So what would cause WN to not show viable flight options on its website? I'm looking at MSY-DEN. There's nothing that really fit my schedule/price range. I try my corporate discounts booking engine just for the heck of it. There's a MSY-MDW-DEN that appears there that doesn't show on WN's site with...
Jump to postSuper88 wrote:#312...the Max7 will have more seats, where is the extra room coming from...
Economists are forecasting recession for 2025 regardless of the election outcomes, so it might explain the sudden hiring slowdowns at most of the big carriers. The timing is probably good to rationalize capacity and staffing in anticipation of a possible drop in consumer demand next year.
Jump to postIt’s operated by Atlas Air, which is based in Miami. Maybe it’s there for maintenance.
Jump to postI’m a Flight Attendant at a major LCC. My workgroup was just told that our A321NEO LD (“3NS”, 160 Total Seats) will now require 5 FAs on all flights. Does anyone have any insight into why we would need a 5TH FA? According to Federal Aviation Regulation 14 CFR 121.391, an aircraft must be staffed wi...
Jump to postIt was indeed concerning to see how many people seemed to think that a wheel coming off a 777 is no big deal. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boeing-passenger-jet-nose-wheel-fell-off-takeoff-rcna135410 No one seemed to care when it happened to Delta... Was the Delta incident caught on crystal ...
Jump to postMaybe the final design is still under wraps, but that plane looks awful strange with no hint of anhedral or dihedral in the various flying surfaces.
Jump to postDo all suppliers still make NG parts? The military NG is not a standard NG. I would say it would take Boeing 2 years to get the NG going again. Not worth it… just my $0.02 As SXDFC has illustrated, they are pretty much standard, and then customized to the buyer specs. I’m sure Boeing could pump out...
Jump to postDo all suppliers still make NG parts? The military NG is not a standard NG. I would say it would take Boeing 2 years to get the NG going again. Not worth it… just my $0.02 As SXDFC has illustrated, they are pretty much standard, and then customized to the buyer specs. I’m sure Boeing could pump out...
Jump to postWith all the continued issues with the MAX, especially with the MAX7, IF WN wanted factory fresh 737-700s, would Boeing be able to make them? With the military versions in production still, I’m sure if WN wanted to order more 73G, Boeing could accommodate that request. Would be a very interesting t...
Jump to postSouthwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will have to trim its capacity plans and reevaluate its financial forecasts for the year because of aircraft delivery delays from Boeing, its sole supplier of airplanes. The Dallas-based airline said Boeing informed Southwest’s leaders that it should expect 4...
Jump to postCould be, though passenger accounts are largely unreliable. Mostly probably the “noise” was the nose gear leaving the taxiway and it took a few moments before the left main gear left pavement which caused it to tilt over. I suppose it caught the PF by surprise which is why he/she wasn’t able to get...
Jump to postTheFlyingDisk wrote:These things usually come in threes.
So the wheel detachment at SFO, this skid at IAH. Any idea what's the third?
Must not have been gusty crosswinds that day or this could have been a more serious incident. Stiff rudder pedals aren’t sexy enough for media to pick up in the news cycle, I guess. It made CNN. Jake Tapper hyperbolically called it 'horrifying'. :roll: Oh wow I thought “horrifying” was reserved for...
Jump to postMust not have been gusty crosswinds that day or this could have been a more serious incident. Stiff rudder pedals aren’t sexy enough for media to pick up in the news cycle, I guess.
Jump to posthttps://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/united-flight-from-sfo-loses-tire-during-takeoff-diverted-to-lax/ My brother who works at SFO informed me about this that just happened, and that a main gear wheel departed the aircraft bouncing into the employee parking lot taking out a handful of parked cars. L...
Jump to postPretty bad numbers for WN. Can't imagine the outlook is good. Some of the Hawaiian interisland stuff all comes from, or dumps into the Mainland WN service which pays the freight so not too concerned at the low LFs. Terrible take. WN entered the inter-island market to put a dent into Hawaiian and fr...
