It sounds like an Orwellian word like “unperson” or “reeducate.”
Jump to postI also live in southern New England, heard from an RN the traffic was a 50 mile back-up in VT. Long red lines on Google Maps. The James Webb Space Telescope could not detect my interest in experiencing that for 3 minutes of darkness. It really wasn't that bad since I wasn't driving. I thought of it...
Jump to postNot interested at all, but from a musical standpoint, US country and rap music have the same roots: rural English and Irish folk music. Any country song can be a rap song, and vice versa. It’s basically the same genre anyway. They also use the same accent - again, from rural England. They don’t hav...
Jump to postNot interested at all, but from a musical standpoint, US country and rap music have the same roots: rural English and Irish folk music.
Any country song can be a rap song, and vice versa. It’s basically the same genre anyway. They also use the same accent - again, from rural England.
DEN is really nowhere close to Denver…
Jump to postThis is a non-trivial amount of weight added to the flight. With all the scrutiny from the FAA United are under I wonder how this will be treated from a regulatory point of view. Not really. The bags would otherwise in the cargo bin (at the same weight). The only difference would be the weight of t...
Jump to postAnyone have any insight about this? Will be a big improvement for the E175 experience. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-becomes-first-airline-to-add-new-larger-overhead-bins-to-embraer-e175-aircraft-302099459.html Quick math -- if being able to take 29 additional bags is about an 80%...
Jump to postLove this I already love the E-jet. What a classy airplane for relatively minor routes it serves.
Jump to postStandby is a sign that something is very wrong and they don’t know their intentions. Large amount of kinetic energy and fuel pretty close to the ground to not know your intentions. Of course, I have never flown a plane, but flying at LGA is notorious for tightly spaced airspace. Standby is the avia...
Jump to postStandby is a sign that something is very wrong and they don’t know their intentions. Large amount of kinetic energy and fuel pretty close to the ground to not know your intentions.
Of course, I have never flown a plane, but flying at LGA is notorious for tightly spaced airspace.
What they need is an outsider management team (top 5 jobs and 20 of the top 25), from a place such as SpaceX. Obviously no Douglas alumni should be considered. The trouble with incompetent managers is they still think their opinion should shape the future. That’s exactly the point; their opinion sho...
Jump to postThe navy will have a “hell” of a time with drones for the remainder of the century. The ships are just too good a target.
Jump to postNeed to think about the appropriate music playlist for the day. Put in your suggestions. Mine include: Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine" Fiona Apple - "Shadowboxer" Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun" Beck - "Earthquake Weather" Carly Simon's "No Secrets&quo...
Jump to postBy pure coincidence, I'll be in Dallas on the day and will witness nearly four minutes of totality in over two and a half hours of eclipse. It will put a bit of a dent in my plane photography, but should be an amazing experience. My family member is also going to Dallas that week for something unre...
Jump to postI think Airbus may be inclined to accept a long strike, as long as the program is kept alive in one way or another. The A220 program’s purpose is to protect the A320.
Jump to postIt most likely wouldn’t be CLT since there’s no available gates right now. AA has all the new gates locked down, DL squats on a ton of gates there but isn’t going to let SY use any. WN and UA have been looking for more gates there to no avail. I think it has to be a less popular airport with open r...
Jump to postmikejepp wrote:How about SLC? Its very similar to MSP.... fairly cold a lot of the year, a large(ish) city, a Delta hub, etc
In time (as SLC develops), SLC-ICN can make sense from a network perspective. SLC has a growing catchment area and ICN has a huge one.
Random thought, SLC might make more sense as an Asia hub for delta than SEA. At least it is worth a thought.
What is socialistic about citizens buying enough stock to affect the strategy of a company. The consortium would would make its voting decisions based on the three goals I mentioned. While no one should risk their retirement on Boeing stock, the groupls I mentioned could all afford what I suggested...
