Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread

It's extremely distasteful to predict the demise of an airline, especially with the seeming relish of those on this forum. No, they won't collapse any time soon, so stop gloating over their failures. It's disgusting. Well this post aged well. This was doomed from the off. The last one failed and th...

Re: Yet another mass shooting in the US not in Cali

How did we also miss the following mass shootings: 8 dead Enoch Utah https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/05/us/enoch-city-utah-home-shooting/index.html 6 dead Goshen Califormia https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/18/us/goshen-california-shooting-wednesday/index.html 5 dead High Point North Carolina https:/...

Re: Is Prince Andrew planning to revisit his US sex abuse case?

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

Heck, the Euros are still protecting Polanski

Re: First white card drawn in Foodball

As we know from psychology: the carrot works far better than the stick. But there is no incentive. 50 white cards for a team gets them what? It’s like getting a gold star in kindergarten. and the golden star works like a charm ;-) On three year olds. You’re naive in the extreme if you think pointle...

Re: First white card drawn in Foodball

A bit of feel-good news from the football field. In the cup match between the women of Benfica and Sporting, referee Caterina Campos drew a white card for the first time in football history. It is an innovation that has only been introduced in Portugal for the time being. It is not a punishment, li...

Re: MOM aircraft discussion - 100t to 200t MTOW

But we are not talking about Today's standards. Why was it never done in the past when 100's were in existence? Of course we're talking about today's standards. Markets have changed significantly, twenty years ago airlines wanted everything to go through their hubs, very few 757s were being used on...

Re: MOM aircraft discussion - 100t to 200t MTOW

I just question why it's never been done in bulk if it's such a great idea to fly that far in a SA with pretty low density. There are tons of 757's around that could have used for that if there was a market, especially pre-covid. Because the 757 is heavy and, by today's standards, a fuel guzzler. T...

Re: Florida GOP bans books in school until govt censor can review them

Florida teachers told to remove books from classroom libraries or risk felony prosecution https://popular.info/p/florida-teachers-told-to-remove-books "Teachers in Manatee County, Florida, are being told to make their classroom libraries — and any other "unvetted" book — inaccessible...

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

NIKV69 wrote:

Instead of being a criminal they should try a job.

Re: First white card drawn in Foodball

A bit of feel-good news from the football field. In the cup match between the women of Benfica and Sporting, referee Caterina Campos drew a white card for the first time in football history. It is an innovation that has only been introduced in Portugal for the time being. It is not a punishment, li...

Re: Owner of the London Eye Seeking an Extension to Keep the Attraction Past 2028

London would now look odd without the Eye.

But as to flood protection, as flipdewaf pointed out, London has way bigger problems if it’s flooded enough to cause issues for the Eye.

Re: Classified Documents found at Mike Pence's Home

I'm scared to look for classified documents in my house, in case I find some!

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

NIKV69 wrote:

TriJets wrote:

The problem being that one has no way of knowing if the person breaking into their home means to harm them or not.

I am sure they are breaking in to just say hello and have some green tea.

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

Do you think that the burglars won't bring guns if they know that the home will not have any? Well, that's certainly seems to be the case in most unarmed, civilised countries. The average burglar in the UK won't have a gun because they know there's effectively zero chance the average homeowner has ...

Re: MOM aircraft discussion - 100t to 200t MTOW

In your opinion, which A321XLR customers realistically might have bought A330neos instead? AirAsiaX,Indigo, AirAsiaX has both on order and their CEO said " Ismail says the A321XLRs will “address markets where an A330 with a high-density configuration is too much capacity”. He cites second-tier...

Re: Utah Senator wants to ban porn in USA

SEAorPWM wrote:

Americans want to treat 17 year olds as adults for everything else, so why not this. Time for some consistency.

Re: MOM aircraft discussion - 100t to 200t MTOW

I never said you would plan to operate at 60%. The person I was responding too made a very definitive statement in that "but you would never fly an A330/787 at 60% load". Basically implying that if its at 60% load factor or less the flight is cancelled. BTW you get to 80% fleet average lo...

Re: Will Etihad take its 777-9 order?

There has been a discrepancy for years now between Boeing's and Etihad's communications over that order. Boeing still listing the 25 frames on the books while Etihad is insisting only 6 remaining on order and their strategy shifting towards 787/A350. Etihad don't want the 777-X anymore but has not ...

Re: Will Etihad take its 777-9 order?

