Re: Cathay Pacific Closes All Foreign Pilot Bases

Even though job opportunities for pilots are abundant in the US right now, having to start over on an airline seniority list and payscale mid-career - particularly if you've been flying 777s long-haul, has got to be majorly demotivating. A number of them were already flying for Us majors while stil...

Re: Boeing's NMA back on?

Surely the thread title should be changed to 'Boeing's NMA back off?'. In light of Calhoun's latest comments. :-) Thank you. The thread title is clearly misleading since the CEO stated that this paper airplane is off the table and not back on it. That is my understanding also, nothing until an engi...

Re: Aircraft starting to climb after a long time

I'm not a pilot, I only play simulators, but one of the northbound standard departures at Naha keeps you at around 1000ft for quite a while. I suspect it's to keep clearance with arrivals at Kadena Air Base. This sounds like the sensible reason. The runway direction at Naha is essentially north/sou...

Re: International Flights' Listed Alternate Airport Questions

To add, air traffic control, in the FAA at least, does not have any knowledge of a flight’s filed alternate. There can only be one clearance limit for an IFR aircraft and it it typically an airport where a full stop landing is expected to terminate the flight plan. Alternate airports are also not o...

Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

Airlines and pilots don’t do runway performance calculations, they do takeoff performance calculations. Runway requirements are just one aspect that needs to solved for, specific climb gradients and obstacles for the given conditions and airport environment tend to be the real life limits experience...

Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

kalvado wrote:

I would think manufacturer charts are for best case situation in terms of runway performance

Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

Probably minimal possible runway meaning max thrust. Although one thing to keep in mind - MTOW bumps without thrust bumps mean more runway, and at the tail end of the curve even small weight increase means a lot more concrete. A bit of thrust increase may shorten the roll significantly. Early versi...

Re: Robert Weaver Sky-ferry

Jonne1184 wrote:

Although this is a lame reply, I suggest Google. The results are quite entertaining in this matter.

Re: LATAM A320 severely damaged by hail and turbulence during thunderstorm while approaching ASU

seat1a wrote:

Can flying an approach in heavy rain, like in Seattle, flame out one or both engines on an A320 or B737? What does it take to get engines to flame out?

Re: Embraer Bandeirante hits a wall in Uruguay

From memory the bandit has a castoring nose wheel

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

I doubt we will ever get a truthful account of this investigation. I thought a preliminary report was supposed to come out 30 days after the accident. Is it an actual ICAO regulation/requirement or just convention? Even the Iranians released the prelim report for the Ukrainian 737 shoot down before...

Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

Maybe, but they are 1000 feet closer to the ground than anyone else so that advantage melts away quickly. Every time I hear my wife or my neighbors bitch via an email group about "crazy noisy aircraft that flew over last night" it's always either an A333 or some random old clunky cargo B7...

Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

Guys, I get it. I'm just saying that it's a little strange that they are always lower and significantly louder departing after 10 pm in an area that has one of the highest noise complaint rates in the country. I understand weights, derated takeoffs, climb profile efficiencies, fuel cost, etc. One o...

Re: 787-10 - 14hr Flight

Jayunited posted this previously in https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1437339 "The last 787-10 UA operated on SFO-AKL-SFO route left on December 19th (for the next few days UA917/916 will operate on a 77W because we need to move a lot of cargo). However the 787-10 will return to t...

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

zuckie13 wrote:

I mean, asking for details of the Boeing contract certainly seems irrelevant to me.

Re: 787 vs A330 Runway Performance/Requirements

swapcv wrote:

1. New Ishigaki/Miyako-Narita/Haneda

Re: Return to Hong Kong

unable to visit public places like bars, restaurants, and shopping malls during first 3 days in the territory. Additional PCR test are required on days two, four and six. Should someone test positive, then off one goes to the government-managed quarantine. This is not correct, mask off activities l...

Re: Israel is banning four engine planes from operating into the country

The original press release is more worded towards noise rather than the number of engines. If its the noise levels I was thinking about, it would impact something like a 747-400 however not a 747-8.

