Looking at that footage again makes me believe spatial disorientation or lack of SA peas key, not necessarily a fuel issue.
Jump to postAlways easier to second guess after the fact, but it seems the crew allowed ATC to vector them in to weather they should have insisted they avoid. the diversion was a bit of a head scratcher at first if everything is operating fine, but I can understand in the heat of the moment wanting to get on th...
Jump to postWhile there was fuel on board, it is possible that there wasn't enough left for a go-around and another approach, forcing their hand, so to speak. I would consider that to also be a fuel starvation situation even if not every drop had been burned. That being said, far to early to tell what happened....
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Jump to postCurious how that triple aisle concept will pass evacuation standards.
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Jump to post858 views and no new info. Well, I sat next to an American <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> on my commute home today who said that he'd never heard of such a procedure, so perhaps it is Allegiant specific, or the <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> went rogue (doub...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/09/02/newday-romans-flights-oxygen-masks-unruly-passenger.cnn.html?c=homepage-t" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/vi...ly-passenger.cnn.html?c=homepage-t</a> Sensationalism aside, one of the passengers on board the Allegiant f...
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Jump to postWhoever was responsible for posting this online is an idiot. This is an illegal job action and will be ruled as such. If this catches steam I feel bad for anybody who is actually sick on these days. That being said the RLA needs to be abolished and pilots should be allowed to strike when management ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfk777" class="quote" target="_blank">jfk777</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I went when I was a...
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Jump to postI wonder what the reasoning behind requiring US/AA to give up 2 gates at <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym> was, considering the #1 carrier out of <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyby519" class="quote" target="_blank">flyby519</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>My prediction is cabotage coming our way.<...
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Jump to postIt is good news. All of the legacy carriers are planning hiring soon, and they need to in order to keep up with retirements as well as the new rest requirement rules. There is going to be a significant atrition from regionals to majors over the next several years and I wonder how the regionals are g...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyby519" class="quote" target="_blank">flyby519</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Would the DOJ...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/0NEWAIR0" class="quote" target="_blank">0NEWAIR0</a> (<a href="#58" class="quote">Reply 58</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> This wouldn't...
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Jump to postI'm glad I'm not flying approaches in 1932! Wow, thanks for sharing.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/FlyingGoat" class="quote" target="_blank">FlyingGoat</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>-Lower frequencies and use 70+ seat je...
Jump to postI was dissapointed that NetJets didn't get any G650s but the globals are really awesome - I suppose when you're flying in something like that a few extras minutes in the air is welcome!
Jump to postI am scheduled to fly from <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym> to <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> Monday morning, I'm hoping the plane can get off the ground...
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Jump to postInteresting that the seats on the right side of the aircraft are J-K-L, is this new? I always remember H-J-K for those seats on long range aircraft. I suppose it doesn't really matter but I don't recall ever seeing a seat L.
Jump to postHow much money does Boeing or Airbus make selling parts for repairs or maintenance over the lifetime of an aircraft such as a 737 or 320?
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Goldenshield" class="quote" target="_blank">Goldenshield</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Not to ...
Jump to postJust testing the frangibility of the light pole, that's all.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DID747" class="quote" target="_blank">DID747</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> The middle one by...
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Jump to postObama going to Chicago has disrupted my flight plans before, and thus probably several of the GA businesses in that area.
Jump to postCastle Island* at in Boston is right off the end of 4L and 4R which is great when planes are arriving on those runways.
*Castle Island is not actually and island, quite easy to get to by car
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Its too bad that the idea of the T-birds flying F-22s is absurdly impractical and uneconomical, because I think that they will eventually both be flying the F-35, which in my opinion will be boring. To have both of the elite flight show squads in the US flying the same aircraft type would seem bland...
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Jump to postI was just thinking about the isolation of New Zealand while looking at a picture of the Royal New Zealand Air Force 757-200 and got thinking about what the range capability on that aircraft is. According to the airliners.net aircraft data, the longest range on the 757-200 that I could find was 3929...
Jump to postWhat are the guidelines as to which level of turbulence should be reported in a pirep?
Jump to post<img src="http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cirrus-Vision-SF50/1506953/M/" border=0> <a href="http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Cirrus-Vision-SF50/1506953/M/" target=_blank>http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Cirrus-Vision-SF50/1506953/M/</a> I noticed, when looking at this picture, that all ...
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