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- Sun Aug 17, 2003 1:52 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAK - What Do You Think Of It?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5493
RE: OAK - What Do You Think Of It?
I don't see what's so bad about it. Crowded? Yes. Cramped? Yes. Outdated? Yes - but you can thank steady growth for that. The parking lot will be gone in a few years, the direct connection to BART will be open, and terminal expansion is still being negotiated. I like that I can get to New York or Wa...
Jump to post- Sun Aug 17, 2003 1:47 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO Runway Reconstruction -- Status?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4172
RE: SFO Runway Reconstruction -- Status?
For the same reason it took BART 25 years to get a San Mateo county buy-in for service, and likewise, it won't be until 2007 (nearly TWENTY years after 1989) before the new east span of the Bay Bridge is open for business. All these reasons and more - time to head for <acronym title="Lan Chile">LA</...
Jump to post- Sun Aug 17, 2003 1:46 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO Spotting Today - Substitutions Still In Effect
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2797
RE: SFO Spotting Today - Substitutions Still In Effect
Not sure - I hadn't been spotting out at SFO for about a month (since the last time I house-sit in San Mateo), but last time I was out there in early July, it was an A340.
Jump to post- Sun Aug 17, 2003 9:10 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO Runway Reconstruction -- Status?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4172
RE: SFO Runway Reconstruction -- Status?
There will be no scaling of anything because there isn't anything to discuss. Everything is indefinitely postponed.
Jump to post- Sun Aug 17, 2003 8:05 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO Runway Reconstruction -- Status?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4172
RE: SFO Runway Reconstruction -- Status?
Unless all current peninsula residents and environmental opponents move away, not a chance.
Jump to post- Sun Aug 17, 2003 7:59 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO Spotting Today - Substitutions Still In Effect
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2797
SFO Spotting Today - Substitutions Still In Effect
Couldn't help but notice the following today in about four hours of spotting at <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>: - Alaska is still flying the Mickey Mouse 737 into <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California...
Jump to post- Sun Aug 17, 2003 7:52 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAK - What Do You Think Of It?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5493
RE: OAK - What Do You Think Of It?
Tbear, Why the preference for <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>, other than <acronym title="Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (OAK / KOAK), USA - California">OAK</acronym>'s outdated terminal 1, <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (...
Jump to post- Sun Aug 17, 2003 7:48 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO Runway Reconstruction -- Status?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4172
RE: SFO Runway Reconstruction -- Status?
Proposals have been shelved due to a confluence of factors. Loss of airport revenue after 9/11, a poor fiscal situation in San Francisco that has contributed to the Board of Supervisors denying two motions to further explore <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - Californi...
Jump to post- Sat Aug 16, 2003 6:01 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Los Angeles - World's Busiest Airspace
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9121
RE: Los Angeles - World's Busiest Airspace
Yes, that's the crucial factor with LA versus other busy areas - the proximity of 5 - 10,000 foot terrain all over the place, with poor visibility much of the time due to haze to boot.
Jump to post- Sat Aug 16, 2003 5:30 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Los Angeles - World's Busiest Airspace
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9121
- Sat Aug 16, 2003 3:53 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAK - What Do You Think Of It?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5493
OAK - What Do You Think Of It?
Have you been to <acronym title="Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (OAK / KOAK), USA - California">OAK</acronym>? If so, what's your opinion of it? Just your run of the mill secondary airport or is more exciting than that? <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica,...
Jump to post- Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:52 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Los Angeles - World's Busiest Airspace
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9121
RE: Los Angeles - World's Busiest Airspace
EWR - 1217 <acronym title="New York - La Guardia (LGA / KLGA), USA - New York">LGA</acronym> - 1075 <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> - 785 No great difference from <acronym title="Santa Ana - John Wayne / Orange County (S...
Jump to post- Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:18 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Los Angeles - World's Busiest Airspace
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9121
Los Angeles - World's Busiest Airspace
The following is a listing of significant greater <acronym title="Lan Chile">LA</acronym> area airports and their average number of operations (movements) per day, as a means of illustrating the sheer amount of metal in the sky over <acronym title="Lan Chile">LA</acronym> at any given time. Just a f...
Jump to post- Sat Aug 16, 2003 12:18 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Your Remarks About Southwest Airlines
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5082
- Fri Aug 15, 2003 3:18 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Wich Airline Do You Like The Best?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9415
RE: Wich Airline Do You Like The Best?
International - <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> without a doubt. In three instances, I've had nothing but the *best* possible experience with them. Domestic - jetBlue takes my crown. You sacrifice a bit with the legroom, but you're entertained, you have a Southwest-qua...
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 3:15 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Your Remarks About Southwest Airlines
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5082
RE: Your Remarks About Southwest Airlines
I love Southwest. As has been said, they deliver a quality product that doesn't lie about what it will be. It's not a matter of low or high expectations either - rather, realistic ones. Within California and on the west coast in general, they are exceptional for what I need them for. <acronym title=...