Re: NZ - Dave the goose & EK - Gerry the goose

Love the whole interaction

Re: Fictional Story Question: Considerations for operating a DC-3 Single Pilot

C47/DC3 is a single pilot aircraft, many however were modified with larger engines and that modification mandates two pilots.

Re: Cathay Pacific fleet renewal plans?

I don’t think the A333s will stay for long. Read into these tea leave as you wish, a relatively new A330 sim was bought off skymark, and another A330 sim has within the last month just finished a major upgrade. One of the older A330/340 sims was removed and an A350 put in its place, and another is ...

Re: Does Cathay Pacific own all A350's?

MO11 wrote:

Airbus shows that B-LRA and B-LRC were delivered to AerCap.

Re: German lawmakers want to ban advance payment of air tickets

miegapele wrote:

Guess when airlines are paying for fuel? Is it months before the flight, immediately before the flight or after?

Re: German lawmakers want to ban advance payment of air tickets

If an airline is to put a hold on a payment card or take money into escrow... it has to be done at the time of booking, not on the day of travel. Otherwise the value of the option to fly or not goes to the passenger instead of the airline, and we are back to the case of 50 years ago with everybody ...

Re: Question about seating arrangements for disabled pax

TG are generally very good with this, I would go to the airport as early as possible. Additionally once you get on the jet, many passengers especially from BKK where it is culturally considered to be good for the spirit to look after the fellows around you would be empathetic. The only limitations I...

Re: German lawmakers want to ban advance payment of air tickets

So it's synonymous with the entire travel industry. I think it’s synonymous with many forms of discretionary personal expenditure. When it comes to airfares airlines advertise both fully flexible and strict no change options, and they have different costs. Many passengers pay for a no change option...

Re: German lawmakers want to ban advance payment of air tickets

Off the top of my head I can't think of another service industry that you pay for a service that far in advance and that industry can deny that service the day of and you might have to wait weeks for reimbursement. When I want to book a cruise, river cruise, train tour, bus tour, etc etc they are a...

Re: Qantas Launches Contest for A330 Replacement

Exercising those 20 options would be perfectly reasonable. They let 15 options expire in 2018 "Qantas will let the first of its 15 Boeing 787 options lapse later this month, CEO Alan Joyce has told Reuters." https://australianaviation.com.au/2018/02/qantas-to-let-first-787-option-lapse/

Re: Qantas Launches Contest for A330 Replacement

StudiodeKadent wrote:

They also have around 70 cheap options (or something along those lines) on 787s.

Re: Qantas Launches Contest for A330 Replacement

LaunchDetected wrote:

Beside the MLG there is no much differences in terms of commonality. Or I am missing something.

Re: Short staff at Gatwick control tower today.

PM wrote:

Are they at least tall enough to see out the windows?

Re: Salmon company buys 757 to fly fish

raylee67 wrote:

Can 757 take off from Vagar Airport? The runway is only 1800m long. Wouldn't a 737 be more appropriate?

Re: Cathay Pacific News and Discussion Thread - 2022

Not sure what you mean but everyone who has been laid off at the start of Covid who is elibigle to return (Residency holders) has already been recalled. That is not true, all of the the 100+SOs that were let have go have not been brought back, many of which were checked to line. They have actually ...

Re: 2 Cessnas Collide At KWVI, 3 Believed Dead

Nevertheless I think the burden of SA on a (seemingly) solo student pilot is pretty high in this scenario...that’s not really enough experience to put 2+2 together on the rapid closure of traffic just from the radio calls. Listening to the the live ATC sounds like the solo student had a good idea o...

Re: Potential United Widebody Order: 787, A350 being considered

So you add "a few hundred million dollars in costs per year" as Kirby said for a few dozen extra seats/extra cargo on a select few routes for part of the year? Those high season yields, load factors and cargo rates better be pretty impressive to cover a few hundred million dollars in cost...

