Re: Deadly earthquake in Morocco

I've been there 5 times actually, however only for work and in new buildings (literally new, built by my company, in reinforced concrete). I've seen a bit of old Casablanca but that's it. But yes looking at the videos the most affected buildings are made out of stuff that isn't great to stand up to...

Re: Biman Bangladesh Airlines to sign a MoU for 10x A350

Does it matter? It could be for a number of reasons that are only really relevant to them. As an aviation website discussing aviation things I would say discussing why an airline that has been a train wreck for the last 50 years is taking a relatively new fleet of wide bodies and switching to a fle...

Re: Why MH and GA failed flying to Europe

I can only speak as a Malaysian but the facts of life are if you're a Malaysian with tons of money and want to travel to Europe, you fly SQ. If you're Malaysian middle class who may not be flush with money but still can afford travel overseas, you fly with the ME3. You only fly MH if you have no ch...

Re: Biman Bangladesh Airlines to sign a MoU for 10x A350

So they are going to replace their rather new entire fleet of 777/787 because ??? Does it matter? It could be for a number of reasons that are only really relevant to them. As an aviation website discussing aviation things I would say discussing why an airline that has been a train wreck for the la...

Re: Biman Bangladesh Airlines to sign a MoU for 10x A350

So they are going to replace their rather new entire fleet of 777/787 because ???

Re: Why does Southampton Airport need a runway extension if EasyJet operate there?

Leej wrote:

Co-incidentally to this thread starting, I wondered if work had commenced yet so was checking the SOU website. Seems only yet more resident consultation stuff is going on.

Re: Why Are Any Airliners Departing the US allowed to Cross Russian Airspace?

There are many examples in the past such as airlines not overflying Cuba and N. Korea. Airlines overfly Cuba multiple times a day, including US airlines and have done for decades. Its important to remember, if it helps companies save/make money, pressure will be placed on the Government (of most co...

Re: Air Canada kicks 2 pax of flight for refusing to sit in vomit

The headline of 'desperate innocent passengers cruelly threatened with a no-fly list after being told they'd have to soak in human emesis!!!!' is an ad sales GOLDMINE compared to 'airline staff following processes which led to an uncomfortable discussion with some clients who'd be reaccomodated on ...

Re: DL194 Unusual diversion 2023-09-02

And if it comes down to it, the FA can always open the door.

Re: Air Canada kicks 2 pax of flight for refusing to sit in vomit

As a member of senior management for my company, it never fails to amaze me how members of my own staff in customer facing positions will take issues as black and white. Are they empowered to deviate from the black and white? For example, if your subordinate managers are pushing policy, policy, pol...

Re: Air Canada kicks 2 pax of flight for refusing to sit in vomit

As a member of senior management for my company, it never fails to amaze me how members of my own staff in customer facing positions will take issues as black and white. For example, this past weekend in Las Vegas we have some massive storms move through, this caused roads to close and of cause they...

Re: What are your longest flights this year?

Just got off my SFO-SIN flight, we flew out Monday not Sunday, my bad. Great flight, the crew were fantastic. Landed 1 1/2 hours early which was nice, now sitting in the lounge waiting for the next leg.

Air Canada kicks 2 pax of flight for refusing to sit in vomit

And then the crew threatens them with being added to a no fly list. I mean there is a time and a place where I would 100% agree with a crew, but this is the exact opposite of that How on earth in this day and age anyone as a member of the crew or airport staff think they will come off looking like a...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

If this war drag on, Ukraine will ultimately have quantity of high end equipment over the lower quantity and quality of Russian equipment. It's not that simple. Ukraine receives equipment piecemeal, some up-to-date, some not. Meanwhile, Russia is also upgrading its equipment and increasing output, ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

‘Real Putin hasn't been in public for 14 months - and could actually already be dead' https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/real-putin-hasn-t-been-in-public-for-14-months-and-could-actually-already-be-dead/ar-AA1gaKGw?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=cd677ccfa3164292bf6c6597dbc2500a&ei=11 Why can the tras...

