Re: Any leaks, ideas, or otherwise: What is Airbus' next clean-sheet aircraft?

The A330 will be phased out as it is already lacking orders. So, I thinkl the line-up will be as follows... I can't say I agree with this, and feel people get far too caught up in the whole A330neo is dead rhetoric. Has it been as successful as the 787? No. Have airlines overall regarded it as an i...

Re: Ural Airlines A321 VQ-BOZ 15 august 2019 Moscow emergency landing

Jouhou wrote:

Is it technically an "emergency landing" If it barely takes off and glides down onto a field with its landing gear up? It's more like a gentle and well handled crash.

Re: US Flagged Airlines to Israel

Indeed, America and the ME have some work to do before they can call each other buddies, but there's also a very large amount of travel demand between the 2 nations, and it makes sense as Tel Aviv is a massive tech hub. Furthermore, Tel Aviv is also a lot closer geographically to the United States t...

Re: History of US-Athens service

DL currently operates twice daily A330 service between JFK and ATH, which switches to once daily during off-peak season. There also used to be flights from Atlanta, but those are gone now.

Re: Why didn't the B753 sell better?

The 757-300 was too heavy and as a result lacked range. It could have still sold fine though if it wasn't for the fact that it entered the market right before 9/11, which basically destroyed any order potential left for the model. It may just be me, but it seems to me like the A320 was the real 727 ...

Re: Funny: My version of the 737 MAX and I do mean MAX

…… … From the very beginning my idea of powering the 4 th generation of the https://imgup.nl/images/2019/02/20/Boeing-logo-20-x-SP.png . 737 aircraft was including GTF engine ( 737 FOUR ); four (4) http://imgup.nl/images/2018/08/09/PW-logo-80-x-17-D-PF.jpg . PW1600G , ‘2,5’-shaft, high-bypass, gear...

Re: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Returns to the Skies

Gulfstream500 wrote:

Alright then... time for someone to buy the rights to building the MD-11 and Boeing 717 and ressurect McDonnell Douglas!

Re: Any tips on getting the crew to let you in the cockpit?

Depends on the airline and nation, but in the US, you're absolutely not allowed to visit inflight, which is kind of a shame as one of my fondest memories was when, back before 9/11, the FA told us about a kid who seemed to be obsessed with aviation, and so the captain let him sit in the jumpseat fo...

Re: Last Revenue L-1011

still for my money the best looking airplane their is. I got a bid into it as a S/O pretty quickly after being hired at DL and loved every minute of flying it. Lucky man, I remember they parked the last one less than a year after I got hired, I was too busy flying the 73N, but man that was my dream...

Re: Last Revenue L-1011

still for my money the best looking airplane their is. I got a bid into it as a S/O pretty quickly after being hired at DL and loved every minute of flying it. Lucky man, I remember they parked the last one less than a year after I got hired, I was too busy flying the 73N, but man that was my dream...

Re: A320neo vs B737max

Given the conditions listed by the OP, it would depend largely on the types of routes that the airline would want to fly, and whether they would be looking at operating just the specific variants or other members as well, all of which may or may not offset the MAX 8's CASM, maintenance, and value a...

Re: A320neo vs B737max

Given the conditions listed by the OP, it would depend largely on the types of routes that the airline would want to fly, and whether they would be looking at operating just the specific variants or other members as well, all of which may or may not offset the MAX 8's CASM, maintenance, and value ad...

Re: S7 flight runs off end of runway, barely takes off

The worst part to me is that not once does something click in either pilot's heads that they don't have nearly enough thrust. And I mean, in the 737, you hit the TOGA switch, and the plane starts to climb very rapidly , seems like even after lifting off they didn't increase thrust, which I just wil...

Re: S7 flight runs off end of runway, barely takes off

The worst part to me is that not once does something click in either pilot's heads that they don't have nearly enough thrust. And I mean, in the 737, you hit the TOGA switch, and the plane starts to climb very rapidly , seems like even after lifting off they didn't increase thrust, which I just will...

Re: Pilots and F/A as a passenger experience

Economy long-haul is to be avoided like the plague, would never do that voluntarily. I just took a 15 hour flight after another 5 hour flight, both in economy, and man, that was the longest flight I ever took by far. Not to mention the sun is shining, about to reach an alltime high for the day, and...

Re: Pilots and F/A as a passenger experience

I don't understand why they don't just move You seem to be pretty young still, but you’ll understand when you have an established family. I'm 47 and married for 17 years, but sure, I guess to some people that could still seem young and unestablished. That's my fault, when you stated that you were t...

