DFW17L wrote:Regardless of the cause, it's still creepy.
The 787 is another example of Boeing listening to only some customers at the expense of others, and building too much airplane (too big, too heavy, too much range). See 777x, or the entire 777 series for that matter. Man, I wish people would stop to insinuate corporate stupidity in every move by ev...
Jump to postThe 787 is another example of Boeing listening to only some customers at the expense of others, and building too much airplane (too big, too heavy, too much range). See 777x, or the entire 777 series for that matter. Man, I wish people would stop to insinuate corporate stupidity in every move by ev...
Jump to postIt's the Swiss cheese again. Without the crew reaction to the issue (non reaction rather) the crash wouldn't have happened. Without the A/T malfunction, the crash wouldn't have happened. Shouldn't we try to plug as many holes as possible ? If only aircraft systems worked perfectly 100% of the time....
Jump to postThe "but" comes in when you conflate "sound business plan" with CS. The likely response from A and B was well known, we talked about it at the time. GTF was a step change, the big boys were going to react. BBD had a small "first mover" advantage but decided to spend ti...
Jump to postYou would hope, but in the real world A320neo happened because Airbus felt threatened by BBD C Series, and 737 MAX happened because Boeing literally was threatened to lose AA as a customer if it did not come up with a response. How is this a "but"? In the "real world" Bombardier...
Jump to postVery cool to see engine manufacturers being so active. This is what triggers programs and progress on the manufacturer's sides. I would hope that a sound business plan aiming for an existing and exploitable market niche would trigger programs and progress. Engine efficiency is a considerable but no...
Jump to postJoin the military. You’ll still have a long career as an airline pilot. I thoroughly enjoy flying for my airline but military flying was one of the biggest privileges of my life. That. And chances are that TK (or other options around the world) will happily accept you as FO fast track into CPT when...
Jump to postVery cool to see engine manufacturers being so active. This is what triggers programs and progress on the manufacturer's sides. I would hope that a sound business plan aiming for an existing and exploitable market niche would trigger programs and progress. Engine efficiency is a considerable but no...
Jump to postThis was poor airmanship pure and simple. Went flying with a friend and this topic came up. After flying out of a stall a couple of times, it angers me still that three pilots could not figure out basic airmanship 101. But to be fair, none of us were there staring at a black sky and hearing a cacop...
Jump to postI’d rather have this than American depleted uranium all over the middle east... So, what right does China have to pollute LEO with weapons tests or large uncontrolled space debris? If you want to have a thread on DU impact to the environment, go ahead have one. Meanwhile, does not Zambia, Bolivia, ...
Jump to postMeaning, we got away with it and want to keep it that way. They knew the vanes were faulty and didn't ground the aircraft that used them. Do you realise how many aircraft are flying around with faulty equipment on board every day? Grounding the world wide fleet of A330/ A340 due a handful of icing ...
Jump to postMeaning, we got away with it and want to keep it that way. They knew the vanes were faulty and didn't ground the aircraft that used them. No, it means "The court decision that has just been announced does not reflect in any way the conclusions of the investigation". Who cares about faulty...
Jump to post"The court decision that has just been announced does not reflect in any way the conclusions of the investigation," Airbus said in an emailed statement. Meaning, we got away with it and want to keep it that way. They knew the vanes were faulty and didn't ground the aircraft that used them...
Jump to postShouldn't have said ALL 4 engine WB as there are still small fleets out there of A340's, 747-8 and A380. That being said no one seems to be lining up for the 777X or the MOM idea. I enjoy the debate and I do realize that my scenario (smaller planes and burning less fuel per trip) is just that a gue...
Jump to postPlease keep politics out of this thread, I do understand that you can't keep the current situation out of this discussion, but this is not the thread to discuss if the figures are manipulated by the government or not. This belongs into Non-Aviation. Thanks. Don’t get it. Why isn’t it a relevant par...
