I undersand flying a CRJ is no easier or harder than a 737. In fact, the CRJ is probably going to a smaller runway, and has more takeoffs/landings per day. If pilots get less money flying a CRJ than a 737 because is "it's a smaller plane" then that applies to mechanics of regional jets to...
Jump to postNow the question is, you'll still have "walled off" pilots, since there are type ratings and the like. What I'm curious if there really is enough cost in the wholly owned regionals that would be able to be cut out? There probably is some, but probably not a lot. for the Pilots? they could...
Jump to postQuick scope question: Are there large-ish airlines with either no union, or no scope clause? And do these airlines have a significant competetive advantage of scope-clause airlines?
Jump to postThere is zero chance of a 787 MRTT A brand new 787 MRTT would never sell. For the same reasons why Airbus hasn't sold a single brand new A330 MRTT since the KC-46 first flight. That is if you exclude orders from the country that builds the plane as they obviously are forced to buy the aircraft even...
Jump to postDifference between open rotor and turboprop, is the speed range possible for the rotor is much higher than for a prop. By using rotor technologies without the enclosure, the rotor diameter can be expanded while both rotational and forward speed are enhanced, without loss of fuel efficiency, AND AT ...
Jump to postYou will likely see Apaches, attack helis become command nodes and even launchers for loitering munitions. The US Army is already testing concepts for launching drones from helicopters I imagine there are many advantages to commanding the drone from the ground, if you can maintain a radio connectio...
Jump to postI didn't say it was unfair. I said it was ineffecient. You can tell because I didn't write "it's unfair". Instead I wrote "it's ineffecient". Right in the part you qouted. Having the military decide the right amount that a space company ought to contribute to the local loan-out-...
Jump to postI can't fathom how anyone would find this unfair unless the underlying conviction is that businesses should be allowed to do as they please with the environment with no interference from the community they operate in and profit from. I didn't say it was unfair. I said it was ineffecient. You can te...
Jump to postI can't fathom how anyone would find this unfair unless the underlying conviction is that businesses should be allowed to do as they please with the environment with no interference from the community they operate in and profit from. I didn't say it was unfair. I said it was ineffecient. You can te...
Jump to postHungary 2 Portugul 5 Netherlands 5 This is what happens when there are local jobs in it. Countries in EU end up with a lot of different types of planes, some imported from outside the EU, and there is no coordination or overall plan, as all act in their own short-term interest. It's not different h...
Jump to postI know we live in a different world, but I still find it strange these numbers are so easy to obtain. Imagine what the USSR would have done to try to get this information 40 or so years ago. Democracy means informing voters. Now try and get these numbers from the Luftwaffe or the RAF. I'm glad we h...
Jump to postLots of numbers, there’s some truth, some politics. Aug 1990, we were still converting to C-5, lots of beat up old A-models, about 50% termed MC. We were tasked with generating all available planes, by the next evening at 1am, I left with the last of 12 on the ramp. Peacetime v. wartime. I'm intere...
Jump to postInteresting number for me is the 95% staffing of the maintenance positions, how did the US Air Force get to use staffing as a reason for mothballing the A-10 fleet? If the F-35 was at 95% where were the A-10 maintainers going to go.......like they say, numbers...statistics.....etc etc etc. Probably...
Jump to postInteresting number for me is the 95% staffing of the maintenance positions, how did the US Air Force get to use staffing as a reason for mothballing the A-10 fleet? If the F-35 was at 95% where were the A-10 maintainers going to go.......like they say, numbers...statistics.....etc etc etc. Problem ...
Jump to posthttps://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2022/06/16/Screen-Shot-2022-06-16-at-8.43.15-AM.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440 Reading page two of the report ... it looks like they did NOT cherry-pick the worst of the data. But instead, they picked some aircraft types via a criteria...
Jump to postTotal sales now ...
Brazil 22
Hungary 2
Portugul 5
Netherlands 5
Total 34
Even if the KC390 is better for my mission, I'd be SUPER reluctant to buy a plane that only has 34 orders.
They're 'placating' groups which seek to bolster environmental and historical conservation and education. There's something to be said for not letting corporations just come in and do anything they want with any site they purchase anywhere and the area around it, even if the compensation mechanisms...