Jump to postI think this one has a better chance of clearing the DOJ because Hawaiian isn't going away.... Yes it is. There will be no more HA. The DOJ doesn't care about the paint on the side of the plane, the uniforms the crew's wear, or what types of drinks are available. You wanna explain that? Alaska said...
Jump to postI will stick up for the 737 Max strategy. It is proven, durable technology that still meets the performance of the competition. Yes, Boeing made a few errors developing it. Airbus has made errors in their history too. An error does not imply wrong strategy. The Max is clearly the final 737 Gen, but ...
Jump to postI recently priced a Boise-Colombo round trip. Qatar was the clear leader in schedule and product, using the SEA-DOH flight right over the top of the world, in concert with Alaska Airlines.
The point is, Qatar is relevant to a lot of trips, even from Idaho.
If this happened at my carrier, there would be a pretty big response. I guarantee it wouldn’t be “things happen every day”. And I’d wager my pension UA isn’t thinking that either. In fact I don’t know of anyone in the industry, at any carrier that would be so nonchalant about safety. The question i...
Jump to postHysteria, like this thread? Things like this happen everyday. Unfortunately it’s trendy to put the spotlight on them now. This panel is pretty much cosmetic. Losing it has zero effect on the control or stability of the A/C If this happened at my carrier, there would be a pretty big response. I guar...
Jump to postOk, off onto a tangent... I have a feeling a lot of second-tier (for lack of a better word) Asian destinations could have been easily served by DL through their Tokyo mini-hub.. including Taipei. Not sure the closure was such a good idea as they could funnel pax through an established Asian hub rel...
Jump to postI never lost much weight but I’ll comment anyway. You have to experiment with new routines. You alluded to stress causing bad behaviors. Consider, in the next half year, calling out and reducing that stress for your own health. We all make worse choices when we are tired and stressed. Also, do you c...
Jump to postA bold pilot (with danger as his middle name) would just continue the 7,700 mile journey. But, perhaps wiser not to.
Jump to postLockheed ran a business like UV Aviation in Houston—provided flight planning and trip arrangements for clients. The business was bought by Jeppesen to create Jepp International Trip Planning later. Based in San Jose, CA. The USAF even used them for computer flight planning. They had agents serving ...
Jump to postAlright, did some scope math for final numbers. Currently there are 560 RJs under contract for AA (if my math is right on SkyWest and assuming 55 ER4s for Piedmont). Large RJs: 122 Envoy E175s 20 SkyWest E175s 77 Republic E175s 77 PSA CR9s ----- 296 Total Scope currently allows for 734 aircraft (be...
Jump to postAA's Narrow-Body fleet plan is basically set for the next 10 years. As someone upthread said, this deal was likely made now and likely split to ensure Delivery Slots. NB aircraft production is pretty full for the next 5 years. In a few years (or less), they will announce their WB plan. With no reti...
Jump to postA good base hit by all concerned. AA gets both vendor diversification and sufficient economies of scale. And, the delivery slots are optimized versus one giant order.
These 3 aircraft are all key to AA’s Americas backbone network through 2050. As such, it’s a very low risk order.
It’s not even true that DL is cutting the route. DL (and KL, AF, and VS) are maintaining the route, via their joint venture.
The metal they decide to use depends upon the joint priorities and strengths of the JV partners.
Some surprises in the December orders report. In adition to the order for 40 A223 from Lufthansa, there was a further top off by Delta for 14 A223e (total of 38 for 2023) plus and undisclosed order for 10 A223 and another private order for 1 A221 The 8 reported undisclosed in October are still not ...
Jump to postCASM is just about the most overrated thing in the universe. It tells you nothing about the profitability or business value of a route, fleet, market or airline. CASM is only important subordinate to other things. For a given airline, fleet and gauge, lower CASM is better. But a Frontier A321 NEO is...
Jump to postIt's crazy how people are quick to note the Crandall/Carty-Arpey/Parker era but generally ignore the Horton one. Tom Horton and Virasb Vahidi fixed up AA and it's an absolute shame that we lost a true legacy who was: - improving catering, - implementing PTVs, - not devaluing AAdvantage, - improving...
