So there. I have come to a point where I am seriously considering forswearing a resumption of hunting butterflies and other insects. How do you all feel about this? Do you see trophy killing of common insects as a vice, or as an innocent pastime? . An insect is still a sentient life form just the s...
Jump to postVladimir Putin has said the Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun and gave his account of six assaults. https://news.sky.com/video/ukraine-war-ukraine-counter-offensive-has-started-12899948 That's settled then. I mean, if Putin says it's started, it must have started. He wouldn't lie about it, would...
Jump to post[ was just wondering why emirates seems hell-bent on keeping the 777-8 order. Just realized on Boeing's website that the 777-8 will now accommodate 395 passengers instead of 385 like before and still fly 8700nm+. Means the 777-8 will adopt the longer fuselage of the F and according to Aviation Week...
Jump to postThe Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advises against all travel to the whole of Russia due to the lack of available flight options to return to the UK, and the increased volatility in the Russian economy. So the UK government bans flights to/from Russia and advises against trav...
Jump to postNot sure its been mentioned here, but Bloomberg reported on June 6 that both JAL and ANA are in advanced talk with manufacturers for new orders. JAL is looking for A321neo and 787s while ANA is negotiating for a substantial A321neo order. 50 aircraft was mentioned for the ANA order, which ANA decli...
Jump to postI don't know what would happen. That's why I would avoid carriers who overfly Russian airspace. Given multiple visits to USSR/Russia I can guarantee you the Air India passengers did not have a welcoming time lol You can “guarantee” it? I’ve spent plenty of time in Russia working and on vacation. I’...
Jump to postThat’s been FAA standard for quite awhile, don’t agree with it, either. On the other side, I’ve been less than 300 feet AFE on approach in non-US airports before I’ve gotten landing clearance. I’m not sure that is safer than the US way since a go around would be required with no landing clearance a...
Jump to postI don't know what would happen. That's why I would avoid carriers who overfly Russian airspace. Given multiple visits to USSR/Russia I can guarantee you the Air India passengers did not have a welcoming time lol You can “guarantee” it? I’ve spent plenty of time in Russia working and on vacation. I’...
Jump to postIs it normal practice in the USA to issue a “cleared to land” then put out a departure on the runway? Where I fly, we’d be told “[callsign], continue approach, number one” if we are the first aircraft on final but they are sending a departure off the runway ahead of us, and they’d only give us a la...
Jump to postadambrau wrote:As an American citizen AvGeek I would not fly on an airline which overflies Russia. But most passengers would not even be aware of the (small) risk they are taking. Hopefully everyone gets to SFO asap.
And most of those Americans in the flight would be Indian origin Americans. I doubt Russia would care to distinguish Indian origin Americans from Native Indians, and harass them specifically. For some reason, a.nets default assumption about Americans is they'd be a white, black or hispanic. I'm spe...
Jump to postLDRA wrote:Dash 8 really. Sell it as an environmental friendly option, it will go
If the 400/200 WB/NB split and no 77X that are being reported are to be believed then I'm putting my 2c on 100 A32* Neo, 100 MAX, 75 A330 Neo, 75 787 and 250 A350. Go big or go home, Emirates or bigger is the target. I'm also predicting the reason the Boeing order is closer to concluding is simply ...
Jump to postA school is a place to broaden your mind, being subjected to wildly different points of view and, in the process, learning to be able to distinguish good from bad, right from wrong, sanity from insanity. Apparently only if the viewpoints presented agree with the views of grumpy old white men and th...
Jump to postDo you suggest that they want to allow smoking onboard? What's the source for this? Somebody up thread made a comment about them wanting to bring back the golden age of flying, which included ridiculous high fares and smoking. Decent seat pitch and legroom, meals in coach, 60% load factors instead ...
Jump to postSomehow I think an old person charged with felonies should have the right to consider ending their life. It is about as rational as any other option. It is concerning and tragic when a younger person is so traumatized by arrest and incarceration over some sort of minor criminal activity. Oddly, Chr...
Jump to postThis is not what happened. How do you mean that's not what happened? I had a couple of refunds processed in exactly the way I described. I note you go on to mention cancelled due to UK government lockdowns. Direct your ire their way rather than to the airline unable to conduct its business and with...
Jump to postS0Y wrote:I am sure somebody in BA finance got a nice bonus/promotion on the back of this strategy.
In the environment of religious extremists banning books in America, a group of parents in Utah has managed to get the bible banned in the Davis School District elementary and middle schools. https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/06/01/bible-is-banned-these-utah/ In the beginning, a parent fil...
Jump to postIn the environment of religious extremists banning books in America, a group of parents in Utah has managed to get the bible banned in the Davis School District elementary and middle schools. https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/06/01/bible-is-banned-these-utah/ In the beginning, a parent file...
Jump to postPaul, I’ve just seen another one:
32Bit wrote:is Ruili Airlines going to get their 6 787's on order even built?
That's getting these two images in negative? Is this a bug, or were they accepted like this?
Anyway, Monaco was great with another masterclass from Max. One of the best qualifying sessions in F1 history with a brilliant last sector by Max. On Sunday he mastered all challenges, truly a joy to watch. Excellent results also for Alonso and a very 'appy Ocon. Verstappen himself said he was luck...
Jump to postAnyway, Monaco was great with another masterclass from Max. One of the best qualifying sessions in F1 history with a brilliant last sector by Max. On Sunday he mastered all challenges, truly a joy to watch. Excellent results also for Alonso and a very 'appy Ocon. Verstappen himself said he was luck...