Jump to postBefore Space X can launch its Starship in support of NASA, the Department of Defense, and the greater goal of bringing humanity to the stars, the FAA has required that SpaceX must (among other requirements): * Prepare a historical context report (i.e., historical narrative) of the historic events an...
Jump to postLoad Factors for February 2022 at GRR American: CLT: 90% MIA: 89% PHX: 88% DFW: 88% ORD: 81% DCA: 79% PHL: 76% Allegiant: SFB: 94% AZA: 93% PGD: 93% PIE: 93% SRQ: 90% FLL: 89% LAS: 80% VPS: 71% JAX: 63% (79% outbound, 46% inbound) Delta: ATL: 90% MSP: 82% DTW: 79% LGA: 68% Frontier: RSW: 95% MCO: 9...
Jump to postLoad Factors for February 2022 at GRR American: CLT: 90% MIA: 89% PHX: 88% DFW: 88% ORD: 81% DCA: 79% PHL: 76% Allegiant: SFB: 94% AZA: 93% PGD: 93% PIE: 93% SRQ: 90% FLL: 89% LAS: 80% VPS: 71% JAX: 63% (79% outbound, 46% inbound) Delta: ATL: 90% MSP: 82% DTW: 79% LGA: 68% Frontier: RSW: 95% MCO: 9...
Jump to postWhy do you think the airbus a 330 MRTT did not attain full operational capability until 2017? And why do you think the plane had any operational deficiencies before 2017 I posted the link to the Australian Defense Ministry statement above. I read that. It does not say the airplane had any deficienc...
Jump to postI consider them both to be comparable in quality and capability, in final form, but due to large difference in size, they are optimized for different missions. That is the true discriminator. If "in final form" means "once it works" then that's an uninteresting observation. I be...
Jump to postI consider them both to be comparable in quality and capability, in final form, but due to large difference in size, they are optimized for different missions. That is the true discriminator. If "in final form" means "once it works" then that's an uninteresting observation. I be...
Jump to postYet as we look to the future, FCAS with France and Germany is seemingly making the same mistakes that Eurofighter made in its design. Mainly the political squabbling of what either nation wants. But it would appear that Britain & partners with the Tempest have learnt their lesson. Weird how all...
Jump to postI thought it might be interesting to compare the two programs. I've started their timelines at program start. KC-46 Development started 11 years ago. First flight took 3 years after program start First delivery to the air force took 8 years after program start Might be cleared for combat operations...
Jump to postI thought it might be interesting to compare the two programs. I've started their timelines at program start. KC-46 Development started 11 years ago. First flight took 3 years after program start First delivery to the air force took 8 years after program start Might be cleared for combat operations...
Jump to postI thought it might be interesting to compare the two programs. I've started their timelines at program start. KC-46 Development started 11 years ago. First flight took 3 years after program start First delivery to the air force took 8 years after program start Might be cleared for combat operations ...
Jump to postImagine how bad things would be if Boeing didn't have all those decades of tanker experience. :duck: As many here have tried to explain, the KC-46 is not the KC-135, it's significantly more advanced, as requested by the USAF. The decades of experience with the KC-135 won't overlap very much with th...
Jump to postThe "foreseeable" part is TWZ being disingenuous, as they know the new RVS is being rolled out next year, and will begin factory integration the following year. I believe they spoke to exactly that issue, complete with quote from the USAF officer. "Whatever the case, the KC-46A remai...
Jump to postAlso "emergency need" just means lack of availability of another refueling asset. The KC-46 could step in at any time. As the USAF officials said, you will see them operating in combat theaters during exercises and training, but won't be dispatched there for routine operations. Another wa...
Jump to postThe U.S. Air Force has confirmed that it is still not using its fleet of KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers to support combat operations, and will not for the foreseeable future except in response to "emergency need." This is despite the service recently touting that these aircraft c...
Jump to postDelta has dropped Marquette -> Minneapolis. Marquette is right between the hubs of Detroit and Minneapolis and now only one is accessable.
Has traffic out of Marquette dropped? Why did this happen?
LHAM wrote:Rafale has a backlog of about 200 frames. The Typhoon I believe is around 50.
Plus there is the pending large orders for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy with the Rafale being a strong contender for both.
