I have a pedantic question, but would this actually be a combi? If the main deck was freight and the passenger deck was passengers, there would be no need for a passenger/freight bulkhead.
Jump to postThey may be a good candidate for MAX white trails as aircraft that can be had during a very short political window.
Jump to postNot sure what ties Seattle and Australia have though. I believe Qantas said it would launch SYD or BNE to SEA if the AA JV wasn't approved. The state of Alaska has strong trees with Australia, both recreational and commercial. Much of the mineral extraction specialties that work in one work in the ...
Jump to postWhat does CSM stand for? CRM is cockpit or crew resource management. Basically the idea that everyone on the flight deck should be able to give their thoughts and input without being deemed as challenging the captains authority. Working together. I highly recommend reading about UA232 for an exampl...
Jump to postThis is maybe a stupid question/covered here earlier, but do NMA and NSA really have to be separate planes? Airlines don’t seem to like the smaller 737/A320 family members any more. Why not make the base model of the plane be something 737-900/A321 sized and then offer stretches to reach up into th...
Jump to postThis is maybe a stupid question/covered here earlier, but do NMA and NSA really have to be separate planes? Airlines don’t seem to like the smaller 737/A320 family members any more. Why not make the base model of the plane be something 737-900/A321 sized and then offer stretches to reach up into th...
Jump to postFrom the article: "The engine will be suitable for both larger aircraft and the single aisle planes used for short-haul flights." Single aisle aircraft with the worlds largest jet engine? Well yeah. Kind is like monster trucks, where modders take a 12-year-olds drawing of a truck and brin...
Jump to postAlternatively, freight haulers could buy 777x aircraft without the expensive nose door and nurse their 747s for the next 40 years.
Jump to postA380MSN004 wrote:90 seats gives a very generous 28' pitch with Slimline seats. It's fine for a 1 hour ride but not more.
Alaska and Minnesota have much deeper connections than is evident on the surface. I've flown this route several times, going back as far as a Northwest codeshare. Every time I did, AS got a data point. This may not be "directed" at DL so much as acknowledging that AS costumers are still in...
Jump to postI've booked my flights. I've been looking for this add for ten years now.
Incidentally, it's a 737-800, and the first time I've seen a section of their seat map blocked for OneWorld Elite.
Interesting. They'll raise capital but need to hire a ton of people to adhere to public company filing regulations. Its not that many people, its a dozen more inside, plus professional fees. The access to capital far outweighs that expense. A dozen people, the average weight of, what... 180 lbs? 2,...
Jump to postBoeing essentially designed the MAX7 for WN. It's really not surprising that the Max7 would fair well in a competition. It would also reduce WN's bargaining power when talking to Boeing about the NSA's design if Boeing were unable to sell the Max7 to WN after having designed it for them. Those discu...
Jump to postHonestly the only future VLA's that I could see being launched in the next 20 years would be the replacements to the C-5 and AN-124 transports. Even that would be a stretch for Russia given its frosty relationship with the Ukraine, the builders of the aircraft. In terms of civil aircraft maybe in a...
Jump to postBoeing thrives where the cost of entry is absurdly high for any new entrants. Military, space, and widebodies. The 737 had an amazing run, partially because so much of the development costs were already paid, making it hard for new entrants to really compete. This also makes it hard for any new Boei...
Jump to post32andBelow wrote:What would replace the 700s in Alaska? 7M8?
Armadillo1 wrote:sorry, no.
money make sense in Russia nowadays
I suspect the next VLA will be Russian and built as proof they can do it, with China's support to provide a "market" rationale. A few hundred will be built, and it will be a great program success insofar as it will hit every goal set by the program. It won't need to be a financial success ...
Jump to postBingo. Chase the meal ticket, try to cash in. God I hate the 21st century. 3.1 million is a lot of people years of jobs lost. There need to big fines to motivate, but now AS must treat such people as the liability they now are. Lightsaber Do we know for sure that AS is responsible for this judgment...
Jump to posthiflyeras wrote:This whole thing is really sad... I imagine the contractor at PDX would be libel for much of the judgement.
Jury orders Alaska Airlines to pay $3.2 million in death of woman after Portland airport fall: https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2021/02/23/jury-orders-alaska-airlines-to-pay-32-million-in-death-of-woman-after-airport-fall/?fbclid=IwAR39i921dx6TF9Q6WatrUpWl_KET86Dr_udn6lSMsThy3G9_fvvkqVtFjNg PORT...
Jump to postThe issue with predicting the next VLA is the amount of time between here and there. If Boeing shows the possibility of an oval, might we see a 3-4-4-3 or 3-5-5-3 cross-section?
A lot can happen in 25 years. A second floor might not be needed for an aircraft to get a lot larger than the 777X
I think one of the significant challenges overcome is the speed of passenger loading and unloading. An airport tarmac is some of the most expensive bits of real estate there is, and a large aircraft can sit there for 90 minutes. A large trainset, with its multiple doors, can unload and load 1,000 pe...
Jump to postA while back, there was discussion that AS Cargo wanted an 800 to add to the cargo fleet, but they were too valuable to the passenger fleet until the MAX came onboard. Is there any news on the possibility of more freighters now?
