Re: JetBlue Makes Hostile Takeover Offer for Spirit

I said in recent years.....Mint was introduced almost 10 years ago and B6 has only been around for just over 20 years. A Northeast based carrier adding a couple JFK/BOS-LON flights is not "defying the odds." It's a move that analysts expected for a long time. Counting RDU, SFO, PHL, e.t.c...

Re: End of AA LuxuryLiner and LuxuryJet

Now the luxury is gone. Two first class flights, no hot meal. Coach flights on return, no food for purchase, not even the chips. These were coast to coast itineraries connecting in DFW. Back in the 80s those same flights had omelettes for breakfast and steaks for dinner in F with sundaes and coach ...

Re: Mike Tyson Punches Passenger on JetBlue Flight

"Tell the crew", "violence isn't the answer", " a professional should carry themselves better"...... utter horse apples. People were a lot more respectful to one another when getting popped in the mouth was a normal reaction instead of a felony and crying to teacher. Th...

Re: JetBlue bids 3.6B for Spirit

This site is so confusing sometimes; Blast the legacies for cutting service and shrinking legroom to add more seats to lower costs to try to compete with the ULCC's and LCC's of the world. Champion and root for the ULCC's for finding new and creative ways to nickel and dime consumers. Cheer on a ULC...

Re: American Airlines Network Thread - 2022

My source said that Brazil had more than Argentina https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-countries-of-latin-america-receive-the-greatest-number-of-international-tourists.html Also, you should have said AA's regional HQ is in Buenos Aires, not the regional corporate HQs You can't compare 2015 nu...

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

I wouldn't be surprised, in the past 10 years almost all non-intentional unsurvivable airplane crashes killing 50 or more people have been Boeing 737's. This happened 8 times and 7 times it was a 737, that's a very suspicious statistic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_...

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

I've only seen one reference to it, but AS261 comes to mind. Rapid descent, sharp climb, rapid descent to crash. Going to be a while, but hopefully China is transparent with the investigation findings. From everything that I've learned here, the problems with the vertical stabilizer on the classics ...

Re: Experiencing a Legend: B6 DTW-BOS-DTW

Nice report. Soon enough you'll be on the A223 with better, nicer IFE.

BTW that's a BA 787-9

Re: 40 Years of the Mighty 757

Cabin width is the same 707/727/737/757. Maybe you're recognizing different PSU/overhead bin designs? The upper fuselage lobe and cabin width are the same but the floor beams on the 757 were changed to lower the floor by 1-2" giving a little more headroom and a slightly more spacious feeling. ...

Re: Air Canada ordering A321-LR?

There are basically only 2 manufacturers for anything beyond regional aircraft (Airbus and Boeing); and there are a plethora of airlines around the world who fly planes from both manufacturers. Air Canada is not unique in doing this. No, but it needs to buy & operate in economic quantities. Ten...

Re: Why didn’t Alaska order the 737-500?

No gravel kit / lower slung engines - I bet that they were operating the 737-200 into some remote strips where the better clearance and/or gravel kit on the -200s helped. A combi -500 would not really have made sense, and getting a cargo door installed may have been a bit tight, the -300 would have...

Re: Very basic question for pilots: How do airliners slow down when they are already at flight idle?

I fly into LAW a lot on the E145. When high winds and/or inclement weather is moving thru, ATC keeps you high until you're about 25-30 miles from the field. Cruise is usually 16,000 feet, so it's a pretty quick descent. I'm pretty sure that the spoiler is just there so it could be certified. It defi...

Re: FAA administrator Steve Dickson resigns

It's easy to lay all the blame on Dickinson but has anyone put much thought into the people he was tasked with managing? They're the same people previous administrators had to deal with and you can't fire them like you can private sector employees unless you're Ronald Reagan. Also, if you took the t...

Re: Boeing Hints at Next New Jet as It Weighs Tough Engine Decisions

Good lord, not another round of clean sheet design fluff. I've heard this in 2015, then I thought we got another fresh wave in 2020. Are they back with Max and 787 and friends in terms of getting those in operation? Last I looked they were still working out program kinks there. This is going to be ...