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:58 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: What Is Your Favorite 737 Series
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5684
RE: What Is Your Favorite 737 Series
I love the short -500/-600 too, but the -700 is tops in my book for look and feel and the -200 for nostalgic value. The -300/-400 bother me only because the wing seems so cluttered and small for aircraft of their size.
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:20 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Should BA Buy The A380?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 7009
RE: Should BA Buy The A380?
Could be as good as a Boeing, 747400sp? You mean the A320 isn't already as good as the 737?
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:00 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Power Outage - NYC, DTW, YYZ
- Replies: 91
- Views: 9230
RE: Power Outage - NYC, DTW, YYZ
Maybe someone hacked into the grid. It's probably some pimply-faced malcontent prick from Neptune, NJ.
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 5:50 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Unrealistic Plane Movies
- Replies: 69
- Views: 12973
RE: Unrealistic Plane Movies
How about James Bond? <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> 757, London - St. Petersburg, Russia in 'Goldeneye'. <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> 737, London - Hamburg, Germany in 'Tomorrow Never Dies' Pan Am 707-120, London - Kingston, Jamaica in 'Dr. No' Pan Am 707-120, Lo...
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 5:32 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: A380 SR For Shorthaul Japanese Market?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3813
RE: A380 SR For Shorthaul Japanese Market?
The issue for airport operations and the A380 isn't so much runways - it's taxiways.
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 5:12 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Routes With Most Pax/flights
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5721
RE: Routes With Most Pax/flights
If you define things as metro-metro, it's <acronym title="Lan Chile">LA</acronym> - Bay Area hands down. A brief overview using the four major airlines serving the two areas: Airline - Route - Daily (M-F) Frequency <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> - <acronym title="San Francisco...
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 4:27 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: What Is Your Favourite Airport
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5671
RE: What Is Your Favourite Airport
My home airport - <acronym title="Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (OAK / KOAK), USA - California">OAK</acronym>, obviously. Second fav - <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>. Great mix of airlines from around the globe and multiple sp...
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:13 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Spotting In Tokyo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2448
RE: Spotting In Tokyo
There's good spotting of the main terminal area from the Haneda observation deck. Surrounding hotels, the Terminal 2 obs deck, and the hill mentioned are all good at <acronym title="Tokyo - New Tokyo International / Narita (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> - just be forewarned. You're unlikely to s...
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:06 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Southwest Airlines Flight# 1064 MCO-STL
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4351
RE: Southwest Airlines Flight# 1064 MCO-STL
In my experience they have been. The two smoothest landings I've ever had were on a Northwest 747-251 at <acronym title="Tokyo - New Tokyo International / Narita (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> and just this last June on a <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)">B6</acronym> A320 at <acronym title...
Jump to post- Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:01 am
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Rumble When Speed Brakes Are Deployed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4378
RE: Rumble When Speed Brakes Are Deployed
If you look out the window and see deployment in a turn - don't be surprised -that's just roll assist at work. One thing I love about coming home to Oakland is that prevailing weather usually has us on the visual to runway 29 - it's virtually a guarantee the crew will be pushing 250-240 KIAS and use...
Jump to post- Thu Aug 14, 2003 5:32 am
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Rumble When Speed Brakes Are Deployed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4378
RE: Rumble When Speed Brakes Are Deployed
Deploying speedbrakes often allows an aicraft to descend at a higher rate without inducing increased airspeed. You'll often notice the nose angle hardly changes at all - that's because trim is taking care of it all 
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 4:55 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Southwest Hops To Top In Passengers Carried
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3302
RE: Southwest Hops To Top In Passengers Carried
Southwest is the best enterprise to ever come out of Texas. They are a testament to responsible, innovative, and ambitious capitalism in the finest sense of the word.
Jump to post- Thu Aug 14, 2003 4:17 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Passenger Jet Shootdown Foiled
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4918
RE: Passenger Jet Shootdown Foiled
The missile shipment was part of an internationally cooperative sting to catch a rogue arms dealer. Nothing more.
Jump to post- Thu Aug 14, 2003 2:02 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO Terminal Update
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3167
RE: SFO Terminal Update
Nice to see my photo in use <img src="/discussions/graphics/wink.gif" ALT="Big grin"> The south side terminals could use a bit of renovation themselves. Had the airport not been so obsessed with paying consultants thousands on the hour for its little pet runway project in the face of hopeless ...
Jump to post- Thu Aug 14, 2003 1:58 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: LAX Satellite Terminals
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7232
RE: LAX Satellite Terminals
That's precisely the issue. Spend $10 billion for a bunch of security improvements to an aging airport, or spend $12 billion for brand new infrastructure that will last for decades to come and nearly double the airport's capacity. Alternative D is a not-so-thinly-veiled attempt to cap <acronym title...
