Re: Boeing moving HQ to Arlington, VA

I agree with you there but I beliebe the source of this lack is in the top levels of BCA. It is the job of BCA to convince the CEO, so he can bring the proposed design to the board. In a first instance the CEO will decide which design he thinks is the most valuable and then its his job to get the b...

Re: More than 100 Passengers are barred from boarding connecting flight in Germany

I'm fascinated by some posters constant reference to the German police having machine guns- as if this is some traumatic provocation. Do airport security in TLV have guns- or is that perfectly OK because the affected pax are Jewish? The German police generally carry weapons - this is nothing specia...

Re: Tibet Airlines A319 on fire at Chongqing

Guess they can skip the part of the checklist where they mention shutting down the engines...

Re: Airbus / Qatar A350 dispute - Airbus filed defence and counter-claim

I guess playing time will be over soon. Qatar wants the best aircraft around, A350s & A321NEO's, Airbus wants to sell aircraft. Fire all lawyers, fix the aircraft at Airbus costs & move on. I disagree - if QR are responsible for some of the damage then they should be man enough to solve the...

Re: Passenger lands Cessna Caravan after pilot has medical emergency

Every article I've seen says that ATC "talked him down". Most ATC know very little about flying an aircraft, so unless they just happen to have an ATC person familiar with the Caravan, I suspect they got someone in there who knew how to operate it. In any case - a great job by all! Let's ...

Re: Avolon CEO says Boeing has "lost its way"

I, for one, think Boeing is doing just fine. Manufacturers are not immune from setbacks (see: Airbus pitot incidents (AF 447), fuel tank woes, etc.). The media also had a hand in sensationalizing the MCAS incidents, undermining the public's confidence and manufacturing fear. Boeing is certainly not...

Re: Help wanted with mystery biplane.......

WayexTDI wrote:

Photo has been uploaded in the database; identified as a Go-145L (CASA1145L), which I think is erroneous.

Re: Are the Pratt & Whitney GTF reliability issues fixed now?

I did notice that MS had 8 parked at one point. Also been wondering why no follow up orders from Delta even though it is the perfect a319/717 replacement. You hear anything about Delta or Korean or airbaltic? DL has topped off it's original order of 75 with 15 more and converted a majority of the o...

Re: AF 011 go around

wjcandee wrote:

Give it a rest, guys. There was a go-round. Probably fighting the automation. Likely pilot error. Plane landed safely. Who cares?

Re: Airbus / Qatar A350 dispute - Airbus filed defence and counter-claim

Exactly changing maintenance intervals and processes based on experience is a basic tenant of modern safety management. They may get relaxed or even tightened based on what is found. I would expect that the judge appointed to this hearing has a background in similar engineering or even better aeron...

Re: Comair and Kulula grounded by South African CAA

I’ll say again, have you ever been in SA and have you traveled on all our domestic airlines? If you have and you still believe this lot is on the same level as the others I can’t help you. Yes. I have been to SA LOL I lived there - I have the green book. I even worked at ORTIA. I flew on everything...

Re: Comair and Kulula grounded by South African CAA

Yes. I have been to SA LOL I lived there - I have the green book. I even worked at ORTIA. I flew on everything from Phoenix, FliteStar, SunAir, 1time, Nationwide, Airlink to SAX. Including Kulula and Comair/BA. You *can* help me with stating facts, of incidents or accidents, that lead you to state ...

Re: Comair and Kulula grounded by South African CAA

Of course I realize all airlines have problems. But in this market none more so than Kulula and Comair. They have way more issues than anyone else. Comair’s aicraft can be really dodgy some times, I say that from personal experience when I still travelled with them. I have never come across aircraf...

Re: Comair and Kulula grounded by South African CAA

Kulula and Comair are both super dodgy. I had a Comair frequent flyer card but stopped using them years ago. I found their flights were very often late and sometimes their aircraft were really poor. We are just lucky there was no accident over the years. The CAA let them fly a few days ago and then...

Re: Comair and Kulula grounded by South African CAA

Didn't Mango have a shutdown last year due to similar mx issues? Kulula and Comair are both super dodgy. I had a Comair frequent flyer card but stopped using them years ago. I found their flights were very often late and sometimes their aircraft were really poor. We are just lucky there was no acci...

Re: Comair and Kulula grounded by South African CAA

Another point of interest is Gidon Novick. He is part of the consortium. that is supposed to be 'privatising SAA'. In addition, he runs a competitive recently started up the low-cost carrier, Lift. SAA has just started flights to Durban again. Perhaps it is a coincidence that the SACAA banned BA/Co...