Re: 2 Cessnas Collide At KWVI, 3 Believed Dead

That would from memory put it above normal gear and flap speeds for the type

Re: Beacon Light Question

Jacobrhassell wrote:

So why does Airbus refuse to implement this advanced light? Even on the new A350 and A330-900, it’s still the “strobe” light.

Thanks for the help!

Re: 2 Cessnas Collide At KWVI, 3 Believed Dead

rbavfan wrote:

You do realize as they were both Cessna aircraft. You might want to specify "which" Cessna Owners estate would pay.

Re: Ethiopian pilots fall asleep and miss descent at ADD

alex0easy wrote:

Can some kind of device be installed on airplanes that give out an audible warning, unless either pilot press a button every few minutes, to prevent such incidents?

Re: Potential United Widebody Order: 787, A350 being considered

Considering the 787 can do everything the A350 can do, why in the world would United add all that cost just to get the ideal sized aircraft for a few long haul routes. The 787 cannot do what a 350 can do, jayunited has explained on here before that the 787-10 can basically only reach AKL with passe...

Re: [CNN interview 12/8] Emirates wants Airbus to build a new version of A380

And then there's the propulsion technology leap that eventually will happen. Hydrogen and electricity. New battery tech. These are areas Airbus and Boeing does not necessarily have an advantage in. I think hydrogen may pay a big part in aviation going forward, however not directly as a fuel. I woul...

Re: [CNN interview 12/8] Emirates wants Airbus to build a new version of A380

you all forget that what has killed the VLA are the A359 and 789. I don’t agree with that at all, for many airlines what killed the A380 in their fleet was EK. What EK was able to do was to throw A380 capacity worldwide and have three banks of connecting flights at DXB so that a passenger could wit...

Re: [CNN interview 12/8] Emirates wants Airbus to build a new version of A380

A380 or 747 production re-start is impossible economically and thus a non-starter. Neither is anyone going to design a new cleansheet VLA in A380 range in the next 20+ years for one or two customers (EK+BA). I don’t agree with what you are saying, in the aerospace industry if you were to fund a pro...

Re: Thought: Someone Buys Out Boom?

If its bought out, will that call it bang or pop ?

Re: LH A343 Low Level Go Around FRA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYcxhQYSzRo Your flight is at 20 minutes 20 seconds :D edit: There's also a similar go around of a 748 at 2:18:40 The videos look to me like positive shear, when there is a gust of wind down the runway in the flare that increases the aircraft indicated speed causing ...

Re: [CNN interview 12/8] Emirates wants Airbus to build a new version of A380

The primary load case on wing is upwards bending moment. Hanging heavier engines only helps to reduce that primary load(assuming same MTOW) What is also not being stated is the more efficient engine will have a lower fuel fraction, and thus lower weights and lower fuel burns for a given sector, thi...

Re: [CNN interview 12/8] Emirates wants Airbus to build a new version of A380

What is the evidence that Airbus A380 work enabled Boeing to include any of these on the 787? Airbus makes the composite rear pressure bulkhead for the 787, it developed the resin film infusion process to build the rear pressure bulkhead for the A380, https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/an-ele...

Re: [CNN interview 12/8] Emirates wants Airbus to build a new version of A380

Can anybody name a single piece of intellectual property that Airbus (or a contractor) developed for the A380 and then transferred to Boeing to help the 787? Composite aft pressure bulkhead, ADFX avionics network, cabin pressure controller, 4xVF Generating System, distributed electrical network, El...

Re: [CNN interview 12/8] Emirates wants Airbus to build a new version of A380

Since the A380 was developed, there has been just as much fuel burn reduction on the airframe side as the engine side in my opinion and I'm an engine nut: 1. Wingtip treatments 2. CFRP wings. This is a huge deal vs. the 777x, A350, and 787. 3. Electrical subsystems (maintenance cost reduction and c...

Re: A220-100 in all Business Config Question

seat1a wrote:

Was that PrivatAir? They flew a lot of niche routes, like Frankfurt or Munich to Pune?