Re: Killeen in talks with various airlines

What do these talks look like? I can imagine from an airline perspective, they get pitched "Please serve our airport'' all the time. And I can imagine airlines are very well equipped and prepared to model what business to that city would be like. But what can a city offer? Obviously some accomm...

Re: What are you dressing up as this Halloween?

Staggering inflation

Re: DL20 SEA-LHR dumping fuel after take off

So, to restate: DL20 SEA-LHR (runs checklists, lands normally) after take off

Re: Lufthansa’s new first class suite

Forgive my ignorance, but each suite seats one, yes? I read the part about sitting "on an ottoman" to allow for travel partners to sit together to dine, but are you essentially telling me I would need to sit alone in my little box for 10-12 hours watching movies while my wife sits in her l...

Re: Boeing TTBW to fly on modified McDonnell Douglas T-tail fuselage

Are the trusses shaped to also create lift?

Re: Domestic in Kazakhstan (CIT-NQZ)

Very nice

Re: AA reveals new interiors for 787-9 and A321XLR

Sigh. Another nod to the obnoxious dolts who carry the proper-color credit card whilst the folks who scrape together enough money for an occasional vacation get further crammed into "seats" in the back, undoubtedly further burdened with more fees and indignities. Sadly, I have to agree wi...

Re: AA reveals new interiors for 787-9 and A321XLR

Sigh. Another nod to the obnoxious dolts who carry the proper-color credit card whilst the folks who scrape together enough money for an occasional vacation get further crammed into "seats" in the back, undoubtedly further burdened with more fees and indignities.

Re: JFK-ATL/PBI & Diversion to SAV (jetBlue & Delta)

To what extent are automated marshallers used? Or is that even a thing? And if its a thing, you'd still need wingwalkers, right?

Re: How is DL's new LGA-BDL 3X Daily doing?

How is this different than, say GSO-CLT or TPA-MIA or CSG-ATL.

Re: Rejected for Personal Message

It should be "right" in frame. the eye wants to see more room in the direction of movement.

Re: Russian Official Suggests Pilots Should Learn To Repair Aircraft

After having had a flight recently cancelled aboard a brand new A321 after 45 minutes on a taxiway while the crew said it couldnt turn off a windshield wiper, this doesn't sound like such a bad idea :) I know you are being slightly sarcastic. But I had this one time on my plane. The mechanic took 8...

Re: Russian Official Suggests Pilots Should Learn To Repair Aircraft

After having had a flight recently cancelled aboard a brand new A321 after 45 minutes on a taxiway while the crew said it couldnt turn off a windshield wiper, this doesn't sound like such a bad idea

Re: Jets gain weight? Really?

In a previous thread, a posted made this comment: "And as jets are like people and gain weight as they age." Agreed on the people part, but I've never heard the jet part. True? How, why? How much? Thanks. I'll take the hit for this, since I'm the poster you're quoting. Some things don't t...

Jets gain weight? Really?

In a previous thread, a posted made this comment: "And as jets are like people and gain weight as they age." Agreed on the people part, but I've never heard the jet part. True? How, why? How much? Thanks.

Re: Air crew rostering on Delta's ATL->JNB->CPT->ATL triangle route

So, for those of us who don't speak pilot, how many Delta employees with pilots licenses will be aboard when the plane leaves Atlanta?

Re: EWR To No Longer Be Considered NYC Airport

I get this is a site for people with above average interest and knowledge of all things airline, but beyond the juvenile hot takes about Cincinnati not actually having an airport because it's in Kentucky, please explain why this is a thing? I understand the (frankly, rare-sounding) bit about flying ...

Re: Movies with airlines on them

Pan Am in From Russia With Love. In fact, the air controller in Istabul oddly reports back to London that "Your Pan Am Flight 1 just landed in Instabul."

Re: Did Eurowings upgrade to RSW?

For that matter, MLB has international widebody service to the UK. So it's not always a question of size.

Re: AA Leaves passengers stranded in Bermuda for almost 24 hours

And airlines wonder why they're perceived as generally awful (maybe they're not surprised). Crew gets to go to comfy beds in hotels... Wonder what happens when Crew doesnt rest properly.. The original story clearly said the original crew timed out. They were going to ride to LHR anyway once the res...

Re: AA Leaves passengers stranded in Bermuda for almost 24 hours

Here is what is more frustrating from a passenger's perspective. The replacement plane was flown in from JFK - which is a ~2 hour flight to BDA. I get that they might have to wait for a 777-300 to be sourced with a crew, but the plane they chose was on the ground at JFK from 0800 until 1644ET while...

Re: AA Leaves passengers stranded in Bermuda for almost 24 hours

And airlines wonder why they're perceived as generally awful (maybe they're not surprised). Crew gets to go to comfy beds in hotels while paying customers sleep on the floor? I get you cant just conjure up a replacement plane or crew, but show some leadership and make the customers as happy as possi...

Re: Air France Pilots Physically Fight in the Cockpit

In reporting this, CBS news last night showed an A-340 taxiing up to the gate.

Re: Harry Potter star fumes at Air Canada for kicking him out of first class

This whole thing smells of showing up late to the gate and do-you-know-who-I-am-ism.

Flaps and aborted landings/go-arounds

When transitioning from a normal approach and landing to a missed approach or go-around, how crucial is resetting the flaps? I'm imagining flaps set for landing don't do anyone much good when power and climbing are now most important. I'm also guessing this can be a huge workload almost instantly in...

Re: Taking off without slats/flaps set; possible?

The 500 series its basically the same thing. We can take off flaps zero in normal conditions but you will really never see it True, you can also just generally use Flaps 0 for takeoff on the C525, but as practically all departures are noise-abatement, you never use it. Unless as said with Icing Flu...

Re: Avelo Airlines News and Discussion Thread

Poor folks aboard Avelo 305 on Saturday. Left HVN at 2 pm and tried to sneak in a landing in front of an approaching storm at SRQ, but aborted the landing near the threshold. From there, it held, then diverted to Tampa where it had to abort another landing, then held off the Gulf coast before finall...

Re: Strobe & Beacon Light Question

These were all rotating flashing lights back in the old days, right?

Re: Ethiopian pilots fall asleep and miss descent at ADD

boerje wrote:

Perhaps Boeing could create an "Awakeness Augmentation System" for the pilots to keep them awake.

Re: Airline seats too small? The FAA may soon change that

I think they should mandate wider seats and seat pitch. Its a hazard in an incident / accident if you can't easily get out of your seat / row, and while I know their are certified max pax capacity on all aircraft that are authorized by the FAA / manufacturers, common sense says its currently allowe...

Re: Airline seats too small? The FAA may soon change that

I get pitch, but how do airlines max profits by narrowing seats? Are you telling me you can shave enough width from 10 seats (and maybe from the aisles?) on a 3-4-3 widebody to make 11 abreast seating? And how does this even help with a narrowbody? Did 707s ever offer 2-3 or 2-2 seating in coach?

Re: American Airlines orders Boom Overture aircraft

Story doesnt say how much the deposit is, though it does indicate it's non-refundable. A publicly traded company can't just take a flyer and decide to do something truly stupid. there must be some kind of risk/reward thing here, even if it means the nation's media stops talking about crappy coach se...

Re: American Airlines orders Boom Overture aircraft

Please explain to me what "an order" for something like this entails. A downpayment with which Boom can use in development? A mere promise to buy if there is something to buy that meets the specs originally agreed upon? Is it right to call something like this a commitment?