Jump to postNot familiar with this aircraft or engine type, but are there conditions that would trigger an auto shutdown? To go from normal operation to master warning to shutdown in just 20 seconds on both engines simultaneously with no indication of severe damage seems like a sensor issue, and a one-in-a-mill...
Jump to postSouthwest's -700's will soon be gone if Boeing gets it's act together, I can see -700MAX's with logo's.....think they would look the same as a regular -700. I know the new Max's will have more seats than what the -700's have now. Guess smaller seats is how they will cram more people in...the new se...
Jump to postThis is a little odd, https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2024/02/19/ntsb-crash-osu-naples-jet-air-safety-airplane-crash-faa-flight-charter-i-75/72583488007/ If you haven't even released a prelim why make this claim? He is a *former* NTSB chair and is not speaking on behalf of the agency, but I can...
Jump to postSometimes the departure airport is also the planned alternate airport. If they were planned with min fuel and didn’t have enough fuel reserve for a second approach with another potential missed approach, then they must go to their alternate. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to laypeople, but it is all...
Jump to postThere is just too much doom and gloom here. Despite his heavy airline baggage (pun intended), Icahn was also an investor in Apple. He did make $2b on his transaction but Apple is still here. Again, 10% alone is not enough to control the airline. Unless he signs on other investors, he won't be able ...
Jump to postPPW rumor is three pax got out alive. Lots of fire, they didn’t run out of gas. Exactly on centerline for 23. Bird strikes? Hard to imagine a single failure leading to loss of both engines. It was core lock. CF-34s are prone to it happening. Core lock at approach power settings and pitch attitude? ...
Jump to postNot necessarily common for PHX, but elsewhere in the US it’s not unusual at all. Low ceilings slow the arrival rate significantly so they put delay programs and ground stops in place to keep traffic from backing up and causing unnecessary holds and diversions.
Jump to postThose actually look really nice! But also quite thin. What other airline uses this type of seat? Are they comfortable? I feel like WN is going to increase density with this type of seat. Not a positive development. They can't increase density on the 73Gs without either having noticeably different p...
Jump to postAs I understand it from posts in Tech-Ops, the Engine Anti-Ice system for (at least Boeing) commercial airliners is designed to turn on automatically if ice accumulation s detected, but I am going to hazard a guess that it does not have an automatic "off" when ice is no longer detected, a...
Jump to postTWA772LR wrote:Why didn't they just use the same anti ice system from the 8/9 on the 7 and 10?
Is this Boeing engineering the same ones who designed an engine anti-ice system that can melt its housing because they didn't put in the proper interlocks to prevent it from being used when there isn't ice? As I understand it from posts in Tech-Ops, the Engine Anti-Ice system for (at least Boeing) ...
Jump to postYep, you would be correct. A five year delay on an aircraft that was supposedly a simple upgrade of the -700 is absurd. Boeing needs to get their act together. WN needs to move on and take a serious look at the A220, A320/321. How quickly do you think WN could get a couple hundred A220s, with Airbu...
Jump to postI believe they use whatever letter is available with that combination of numbers that isn’t already in use. There are a gazillion general aviation aircraft that use a lot of the available combinations, so if number sequences are important to the fleet registry of an airline, then they have to take w...
Jump to postSouthwest has led the world in cancellations for multiple days now and it's continuing today and tomorrow. When does this end? It's becoming increasingly pathetic and frustrating. I think WN needs to go through these cringe-inducing events in order for them to see that the old days are long gone an...
Jump to postI wouldn't quite say this is a meltdown, but are these prolonged stretches of cancellations sustainable for WN? It’s not sustainable for any airline, much less WN. I think the obsession with p2p routing will need to be scaled back. It works fine when conditions are good, but makes it more difficult...
Jump to postIs there data to look at which could confirm the frequency of these occurrences? You could inquire at PPG, the manufacturer of the majority of the windscreens installed in today’s airliners. Most of these windscreen events are neither accidents nor incidents, so an internet search will probably onl...