Re: Comair and Kulula grounded by South African CAA

Comair will be in interesting business case study. They were very well respected and profitable for 60+ years straight. Then 2019/2020 came and everything fell off the rails fast. Next thing they are filing for the SA version of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and having mx/safety issues. How did the carrier...

Re: Comair and Kulula grounded by South African CAA

Comair will be in interesting business case study. They were very well respected and profitable for 60+ years straight. Then 2019/2020 came and everything fell off the rails fast. Next thing they are filing for the SA version of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and having mx/safety issues. How did the carrier...

Re: It seems, Antonov factory in Kiev is on fire.

Yikes, no more An-124s? What will fly the 777 engines around? The 777F can load all but the GE90-11x in an assembled state. The -11x can also be loaded, but the fan has to removed and loaded separately. Takes a bit of time, but really not that big of a deal when you have no other options. Could the...

Re: Do some jetliners need to level off after takeoff climb to build speed for flap retraction?

Yes in a heavy A343 out of JNB in the summer Pretty much any heavy quad out of JNB in summer tbh. Yeh probably. The A346 wasn't too bad though I worked JNB outbounds for quite some time and the QF 744 to SYD and SA 744 to HKG stick out in my mind for the worst climbs literally ever experienced. Bes...

Re: Do some jetliners need to level off after takeoff climb to build speed for flap retraction?

T54A wrote:

Yes in a heavy A343 out of JNB in the summer

Re: Why didn't the Boeing 707 have rudder problems similar to those of the Boeing 737?

Looking at cutaway drawings of the Boeing 707, it appears that this aircraft did not have split rudders like the Boeing 727 and that it had a single rudder actuator system. Of course cutaway drawings don't show everything. Since I don't have detailed schematics of the Boeing 707 and its civil and m...

Re: Very strict "double" rejection!?

Hi, this pic was successfully uploaded: https://abload.de/img/q33a2719-cr2_dxo_gros7ej4g.jpg This second uplaod was rejected for "double" even after appeal with the notice "same date/side of the first pic" https://abload.de/img/q33a2637-cr2_dxo_gros54k0o.jpg It is right, that th...

Re: BA A350 tail strike at Heathrow on Jan. 2

On the upside, I don't see any areas of bubbling paint

Re: Updated: Airbus goes legal as Qatar Airways jet row escalates

Dear Revelation, Bad look? To who? To those that matter, I reckon the entire situation is clear as day. And when I say those that matter, I am referring to the other A350 operators and Airbus and even QR. I can guarantee you that LH et al would have no qualms grounding an aircraft from any manufact...

Re: Updated: Airbus goes legal as Qatar Airways jet row escalates

Overall, being sued by a major customer is a bad look for Airbus, IMO. ... Seems we've now gone well past that call for an independent legal assessment. ... Whomever at Airbus who thought that thread was a good idea may be in a bit of a pickle right now. Dear Revelation, Bad look? To who? To those ...

Re: Qatar Airways has grounded 13 A350’s at the request of the Qatar Aviation regulator

bikerthai wrote:

bikerthai wrote:

And QR is just using it as a bargaining chip.

I take that back. QA is being grounded because of their regulator.

bt

Re: Gulfstream launches G400 and G800

lightsaber wrote:

I had no idea this was in development.

Lightsaber

Re: Any real-world ERJ pilots able to help?

I once had a 727-100 outclimb a CRJ2. And a 727 was not exactly a hot rod in the climb V/S wise although It would belt along though, thankfully whereas the CRJ was slow and climbed crap. And the 727 were happiest at F280 or so. The analogy that a CRJ is the cholesterol of the airways is really apt. ...

Re: Updated: 737 Freighter ditches in water off HNL

I'm curious how you can have a controller alone with no backup. I'm just throwing this out there, what if she maybe had some local Ahi that wasn't as fresh as it should have been and an expedited run to the restroom was required, is there not someone else there to take over her responsibilities if ...

Re: Updated: 737 Freighter ditches in water off HNL

I'm curious how you can have a controller alone with no backup. I'm just throwing this out there, what if she maybe had some local Ahi that wasn't as fresh as it should have been and an expedited run to the restroom was required, is there not someone else there to take over her responsibilities if ...

Re: 737 Cargo in water at HNL

Sorry Zeke I have to call you out on this confrontational post. As a real living ATC I have also visited many centres, and the vast majority are old and way outdated. We aren't allowed to increase fees to get the good stuff. I've worked on some of the latest, and at best the datablock can include A...

Re: 737 Cargo in water at HNL

He already explained why ATC needs POB, it is ATC who relays that information to emergency services. He already explained why ATC needs fuel on board, it helps them understand what alternates can be offered and it also informs emergency services to how much flammable liquid is on board. Suggest you...