Jump to post- Thu Aug 14, 2003 1:42 am
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Rumble When Speed Brakes Are Deployed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4378
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 1:25 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: LAX Satellite Terminals
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7232
RE: LAX Satellite Terminals
Alternative D is a weak political concession from the mayor and does nothing to address the fact that there aren't airports in the Socal region with sufficient capacity or attractiveness to the airlines (in <acronym title="Ontario - International (ONT / KONT), USA - California">ONT</acronym>'s case)...
Jump to post- Thu Aug 14, 2003 1:17 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Southwest Hops To Top In Passengers Carried
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3302
RE: Southwest Hops To Top In Passengers Carried
I'd be willing to pay an extra five dollars - throw in a raise for the mechanics who keep those birds in the air too.
Jump to post- Thu Aug 14, 2003 1:07 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: "Let Me Off!"
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4033
RE: "Let Me Off!"
I'm not a fearful flier, but I had a "let me off!" episode once. We were just pulling back from the gate at <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> terminal 1 for a Sunday night flight to <acronym title="Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (...
Jump to post- Wed Aug 13, 2003 5:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Shortest Intl Trip You Have Made (flying)?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 8346
RE: Shortest Intl Trip You Have Made (flying)?
7/95: <acronym title="Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym>-<acronym title="Bangkok - International (Don Muang) (BKK / VTBD), Thailand">BKK</acronym>, 3 hr, 05 min, Cathay/Thai 7/96: <acronym title="Bangkok - International (Don Muang) (BKK / VTBD), Tha...
Jump to post- Tue Aug 12, 2003 7:23 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: What Is Up With MD11's
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4208
- Tue Aug 12, 2003 5:15 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: What Is Up With MD11's
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4208
RE: What Is Up With MD11's
For the same reason airlines get rid of any aircraft. Cost effectiveness. Cost effectiveness. And? Cost effectiveness. 
- Tue Aug 12, 2003 5:00 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: United's Bread And Butter Being Swarmed By LCCs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2779
RE: United's Bread And Butter Being Swarmed By LCCs
Between now and the end of December, <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)">B6</acronym>'s fare structure on the transcon routes is near unbeatable from a competitive standpoint. <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> to <acronym title="Oakland ...
Jump to post- Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:17 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: UA's 747-400s
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5114
RE: UA's 747-400s
I understand UAL has always faithfully been in the troop charter business.
Jump to post- Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:07 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: When Did LAX Start Using 25L For Widebodys
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2873
RE: When Did LAX Start Using 25L For Widebodys
Well, depends on what you're talking about. Though 24R is the primary arrival runway on the north field, 24L is about the same length as 25L. 25R is the longest runway on the field.
Jump to post- Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:57 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Is Reno/Tahoe (RNO) A Good Place For A Hub?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4739
RE: Is Reno/Tahoe (RNO) A Good Place For A Hub?
There is a lot of space - this is true. There's also a lot of crappy weather and high wind, but that hasn't stopped other cities with similar dispositions I guess.
Jump to post- Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:56 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO-LAX, Who Has Operated It Over The Years?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4629
RE: SFO-LAX, Who Has Operated It Over The Years?
Timz - that's correct. Looking for anyone and their mother that have served the market one way or another.
Jump to post- Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:19 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Airports Without Jetways?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 11971
RE: Airports Without Jetways?
A great overview of <acronym title="Long Beach - Daugherty Field (LGB / KLGB), USA - California">LGB</acronym> showing the lack of gates <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/398844/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/398844...
Jump to post- Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:16 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Three More USAirways 737-400s To The Crusher!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8439
RE: Three More USAirways 737-400s To The Crusher!
If recent events are any indication, her days may be numbered.
Jump to post- Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:05 am
- Forum: Aviation Hobby
- Topic: Looking Down On Side Views In FS2004
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6331
- Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:04 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: My First Trip Report - B6 OAK-IAD-OAK
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5826
RE: My First Trip Report - B6 OAK-IAD-OAK
There will definitely be more for as long as B6 has this $99 coast to coast craziness going
- Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:50 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO-LAX, Who Has Operated It Over The Years?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4629
SFO-LAX, Who Has Operated It Over The Years?
As one of the most coveted routes the world has known both in the jet age and before, I'm curious as to what a comprehensive list of operators between Bay Area and Los Angeles area airports would look like - at least from 1955 onward. Of course, carriers that simply operate positioning flights betwe...
Jump to post- Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:17 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Airports With More Then 2 Towers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4121
RE: Airports With More Then 2 Towers
Quite often if they aren't torn down, old towers are not used for ATC operations when a newer one opens. For instance, many of the towers original to large international airports from the 1950s and 60s were built on top of the main terminal building itself - these often remain but are no longer oper...
Jump to post- Sat Aug 09, 2003 10:01 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: My First Trip Report - B6 OAK-IAD-OAK
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5826
RE: My First Trip Report - B6 OAK-IAD-OAK
AirV, I lived in the DC area for a year awhile back and regularly make the trip out every other year or so, so <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> is so stranger to me. But yeah, I never knew <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)">B6</acronym...
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