An eventual freighter if they can get cans to shoe horn into it.
Jump to postWhere do you come up with this bullshit that she hates our country? I'm sick of right wing extremists in this country who believe that America is God's instrument in this world, and that America can do no wrong calling anyone who criticizes some of the injustices in the United States has done a hat...
Jump to postWhere do you come up with this bullshit that she hates our country? I'm sick of right wing extremists in this country who believe that America is God's instrument in this world, and that America can do no wrong calling anyone who criticizes some of the injustices in the United States has done a hat...
Jump to postAt that point I wonder how Amazon continues to play the "we're not the airline, our all-but-a-name completely not wholly owned subsidiary is the airline" game?
Jump to postjohns624 wrote:Paul Whelan seems to be an idiot, too. An amateur playing games that he shouldn't have.
ReverseFlow wrote:Does anyone know what a usual punishment for a similar thing would be in Russia?
Yeah but 'their country, their rules' should apply to us as well, and not selectively. Conservatives can't be all rah-rah about criminals who are illegal, but say virtually nothing about Saudi uni students committing all levels of felonies in the US and being whisked away back home on private jets ...
Jump to postA few colleagues are ex snowbird team members, the consensus among them is that best replacement aircraft is an upgraded Tutor (new engine, avionics and ejection systems). The airframe is solid, and has lots of time left. Snowbirds don’t need fast loud jets. Their mount is perfectly fine for the ty...
Jump to postHow can there be any room in the Mexican markets? One look at MEX or GDL and its floor to ceiling in Viva and Volaris. Lots of US penetration into various markets as well. A startup airline has to be a money laundering effort, not something seriously seeking return on investment.
Jump to postThis is actually kind of funny. I absolutely detest MacArthur, yet here I am semi-defending him. Same here. Mac was a pretty worthless General in pack of real sub-par talents. His Pacific campaign was an attritional sideshow that didn't accomplish the end state of the capitulation of the Empire of ...
Jump to postI'd like to see where I've been "dismissive" of any enemy. Post #82. Where I stated, "Every kind of combat is a team effort, be it naval, air, ground, space, or cyber. All of these domains have advantages that enable other operations. The true key is in the integration of these opera...
Jump to postWell I'm playing devil's advocate when I say NK standalone. NK Standalone in this context = DOJ saying NO to B6 takeover. So if you misunderstood me it's understandable. On what grounds does the DOJ say no? Major Market control? OK, AA in DFW and MIA. Dominate hubs the government gifted to airlines...
Jump to postNo speculation needed. Fact is B6 eliminates ULCC-model and won't take much for DOJ to evaluate that. Yes, B6 brings something to the table, but it's not all peaches and cream vs a vibrant NK standalone. The idea of a vibrant NK standalone is at this point, dead as disco. NK has been for sale for a...
Jump to postDid you see the insults Ted hurled on CNBC about jetblue? He has no future at jetblue imo. He was childish and unprofessional. His employees don’t think very highly of him either. TC was a good position when he was a brand salesman and was letting his ops, sales, and planning people do their thing....
Jump to postWhen I said "That's about what LBJ thought"? That wasn't about "Vietnam" it was a rebuttal to Flap Operator's post that was both dismissive of a potential enemy and an arrogant claim of American invincibility. He was parroting the exact same view that LBJ had in 1964 (and Bush h...
Jump to postI also have no doubt, from seeing them up close, that the Americans have capabilities to work in all of these domains in ways few other nations have conceptualized, let alone fielded. That's about what LBJ thought. Tell me more about your opinions on operational level details of Vietnam. I'm sure i...
Jump to postIn the past, carriers had stealth going for them; an opponent could never know where they were. Now in the age of satellites, China for example, can know where a carrier is at all times. This brings to mind a claim from a US general circa the Gulf War: "if we can see it, we can kill it". ...
Jump to postEveryone talks about the USN being well versed in naval warfare, better than everyone else, but lets face it the USN hasn't had a fleet on fleet naval confrontation since 1945, bombing the Middle East from a carrier isn't the same as fighting an enemy who will fight back. . The USN has done every t...
Jump to postTYWoolman wrote:
Ted is moving on. Point is B6 now has to deal with an unenthused Ted, regardless.
Actually, it’s not. AS benefits from the full OW network. The “route map” isn’t what drives high value corporate contracts. It’s connectivity. Even WN will still offer better connectivity to snap up a bunch of that business. DL, UA, AA provide that world wide one stop shopping. B6 has a good produc...
Jump to postThat’s the 3.8 billion dollar question. If approved and they keep the B6 product then they’re just a national airline with little connectivity outside of the US. That’s not a bad thing, but that’s WN niche’ and they add the value proposition, real or perceived, of being a LCC with a more reliable o...
Jump to postWill be interesting to see if B6 actually keeps all the current NK bases after the merger or if they’ll be cut. There is no way Jetblue is keeping 12 eastern US hubs/bases. Perhaps, but its not like UA or AA are models of efficiency with their mega-base concepts, either. More than bases, B6 needs t...
Jump to postYes, that interview. I didn't mean Christie thwarting the merger, just thwarting what Hayes' original merger ambition was. I think Hayes wants complete flexibility on asset reallocation. I don't think Christie is having that, as I remember him mentioning a month ago he wants to do what is best not ...
Jump to postThe Europeans (and to way lesser extent, the Canadians) used to do this. I saw a pdf several years ago that showed that most Canadian reserve regiments (battalions) were barely platoon-sized (1/20). Basically yes. The CAN Army is now built around a 4 division look, but the divisions themselves are ...
Jump to postB6 has 2 mint NEOs and 41 more 321NEOs on order (not counting LR/XLR). Spirit has 26 321NEOs on order. And I assume the NK order book, especially the 319NEOs, will be reworked with more conversions to 321NEOs. Assuming all contract provisions survive, lifting and shifting between 319/320/321 was in...