Re: 737 Cargo in water at HNL

We ask as a "when you have time available" for these very damn relevant bits of information - doesn't take more than a few seconds to inform us. Every crew know they will be asked this in an emergency. The crew flying are not the only people scrambling to save lives when the sh1t hits the...

Re: 737 Cargo in water at HNL

Adding it to the data block, clearly you've never been to an ATC radar facility. Data blocks are already large enough. Besides, unless your transponder is tied in to your fuel we would have no idea how much fuel you currently have if something arises a few hours in to your flight. I have been to nu...

Re: 737 Cargo in water at HNL

We ask as a "when you have time available" for these very damn relevant bits of information - doesn't take more than a few seconds to inform us. Every crew know they will be asked this in an emergency. The crew flying are not the only people scrambling to save lives when the sh1t hits the...

Re: 737 Cargo in water at HNL

Here's a link to the ATC audio recording. First contact at ~2m in the recording. Trouble starts at ~2m55s. No transmissions from the aircraft but ATC transmissions are there. Accident aircraft is Rhodes 810. https://archive.liveatc.net/phnl/PHNL1-HCF-App-Dep-Jul-02-2021-1130Z.mp3 I’ve always been m...

Re: Updated: 737 Freighter ditches in water off HNL

Agreed the pilot who did the majority of the radio calls was ineffective. Air traffic controller missed the first two requests to return completely. He wasn’t the only culprit of poor RT. Almost every single transmission is stepped on by someone else making a call, which is crazy. Not sure what’s u...

Re: Updated: 737 Freighter ditches in water off HNL

Agreed the pilot who did the majority of the radio calls was ineffective. Air traffic controller missed the first two requests to return completely. He wasn’t the only culprit of poor RT. Almost every single transmission is stepped on by someone else making a call, which is crazy. Not sure what’s u...

Re: BA 787-8 Nosewheel collapse at LHR

But is it a write-off?

Re: Emirates 5.5bn Loss

Emirates group has to cut down its staffing levels. 108K to 74k is progress, still way too high. 1 working while 4 gawking model should end, even it means fewer management positions. Consolidate dnata and non core EK functions. That is the only way to identify redundancies. There is a good reason t...

Re: Emirates 5.5bn Loss

I have to wonder how many more A380s will be parked, along with routes moved to FZ, especially with the MAX returning. They’re an airline begging to have the B789/B78X in their fleet, which would enable a single wide body pilot group down the line. (The 777 will be needed for cargo.) It's interesti...

Re: NAV CANADA announces workforce reductions

Some good news ! NavCan, earlier this week, decided to cancel all planned ATC layoffs at some of their ACCs. https://www.navcanada.ca/en/news/news-releases/55879.aspx Today, NAV CANADA has cancelled surplus notices to 41 air traffic controllers in area control centres in Gander, Moncton, Montreal a...

Re: Bloomberg: Qatar Airways Is in a Mystery Spat with Airbus

The A350-1041 involved is A7-ALL, a 4.8 years old bird. It was ferried to Shannon on 13th November 2020 with another QR B77W A7-BEB to be repainted in World Cup Livery. It was during the paint stripping when cracks found in the composite fuselage. A temporary fix was put in place and was flown to T...

Re: Ex-Southwest pilot admits lewd act in cockpit mid-flight

Guess he was one of those vehemently against cameras watching the flight deck then... :stirthepot: In this case the cockpit voice recorder would likely be damning enough. But I suppose it really comes down to what one feels the purpose of a voice (or video) recording would be. Is it a tool to aid i...

Re: Ex-Southwest pilot admits lewd act in cockpit mid-flight

Guess he was one of those vehemently against cameras watching the flight deck then...

Re: NTSB Renews Calls for Cockpit Video Recorders

You are company time, earning company dime. What is there to fear if you are doing the right thing? When are you putting a company camera in your office or cubicle? First job I ever had, had cameras everywhere and a system that tracked each and everything you did on PC to the second. I have worked ...

Re: NTSB Renews Calls for Cockpit Video Recorders

zeke wrote:

Re: Is it possible to access the cargo compartment from the passenger compartment?

I once worked a 767 bizjet and they brought their own ground engineer who later entered the aircraft via a ladder and hatch in the front somewhere... Got a photo somewhere in my archives...

Re: NTSB Renews Calls for Cockpit Video Recorders

I have to wonder why this wasn't proposed after the AC759 near miss (which could have resulted in 3 planes being destroyed). What caused AC759 to ultimately line up with the taxiway was never fully determined, and ATC didn't notice what was wrong even after the landing clearance was challenged. Lan...