With the schedule delays, they certainly can cancel the 777-9 contracts without too many troubles. Plus, Boeing might be open to transfer the revenue to their 787 line with some special offers? That would be logical, but I’m struggling to see that EY needs more 787s - they have 39 in their fleet an...

Re: Will Etihad take its 777-9 order?

I'm a believe the 25borders are still on the books of the Boeing backlog. They are, but just about all analysts believe that EY's are included in Boeing's 127 ASC 606 total for the 777. The issue for me is that the order is something and nothing. I can see it going both ways, ordering more to get t...

Re: Classified Documents from Biden’s VP days found in office

Three weeks ago: "Biden takes classified documents seriously" This week ago: "Biden takes classified documents. Seriously." Aside from the part they weren't supposed to have these documents anymore, just about every element of the Biden case and this case are different. The Arch...

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Deliveries - 2023

This has probably been answered, but if a customer were to place a 787 order today, how long would it be until they receive it? My understanding is that Boeing is working on getting the undelivered 787’s reworked first before building new ones…? There’s really no definitive answer and it would depe...

Re: MOM aircraft discussion - 100t to 200t MTOW

texl1649 wrote:

This is also part of why I think it is so laughable that many are so focused on the A321XLR as some sort of factor in Boeing’s considerations around MOM.

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

We need much stricter gun laws than what are on the books anywhere in the U.S. We need a national policy. The gun is the problem, and we need to ban most if not all guns across the U.S. to save lives. We need strict, national laws as anyone can enter CA from states that don't have strict gun regula...

Re: Rightwing men continue have the right to kill wives and children

Francoflier wrote:

Interesting topic to discuss, but I'd suggest a less provocative and misleading thread title...

Re: Rightwing men continue have the right to kill wives and children

Aesma wrote:

They believe in "faith healing", plenty of people die as a result, and what do they conclude ?

Re: Yet another mass shooting in the US not in Cali

The best ending in these situations is to disarm the shooter, and take them directly to the medical examiner / morgue. No hospital visit, no arrest necessary. Directly to autopsy. And round up the shooter’s family for interrogations. Why bother with interrogations? Just shoot all of them as well. A...

Re: Yet another mass shooting in the US not in Cali

12 shot, no one killed, all stable, at a nightclub at 1:30 in the morning sounds more like a gang dispute than an active shooter, IMO. Phew, that's a huge relief. You can go back to sleep now. A close relative of your has just been killed by a stray bullet, but it's only a gang dispute, so no probl...

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

Please, Europeans, tell us what to do!!!!! If only you'd listen. :wink2: In the meantime, have some more thoughts and prayers because that really seems to help. Whatever you do, don't discuss it now, because it's too soon and healing time is needed. Then maybe look at it and draw some conclusions a...

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

More good guys with guns. And good guys with personal protection equipment, such as bulletproof vests and helmets, to ensure they can return fire even if being shot at. In fact, maybe one should always wear full tactical gear when leaving the house. Camouflage can help avoid getting hit. Airborne f...

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Deliveries - 2023

This has probably been answered, but if a customer were to place a 787 order today, how long would it be until they receive it? My understanding is that Boeing is working on getting the undelivered 787’s reworked first before building new ones…? There’s really no definitive answer and it would depe...

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

Thoughts and prayers. Again.

Re: MOM aircraft discussion - 100t to 200t MTOW

Already made that reference once, so here it is again: MoM is tough to crack. Look at cars. We have 2-seaters and we have 4-5 seaters. Logically, a 3-seater seems a great idea. MoM is like the 3-seater. I'd say the 737 and A320 are subcompacts, and the widebodies are full size cars of the 70s. The ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Revelation wrote:

Makes me wonder, why is Israel so quiet on what is going on?

Re: Report: AI to order 435 single aisle and 70 widebody aircraft

The 777-9 don't have the range for any US destinations from BOM or DEL. Maybe if Russian airspace were open, a few destinations could be reached with restrictions and favorable weather conditions. Do we know if it is the 777-8 or 777-9 Air India might order? The 787-9, 777-8, A350-900 and A350-1000...

Re: Airbus axes remaining A350 jet deal with Qatar -sources

It is not unusual for specific aircraft to be grounded and not the whole fleet. You have missed a significate point then that QR has claimed, it has claimed that this is a design flaw, that even new build aircraft have, and that is the justification for not accepting new aircraft. Yes, in the filin...

