Coexstud wrote:FSDan wrote:Is this referring to pilot bases? FA bases? Both? I'm assuming these would be 777 bases?
No Yonited didn’t have international pilot bases apart from GUM
I have only booked United now for the foreseeable future for work trips, with change fees gone there is zero reason to fly WN and I much more with status on UA then I ever got on WN. Status on WN did very little for me. One could make an argument that WN elected to forego change fees for exactly th...
Jump to post32andBelow wrote:Covid isn’t going to just kill humans desire to travel.
We’ve seen covid19 significantly affect the usage/life spans of VLA. I’ve been wondering whether the gradual shift towards larger single aisle planes will reverse as well. We don’t know how long covid will continue to depress travel but assuming demand is suppressed for several years perhaps the a32...
Jump to postIs everyone in Wuhan dead? Wuhan had a martial law type lock down and it worked after 3k people died. Italy did not have a lockdown until one week ago and has a ~8% case fatality rate. People who think we can just let everyone get infected and get over it do not understand what happens when the hea...
Jump to postThis may be Tsai's last chance to declare Taiwanese independence, while the mainland is distracted by COVID-19 and before the PLAN gets its carrier groups up-and-running. A good opening salvo is indeed renaming China Airlines and Chunghwa Telecom to Taiwan Airlines and Taiwan Telecom. But this is p...
Jump to postthompsonmax wrote:Hi everyone. I am new here. I also like A220 and I think it is better than E-195E2.
Saying the impact is small is generous. There is literally no impact, other than typical far right loons that like to control what everybody does. That’s far more dangerous than a plastic straw in the ocean. Since when was protecting and preserving the earth a far right agenda? I guess you'd let th...
Jump to postRidiculous nanny state regulation. Just as stupid and pointless as banning plastic straws, which also accomplishes absolutely nothing. No single snowflake thinks its the cause of an avalanche. The impact may be small, but it is the sum of many small efforts that will hopefully make a dent on our se...
Jump to postGood grief ..... only citizens of the USA would find this to be an issue worth discussing !!!! But then only a US airline would serve a hamburger in the 1st cabin LOL My Europeans snob detector just went off. There will be snootiness. Haha yeah only Europeans would block a middle seat and call it f...
Jump to postI do enjoy the environment debate about plastic while flying around in an airplane that’s spewing out exhaust. This is simply cost cutting. Not sure what’s left after this. No single snowflake thinks it’s the cause of an avalanche. Cost cutting or not do you deny less plastic isn’t a good thing? It...
Jump to poststill? Its Seagrams now How does everyone feel about them going from passing out bottles of water to now handing you a cup of water? Will you continue to ask for your softdrink or coffee and some water? Or skip the water since its in cup. I feel good about it. There are enough plastic bottles in th...
Jump to postThat's disappointing, though I'm glad Canada Dry is still the ginger ale option. still? Its Seagrams now How does everyone feel about them going from passing out bottles of water to now handing you a cup of water? Will you continue to ask for your softdrink or coffee and some water? Or skip the wat...
Jump to postSkytrax is a joke. They gave Lufthansa 5 stars for its planned new business class seat with direct aisle access even though none have it currently. How does that even make sense?
Jump to postOne should also note that China is promising both companies huge sales for opening these completion centers. To say no would mean that the company saying no would loose out massively over the next 15-20 years. Please detail if you will where China will source planes over the next 20 years if not fr...
Jump to postjohns624 wrote:I'll take performance over appearance any day of the week.
Interesting to see AA and UA go in opposite directions. AA taking business class seats out of their 787 (now 20) while UA adding planes like these. Certainly like uniteds approach more.
Jump to postConsidering Emirates best suite is on the 777 I would say they’re here to stay.
Jump to postMore interesting will be how an island of ~26m people will support three full service long haul carriers. The consumers will be winners for sure.
Jump to postSet up shop in China and transfer your technology there? Yeah, that makes sense. I could see setting up a chair or seat business, some interior stuff, but to make entire engines and planes there? Given China's past history concerning technology transfers, this doesn't look like a great move, tradin...
Jump to postGood point, 50-70 shipsets a months is something not done before. Wide bodies did 10-15 / month max. It might require some serious infrastructure and be a serious consideration to stay away from a composites wing for now.. https://airbus-h.assetsadobe2.com/is/image/content/dam/locations/united-king...
Jump to postIt is all about air noise and window design. Nothing to do with distance from engines. The 747 was much louder then the 777 in the cockpit. Interesting, since the cabin of the 777 is one of the noisier ones. I suppose that cabin noise variables may differ from cockpit ones. That being said I'll tak...
Jump to postDoes bankruptcy count? Independence Air went belly up less than 2 years after it broke off from regional flying for the majors. Really chaps my hide that I never got to use the $50 credit they gave me for a flight delay.
Jump to postI expect the 777X to be quieter than the 77W, but not by much. I do not expect it to be as quiet as the A380. Cest la vie. Lightsaber I recently was in the cockpit of a 747-400 at altitude and it was so quiet you could hear a whisper from one seat to another. It was downright eerie. Had not been in...
Jump to postnorthern hemisphere winter can make flying west painful. I was on CX881 LAX-HKG on 2/16. With taxi time it was a very long 16hr 11m trip.
Jump to postI'm curious how some of the major airports are feeling right about now who made major retrofits to support the A380. I'm equally as curious how some of the major airports are feeling right now who have not made major retrofits to support the A380. Who really cares? The A380 has been in service for ...
Jump to postOne has to also think of all the airport that spend millions upgrading to accommodate the a380. Seems some will never get a positive ROI in their investments.
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