Jump to postPlease keep politics out of this thread, I do understand that you can't keep the current situation out of this discussion, but this is not the thread to discuss if the figures are manipulated by the government or not. This belongs into Non-Aviation. Thanks. Don’t get it. Why isn’t it a relevant par...
Jump to postLately bigger is losing, Where? There are no 788 or 338 orders, the A223 sells better than the 195E2, the A319neo is dead, the 737-7 max is not selling aside of one customer. There is no run to convert A321 orders in A320s or Max9/10 into -8. Aside of the very top end of the widebody scale there is...
Jump to postSlightly off topic At the moment 2 748i on the way to DXB in addition to the daily A333. I don’t think DXB is a place for storage, as it is packed already with EK’s A380s DXB will be "tech" stopover for all India rotations to DEL, BOM, BLR for crew change due to the COVID case explosion i...
Jump to postNaturally, the Chinese have plans for a copy cat as well, with plausible military implications. I would really hope, that at least in one of the best & civil threads we would spare ourselves such politics. There aren't a dozen different ways of building rockets and other highly on basic physics...
Jump to postThey are streaming the high altitude test for SN 15 right now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9eoubnO-pE Edit: And looks like a good landing! Edit 2: And there's a small fire on the pad that now appears to be out... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPNvB5ComFw Beautiful job done. Congrats SpaceX a...
Jump to postNaturally, the Chinese have plans for a copy cat as well, with plausible military implications. I would really hope, that at least in one of the best & civil threads we would spare ourselves such politics. There aren't a dozen different ways of building rockets and other highly on basic physics...
Jump to postAm I right in guessing that means Russian radar sites and airborne early warning trying hard to map out detection chances and tactics? Or is that a layman's understanding of Russia jumping on an opportunity? I assume that they'll be flying with radar reflectors to improve visibility and hide the &q...
Jump to postBecause EASA sets higher standards than many other countries, and is unable to verify that 3rd part countries live up to the same standards. It's not like it's a one-way street. Try converting to an Australian, US or South African license from EASA... There is also an oversupply of pilots in Europe...
Jump to postAm I right in guessing that means Russian radar sites and airborne early warning trying hard to map out detection chances and tactics? Or is that a layman's understanding of Russia jumping on an opportunity?
Jump to postThe founders of Lion Air have decided to create a new airline within Indonesia. The first aircraft is a ex-Indigo A320 registered PK-SAJ and has been painted in a white and gold livery. Not much is known yet about this company and what its routes will be and whether it will replace Lion Air on rout...
Jump to postMaybe. But if so that's. stupid. Increases total cost. Reason does not count. I've worked for science institutes in the past. they have 3 kinds of money: regular budget money: you get it. you can use it now or later. volatile budget money: you have to spend it till year end. otherwise you lose it. ...
Jump to postbigb wrote:The outbord engines on the 747 or A380 most likely.
China rarely misses its targets I for one will not fly on anything they make for atleast 5 maybe 10 years after certification. All the rubber stamping over there will be exposed externally to [the world]. Lots of long trrm reliability that needs to occur and they have zero understanding that longev...
Jump to postIt’s hard to know. From a widebody perspective, the 767 backlog is probably a whole lot more secure than the A330neo backlog is for example. Relatively? Yes. In absolute numbers? Not sure. 767 --> 97 open per Boeing orders / deliveries A330neo, discounting A338 and A339 for AAX --> 186 Airbus order...
Jump to postI think overall this discussion reads too much significance into the 50:50 statement, and I still think he is talking about as a whole, not just 737. Actually, the more I think about the current position and the relative narrowbody and widebody strengths and weaknesses, the more strongly convinced ...
Jump to postSokes wrote:What are we supposed to discuss?
The article doesn't mention what may or may not be good.
Maybe cheap clothing?
Nice, congrats. Good to see as many knowledge as possible collected from this dark hole that space still largely is.
