GalaxyFlyer wrote:I’d love to see pilots raised on “glass” enter and fly an intersection hold with dual VORs.
Well, if it was delivered to PHX, what operator is based there? Could it be Swift?
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Back in my days at DEN/Stapleton, Trans-Colorado, Pioneer, Centennial (before Mesa), Rocky Mountain. Almost forgot GP Express.
Before those were Wright, AeroMech. Mall. Comair is now long gone, too.
Trans Asia comes to mind as well, though a bit later.
This thread is explains the reason a friend who worked down the street from me in Houston Center (ZHU) would ask CRJ2 pilots, "if you had a vertical rate what would it be"!! :stirthepot: Though us in the TRACON just let everyone else climb above you guys in the CRJ2, E145 and E45X, then l...
Jump to postWhat was the perceived problem that travelers thought would be solved from moving from 5 to 6? Most airports do have security on the check in level, so I see that. Plus having one security to feed the bridge and trains is logical. As Kim Day related it, the airport had done surveys and a consistent...
Jump to postHow would you fix the security checkpoints with the current (pre-remodel) layout? That is the biggest concern and the main aspect of the project. I understand the security, safety and perception concerns with the original security checkpoints on the 5th floor. However, it wasn't necessary to move t...
Jump to post9 years for essentially moving around the furniture and putting in a new floor :shock: How would you fix the security checkpoints with the current (pre-remodel) layout? That is the biggest concern and the main aspect of the project. I understand the security, safety and perception concerns with the...
Jump to postRather low visibility there - at KSMF - for a while: KSMF 091706Z 32006KT 1/4SM R17R/2200FT FG OVC002 04/03 A3033 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/4 T00390033 $ KSMF 091653Z 31006KT 1/8SM R17R/1400FT FG OVC002 03/03 A3033 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/4 SLP270 T00330033 $ KSMF 091650Z 31005KT M1/4SM R17R/1400FT FG OVC001 03/0...
Jump to postI'm talking about people on this forum that the key to aviation safety is getting rid of the pilot & let computers do everything. ...I was trying to look up some examples of automation incidents, and outside the MAX8 issues, I was actually having difficulty. Most accidents that place blame on a...
Jump to postThat registration appears to be VP-BMH. But that didn't help my search any...
Jump to post...I'm happy to meet in the middle here and give some ground on a few things - the vaping, for example, yes, is a no no and should be dealt with accordingly. Sunwing is in their right to cancel the return flight home as are the other carriers - but how this all blew up into a 'thing' is pretty much...
Jump to postUAL 1 SFO-SIN resumes tonight 05JAN. No word on another suspension based on Singapore's freeze of new VTL ticket sales. Just looked at UAL's website and it's still showing as departing tonight, so I'm doubtful that there will be a last minute suspension. If it were going to happen, it probably alre...
Jump to postIn the course of my career, I worked under two different preferential bidding systems (PBS). The first one was very basic and awarded whatever the first (senior most) pilot bid as long as it was legal. Number 2 got whatever was bid and #1 didn't already have. And so on. The junior most line holder r...
Jump to postPutting an IO540 in a Sierra will not give you a linear increase in cruise speed, and it certainly won't alter the fundamental structure of the airplane. The Sierra has a Vne of 168 KIAS, which is actually pretty respectable, but there's no way you're going to get that increased. That said, I know ...
Jump to postI think everyone agrees a 737-7 can make HNL-DEN regularly. Seems like WN thinks DEN-HNL will work, but until they get one and put a few miles on it who knows how often a pit-stop will be needed. The question is... would it be able to do so profitably, carrying a sufficient load? At sub-150 seats (...
Jump to postOk well you just keep saying that, what you talking about I just looked up UA and westbound is 7 hours and 25 minutes and 7 hours and 50 minutes to LIH UAL's flights are on 777s, 767s and 757s; at 737 cruise speeds, it would be longer and probably close to 8 hours. Having said that, I suspect that ...
Jump to postBut also no compelling reason not to, given that they were the cheapest... I paid 99$ to fly from Oakland to London and had a comfortable ride on a brand new 787. I don't see what BA/UA/AA could have given me that would have made it worth paying an extra 300$ to fly on them. Reliability (longevity)...
