Well there certainly are issues on the CFM side as well. A lot of unscheduled maintenance on the Leap 1B. Frequent boroscoping and fuel nozzle replacement springs to mind.
Jump to postThis has unlocked cowlings written all over it. You can see 4 locks in the first picture. I was in DEN Friday to Saturday, the winds were pretty bad.
Jump to postWell LHR can bus people airside between terminals. It may not be very efficient, but it is there.
Jump to postLooks like it came out of the North Atlantic track at FL290, which sounds quite low given that it left the US eastern seaboard at FL350. I wonder if the lower flight level was connected to the medical emergency? They may have needed to burn fuel with the diversion. With a Medical Emergency one does...
Jump to postAt AMS airlines will get a fine when they keep their APU running too long because of pollution/CO2 emissions A lot of things are weird at AMS. And at most gates they can not provide conditioned air instead of using APU. AMS gives operators and pax the middle finger. Happy to take their money, but f...
Jump to postThe extremely high fares to and from China since COVID are likely subsidizing this Not seeing that from Europe, my wife is currently on a China trip. LHR-PEK-XIY return was USD 1300 on Premium Economy. Economy would have been 8-900 IIRC and Business Class USD 2800 for the dates she is travelling. S...
Jump to postI don’t supply any bleed air to the packs after blocking in. I want to make it as uncomfortable as possible for deplaning to incentivize people to get off as soon as possible… If there is a delay in getting the pax door open, I’ll put the bleeds on the APU until the door is open. After the door is ...
Jump to postby738 wrote:more investment finance just injected..
Current shareholders have pledged about USD 19M of the 30M they need probably no later than yesterday. We will see how that goes.
Jump to postAlso there are steps just in front of the engines. DC-8s only had a front passenger door. The stretched ones (-61/63) had a “jetescape” exit between the front door and the wing and also behind the wing (similar as much discussed 737-8200/900/-9 emergency exits).
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:Looks like a DME Arc, as spacing allows “cleared off the arc direct to the merge point”. Interesting idea if anyone knows how to arc anymore.
Hmmm… from the cabin video it seems the main gear touched down and the pulled the stick back and scraped the tail. Why?
Jump to postAll my checklists in my Cirrus are in the MFD. I would have assumed that was the case in the MAX as wel l. Sure I have the POH and laminated as back ups, but using the paper/laminated checklist is 3rd in my priority of options (iPad, MFD, Paper/Laminated, then POH). I can see a lot of problems in a...
Jump to post737 (Main) Gear Doors… do not exist, except for the small bits on the gear leg.
Jump to postMay want to make sure all nuts and bolts are installed in the delivery rush…
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-closely-monitoring-inspections-boeing-737-max-airplanes
Another Boeing quality issue…
rutankrd wrote:CX747 wrote:Aircraft is leased from Aerotranscargo. It was previously ER-BBB.
Not really leased the owners are the very same people !
I believe several stories got jumbled .. that picture looks like a 737 main gear(the strut diameter is too small), plus the fuselage is too small and close to the ground for a 777... when compared to the worker. Probably the only factual is an Aeroflot plane damaged a main gear.. I disagree...this ...
Jump to postI wonder how many of the respondents to this thread are actually pilots? I suspect very few. 25 hrs is an overkill.
Jump to postAm I missing something here but why would the pilots be excited about flying a 737? It is less pilot friendly and in Europe limits your options for moving elsewhere, as nearly every airline has Airbus. Why would the pilots want to accept poorer wages to fly a MAX, or have I completely misunderstood...
Jump to postI'm pretty sure it's max 50% SAF, 100% isn't possible with current engine tech. It's 100% SAF from all reports, 50 tonnes of it. From OP's linked article... " It currently costs more than kerosene, and relatively small amounts are made. Aircraft are usually only allowed to use up to 50% in a b...
Jump to postChange your thinking a bit from drag to lift. All that extra surface coming down generates extra lift that helps the take off. Now the 777 and 747 families are much much heavier and also more powerful than the 737 and so can use the extra flap to generate more lift. There are a lof of calculations ...
Jump to postHeading to Antartica from what I’ve read! This flight has been an Icelandair 767, not 757. The 757 goes regularly to Antarctica as well, but from Puerto Montt in Chile and not to Troll. Quite incorrect. Icelandair flew a 757 to Troll via ACC and CPT both this year and last. In both cases the flight...
Jump to postThis data is way off... All weight related data is available openly from Boeing and Airbus in their "Airport Planning / Compatibility Documents", see below: . Misleading. Boeing doesn't give oew figures in the acap link for the max you linked. The 321neo isn't anywhere near 52t OEW (some ...