Eh, it's all relative. They're much slower than the much cheaper aircraft and missiles that hunt them. That's exactly what I meant. A salvo of 30-40 long range missiles targeted at a carrier is a perfectly plausible scenario. Each carrier is protected with at least one Tico and two Burkes. So, you'...
Jump to postDoes anyone know which aircraft "most" pilots would rather take into combat - the Typhoon or the Rafale? Let's use eastern Ukraine as the theatre and the aircraft being operated by the Ukrainians with their support assets. Which aircraft is better has been widely debated ... but the conse...
Jump to postWhat fuel does the Starliner use. Not the launch vehicle,but the actual capsule? (Googling does not reveal an answer.)
Jump to postCan someone compare Starliner vs Crewed Dragon in terms of development cost and time? Everyone says SpaceX is best, but where they better in this case?
Jump to postThese are my favorite military blogs. Can anyone suggest more/better ones? https://news.usni.org -- Authoritative naval stuff https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone -- General military stuff by professionals willing to state opinions https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/ -- longer articles from a british p...
Jump to postAbout the LCS ... The entire class, all of the ships combined, were able to generate 6 deployments in 2021. Fewer in 2020. Fewer in 2019. The ships cannot deploy. https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/us-navy-to-deploy-6-littoral-combat-ships-by-year-end/ The GAO report on the LCS ship (Feb 2022) starts ...
Jump to postThe US Navy is retiring LCS hulls as fast as it can. The biggest constrain is whether Congress will let the USN retire ships that are so new and cost so much when built. I won't join in but I see you are getting a lot of push back from others on this subject. I politely don't think that's true. I t...
Jump to postAbout the LCS ... The entire class, all of the ships combined, were able to generate 6 deployments in 2021. Fewer in 2020. Fewer in 2019. The ships cannot deploy. https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/us-navy-to-deploy-6-littoral-combat-ships-by-year-end/ The GAO report on the LCS ship (Feb 2022) starts w...
Jump to postPlease forgive me if I come off as naive in this, I am not a Navy guy, but I am interested in this subject. ... LCS would be an ideal drone platform and drones certainly are going to be a large part of 21st century warfare. The US Navy is retiring LCS hulls as fast as it can. The biggest constrain ...
Jump to postIf they wanted a ship to run with a carrier why did they ever fund the LCS? They offer nothing to a carrier group, nothing on offense, nothing on defense. I have read the Wikipedia description of the Constellation class frigates and two things stand out; the first is that these ships are to be part...
Jump to postYou must be surprised that Navy is decommissioning so many LCS so early. And moving on to a new platform. If they USN thought the LCS was worth having they would repair the ones that need repair, and would not be decommissioning the ones they have. Fact check: 9 LCS have been proposed for retiremen...
Jump to postLCS gets kicked around but they are out there serving every day, and crews like them. Their concept is just different than the traditional categories of warships. They were designed to replace three classes of ships, and are successful at two of them. The need for a more lethal frigate has reemerge...
Jump to postThere is always a need for more capacity, but not an unlimited budget. The KC-46 also gets kicked around, but it too is now forward deployed, and is very active even without RVS 2.0. If conflict with China broke out tomorrow, the B-2 fleet would be essential. Hence the need for B-21 to replace them...
Jump to postThis is a specious question. At the time it was being developed, the need for this aircraft was very real, and to this day, its very existence affects the behavior of the two main adversaries. The fact that the need continues is illustrated by the B-21 following in its footsteps. Then it’s not a sp...
Jump to postSikorsky ought to revisit the X-wing concept that they investigated with the S-72. It would be less draggy, have far superior disk loading, and capable of higher speeds than Bell's folding rotors concept. https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/X-WING.php This is Sikorsky's to lose if they go this route. ...
Jump to postThis is a specious question. At the time it was being developed, the need for this aircraft was very real, and to this day, its very existence affects the behavior of the two main adversaries. The fact that the need continues is illustrated by the B-21 following in its footsteps. Then it’s not a sp...
Jump to postMy answer: (1) The Oliver Hazard Perry frigate production was just ending. A successor of similar size but more modern capability produced just after the year 2000 would be nice to have now, even if they would be getting on in years. Also, anything that avoids the LCS debacle is a good. (2) The 767 ...
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