Re: Do VerticalScope(Torstar) really care about Airliner.net

Not sure how the highly relevant question posed by the OP devolved into yet another circular discussion about political posts. This is totally beside the point. The site is suffering from forum software which is at least 15 years out of date and generations behind contemporary competitors (e.g., Red...

Re: Post deletion, reasons why?

Sorry, atcsundevil, with all due respect this decision is clearly wrong. Thread is clearly aviation related. You may find an over-excited hobbyist posting about a likely non-event annoying, but moving a thread about a civilian aircraft's flight path to non-av is simply inappropriate. You could at le...

Any Chance of MUC-MEX Nonstop Returning?

This used to be offered by LH, but has now been suspended (COVID-related?). What are the chances of the nonstop flight being offered again in the near or far future?

Re: Website is over-moderated

Can I just ask why the new (well not so new now) site owners isn't considering the introduction of an automated moderation system which makes life easier for moderators? What do they really intend to do with this website on that front? A firm idea on what they're going to do would undoubtedly help ...

Does COVID-19 pose a threat to global aviation safety?

The recently revealed role of private COVID discussions in the cockpit in the case of the bizarre PIA crash came as no big surprise to me. Overall, a worrying combination of factors endangering flight safety results from the Corona pandemic: - pilots getting a lot less flying practice than usual - p...

Re: Coronavirus Refund Policies by Airline

Hello Everybody! I am currently holding LH tickets worth approx $4,000 for Europe-Latin America flights in early June (premium economy, non-refundable fares). For obvious reasons we have decided to postpone the trip by about a year. As far as I understand the various e-mails and their website, I ess...

Re: Condor and its links to Thomas Cook

Well, Condor is apparently officially under administration now, see: https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/dienstleister/thomas-cook-pleite-condor-macht-gewinn-bekommt-kredit-und-meldet-doch-insolvenz-an/25052112.html This "form of bankruptcy" despite the loan they have received is meant to faci...

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines News and Discussion Thread

Condor still selling.. so that's a good sign, or they haven't received word yet. 27SEP FRI FRA/Z‡2 PUJ/AST-6 1DE 2228 C4 D4 I2*FRAPUJ 1230P 440P 76W 0 F DCA /E Y9 O9 A9 B9 M9 H9 V7 K5 E3 T0 U0 25SEP WED YVR/PDT FRA/‡9 1DE 2455 C0 D0 I0 Y0*YVRFRA 530P 1245P‡1 76W 0 XMTF DCA /E O0 A0 B9 M9 H9 V9 K9 E...

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines News and Discussion Thread

Hi everybody! What's the prognosis for Condor? I have booked tickets (throught the airline itself) in November/December for a family vacation and already paid a large deposit for a holiday villa at the destination. What are the odds of the Condor flights not taking place? Is there anything I can do ...

Re: Gender Wage Gap in Airlines

Is "Why do women who work for British Airways make less than men?" a reasonable question to ask? Can we have *that* discussion? They don't "make less" by any commonsense use of the term, which you have conceded yourself. No, I didn't. Not once. Actually, what I wrote is "Br...

Re: Gender Wage Gap in Airlines

We agree. Now why are women the caregivers and men the bread earners? Who made that rule (and enforces it in 2019)? See, that is a discussion we can have. It is a reasonable question to ask, without having to resort to a misleading artificial "wage gap" figure, which is being hyped up to ...

Re: Gender Wage Gap in Airlines

We agree. Now why are women the caregivers and men the bread earners? Who made that rule (and enforces it in 2019)? See, that is a discussion we can have. It is a reasonable question to ask, without having to resort to a misleading artificial "wage gap" figure, which is being hyped up to ...

Re: Gender Wage Gap in Airlines

This study has a chart entitled "Women's earning drop significantly after having a child. Men's don't." Makes you wonder why. And I don't think the whole answer can be parental leave, which is often taken by both genders. Also, the effects are *much* more than would be suggested by missin...

Re: Gender Wage Gap in Airlines

First, that's not the standard definition of "wage gap". The "standard definition" of the wage gap is dishonest and stupid and only used by ideologues or weak people muzzled into obedience by them. American Airlines writes "The gender pay gap is the difference between the a...

Re: Gender Wage Gap in Airlines

I'm going to guess you like Fox News. "In the U.S., the pay gap between men and women is 21.4 percent, meaning that women earn, on average, about $0.79 for every $1 a man earns. " https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/the-gender-pay-gap-still-exists-but-its-shrinking-according-to-a-new-stud...

Re: Gender Wage Gap in Airlines

I don't think that statistic was specifically for flight attendants but a comparison of wages between men and women across all professional fields. Well even then he'd be wrong. Anyone who seriously believes there is a wage gap in the double digits has lost their marbles. I'm going to guess you lik...

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

Re evacuation / hand luggage: How about 1) Mandating that a disposable Essentials Bag (essentially a marked mid-sized zip loc bag) be provided in each seat back pocket. 2) As part of the safety briefing, stating "We recommend you place essential items such as your passport, wallet and phone in ...

Re: BIMAN DASH-8 Q400 CRASH IN YANGOON

Terrible news, and a terrible year for aviation so far. Let's hope no fatalities...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

No - no one will know anything unless the FDR traces are released. You can't treat the Ethiopian report as Gospel. The preliminary offical investigation report is far and away the best source we have at the moment. All you have OTOH is wishful thinking. You should really stop trying to impose arbit...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

My take on reading the accident report is that the flight was saveable until they turned the Electric Trim back on which reactivated MCAS which due to the high speed they were travelling at they were not able to recover from as the airspeed was excessive. On Page 33 of the Accident report the Boein...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

And again they are saying they followed all procedures but the ABC report is saying otherwise. Two anonymous sources are claiming that. The same sources that claim the AOA sensor was damaged by FOD. "We did not find any information regarding the FOD (foreign object damage) on the aircraft,&quo...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

[Hence, why it's so important to have "Good" Pilots who are well trained and experienced enough to figure out that if you have what appears to be a runaway stabilizer, that maybe you should give the cut-out switches a try. Seriously, this again? Problem is, it wasn't a "runaway stabi...

Re: FAA Probes Southwest Airlines Over Baggage Weight Discrepancies- WSJ

For the passengers + carry on, there is probably a way that each person and whatever they are carrying can be measured as they enter the jet bridge. You wouldn't need to have each passenger's weight displayed anywhere. The system can just keep a running total, or running total by zone of the aircra...

Germania Bankrupt

Germania, the German airline with a fleet of 34 planes, is bankrupt and has ceased operations effective immediately: https://app.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-dienstleister/airline-germania-beantragt-insolvenz-und-stellt-flugbetrieb-sofort-ein/23948686.html It seems the sky over Germany keeps ...

Re: Air Malta might consider A321LR to fly to NY, Toronto, Mumbai

MLA-YYZ is about 800mi longer than the notorious EWR-TXL. So unless they plan on tanking these birds to the brim, then blocking a good 3-4rows of seats; I'm not sure how they plan to make that work with an A321LR, much less turn a profit. To be fair, this is a bit of a made-up discussion. Nowhere d...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang

Indonesian investigators have declared that the plane was not airworthy at take-off: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/28/lion-air-jet-was-not-airworthy-on-flight-before-crash-indonesia-investigators-say Evidently the crew was fighting a crash practically the entire duration of the flight ...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang