What BCA needs is to rid itself of all of the McDonnell influence. It is a cancer that first destroyed Douglas and is now doing the same to Boeing.
Jump to postQuestion for the Pittsburghers that remember the Art Deco terminal: I'm looking at an overview of the landside facilities outside, and while the ticketing curbside is well-documented, the arrival area isn't. I noticed that there appears to be a road which goes underneath the landside, and comes out...
Jump to postG-ZBJA is heading to CWL today. This should be the first 787-8 heading for refit. Will G-ZBJA be repainted as well? I’m curious to see how the B787’s will look in BA’s in-house livery design, as the tail is different than on the Boeing-painted frames. Aside from the new Club World seating what does...
Jump to postFor the sake of historical accuracy: https://www.wsj.com/articles/carl-icahn-didnt-drive-family-dollar-deal-buyer-says-1407803496 Your representation of the Family Dollar situation could not be further from the truth. There is quite a lot of Icahn hysteria among the posters on this thread based on ...
Jump to postThey simply ran out of real estate. It looks to me that if they had increased the bank angle any further the left wing would have dug in and they'd have cartwheeled. They seem to have done an amazing job with what they had to work with.
Jump to postmesasurf wrote:freakyrat wrote:Breeze could prove all of you naysayers wrong. You do not know what David has up his sleeve.
Nah. Wouldn’t hold my breath. It’s over for Breeze.
Seems it would be better to simply seize it and scrap it in place. That's an awful waste of tax dollars to prep it for a ferry flight to a scrap yard.
Jump to postPerhaps a couple of F100s serving Beruit, Tehran and Damascus?
Jump to postIf you aren't where you are supposed to be when you're supposed to be there the plane is going to leave without you. Doesn't matter what airline is involved.
Jump to postCanesFan wrote:Potomac is a privately-owned public-use general aviation airport whose owner has a sense of humor. Nothing more than that.
BA's 787-8's are getting pretty beat-down looking as well, especially on the inside.
Jump to postBroken Bow doesn't have an FBO. Only 7 planes based there.
https://www.airnav.com/airport/90F
I'd like to know just what that pilot was looking at that he couldn't see a mower that close to such a small runway.
Are we sure that #10 is an F27 and not a Lockheed Electra? It looks like it has two engines on the right wing, and has the general look of an Electra. Only problem, no airline comes to my mind operating Electras to the Canaries. Closet I can think of: 6035073 It seems Monarch and Donaldson flew Ele...
Jump to postzeke wrote:Landing looks fast
Another thing to keep in mind is that in some configurations the first row of overhead bins will contain life rafts and medical kits/equipment. Therefore, they are unavailable for bags. It's not unusual to see an overwater-equipped aircraft on a flight that isn't going over water so that is going to...
Jump to postHas the increase in passengers self-tagging baggage at a kiosk led to an increase in lost bags? Because I've seen some atrocious bag-tagging by some passengers. The short answer is yes. It is a factor. Not a huge one but one nonetheless. The machines themselves can also contribute their own quirks....
Jump to postThere are a few things that some posters seem to be overlooking. Premium travelers - NK has no premium travelers. There is nothing for B6 to build out their premium market on. Cost structure - Much if not most of NK's markets cease to become profitable under the B6 cost structure. NK is barely getti...
Jump to postStill plenty of time for Summer 24 announcements EI announced both DEN and MSP today. Also, the ACAA wants to make sure PITLHR is mature before taking on EI to DUB. Makes sense to me, I wouldn't expect anything new for next summer across the Atlantic from here. My wife just took the BA flight to LH...
Jump to post”Pittsburgh airport petitions Supreme Court to prevent return of evicted airmall manager” “ In a 35-page petition filed Monday, the airport took its claims about alleged security breaches to new heights, maintaining that the precedent set in allowing Fraport Pittsburgh back on the job could have “g...
Jump to postWhat a waste of court time, resources and money. Plaintiffs of nuisance lawsuits like this should be forced to pay all of the court and defense costs when the cases are tossed out.
Jump to postIf you book a B6 flight arriving JFK at 9:14 PM, hoping to make a connection, you are flat-out bonkers. They were 56.3% on-time at JFK last year in December, and it typically gets worse later in the day. Do you really want to get stuck overnight at JFK?[/quote] I wouldn't book a connection on B6 wit...
Jump to postIn order of how they popped into my head, London, Paris, Tokyo, New York.
Jump to postI saw this on NBC the other day: IN partnership with PIT, a new childcare center is opening aimed at airport employees. Yet another unique repurposing of the old USAir hub complex. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/airports-child-care-daycare-best-benefits-employee-hiring-rcna91631 This is a...
Jump to postI've managed to slam landings on every type of aircraft I've flown, I've heard that the Electra was even worse than the 727 but cannot confirm personally.