Jump to postI had Engine Overheat issues on RB211 757s a long time ago, repeatedly. Resulting in 2 shutdowns and two landings with an idle engine. All the result of an actual bleed leak in the strut, where the engine bleed comes out of the engine casing. I can’t recall what the mechanics called that part (funne...
Jump to postThose who frequently fly into airports that are prone to regular fog or other low visibility weather events would fly LVO approaches and use autoland a lot more frequently than others. SFO is definitely one of those places, as are some continental airports in northern Europe in winter time. ICN is ...
Jump to postwilliam wrote:Does an A321NEO really weigh 50 OEW?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... harleston/
All over the internet now, except on anet… (at least I could not find it).
Contrary to OP, I will almost go out of my way to avoid 737s. Just dislike them (and I flew them for a while). Otherwise pretty much don’t care. The CRJ/ERJ stuff is universally pretty awful. Like the A220 though.
Jump to postDoes the MAX 10 come with a tailstrut a la the -900 and -9MAX? Yes…all the variants from -800/-8 up to the -10 are equipped with a tail skid. Not talking about a tailskid. But a tailstrut (tail stand if you will) to prevent tail-tipping on the ramp. One of the undesireable “features” of the longer ...
Jump to postDoes the MAX 10 come with a tailstrut a la the -900 and -9MAX?
Jump to postMy understanding is that most believe that the 737-800 was actually a bit lighter than the A320 CEO (regarding OEW) despite being equally bigger - not really a surprise as the A320 has bigger landing gear and bigger engines - 2 of the heaviest components on the aircraft. The 737 ACAP lists the OEW ...
Jump to postAnd how many people suffer the consequences every year because of overworked doctors? Do you really want to go there? By luck I was saved permanent damage/death from a surgeon that had been on duty for 16 hrs and operated on me in the middle of the night. Saved by a sharp team around him. But not en...
Jump to postA few really arrogant posts here by non-pilots. First of all "regulators are professionals". Are they? Or politicians? Let´s keep this on a European level, as Virgin is a (semi) European airline. Not many pilots would consider EASA Flight Time Limitations (FTL) "professional". On...
Jump to postn471wn wrote:
Again you missed 5728 N8703J which was rejected by SWA and is available
It's a tough spot. An 'island' country with 45,000 inhabitants, tough terrrain, and extreme weather. GOH's runway after these expansions will be 7200'. However, it still has the same challenges as before in terms of severe winds, cold, rain, fog and mountainous terrain. The sea access that is great...
Jump to postLUKAS10 wrote:I don't know why but Dreamliners generally don't age well. I recently flew B787 (Qatar Airways) and the whole interior looked quite worn out.
MSP tower controllers used to cut it pretty close (probably still do), more than once I had the lineup clearance similar to this (an airplane just landed in front of us): “XXX123, traffic (4) miles final, lineup and wait 12L, don´t spool down” and as we lined up an “ immediate” takeoff clearance.
Jump to postCould there be an error in A321neo lease rates? Showing lower than for an A320neo…
Jump to postNorth: Mestersvig, Greenland EGMV 72N
South: Union Glacier, Antarctica SCGC 79S
West: Faa´a Tahiti NTAA 149W
East: Nadi, Fiji 177E
Two world roundtrips. All as operating pilot
"SINK RATE!!" Apparently, they did not dump enough fuel to bring their landing weight down sufficiently. That was a brutal impact!! A rare classic RB211 powered ship.. Glad nobody was injured, aside from the landing pilots ego. Landing weight has absolutely nothing to do with whether the ...
Jump to post,[/quote] If someone wants a 737ER, when they order their 737, they check a few extra boxes, pay some more money, and their plane takes a detour through Wichita while it is still green. Extra tanks are added BBJ style and under the BBJ STCs.[/quote] Per my contact at Boeing, not that simple for the ...
Jump to postThe Messerschmitt 109 had slats The DC8 did not have slats but it did have slots in the wing leading edge Jets without LE slats are more vulnerable to any kind of wing ice contamination, reference Continental 1713 and several Challenger biz jet accidents, slats provide an enormous amount of lift Wh...
Jump to postBoeing added a measly 1000 lbs (454 kgs) to the MTOW of the MAX8 a couple of years ago. The MAX9 MTOW which is already far better than the -8 will not change. And the -10 MTOW is increased by less than the OEW increase from the -9. So any additional MTOW increase on the -10 are highly unlikely. It’s...
Jump to postReturned to HNL after Tail Strike indication in cockpit. It did indeed strike the tail, maintenance performed required inspections (tail strike/overweight landing), and aircraft was returned to service on the delayed 372. Aircraft has now flown two flights safely as you mentioned…..372 and 1509. Do...
Jump to postPuts things into perspective when the Sudanese are fleeing to Chad…
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/4/26/humanitarian-fears-as-thousands-of-sudanese-flee-to-chad-on-foot