Jump to postLooks like this mornings HVN-SJU diverted to Wilmington ILG. Guessing this was just for fuel as the upper level winds looked pretty strong along the eastern US coast from a digging trough across the south east US. Probably couldn’t carry their payload and enough fuel to get off a short and wet runw...
Jump to postThis happens quite regularly, and not only on 737s. It’s not even newsworthy, but is only getting picked up in the news because it’s a 737.
Jump to postNot exactly breaking news here. This came to light months ago and new procedures for engine anti-ice operation are already in effect. Slow news day in Seattle or just wanting to poke the MAX bear a bit? The news item is that Boeing is requesting several exemptions (again), the absence of which woul...
Jump to postI believe Sunseeker already opened It is indeed open. You are correct. It appears I read the year wrong. LoL https://www.travelagentcentral.com/hotels/now-open-sunseeker-resort-charlotte-harbor So now Allegiant may used their "trapped hotel" to boost revenue. Although a 25,000 Sq ft. Food...
Jump to postNot exactly breaking news here. This came to light months ago and new procedures for engine anti-ice operation are already in effect. Slow news day in Seattle or just wanting to poke the MAX bear a bit?
Jump to postThe world gets weirder and weirder by the day. I feel for someone who gets bumped or denied boarding because one passenger is taking up 3 seats. I believe the policy states that the COS buys the number of seats additional they need, and can request a refund for those seats after travel is complete....
Jump to postThe Narrow Body revolution is going to change the industry quite a bit. Good luck to Breeze on these flights. What revolution? Narrowbody aircraft have been crossing oceans for decades. This is nothing more than lighting investor capital on fire. Breeze has yet to fully establish itself as a domest...
Jump to postDon’t forget US airlines use narrowbody flights for Europe all the time. Yes, but they are established carriers with a multitude of options for connecting passengers, not a struggling startup with a hit or miss network strategy. This is not even to mention the time and expense to get certified for ...
Jump to postI'm thinking that at some point in 2024 depending on Max 7 deliveries as well as Max 8 deliveries WN could have a definitive date in place to take out the remaining 7's. Maybe as soon as late 2024 though unlikely or within the first 3 to 6 months of 2025. Hearing that CLT, GRR, FAT, PNS, and PSP ma...
Jump to postWow that breathless passenger account of the incident was quite thrilling!
Jump to postIt was fortunate that this was a nice dry, light wind day. Contaminated runway and lousy weather days are coming and there is only so much performance one can expect from 5600' for a flight of that distance. I know the 737-800 short field performance planes are used on the SJU route. I wonder if th...
Jump to postAll these FedEx pilots were already CRJ Captains why would they want to go back? They can make 250K every year at AA, DL, UA….why only go for a one time payment? If I was a FedEx pilot I would be insulted by this. FedEx management is definitely tryin to insult their pilot group. The pilots at FedEx...
Jump to postHow has the adding of ORD expanded WN's reach in the Chicago area beyond what they had in MDW? I don't hear a whole lot about O'Hare being a bonanza for WN but maybe it is. There are some similarities to look at. Similar to IAH/HOU, there was market share to be captured in the Chicagoland area with...
Jump to postAny chances that WN, once the Max7 is certified, will swap 1:1 between the Max7 and the 73G? Seems logical, too simple to do but it makes sense. It would be nice to see WN have a full Max7 fleet without any of the 73G's. I doubt it will be a 1:1 swap of the -7 with the old 700s, but from the latest...
Jump to postMore than the -700, they need a replacement for the -300 They haven't operated the 737-300 in 6 years and the 73G is nearly identical size wise with the 7M7 being just slightly larger. That is correct. The -300 retirement left a good sized hole in their fleet. The -700 can cascade into the -300 rol...
Jump to postI find Southwest's decision to buy -7's fascinating. Pretty much every other airline in the world has found that the "shorty" 737-700/-7 and A319 aren't a good economic proposal. Yet, Southwest persists. Aside from economics, what do you do when you need to sub a 700/-7 onto an 800/-8 lin...
Jump to postMIflyer12 wrote:Please, this is an earnings thread. Not everything has to be a merger thread.