snow to Los Angeles and San Francisco, Tornadoes in Central United States, and Snow to Northeast

seb146 wrote:

Snow in Napa and at the Hollywood sign![url]

Re: Latest 787 Problem

Funny how some people is amazed by this kind of minor backlashes on modern jet manufacturing. *The program was delayed by three years on EIS *The aircraft was the first major program GROUNDED in decades *The aircraft then underwent a delivery delay whose backlog Boeing is only still just clearing A...

Re: Lufthansa and Airbus

With the exception of the A318 I believe Lufthansa has operated every single model of Airbus The A300, 310, 319, 320, 321, 330-300, 340-300 / 600, of course the A380 and now the A350, not sure if they ever flew the A330-200 but they’ve come close to purchasing every Airbus that’s been built Impress...

Re: Mitsubishi SpaceJet — News and Discussion Thread

It is sad but seems to be the right decision. The two things they did not do right were the initial configuration that could not be made to be FAA compliant afterwards.... So I know the answer is probably somewhere in the hundreds of replies of this thread, but exactly what was uncertifiable about ...

Re: 747 Final Flyaway

"After I retired from Boeing, I traveled to Asia many times as a company consultant to visit with friends and associates at airlines in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, mainland China, and elsewhere in the Pacific rim. Aviation's a relatively small community, so personal relationships mean a...

Re: Airbus reshapes A350 cabin to better accommodate 10 abreast

The faster gear retraction interests me. Airbus is predicting that with the sum total of these improvements (gear, flaps), there can be a 3.5 ton increase in payload on the A359 and a 2.5 ton increase for the A35J. They project that out of some airports, the advantage could be as big as 6 tons. Now,...

Re: United Economy Plus

So assuming a 6hr flight, that's a bit over US$28/hr. Be aware that UA Y+ seets are the same width as regular Y, just with 2-3 inches of extra pitch. IIRC, Y+ on UA does not come with any extra amenities (snacks, priority baggage, etc.) Whether that's worth it or not is a question that only you can ...

Re: Will Boeing ever redesign the 737 considering the challenges they faced with the MAX

The Boeing 727 killed nearly 4x the number of people that the Douglas DC-10 killed over its career, and it didn't have the "it's a deathtrap!" public opinion of the DC-10. Back in the 1960s, when the 727 was designed, plane crashes were more common. Some 60 years later, aviation is a much...

Re: Your most exciting aircraft swaps

We were doing a FRA-MUC connection and the LH A321 that we were supposed to be on got swapped for my first (and so far only) A320-NEO. She happened to be D-AINA, the world's first A320-NEO. Absolutely NOT exciting.... from crap to crap.... I think getting not only your first ride on a new model *AN...

Re: Will Boeing ever redesign the 737 considering the challenges they faced with the MAX

I think that the 737 will not get a new design, nor will it be replaced anytime soon. I think within two decades you're going to see Boeing get forced into a redesign. Either the FAA will simply inform them that they're going to stop grandfathering new-builds, or Airbus will decide to replace the A...

Re: Will Boeing ever redesign the 737 considering the challenges they faced with the MAX

Why doesn't the A320 have a riser duct? It has many of them, next to about every second frame and on both sides of the cabin. Each of them supplies air to a lower air outlet (between sidewall panel and PSU panel) and an upper air outlet (between hatrack and ceiling panel). Gruß, masi1157 Oh, then w...

Re: I need to rant about MIA for a bit

AAPilot48Heavy wrote:

A lot of walking, which happens at many airports. Not quite sure what you are bloviating about or what actually went wrong.

Re: Delta A330 Lands 6 Feet Short Of The Runway At Amsterdam

DVCSAAB340 wrote:

well this is a big nothing burger.

I need to rant about MIA for a bit

This is a rant. A tirade. Sweet reason got lost in the baggage claim yesterday, so just don't try. I grew up in the Detroit Metro Area and flew out of DTW. A lot. Northwest used the Davey terminal until the new Midfield/McNamara terminal opened in 2002. The Davey terminal was a gorgeous mid-century ...

Re: Will Boeing ever redesign the 737 considering the challenges they faced with the MAX

The FAA has crew alerting requirements for which the 737 is grandfathered. However, the FAA will no longer respect that grandfathering. This is actually becoming an issue with the 737-MAX10 because delays in certification have pushed it past the deadline and congress and the FAA had to alter their p...

Re: Your most exciting aircraft swaps

We were doing a FRA-MUC connection and the LH A321 that we were supposed to be on got swapped for my first (and so far only) A320-NEO. She happened to be D-AINA, the world's first A320-NEO.

Re: Your Most Disappointing Aircraft Swaps.

My first ever 777 flight got swapped to a 744. Never thought I'd be disappointed to get a surprise 744 on the stand. However, there were less than 10 people on the entire flight and we did a crazy takeoff off 19R at SFO (to ORD). Static start, slammed back into our seats like a Ferrari, leapt off th...

Re: UA2693 is circling over Florida

That's a very good explanation. Thank you.

UA2693 is circling over Florida

UA 2693 seems to have taken off from LCQ and is now showing a destination of LCQ and is flying in circles between FL 330 and 370. Any idea what's going on? It seems like a strange origin for a training flight and 2693 is used for revenue flights on other days. The aircraft is N445UA, an A320.

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

So I have a concern: the GOP House has stated that they will, under no circumstances, allow the debt ceiling to go up without cuts to SS and Medicare. Obviously, the Democrats will consider no such thing.

Re: FedEx DC-10 fleet

DL757NYC wrote:

I hope to see someone pick them up.

Re: Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, RIP

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfA59waacAAS26n.jpg Source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfA59waacAAS26n.jpg Look, I don't have a lot of love or respect for the Vatican or the Catholic Church (and if you are Catholic, please don't take it personally. My ire is directed at the organization of the Holy se...

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

So what do we do? Just don't have a House? That will work until the budget runs out.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

Remember when SY had their little meltdown and it got the attention of Minnesota legislators?

If I were WN, I'd be lighting a fire under my own tail to get everything back up and running. Enough of this and airlines might see more regulations put into the next FAA reauthorization bill.

Re: Bypassing sanctions, Iran received 4 A340-300 over the Xmas weekend

Well, Iran Air has not had any crashes lately especially given how old aircrafts they have to fly. The Iranians have a well-earned reputation for technical excellence in operating these ancient aircraft. Not only do they have to keep these aircraft operating, but they need to do so without any supp...

Re: Strange altitudes to Hawaii today

Password wrote:

Severe turbulence yesterday and most likely today.

Strange altitudes to Hawaii today

So I am poking around FR 24 and I've noticed something odd: There are a number of narrowbodies flying to Hawaii and most of these airliners are cruising at FL 260. This includes HA41 (A321), HA59 (A321, they're at FL 270), AA265 (A321), AA31 (A321, they're at FL250), and WN2581 (73M8). HOWEVER, in t...

Re: Korean Air A330 engine shut down descending towards ICN

F9Animal wrote:

Bad luck for sure. This isn't even newsworthy IMO.

Re: The respiratory viruses -- make it stop!

rmoore7734 wrote:

As far as vitamin C is concerned this article from Mayo Clinic that not much harm can be caused by from too much vitamin C.

Re: The respiratory viruses -- make it stop!

What's the best cocktail of vitamins (or anything else helpful), when one starts noticing flu symptoms, in your opinion? There is no good evidence that any combination of vitamins taken at the onset of an illness alters its course. There is some evidence that pre-existing vitamin d deficiency can m...