Re: DE-icing while idle

When deicing an aircraft while engines are running isn't much different than engines off. Big thing is to make sure when clearing snow and ice from the engine cover is to not spray directly into the engine.

Re: China Eastern MD-11 service to North America

You could find the CK MD-11Fs at LAX, ORD, DFW, JFK, ATL, SEA, ANC and a couple other places. They were quickly phased out when CK got their 744Fs.

Re: Strong eastbound headwinds causing problems over the US this week.

Is flightaware correct showing the DL BOS-LAX flights clocking at 8 hours on December 26th? https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL458/history/20211226/2339Z/KBOS/KLAX Altitude graph is all kinds of weird, too. Perhaps they were trying to stay under the jet stream? They started off at FL 260, then ...

Re: AS, UA, DL, LH and others struggle to crew flights due to Omnicron

American Airlines is running a phenomenal operation compared to Delta, United, Jetblue, Alaska, Southwest. Just 1 cancellation today so far and no delays. Paying the flight attendants 300% was very successful. They’re up to 10 cancellations and 98 delays. I'm on one of the delays, which might end u...

Re: Final A320ceo Family Aircraft Delivered to Delta

JohanTally wrote:

All of these were delivered without ACTs correct? If so what is the longest stage length they operate?

Re: Final A320ceo Family Aircraft Delivered to Delta

All of these were delivered without ACTs correct? If so what is the longest stage length they operate? Yes correct. ACT is not available for ceo. A321-100= 2,300-2,400nm A321-200=2,750-3,000nm A321neo= 3,100-3,700nm A321neo ACF= 3,100-4,000nm (97t=4,000nm with 3 ACTs= A321LR) A321XLR= 4,450-4,700nm...

Re: Doug Parker set to retire - Isom will be AA's new CEO

I have mixed emotions on this. On the one hand, Doug did an incredible job at HP and to an extent, US as well. When he started at HP, prior to his appointment as CEO, he got the maintenance side of the operation in order and kept them from being grounded by the FAA. Before he got his hands on the co...

Re: UA’s Financial Position after 9/11

Jeff Smisek was the wrong guy to run the merged company. Glenn Tilton succeeded in making some improvements at legacy UA but was desperate to marry it off to anyone willing to merge. Oscar Munoz managed to settle down the labor issues that plagued both companies post-merger, but it is Scott Kirby w...

Re: What's this contraption?

There used to be a few gates at PHX terminal 4 on the HP side that were 737 only gates where the jet bridge move only two directions rather than standard ones. There was a bar that hung from a chain on each side of the bar. When the center window frame hit the bar, you stopped and the jet bridge was...

Re: Tulsa Aviation Thread - 2021

What happens in TUL is largely dependant on the post-Covid rebound. TUL-ORD on AA is business travel dependant and is Eagle only currently, TUL-CLT can handle much of the traffic heading to the northeast (though TUL-PHL could be interesting,) TUL-PHX was a great addition for western connections. I ...

Re: American Airlines Phoenix Pilot Base

.... ...... Once upon, PHX was a 747 base...... American Airlines? Or America West? I know America West during the time of their questionable foray into the wide body market with three 747s in the early 90's, based their pilots in PHX. It's only American Airlines in name only. Headquarters may be i...

Re: American Airlines Phoenix Pilot Base

Is there an American Airlines pilot base in Phoenix? If there is, what equipment (Boeing or Airbus) can pilots bid for? Thank You Very much. They have 737 and A320 groups at PHX. Once upon, PHX was a 747 base...... PHX has been exclusively an Airbus base since the 757's were parked approximately 18...

Re: American Airlines Phoenix Pilot Base

kparke777 wrote:

Is there an American Airlines pilot base in Phoenix? If there is, what equipment (Boeing or Airbus) can pilots bid for? Thank You Very much.