Jump to postNo military is buying weapons en masse to be stored so that they can be given to allies in need. And nobody was expecting that Ukraine could make use of such weapons 6 months ago. [laughs in American] Its a complicated question, but if you see how the Americans do things like Foreign Military Sales...
Jump to postThere is an obvious loss to the consumer, LBE is 1-1:30 hours from PIT. For the 8,000 or so people who live in Latrobe, it will be a great loss. The majority of the Pittsburgh metro is nowhere near an hour further from PIT than LBE, though; LBE is almost three times as far from downtown as PIT, and...
Jump to postSRQLOT wrote:Passengers need a barrier from suicidal pilots too.
The rest part about the law is fine. The 1500 hour law just made an artificial crisis in airline staffing. Paying your way to an airline job is an impossible feat for most of the population Renslow was a pay-for-training pilot at Gulfstream International, as was the Pinnacle 3607 F/O, if I recall c...
Jump to postI could see AMR and UAL doing the same thing even if UAL only did it on the west Coast and AA in the Southwest. It would be a "Damn Hot" training feeder and Minor Leage franchise. I'll bet they got the idea from Alaska/Horizon franchise. Part 135 to 121 on the same airplane? A Capital Ide...
Jump to postWhat gets me is Jetblue has been a very conservative airline for decades. This doesn't seem like their normal playbook. I think Ben Baldanza is a moron whose track record belies the faith he has in himself based upon relentless self promotion, but he was correct on this merger being required for B6...
Jump to postMavyWavyATR wrote:I wonder what kind of effect this will have on certain airports like LBE & ACY (them especially).
Good times in olde San Pedro Sula...our armoured car ride to the hotel with a 19 year old with a Krylon painted shotgun twice as old as he was with a rusted breach in the front seat. Our driver seemingly kept trying to lose the chase vehicle.
Jump to postStories based on the word of one passenger are almost always hyperbolic and inaccurate. The only thing worse is the need for so many people on this forum to jump straight to the expectation of discipline for any employee involved, or merely present. For an aviation board, a surprising number of pos...
Jump to postWhile infrastructure may be an issue for the ULCC model it should hardly be the reasoning behind giving up on the ULCC space in favor of more legacy-type service. More service provides economic activity for small airports to invest. ULCC's operate more than just in reliever airports so that's a lit...
Jump to postReuters report completion of test flights https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-home-grown-c919-jet-123357474.html But will faa certify? They should refuse until China allows maxes to resume flights in China. Comas has dropped plans to get EASA and FAA certification. That's surprising. I wonder if ...
Jump to postSo the question is: Will DOJ agree that B6 deserves to thrive more than a more vibrant ULCC space? I'd post the counter question, that this isn't the right anti-trust rubric. The B6 vs. ULCC is a Inside Baseball question for enthusiasts. At its heart, the Sherman Act doesn't prohibit reasonable pro...
Jump to postBut I would expect the first officer to be one of the first people off the aircraft in an evacuation. That would be inline with many airlines emergency evacuation procedure. Why is that. I would have thought both pilots would have to perform the evacuation checklist, or would that already be done b...
Jump to postWell,I certainly don't want to get in an argument. It's not worth it. I won't print what I remember as fact because it has been a while but the major change after Narita was that you'll never try to salvage a hard landing. The call was go around and it didn't matter if you were at mins or bouncing ...
Jump to postI don't remember the co. making a special designation about it. A hard landing you go around. Pitch +7deg max pwr and hold it. This came about after Narita. I think the proper call out was go around and not rejected landing. That's airline specific, and possibly type specific, IIRC. I think "g...
Jump to postThe Chinese complaining about a non-proliferation breach while having the Pakistanis and North Koreans as allies is rich.
Jump to postMohawkWeekend wrote:I guess my idea of transferring retired B-1B's to Australia wouldn't go over very well either.
And it's beyond disappointing that people who have seen me post regularly in civil airlines forum unwilling to stand up for me even one bit. Considering the recent revelations of the actions of the CCP in lockdowns, crackdowns against religious minorities, ending of guarantees in HK, support to Rus...
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:If it is linked, why wait 17 years?.
Broken wing issues do seem to be more type specific as time goes on. Good job to the crew for text book management of the emergency to an uneventful landing.
Jump to postTo be fair, not many secretaries or administrators for DOT/FAA have a wealth of experience in the sector, but that doesn't mean they don't do a decent job. The roles are inherently political — that's kind of the point. Typically the best secretaries and administrators are the ones who are willing t...
Jump to postInterview with a senior SAS captain, who’s also the head of the pilots union: https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samfund/sas-kaptajn-saa-meget-faar-vi-i-loen/9329860 Top salary is DKK 101.000,- pr. month, starting salary is 37.000 and the average is 69.000. Or, to put it into perspective, the top sala...
Jump to postI never did understand payroll support for cargo airlines. COVID made their business boom. How big a raise could FedEx afford if they hadn't gotten $2 billion in aid in 2020 and 2021. How many cargo airlines received payroll support, and for that matter, a number of large airlines went to the priva...
Jump to postCorporate headquarters? Like the other labor groups, people do not care unless it affects them directly. Until my package is late/ my flight is cancelled it does not make a difference to anyone. No one is saying"oh those poor pilots are picketing, they must be underpaid and overworked". D...
Jump to postKnow a couple pilots in Germantown. Used to work At DL and UA. They think they died and went to heaven. Not everybody is going to be happy. Do you these pilots fly for a living? Do they fly for FedEx now? Or did they leave for DL and UA and have since retired? A little context would be helpful here...
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