Jump to postI think a week in the pokey with some of Chicago's finest upstanding citizens and a goodly supply of the Cook County Jail's catering ought to set this poor fellow right. He can then express his gratitude for the experience by paying the costs of the diversion as well. PS - My vote is he didn't get h...
Jump to postI used LG phones until not long before they quit making them. I switched to Samsung but can't say that I'm all that pleased (S21 Ultra). Not much choice these days. Its past time to replace this phone but I would never even consider a switch to Apple so I'm just hanging in there with S21 Ultra while...
Jump to postPictures here. I presume that’s a write off at this rate. Very nice work by the crew to land safely. https://twitter.com/parks3811/status/1674045558623698945?s=46&t=TE5FAkbnLlOQzMerpVdliw If they fixed a 31 year old 320 with 5 holes in the fuselage, they'll fix this one. It'll be a cake walk co...
Jump to postI love it. Not sure how that purple will hold up over time but it's a nice change from eurowhite.
Jump to postAnyone know why Star Alliance partner United Airlines is no longer handling Air Canada at CLE. AC has contracted with Swissport, moved from a UA gate (C20) to a common use gate (A1) and baggage carousel (#3) and will apparently have no onsite baggage services at CLE; those were formerly handled by ...
Jump to postIt's a damned-if-you-do and damned-if-you-don't situation as far as the crew is concerned. They're expected to be observant and apply the training they have been given while knowing full well the consequences of a mistake. As long as they followed their required procedures, right or wrong they have ...
Jump to postThe tires on the detached bogie look pretty good given what they just went through. I'll be curious about what the preceding landing(s) might reveal or if there had been work done on that bogie recently.
Jump to postA Boeing 787 collided with an aircraft tug after the towbar snapped while the aircraft was being towed along the runway at El Dorado International Airport in Colombia on May 4. The collision caused significant damage to the aircraft's fuselage https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/plane-collides-wi...
Jump to postI would tend to look at this as 300 lives potentially saved not 300 lives put at risk. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Jump to postTwo VIP 35K's for a country like Algeria seems absurd. Even two 339's for VIP for commonality's sake is still absurd. The 339 is more than adequate for all of their missions, commercial and VIP.
Jump to postDid the strike start or was there a last minute reprieve? There was no reprieve. The strike is in progress. Be prepared to check your carry-on bag if you are connecting at LHR (at least on BA, I can't speak for other carriers). Passengers destined for London itself are exempt from this requirement....
Jump to postDoes NATO have any nuclear missiles that can be deployed within range of Russia? It would be worthwhile deterrent to Russian threats. Make Putin think about his escalations and sabre rattling. Air and sea-launched (in particular sea-launched) are easy to position and likely already are. There is no...
Jump to postCan someone please offer up a theory why loads might be one sided and then flip flop? And with those mediocre loads and cargo BA is going 6x soon? Makes me wonder if there are data integrity issues here. I’m not buying that people would be taking one stops in one direction, nonstops in the other. T...
Jump to postSo I know this isn't always perfect but according to Seat-guru the -10 has: 11 more coach seats than the -8 10 more premium coach seats 13 more business class seats 8 First class seats as opposed to zero on the -8 I suspect maybe the first class seats are used but still with business class level am...
Jump to postSpotter Alert
Tonight's BA171/170 is being operated by a 787-10.
And no. "Minsk agreements" have shown that a cease-fire with Russia is just a way for ruskie to consolidate what they already stole, and come back for more. Legal borders of 1992, and a buffer zone a couple of hundred kilometers into russia, where no ruskie is allowed to carry anything he...
Jump to postIt didn't help much that the unions successfully fought against Sunwing's application to bring in foreign pilots for the busy winter season. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cicnews.com/2023/01/sunwing-says-holiday-travel-disruptions-caused-by-rejection-of-an-lmia-0132537.html/amp Unions were claim...
Jump to postI thought the articular was going to talk about whether or not this expense was worth it from an economic development standpoint. I.e. how much development would these additional flights actually bring in? Would it be worth what we're paying for them? “ She noted that a month after the trek, Britis...
Jump to postikolkyo wrote:It will never not blow my mind that a 777 has simply vanished and no one can find it. Just insane.
I discovered something fairly interesting while poking around on Google Flights today. F9 is resuming PIT-DEN on Feb 16th next year. Instead of cutting PIT-MCO though, F9 is going to run both routes simultaneously through to the end of the booking window (currently Aug 15th) When was the last time ...
Jump to postAre laptops and tablets allowed in checked luggage today? What about gate checking bags? Allowed, yes. Encouraged, most definitely not. They are not permitted in checked luggage due to the fire hazard and inaccessibility of the holds. They are required to be transported in carry-on luggage only so ...
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