Re: IL-76 crash in Gao - video emerged

I noticed a white puff of smoke from the righthand engines just after touchdown. Not sure if that means anything

Re: Austin Aviation - 2023

I don't understand why NK/G4 don't roll the dice on some service to GRK. Leisure travelers tend to be more flexible, and living in Pflugerville, I would give that a shot for a leisure trip. For business, I'm flying out of AUS because of the flexibility if there are any issues.

Re: AA closes JFK-DOH intends to start PHL-DOH instead

Why couldn't they switch the flight to ORD or MIA? If I'm about to embark on an eye-wateringly long flight, at least let me enjoy a pleasant (FL) experience on the ground. PHL is not a pleasant experience. AA needs to up the ground game here if they plan to truly make this a TA hub. I'm looking at c...

Re: Can Airline compain when compeing airline pilot calls them out publically on Social Media?

I don't view Juan Browne as "an unregulated loaded cannon." Instead, I see him as a competent and actively engaged aviator providing his opinion on current events based upon publicly available materials and information along with industry standards. What he provides in his videos does not ...

Re: Northwest 255 9 min CVR and animation

I wasn't even aware of this accident (I was 9 when it happened). I didn't realize the sterile cockpit rule was adopted in 1981, 6 years before this accident. They certainly did not follow it. Interesting information about the circuit breaker as well. Does anyone know if there were changes made regar...

Re: AA Employee Killed at AUS 4/20

Gate 24 does not have anything scheduled until a 6:50 am departure.

Re: AA Employee Killed at AUS 4/20

Austin PD states that it was a crash involving a ground service vehicle and a jetbridge.

Re: AA Employee Killed at AUS 4/20

They're now classifying it as a "crash incident" and Austin PD is planning a press conference at 6:45 pm CDT

AA Employee Killed at AUS 4/20

News reporting an American Airlines employee was killed on the ramp at gate 24 due to 'traumatic injuries' around 2:00 pm on 4/20. Looking at the airport arrivals/departures and FlightAware, it would appear that it involved Flight 3806 (Envoy E175) from Albuquerque as the airport and airline shows i...

Re: Inflight turbulence leaves 1 dead NTSB to investigate

The report doesn't paint a very good picture of the flight crew. While both had 13,000+ hours TT, they both apparently were typed on the aircraft Oct. '22 as PIC, and each had under 100 hours in the type. Not catching the pitot cover and then selecting *and verifying* the wrong checklist seems probl...

Re: Saudi Arabia presents Riyadh Air

I'm certain is a total value UP TO 37B. If you divide 37B by 118 (Firm + options), you come up with a number around $313.5M, a slight discount from the list.

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

Tragic. I'll be the first to put my 2 cents in on the prelim report. What sticks out to me is they said 10 minutes before, there was a safety huddle, they talked about both engines being used and the inop APU. It seems they also specifically called out the cones and the cargo door as needing to wait...

Re: Heart Attack ‘Battle’ For 5 Hours on LHR-BLR?

I question that CPR for an hour, then CPR for 2 hours resulted in a conscious patient at the end. (I was an EMT and have performed CPR countless times - with some saves) but those time frames seem a bit out of bounds. Blood pressure generated from CPR is often barely acceptable for perfusion of the ...

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

When I worked as Legacy United in AUS, we worked CR2 to B733's and A321's.In a perfect situation, we would have 3 rampers for a 175. 1 - Marshaller 2 - Bag loader (pit) 3 - Bag Runner 1) The marshaller brings the aircraft in, chocks the nosegear, (may) plug in ground power, conducts the arrival insp...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

Maybe I’m missing something very simple, but can someone please explain to me how thousands of pieces of luggage show up at airports across the country with no passengers.. how did the bags go from one airport to another without the passenger on the plane? I'm not 100% certain, but I would surmise ...

Re: Austin Aviation Thread - 2022

I'm flying out in the morning. I'm curious to see what the GA ramp looks like. Last time I flew during F1, there was literally 100's of millions of dollars of Global's, Gulfstreams and Challengers on the ramp. I noticed too, on Flightaware, that GA aircraft are required (until Sunday night) to have ...

Re: Hurricane Ian

The pilot of one of the Hurricane Hunter C130's said it was the worst he's ever experienced. https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/hurricane-hunter-describes-flying-inside-hurricane-ian-as-roughest-flight-of-his-career The actual report on television indicated they dropped almost 1200' nearly i...

Re: Hurricane Ian

Anyone know if N757AG, which is a VIP 757 is in airworthy condition? It's listed for sale on Controller and looks beautiful inside. Flight aware shows it's last flight last year into Sarasota. Doesn't seem that it would fare very well against this storm. Just curious.

Re: AUS power outage

The local news reported that the backup generators were designed to kick in automatically in the event of a 'partial' power outage. Instead, what the airport experienced was a critical fault in the primary delivery cable to the airport, resulting in a complete power outage, in which case the generat...

Re: CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

We've heard about how the unions were supporting the continuation of the mask mandate, however from what has been reported over the last 24 hours, it seems the greater majority of inflight crews have shucked their own masks. I wonder, on the flip side of all this, if there will actually be an increa...

Re: Austin Aviation Thread - 2022

It was my understanding that the airport was self-funding through PFC's, landing fees, etc. The exception being when/if they issue bonds, I believe they're backed by the city, but the city doesn't pay them, the airport does. IMO, the airport leadership has done a reasonable job of planning for growt...

Re: JetBlue A320 and King Air 350 near miss at HDN

The whole way at 10,000 feet. That would certainly lead one to believe that the damage is beyond cosmetic. That after over 2 weeks at DEN.

Re: Austin Aviation Thread - 2022

Planning hasn't been the main issue in regards to Austin's growth. Failure to execute on well-laid plans has been. The trigger points laid out in the master plan were blown through before serious consideration was even given to the 9-gate expansion. That resulted in the airport being over capacity b...

Re: Austin (Texas) Aviation Thread - 2021

WSJ is reporting that an announcement confirming Samsung's selection of Taylor for their next manufacturing fab will be Tuesday (11/23) at 5:00 pm CST. Construction to begin 1/2022.

Delta A319's noise

I am curious about Delta's A319 aircraft and sound levels. Before you lose it, I'm only curious as an anutter, not criticizing/complaining. I live about 20 miles from AUS and planes fly over all the time, primarily the A32X, B73X types, and they're usually between 3,000 and 6,000 feet. That said, wh...

Re: Small forest fire tanker reported down in Colorado

9News was at the Northern Colorado airport, FNL, covering the story when the aircraft departed. They have a writeup here: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/air-tanker-crashes-kruger-rock-fire/73-77e124e6-804d-424f-8405-0634ec9f2b73 that has a lot of information. I would anticipate th...

Re: Small forest fire tanker reported down in Colorado

aircraft likely N802NZ AT-802F owned by CO Fire Aviation Inc

Re: Small forest fire tanker reported down in Colorado