Jump to postJust realized this thread exists. Interesting comments and quite fitting to my renewed interest in F1. Any opinions here about Toto's comments regarding "being streched" on the cost cap? Seems awfully whiny, to be honest, if it only takes on 90% "hull loss" to be at that point. W...
Jump to postNever in quite some years working for one of the largest freight operators worldwide have I seen discussions about adequate height of the cargo door. The majority of freight is containerized or on pallets specifically built up for aircraft contour. And, believe it or not, the loading height of the ...
Jump to postIn absence of alternative, the airlines would surely buy the A350F even without a 3m door but at this stage, the 778XF cannot be excluded while the 777F can still be ordered and not to mention the 773ERSF which is now available. The proposed A350F is the challenger and it'd rather be on a par with ...
Jump to postBuilding on a discussion we had on the A380-Combi thread, can Airbus fit a 3m high cargo door on the A350F in order to allow an equivalent loading capability to the 777F and 747F? I haven't managed to find sufficiently detailed information about the A350 cross section to evaluate whether they can f...
Jump to postHaven’t we been punished enough by Musk? Yeah, all those pesky affordable space flight innovations, all this crappy push in battery tech and electrical cars. Awful. It certainly is awful, but Elon is insufferable. The jury is still out on his various endeavors. Elon is difficult at times. But no, t...
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:Haven’t we been punished enough by Musk?
Next question, can they convince enough customers to buy A350F, or is this just some mid level exec throwing poop at the wall hoping some sticks? Building a discussion we had on the A380-Combi thread, can Airbus fit a 3m high cargo door on the A350F in order to allow an equivalent loading capabilit...
Jump to postAlso the question remains : Does the cargo industry "really want" a freighter with a composite fuselage ? An aluminum fuselage is much easier (cheaper) to repair with the types of damage handling freight can cause. If it was an issue, it would have already limited the acceptance of the cu...
Jump to post...putting cameras in cockpits do only little for improving anything, but have a whole lot of reason not to be there. The balance is not right. Out of interest, do you think the reasons not to add the cameras would also apply to locomotives where they have already been installed? If so, would you m...
Jump to postActually I have spent far more professional time in my life not being a pilot. And still now, I am not only pilot. So while not arguing your right to feel about pilots whatever way you like, I have seen this sense of entitlement in people . Of all professional levels and in various fields of expert...
Jump to postI see no good reason for a central stick. All it does is get in the way of some or other instrument. The only logical reason the C17 doesn’t have a side stick is that they were scared they would be accused of admitting Airbus was correct. Seems like. And I agree. On the other hand, any fighter pilo...
Jump to postFlight 4U9525 inestigation would have saved no cent with a camera. It was clear from the moment the CVR was being heard. And yes: first hand information. Pilots are against it, because we value some kind of privacy at the workplace , same as everybody else. And in conjunction with the fact, that ne...
Jump to postzeke in well respect to you ! "A video does not show why something happened, it records what happened, same as a FDR. " Flight 4U 9525 could have spend much less $$$ if there was a camera on board, does it ? I don`t understand why pilots are so against it ! Is there something to hide when...
Jump to postThe electrial issues are no issue for anyone ordering one and I see no stacking either. Still a nice order.
Jump to post2-2-2 all the way baby. Time to put passengers first again. Playing devils advocat here: It is passengers first since a couple of decades, not the other way round. Densifying aircraft seatmaps hence more effectively using available floor space has done wonders in enabling passengers to actually be ...
Jump to post2-2-2 all the way baby. Time to put passengers first again. Playing devils advocat here: It is passengers first since a couple of decades, not the other way round. Densifying aircraft seatmaps hence more effectively using available floor space has done wonders in enabling passengers to actually be ...
Jump to post[...] there are too many possibly disrupting technologies on the horizon to do a normal design now. Serious question: what do you believe those disrupting technologies might be? Specific, if you may, not just saying some digital work and some new manufacturing technology. The big question for the f...
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