Jump to postI love the ANC-SEA redeyes. They connect with anything.
SEA is a great airport for a few hours, but TSA sucks there. The redeyes mean no longer needing to l leave the secure area for a hotel.
Hi...I was thinking that with the current & future trend of more cargo and less passengers flying that Boeing and Airbus have missed a good opportunity to develop combi versions of their long-haul aircraft. Surely the flexibility to adapt from all pax to all cargo or a mix of the two would be i...
Jump to post100 years? Let the quantum physicists have their way and we'll teleport.
Jump to postIs there a technical reason for an oval to not have a container-ready cargo hold aft of the passengers on the main deck if the bulkhead/air handling/fire suppression was designed to do so from the get-go?
Jump to postIran Air's order was for something like 200 aircraft, including 50 303 MAX. Boeing has some 100 white-tail Max aircraft that could be delivered during this administration. Right now, further bailouts of big business are unpopular and will continue to be so under this administration. Here, an opportu...
Jump to postAS makes fleet decisions based on resale prices. The E3 would be hard to resell. How so? Genuine question. First, my bad. I obviously meant the E2. Who knows what the E3 will bring. Even if AS does not have a scope clause preventing it from using the E2, the same is not true of the other US carrier...
Jump to postWhat are the chances of the E175-E2 with Horizon? Are they bound to the same scope clause as the other legacy regionals? It is definitely possible as AS has no scope clauses. QX does have 30 options for the E175-E1, however, I am not sure air group would want to take on what could be an orphan airc...
Jump to postI'm not sure how to search for it, but somewhere either in this thread or one of the NMA/NSA threads, Boeing was contemplating a new way of thinking about the pilot/aircraft interface. Commenters at the time suggested that that may be an indication that Boeing is shifting a bit more control from the...
Jump to postOne of the things I like about this site is I am surrounded by people who know a lot more than I do. So, understanding that I come from a place of ignorance, why couldn't either A or B design an airframe now that could be offered with a new engine later? We've seen what's in development with the eng...
Jump to postA lot of people here are saying the Q400 is not well suited for competition etc Anyone here can list the advantages and where the Q400 has a real advantage between competition? On what type or routes the Q400 can make the difference against competition. Longer ranges that use the Q's greater speed,...
Jump to postBy the time the -400s all need to be retired, we won't need pilots on cargo planes. A 777x freighter with no cockpit will be able to do nose loading just fine.
Jump to postAside from the type certificates, what all did Longview buy from BBD?
What is DHC without the Q? Parts and services?
Vendors are brutalized by pauses and their management have long memories. Yes, but part of that memory will be a global pandemic. *If* this is seen as being due to COVID, and *if* DHC uses the pause to move the line to somewhere that is credibly long term (perhaps announcing they are building the l...
Jump to postThe problem is not emotional support animals. A well trained ESA is essential to *some* people being able to function well in society. The problem is with people who use ESA exemptions for their ill-behaved and untrained pets. The Venn-diagram of people who think their pets are too precious for norm...
Jump to postMiniature Horses?. Outbreak of sizeism!!. I wrote an ADA compliance plan for a public space awhile back, and this one stopped me cold. Just how big are they? Turns out they are actually about the size of a large dog. They are useful for people who are allergic to dogs but still need service animals...
Jump to post"In serious (industry) studies I have participated in, quads only work for 800+ passenger (which has wingspan issues) and BWBs which, in my opinion, should never be a twin (no rudder except a drag rudder for engine out). For BWBs, quads are usually the best answer, in my opinion. Except for sm...
Jump to postEA CO AS wrote:AS wants higher capacity, as it equals lower CASM.
Will the white-tails have different internal configurations from the rest of the fleet?
Jump to postANC-DEN is surprising. Who in Denver is going to fly this route on AS that wouldn't otherwise fly UA? Members of the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan. Members of American Airlines AAdvantage. As odd as it's going to sound, we've had many people heading AWAY from Alaska to go skiing for the last few yea...
Jump to postIirc, SEA uses available seats to determine future gate allocation, how are blocked seats during the pandemic counted?
Jump to postThe U.S. Federal Treasury made money on the auto bailout. Much less than private capital world demand of an investment, but much more than our world have been had it been a grant rather than an exchange for equity.
It's worth remembering in this discussion.
Every fuselage diameter has an optimal length. You can only stretch the tube so far before you need to add weight because it needs more longitudinal strengthening. How does this change with a double bubble or oblong? There is still an optimal length, but is it longer than a single tube of a similar...
Jump to postDidn't Anchorage have a circular lounge area where folks could get off the plane, stretch, buy duty-free, etc. before continuing on, in the past? I seem to remember pics of it. Pre-911 sure. No doubt. I think he might be referring to pre 1982 when the International terminal was built. Before that, ...
Jump to postI'm still trying to understand how a transfer at ANC would be any different than LAX, SFO, JFK, ORD, etc? Someone could fly from Asia to Canada, stopping in ANC, and not require a transit visa. Alternatively, a foreign carrier could make a fuel stop in Anchorage, let the passengers stretch their le...
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