Re: British government to block Scottish law

Should be 16 under UK law. 16 is adulthood over there for everything sexual. There's a big difference between having sex at age 16 and making a life-changing, once and for all decision at the same age. Plenty of 16yo make bad decisions - just look at the number of teenage pregnancies. Yet British l...

Re: MOM aircraft discussion - 100t to 200t MTOW

This chart is only interesting, if you compare it to the standard A321NEO. Which show that the XLR makes sense from 2500nm to 3700nm, if you can fill the maximum payload. Or in other words. it extends the fully useful range of your A321 fleet by nearly 50% and it does this with a very tiny drawback...

Re: Airbus and Boeing Orders - 2023

Uzbekistan Airways orders 8 A320neo and 4 A321neo https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/uzbekistan-airways/uzbekistan-airways-orders-8-airbus-a320neo-and-4-a321neo-aircraft/ wasnt this order placed many months ago ? or was it initially only a MOU of sorts? The Airbus PR is dated today, so whatever was...

Re: Airbus and Boeing Orders - 2023

Uzbekistan Airways orders 8 A320neo and 4 A321neo https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/uzbekistan-airways/uzbekistan-airways-orders-8-airbus-a320neo-and-4-a321neo-aircraft/ Confirmed by Airbus: https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-01-uzbekistan-airways-orders-12-a320neo-family-aircr...

Re: Will the Mitsubishi SpaceJet be cancelled?

It is effectively cancelled. It’s the aviation equivalent of Monty Python’s dead parrot. But why? If you have a functioning prototype... why not work it out? What are the big issues currently with the acft? Too many issues, that almost mean having to start from scratch again. The will, and more impo...

Re: Airbus A350XWB ongoing evolutionary enhancements, EIS 2025-2030.

There still no evidence that these 350 on LAX-SIN can operating at full pax capacity though (i.e., no seat blocked, full 253 pax plus luggages). As you said, when cargo is more lucrative, maybe they are trading pax weight for cargo weight. There is evidence. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopi...

Re: Airbus A350 Production/Deliveries - 2023

Latest movement for 19 January 2023: Off topic but interesting nonetheless! MSN 036 Qatar Airways A359 F-WZGE/A7-ALL, delivered SNN->TLS->DOH after being stripped to primer, then ferried for cracking inspection/repairs, and then presumably followed by a complete re-paint (not confirmed but logical)...

Re: Airbus A350XWB ongoing evolutionary enhancements, EIS 2025-2030.

There still no evidence that these 350 on LAX-SIN can operating at full pax capacity though (i.e., no seat blocked, full 253 pax plus luggages). As you said, when cargo is more lucrative, maybe they are trading pax weight for cargo weight. You are of course free to provide evidence to support the t...

Re: Utah Senator wants to ban porn in USA

bennett123 wrote:

Did both parties consent;
Are both parties adult;

Re: British government to block Scottish law

My understanding is that the law now says that if you 'live like a woman' for three months you get a GRC. There is no requirement for a medical assessment. So what exactly does 'live like a woman' mean?. What do you think it means? The current UK rules for applying for a GRC: Who can apply You can ...

Re: Delta Exercises Options for 12 Additional A220-300's

The 1 missing aircraft was I believe damaged when somehow the fire suppression system went off in the bay it was inside of . Results were terrible corrosion of the frame. I guess it’s a write off. I'm not sure what all the talk is about a missing airplane. N301DU was the aircraft that was damaged, ...

Re: Classified Documents from Biden’s VP days found in office

Mar-a-Lago also had armed Secret Service on-site for the entirety of those documents being there, which the DOJ knew about and were negotiating the return of, while ensuring they were kept in a locked safe within the Secret Service guarded office. It's cute you think the Secret Service is guarding ...

Re: Classified Documents from Biden’s VP days found in office

Maybe I've read too many John Grisham novels, but anything seriously incriminating in a Biden property was probably accidentally incinerated months ago... which is why believing that Biden and the WH lawyers are really more interested in protecting the country versus protecting their client is laug...

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Deliveries - 2023

Leeham this morning is reporting up to 15 month additional delay for delivery of 787s for some customers. https://leehamnews.com/2023/01/19/hotr-boeing-ponders-777-300er-p2f-program-again/ Jan. 19, 2023, © Leeham News: Already well behind the 8 ball in delivering 787s, Boeing quietly advised some cu...