Re: Air Traffic Controllers - LiveATC.net

I'm a pilot, not a controller, but I've never listened to LiveATC except for once when I first heard about it and decided to see what it was and how it compared. I imagine most pilots and ATC controllers feel the same way, though I always watched the video recordings of Kennedy Steve on YouTube, no...

Re: Pilots and F/A as a passenger experience

I don't understand why they don't just move You seem to be pretty young still, but you’ll understand when you have an established family. Using me as an example, I’m currently an A330 Captain at NYC, and I would quite like to go to the 777. The trouble is, well I won’t be able to hold 777 Captain a...

Re: Pilots and F/A as a passenger experience

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

I look forward to the trip, but not the flight and attendant nonsense.

Re: Air Traffic Controllers - LiveATC.net

I'm a pilot, not a controller, but I've never listened to LiveATC except for once when I first heard about it and decided to see what it was and how it compared. I imagine most pilots and ATC controllers feel the same way, though I always watched the video recordings of Kennedy Steve on YouTube, now...

Re: Pilots and F/A as a passenger experience

I've had to deadhead a few times, but I've never really had to actually commute(not counting my 40 minute 11 mile car drive), which is fine by me honestly, because the last thing that I want to do after a long flight from Europe is to get on another flying metal tube. Otherwise though, I rather enjo...

Re: Will a US3 carrier return to Moscow!?

Actually heard that Saint Petersburg-New York is a really big unserved market market, LED can get direct east Asia (Seoul shanghai Beijing Chengdu Xian ) especially during summer season but no New York...? Maybe delta could fly there during the summer season... Wasn't St. Petersburg to New York Bal...

Re: Will a US3 carrier return to Moscow!?

Not until our krasavchik leaves office, likely a year or so after that, so either way we're definitely waiting until the 2020s arrive. Obviously DL will be the first to do so, Skyteam and Skyteam, I'm sure all of us miss the approaches, especially in the winter.

Re: What would happen if Delta began Warsaw?

The issue is that Kennedy at first would be the ideal choice for such a flight, as our longhaul strategy is focused on O&D as opposed to say DTW or ATL, which focus on connections. However, LOT has an astounding amount of flights to both JFK and EWR and they have a substantial amount of regional...

Re: American Airlines flight attendant bitten by emotional support dog

And this my friends, is another failure of the US emotional support animal system, when will we learn? Does anyone know when this whole fad even became a thing?

Re: Delta Widebody Thread - 2019

Following continued harassment and bullying from the usual suspects, I've decided to change the format of the reporting. I will now do this weekly and have more of a highlights theme rather than attempt to be 100% fully encompassing of all events happening within the widebody fleet. I know I haven'...

Re: Worrying about a bumpy flight tomorrow. KEF - EWR

We avoid it because, unless you're departing on a ferry flight, it's just super annoying to deal with, the passengers get upset, and it's just not a pleasant situation to deal with even though it's perfectly safe. I would think that maybe the best way to deal with it is to book a window seat, open t...

Re: JFK Airport in the 1960's and 1970's

What exactly was the experience of flying in and out of JFK Airport in New York City like in the 1960's and 1970's because I know that it is horrible today based on secondhand accounts. It's not necessarily horrible, depends on the Terminal. 7 is really the only one that I would call terrible, 1 an...

Re: Largest US Airlines based on several metrics

Sounds about right, nothing really unexpected

Re: Your favorite or most fascinating aircraft type..

Jet aircraft (all) - A380-800 Regional jet - DC9-50 Narrow body jet - A321NEO/MD88 Wide body jet - A380-800 Twinjet - A350-1000 XWB Trijet - L1011-200 Quadjet - A380-800 Propeller aircraft (all) - DA20 Mosquito Propeller general aviation - DA20 Mosquito Piston engine aircraft - DA20 Mosquito Turbopr...

Re: Planned storming of Area 51 9/20

Yep, I'll take all of my friends with me aboard my A330, try to get in from above.

Jokes aside, nothing will likely come out of this aside from some Area 51 memes, and it's quite likely that Area 51 isn't even a major US military site, not anymore.

Re: DL Planes to Carry Narcan for Drug Overdose Prevention

In my 2 decades of commercial flying, I think that I've only had a passenger overdose maybe twice at most, and not once in recent years. In fact, in my nearly 45 years on this planet, I don't think that I've ever even witnessed such an occurrence as a passenger. Seems like a waste of money, though i...

Re: A321neo operators alerted over 'excessive pitch' anomaly

The IAE V2500s(the hairdressers) were on every A320CEO model except for the A318, but the PW6000s on those were also hairdryers. And it is the other way around, Alternate Law provides some protections, Direct Law has no protections. You're correct about the laws, but neither ALT or Direct law have ...