Re: Hawaiian Air CEO looks for a 717 replacement

Used A319/320s are low risk and plentiful. Does seem like the A319 is the way to go. You'd have to have excess aircraft to swap out during the day if possible. That's expensive, but not sure there is a better alternative? Used A319s are plentiful and probably offer the lowest combination of acquisi...

Re: What are your longest flights this year?

So far LAS - LHR, on Sunday I will be doing SFO-SIN on SQ.

Re: What 5th freedoms have you flown?

Kuwait LHR-JFK
PIA ORD-BCN
NZ LAX-LHR

Re: Help identifying 737 aircraft at Elko, Nevada

As Elko only has one commercial flight a day which is on a Delta/Skywest CR something its pretty safe to guess that it's a Janet aircraft, though I have no idea why but would be in Elko.

Re: Europe to Canada Diversions to the US

So did AF get the passengers from CLE to YYZ ?

Re: EK A380 hit by drone during approach at NCE

This drone must have been larger than the size of a house cat, if indeed hit by one. If they find it (should they choose to search for it), it should have a registration? I assume French laws are similar. Plenty of drones out there big enough to do that damage, but, the crew would have seen it (not...

Re: EK A380 hit by drone during approach at NCE

Total speculation by me: feom the picture in the first link,it could be water intrusion on the trailing edge of the slat, which then froze (expanded) and crushed the honeycomb. I don't see a smudge of paint or smear that one might see from foreign object damage. My guess is a lot of A380 slat TE in...

Re: Monarch Airlines possible making a comeback

Out of interest, would A'Net describe Jet2 as a premium charter ? I have friends in the UK that will only use Jet2 if they are heading to the med.

Re: Hurricane Hilary and West Coast Ops Impacts

ltbewr wrote:

Have there been any cancellations of long-haul flights to LAX and LAS yet, especially from Hawaii and international flights Sunday afternoon to Monday mid-day.?

Re: Neymar Going to Saudi Arabia

But then I don't get the attraction of Dubai already, I don't care about malls or rather I despise them, a place to waste time and money, good weather is nice unless the heat is unbearable and you need 1cm of sun screen on the body to survive... For those who don't know Dubai... this is enlightenin...

Re: Hurricane Hilary / Tropical System heading for Tijuana and San Diego

DIRECTFLT wrote:

Please be careful.

Hilary is likely to kill somebody.

Re: Neymar Going to Saudi Arabia

I'll never blame any athlete for taking the money. IDK when is it enough? CR i would say has enough even if he has to keep afloat his extended family. Messi took the lesser offer to go to Miami and maybe live a little. What's life like in SA even if you're raking it in? Camel racing? Jump on the ca...

Re: FJ - exploring 10+ new ports (incl DFW, SEA, and more)

mjgbtv wrote:

Too bad they don't offer a premium economy class. I looked at them for some US to Aus/NZ flights but neither J or Y was going to work out for me.

Re: Longest runways in the UK in 1940

Brize Norton might have worked. Here's a site with some historical aerial photographs of it. https://panelson951.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/raf-brize-norton-through-the-years/ It says that the runway was converted and extended using asphalt after the start of the war, which in the UK was in 1939. Not...

Re: Why do passenger bags remain at airport?

I used to laugh at the idea of putting an AirTag in my luggage, until AA lost one of my bags at DFW. After that, one is always in it. I've had a bag not make the flight after that and I knew not to bother waiting around for it to come out (only happened once in the last 14 months) and I went straigh...

Re: Wild fires in Maui - Which States or Islands will benefit most?

I find it fortunate Hawaii and Maui has Hawaiian big jet wide bodies to facilitate inter-island transit at this time as the Islands strive to return to a sense of normalcy for the residents displace away from Maui throughout the other islands. It may be normal for some residents to actually have to...

Re: What is BA’s strategy with SYD?

Two excellent posts by mustitturnright.

Re: Longest runways in the UK in 1940

My first question would be which airfield had a non grass runway in 1940.