Jump to postAre we suppose to celebrate this? What are the chances of the DOJ breaking up the Big 3 back to Major 6? But Spirt and JB merging is anticompetitive? The hypocrisy is deafening. Absolutely right, but once DL/NW was approved, it was like AA/US had precedent in terms of antitrust. Add the fact AA was...
Jump to postIsn't a 787-10ER in the works? I think that would be the plane for a lot of airlines if it can get closer to the range of the 787-9 and A350 What happened to the MTOW increase for Air New Zealand? I believe that is what is needed to sell more. Then again, 2 years ago that was 2 years away... https:...
Jump to postHolding it back from what? It does exactly what it was desigined to do...deliver incredible CASM and Cargo capabiltiy for routes around 5,000 (of which there are many). It is more for routes around 4,000. Still, they are many but you will need another fleet for longer flights. That lack of versatil...
Jump to postBecoming more sensitive to processed foods.
In the process of eating much greater percentage of greens with vinegar, basically Mediterranean diet. If I eat normal American salt, sugar, meat and fat diet, I feel like I might die every day. Meat sparingly on special occasions only.
We had the same argument about 70 years ago about eliminating the radio operator / navigator. We had the same argument about 40-50 years ago over eliminating the flight engineer. Cutting from 2 pilots to 1 isn't really about safety - it's all about cutting costs. Those pesky unionised employees ins...
Jump to postThe MAX is approvable as a type, and is likely as safe or safer than other airplanes that have existed in its segment. However, I don’t like the management either and I think FAA continued support of MAX should be directly tied to new management structure. Airbus would be a good place to look for th...
Jump to post787 wings are made by Mitsubishi in Japan, centre fuselage by Alenia in Italy and there is no notable issues. I don't see why structure would be different from systems. I think that the issues lies within Boeing management, nothing wrong with Spirit in itself. Are we still saying in 2024 that the 7...
Jump to postUsing analogies from another industry, here is what I would support. Have FAA aggressively crack down using the type of thorough, cogent, actionable thoughts written in the leak. Make a government parallel government validation structure that independently ensures and guarantees safety, with unlimit...
Jump to postYou think Aeromexico could try the Bolivian market? i know Delta or United would be pretty much out of the question since American and Boliviana are more than enough on the Bolivia-US market..also Cubana is a shell of what it used to be fleet-wise anyways. It could work as a once or twice a week ty...
Jump to postor is it the country's poverty when compared to other countries? The country ranks 154th in real GDP/capita. Further, the Gini Index is high, so what little income there is, is fairly concentrated at the top. There isn't much of a much of a middle class that can afford to fly. https://www.cia.gov/t...
Jump to postrukundo wrote:Qatar Airways is expected to launch a daily flight to Antananarivo from Doha from October 2024.
https://madagascar--tribune-com.transla ... r_pto=wapp
While the opportunity to sell to United and other airlines would be a win for Airbus, the weakness in the US ULCC sector is also a driver. Spirit has 60 A321Neo orders (and 40 A320Neo orders), Frontier has 136 A321Neo orders (and 67A320Neo orders), per Wikipedia (which I know isn't the most reliabl...
Jump to postMy team used to report directly to Scott and I witnessed how he operates. I doubt his wit and style changed much after I left UA years ago. He does not shoot blanks. He calls a bluff when he sees it. Boeing's BoD should take this really seriously. Indeed, Kirby is the kind of guy corporate clowns w...
Jump to postFrom listening to him on CNBC this morning, and from reading the several articles on this, Kirby essentially said that United will develop a plan that doesn't include the Max 10. Whether United actually cancels the Max 10 remains to be seen, but Kirby said that such a plan would be formulated. This...
Jump to postYes, just as with airlines, auto rental companies manage their fleets according to utilization, cost of capital, revenue above/below forecast and OEM offers. I agree that rental companies appear to keep cars 2 years now. That can be 70-80k miles at times. I continue to get brand new vehicles fresh o...
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