Re: A380 NEO Proposal

The A380 could have been a success if it wasn't so comprised, being designed as a shrink of a larger model. A proper NEO with any hope of success would need to change that and development dollars would be astronomical compared to other reengine programs

Re: A321neo operators alerted over 'excessive pitch' anomaly

Why is this on the A321n and not the A320n? A321 has hairdresser engines, like the A343. So when you add a big ass and powerful engine on it, the consecuence is increase of thrust and AoA. All fine and well until the pilots don't realize they are in direct law like AF 447 and Air Asia 8501. With as...

Re: Gander International

There are a fair amount of airports just like Gander, such as Anchorage, though they obviously get a lot more cargo traffic than Gander

Re: Who will be the first airlines to retire their A380s?

I would keep a close eye on Etihad, seems to be little news as of recent, but we all know what's been going on with them as of recent

Re: A321neo operators alerted over 'excessive pitch' anomaly

Boeing put bigger engines on a plane, caused pitching, Airbus did the same.....lets take a closer look. Cool thing about the Bus is (not with pax) you can take the power and shove it to TOGA and slam it to idle and back and forth and the FBW compensates in pitch. All fine and well until the pilots ...

Re: Can DL's A330neo fly SEA-SIN/SYD!?

DL probably could, particularly with the 251T NEOs, but flights against winds would be difficult, so the route would go to the A359, the 777 is probably a bit too much plane

Re: 737-8200?

It's one way of dropping the tainted-"Max" name from public-facing fleet information. Expect more, unless Boeing comes up with a new name. Is there any evidence that the public as a group (not a.net members) has difficulty with the name? Ask your non-avgeek wife/husband/significant other ...

Re: When was your last MD-80 flight and how was it?

My last MD80 flight was actually as Captain from Atlanta to Laguardia back in 2012, and well, it was a pretty normal day for me, except more special as it was my last flight on what was my favorite aircraft for much of my life as I was going to be transitioning to the 7ER after that. Will say that i...

Re: Top 10 biggest failures in commercial aviation?

The A380 is without question the biggest commercial failure in civil aviation How is that possible when it sold much better than literally every entrant in that list? Because it was built mostly out of pride, ego, hubris, and shoddy planning. "Hey Boeing! We built the world's biggest plane!&qu...

Re: Your 2019 Booked/Flown Flights List

8/3 QF 12 JFK-LAX B789 Y
8/3 QF 12 LAX-SYD A388 Y
8/15 QF 7 SYD-DFW A388 Y
8/15 AA 2292 DFW-JFK B752 Y

11/24 B6 1261 JFK-BGI A321 Y
11/30 B6 2662 BGI-JFK A320 Y

Re: Top 10 biggest failures in commercial aviation?

Max Q wrote:

The A380 is without question the biggest commercial failure in civil aviation

Re: Top 10 biggest failures in commercial aviation?

747-8 As much as I like the 747 it's a final squeeze of the orange. A lot of effort for a few more drops. . 747-8 product is not a commercial failure if you considering both versions. Boeing slowed their production but not stopped yet. There are too many 744 Freighter to replace and Boeing expected...

Re: Delta at LHR

With the JV with VS and all of Skyteam, along with the lack of slots at Heathrow there just isn't really the need or even possibility for that many more flights to Heathrow, and as mentioned above, all the LHR flights were built up over the last decade, so it's natural that network isn't as large. I...

How to upload pictures on a post

Hey guys, I've been unable to figure out how I'm supposed to upload pictures when I'm posting, as it just shows the image URL rather than an actual photo. [img]<img%20src="http://www.dansorensenphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/lax-in-n-out-a380-1013x675.jpg"%20alt="Image%20result%20...

Re: The greatest hotel room ever for aviation geeks ?

It's not a hotel, but the In-and-Out Burger by LAX is pretty famous among most avgeeks for pretty obvious reasons I'm sure. [img]<img%20src="http://www.dansorensenphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/lax-in-n-out-a380-1013x675.jpg"%20alt="Image%20result%20for%20in%20and%20out%20burger%2...

Re: Lockheed and Douglas - Should they have built twinjets?

MD did, multiple of them too. Ever heard of the DC9, MD80, MD90, 717, 787, 777X, 737MAX?

Re: Your least favorite aircraft type ?

As a pilot, I've loved every aircraft that I've ever flown, but the worst plane that I've ever worked on was the 737NG. Best description that a colleague of mine ever gave was that it was a plane designed by 2 year olds with legos.