Re: OAK considering airport name change

FlyingElvii wrote:

MartijnNL wrote:

SFO - San Francisco International
OAK - San Francisco Oakland

Why would something like this cause confusion?

“Dodge-the-Bullets International”?

Re: United Passengers Allegedly Stuck on Hot Plane for 7 Hours

Well you’ve heard it now. Both the CA and our ops agent said the county does not allow it. So we sat there till a different gate opened. You can just declare an emergency and then basically do whatever you want. Being stuck in a roasting plane is an emergency I don't know that a broken gate in the ...

Re: United Passengers Allegedly Stuck on Hot Plane for 7 Hours

At some point someone will get up, open a door, blow the slide and walk away.

Re: Malta 9H- registrations benefits

Most cruise ships all over the world are also registered in Malta, hence you will often see Valetta under the ships name. It is simply a much cheaper option That is incorrect, Bahamas has about 4 times the number of ships registered and Liberia double. Malta is ranked 4th. Oh boy, yet again don't p...

Re: Malta 9H- registrations benefits

tautliner wrote:

Most cruise ships all over the world are also registered in Malta, hence you will often see Valetta under the ships name. It is simply a much cheaper option

Re: Awkward Situation w/Recent Hosts in Italy

I would word it a little differently, something along the lines off. You know I have a background in construction right ? Well on the way to the airport I noticed something unusual in your building, something I haven't seen done in the way I normally see done here. Explain what you saw then ask Is t...

Re: Epic Flooding in Beijing area of China from Typhoon Doksuri

And there are more storms on the way.

Re: What is the Most Famous City in the World?

According to Mastercard, the most visited cities in the world in 2023 are: 1) Hong Kong. 2) Bangkok and 3) London. Paris 7th and New York 8th. That is an objective way to measure it. https://www.atlys.com/post/the-most-visited-cities-in-the-world. I don't know how you can say any city is irrelevant...

Re: What is the Most Famous City in the World?

af773atmsp wrote:

Springfield in whatever state the Simpsons live in.

Re: Highest altitude you know you've ever been?

58,000 ft on a BA Concorde from LHR to JFK.

Re: When did this cabin get replaced. VA

That's the J2000 seat, it was introduced in 2000 and as BoeingERJ1000 says VS introduced the Upper Class Suite starting in November 2003.

Re: First US carrier to TIJ (in a while)-- AA PHX-TIJ

I’m not American, and was under the impression that Tijuana was a popular holiday spot for Americans – is that incorrect? Or does everyone just go through the land border via SAN? I wouldn't call it a holiday spot, more of a let your hair down and have some fun. While trying not get shaken down by ...

Re: This needs to be a thing

Here is the thing, its already out there if I am understanding you correctly (just started my first coffee of the day). Google Concierge shopper, there are services that do this, there are individuals that do this, heck Newman Marcus has this if you spend enough there. The best one is a Concierge do...

Re: What airports in the US would benefit most from allowing international transit?

vhqpa wrote:

How does LAX/SFO transit work on the PAR-PPT flights? I’m assuming almost all passengers are French nationals, would they need a passport just for the US transit? Would they need to collect and clear their checked bags through US customs?

Re: UA871 returned to SFO due to Economy pax refusing to leave Business Class cabin

I don't know the route, but why not put down in say ANC and of load the idiot there. Edit: To answer my own question. I'm guessing crew timing out so easier to recrew at SFO. Looking at the FlightAware track, the flight in question was nowhere near ANC, so not only would they be going significantly...

Re: UA871 returned to SFO due to Economy pax refusing to leave Business Class cabin

I don't know the route, but why not put down in say ANC and of load the idiot there.

Edit: To answer my own question. I'm guessing crew timing out so easier to recrew at SFO.

Re: Passengers aboard Las Vegas flight pass out while awaiting takeoff in triple digit temperatures

orlandocfi wrote:

LAS has a runway closed so long taxi times have been the norm during peak hours.