Jump to postIs this the end of USA Jet DC-9 operations? Are there any other remaining DC-9 operators? (MD81-87 excluded) Everts Air Cargo in Alaska has a couple I believe. 30 series if I’m not mistaken. Everts has no DC-9s active, the last one stopped flying nearly a year ago. They're operating a number of MD-...
Jump to post1 - a.net management doesn't care. 2 - install an ad-blocker 3 - see 1 I don't get any ads. Me neither on my PC or laptop, but if viewing on my phone or iPad then the ads are intrusive. Plus, an increasing number of sites now detect ad-blockers and refuse to load unless you disable the ad-blocker fo...
Jump to postAnyway, Monaco was great with another masterclass from Max. One of the best qualifying sessions in F1 history with a brilliant last sector by Max. On Sunday he mastered all challenges, truly a joy to watch. Excellent results also for Alonso and a very 'appy Ocon. Verstappen himself said he was luck...
Jump to postFew key takeaways from my perspective: The RB is so much better than any other car in race trim, that VER never had any issues maintaining the medium tyres for such a long time while comfortably being able to keep a safe distance. And this on a track that is not really aero heavy. Weird choice of s...
Jump to postA pity for the context that the number plate definitely says "New York" across the top. And there are no pumps that look like that in the UK. The video further down the article is clearly shot in the UK. Maybe you get a different feed. I cannot find any UK video. however the Daily Star li...
Jump to postThere are widespread reports of drone attacks on Moscow. Multiple explosions heard in and around Moscow. Russia of course blames Ukraine for this "terrorist attack" while Ukraine says..... nothing. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-65751650 Looking a bit more at these drone atta...
Jump to postmarcelh wrote:And it’s one of the “Triple Crown of Motorsport”, together with the 24 hours of Le Mans and the Indy500.
There is no way to fix lack of places to overtake in Monaco. You can only spice things up by looking at other elements. And pitstops/tyre strategy is one of those places… The thing is, we all seem to be in agreement that Monaco needs "spicing", especially the race itself. Yet do we really...
Jump to postIt's a shame that F1's most prestigious race brings so little excitement with it. I think F1 did a decent job of increasing excitement with the new regs last year, closer racing from the ground affect has made a real difference however the cars are too big. They are great at doing round sweeping co...
Jump to postWhat a race from Ocon! Very quick when he needed to be, appropriately defensive when that was necessary and absolutely nailing the risk/reward level of aggression during the very wet period. Seemingly the only driver who didn't smack the wall at some point in the race. Fantastic race with lots of d...
Jump to postQuali ended up with a few changes than what I wrote. I didn't know FP3 got shut down early. In any case, I won't spoil the quali results, here's a link for those who want to know: https://racingnews365.com/2023-f1-monaco-grand-prix-qualifying-results Quali was quite exciting to say the least and th...
Jump to postSouthwest 737MAX7 N7225Z LN8382, painted all white at RNT (6 May) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52875763597_d011697c32_6k.jpg 737-7 Southwest 8382 67467 N7225Z by ca350 , on Flickr Perhaps another special livery in the works? Let the speculation begin :) I believe many (if not all) of WN's 73...
Jump to postSome questions: Does anyone know definitively the weight of the whole system - stairs, hand rail, plus mechanics to deploy and retract. How reliable are they in day to day operation - keeping in mind that every FR 737 uses them multiple times every day? scbrimi, re: question above "plus mechan...
Jump to postIn order to not derail this thread, I started a separate topic in Tech/Ops to discuss some specifics around the use of the 737's integrated stairs.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1484405
The thread in Civ-Av re Ryanair ordering 150 737-10 threw up an interesting question regarding Ryanair's continued use of the 737's integrated stairs. My personal view is that FR will continue to order 737s with integrated stairs as long as they're available as an option, because of the way FR opera...
Jump to postCan't wait to see the MAX 10 in FR livery. I'm sure they'll be a staple on UK - Canary islands flights which has high demand year-round. According to Boeing, the MAX 10 has about 5000 km realistic range without extra fuel tanks, so FR can fly them Stockholm - Canary islands. I was cabin crew on the...
Jump to postPhilBy wrote:A pity for the context that the number plate definitely says "New York" across the top.
And there are no pumps that look like that in the UK.
Aesma wrote:I think it's staged.
Will all the frames come equipped with integrated air stairs? As long as it’s available as an option, I assume FR will continue to order them. I’d be intrigued to know how much FR actually saves by using integrated air stairs. They obviously don’t come “free” and there must be a small fuel burn/pay...
Jump to postCertainly not the first and won’t be the last. Plenty of such videos out there.
https://youtu.be/3Ah8AsEG014
william wrote:Quoted companies' balance sheet.
EY ads banned in UK for "green washing": https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/12/etihad-airways-sustainable-aviation-ads-banned-uk Wow, that's a crackdown and a half, I imagine the response is a bit exaggerated if only to send a message to others... You do wonder what the reasona...
Jump to postKinda silly question, but do airlines do "deep cleaning" ln their aircraft interiors? Depending on the fabrics, I would imagine they would do, no? Yes they do, but depending on the fabric changes what can be done. For example, the sage runner/trim on the seats will likely be a nylon fabri...
Jump to postWell, it’s a big step forward in technology and the lower fuel burn is impressive However I don’t remember an engine manufacturer going to the huge expense of developing and building such an advanced new product then putting it on hold while hoping a customer will come along ? It’s difficult to und...
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