Jump to postlightmac wrote:- countries that lot their flag carriers: Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Slovenia, Armenia, Estonia, Cyprus, Czech Republic...
Did I miss any major trends for the last ten years? Thank you!
I always get a chuckle out of the comments from passengers and the like "it's not foggy, I live really close to the airport." I've been on approach when the entire airport and terminal facility is totally in the clear but the touchdown end of the runway was 1/8 SM. Too true. But I've expe...
Jump to postSo cruising flight is just an unavoidable expense that more long haul flights must endure? Ideally they would climb and climb and climb if they could and then descend without any cruise segment? I didn't realize that. Thanks. Well, not quite. There's no point climbing above the optimum cruise altit...
Jump to postAlways fascinating! Thank you for all your hard work! It's amazing how many hubs don't have any 50 seaters. UA really needs to shed some. I wonder if ZW is on it's 9th life? I'm surprised to see DFW over take ATL, probably because DL has cut down so many 50 seats. I believe it's UAL's plan to do ju...
Jump to postThe most efficient profile is to climb as weight permits (so a continuous climb), then descend at idle thrust. Of course, traffic and therefore, ATC, limits that possibility.
Jump to postIADFCO wrote, “ There were reasons for concern about Omicron already at the end of November from South Africa, with the first epidemiological data from the UK on December 11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Omicron_variant. ” While that’s correct, the December schedules were already set and ...
Jump to postSo to clarify - UA utilizing a 19 passenger electric aircraft needs 2 pilots - are both required to have 1500 hours of flight time? A 9 seat passenger aircraft can operate with one pilot. Does he need a ATP or just a just a 250 hour commercial license? Am I missing something from Kirby's comment th...
Jump to postGenerally speaking, the smaller the airliner, the more it costs to operate per seat. For years - decades really - the majors whipsawed one regional airline against another with low wages as part of the result. To incentivize more pilots, they'll need to pay them more. But will the customer, who's co...
Jump to postAnother underwhelming experience in F on one of the ex-CO 737s. UA has been surprisingly quiet on the 737 refurbs. They are needed. You must have missed the United Next announcement - it's going to take time to refurb, can't happen overnight. Are F seats on the newer 737s - like the 8Max and 9Max -...
Jump to post...No, what I am saying is that there is room to consolidate a lot of that to larger equipment. This saves on staff, fuel, MX, and flow control. There was a time in my life when I was flying that route quite a lot for work. I cannot possibly see how it would be problematic to go from one every 14 m...
Jump to postLAXdude1023 wrote:Chicago and Houston are both amazing cities. I’ve had the pleasure of living in both. Glad UA serves both generously.
AA is moving to C in September’22 with 5 gates on the northwest side. I moved them to A when I was in the Real Estate Group, WTH. AA has moved more than any carrier at DEN. Yeah, that doesn’t make any sense. AA/DL should be on A, especially with BA and AF having international flights. Putting a new...
Jump to postafter so much bragging about the world class NOC, kinda surprising. Wonder what this will do to the staff. Part of the thing with Chicago and being downtown is you didn't need to buy a car when you made the move from Houston. Disappointing nonetheless. Is the cost of housing any cheaper in Arlingto...
Jump to postsanti319 wrote:The fact that the the world's wealthiest 1% produce double the combined carbon emissions of the poorest 50%, says a lot about where the focus should be…
The greater the load (weight), the greater the fuel burn. However, non-rev travel is so limited by the generally high passenger loads (at least pre-pandemic (2019)), that the difference would be hard to distinguish. On the flip side of this question, if a non-rev / standby passenger chooses another ...
Jump to postOkay, but if two aircraft ask for the same NAT entry time, how does ATC prioritize? First come first serve? ATC in the U.S. is all about "first come first served" though there are situations where one cannot do that simply especially in the terminal environment where I worked. Preferentia...
Jump to postSeems like I've seen CoBus' at US ski areas, too.
Jump to postPilots do test fly an aircraft before taking delivery of a new aircraft. Write up a squawk sheet of items to be resolved before the aircraft is transferred from the manufacturer to the airline. On one delivery test flight the depressurization didn’t keep the cabin below 15000 like it was supposed t...
Jump to postWhile some here seem to relish the idea that us pilots will get our comeuppance from high tech, those of who actually operate these machines understand that it is a long way off and in the mean time we will watch various managements stumble along, trying various schemes to make up for their mismana...
Jump to postWe have a terrorism no fly list, add a new category to the list for disruptive passengers. That’s like trying to inspect quality in rather than designing and building quality. You can’t force proper behavior, it has to indoctrinated at an early and we’ve failed miserably. That's very well said, tha...
Jump to postI believe gloves on military aircraft are for flash protection in the event of fire. There is nothing about a civilian pilots uniform that is safe in a fire. I.e synthetic materials that have a low melting point Many years ago, I flew with a captain who wore Nomex gloves for all take-offs and landi...
Jump to postTo answer a previous question re: EWR wait times - we departed LAX on time, wheels down 20 minutes early and ended up being 53 minutes late (yes, that’s 1 hour and 23 minutes sitting on an active taxiway). DM me if you’d like more details. Thanks for the reply. Given Kirby’s appetite to take advant...
Jump to postBack to the EWR meltdown — waited over an hour after landing for a gate on Tuesday night. Very frustrating. Just curious - did your flight depart early? And would it have arrived early had there been a gate or staffing available? I do agree that it's quite frustrating to land and then wait a consid...
Jump to postIt's no wonder that private aviation is growing and prices of used corporate aircraft are rising - glad we bought into ours when we did. Having said that, we still use AS, UA and occasionally DL when it makes sense.
Jump to postAnd I also asked because I was wondering if it would be worth to paint them all, as I supposed they would be replaced soon by A321XLR. Do you know how long will 752 continue in United fleet? IIRC, UA's A321XLRs won't begin arriving until the last quarter of 2023, so the Rolls Royce powered 757-200s...
Jump to postLooks like a Cessna 177 Cardinal to me.... Yes, a Cessna C-177RG to be specific. 200 horsepower Lycoming IO-360, constant speed propeller and Retractable landing Gear (hence, the RG suffix). The C-177RGs were a growth from the C-177 which was first produced as 1968 models (IIRC) with 150 hp Lycomin...
Jump to postThe terminal redevelopment is supposed to increase the number of TSA lanes. Security will have a much bigger footprint on level 6 than on the current level 5. I know the redevelopment is controversial, and there are parts of it that I don't like either, but if you look at the level 5 and level 6 fl...
Jump to postchrisnh wrote:If BOS-LHR isn't detailed tomorrow, I doubt it will ever happen. I think there's enough metal between these two cities anyway.
In all my years flying, I never had a landing on the 1s or a departure from the 19s at KSFO. Yikes: KSFO 241556Z 19032G41KT 2SM -RA BR FEW008 BKN070 OVC090 17/15 A2963 RMK AO2 PK WND 20045/1515 SLP034 P0010 T01720150 KSFO 241456Z 19032G40KT 2SM -RA BR FEW008 BKN046 OVC085 17/15 A2963 RMK AO2 PK WND ...
Jump to postI think the next UAL route announcement will also be leisure based or be JV hub to hub announcement like LAX-FRA or LAX-MUC. Leisure is likely but not anything over the Atlantic. They would have announced those in the previous announcement if that was the case. Dont think anything over the Pacific ...
Jump to postFor the second time in two weeks, I had a trip to DEN. Leaving the south side of the terminal, I discovered the long downward escalator wasn't working. However, there were two upward ones running. This was true for both trips. This last trip, I witnessed a traveler lose control of her roller bag - i...
Jump to postMaybe the FL280 is because the North Atlantic RVSM airspace, some communication issue, altimeter issues or Datalink not working so it was not allow to go above FL and be in the RVSM. I am not sure if the route they are following is not an ETOPS one, I am not srure if you can be within 420nm of an a...
Jump to postI'm really doubting that these will return to service. UA for example has the oldest 777's out there (launch customer in 1995). I highly doubt that it is worth it to bring them back into service considering that there are so many newer replacements, like the 787, that are coming in. I'd be inclined...
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