Some pics of the prototypes on bodyforms. https://imgur.com/gallery/ROxfZE9 Do Delta Connection employees wear the same uniform? Endeavour FAs wear a grey uniform with red accents I believe. I think Skywest wears the same uniform for all their mainline partners and just swap out scarves and ties to...
Jump to postI would bet they keep configuration as-is and sell the premium seats for an up charge. I actually think they will go to 200 seats so they can keep it at 4 FAs. Not sure how the mid-cabin exit door plays into this though. They might stick with 189 and additional rows of "best" seats up fro...
Jump to postDid not see this posted, not sure if it warrants a new thread just now. Southwest Pilots think WN may be on the verge of another acquisition. Could be a quick fix for more capacity with 7M7 delays, not sure of options with a common fleet type. Sun Country, Avelo? Petty much anything else would be a...
Jump to postI also wonder about the boarding pass scanners and computers. Are they all compatible with each airline? There are systems called CUTE (common use terminal equipment) that allows all airlines to use the same computers/scanners/etc. It is like logging in to a remote desktop. When you login to your a...
Jump to postYIKES.... new memo tomorrow.. unload the aft bins first Pretty sure those have gone out before. Rampers just don’t care anymore. I’ve seen even A220’s rocked far back on their mains when the rampers unload them incorrectly. Was just a matter of time. Passengers weigh more than baggage too. So if th...
Jump to postHow is the Humphrey terminal at MSP looking these days? Does Sun Country get gates for all these flights or are they doing bus and remote boarding? No bus gates currently. The entire terminal is common-use though and MAC (the airport authority) will force airlines to share gates as needed. I believ...
Jump to postThe amount of stupidity packed in this five-page complaint left me completely speechless. An absolute gem: 4. Defendant Jetblue is a foreign corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, with its principal place of business located at 27-01 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, county of Queens...
Jump to postMany of the Super Mega's , Mega, Large, and Mid Size stations already have overnight ramp agents year round not certain if any other Ground Ops Depts already have overnights in regards to being a part of The Red Eye future of SWA. Even some of the small stations have overnight ramp and ops agents t...
Jump to postGreat to see SY growing and up gauging their fleet with these 739ERs. If they do go 200+ pax config, I believe they'll need to unplug the extra set of exit doors - is that an easy task after the aircraft has rolled off the assembly line? On a separate note, I've often wondered if SY would eventuall...
Jump to postGreat to see SY growing and up gauging their fleet with these 739ERs. If they do go 200+ pax config, I believe they'll need to unplug the extra set of exit doors - is that an easy task after the aircraft has rolled off the assembly line? On a separate note, I've often wondered if SY would eventuall...
Jump to postIt all depends on the winds If we end up on 4-22 again I am going to throw a fit lol Also... I have family traveling from SJU-MSP today and it looks like ALOT of people are trying to get home today before this storm hits. Many people on the flight were rebookings from what they gathered. 4/22 confi...
Jump to postWhere are you seeing this? It is a charter flight, not something the public would be able to book a ticket on. https://thecabosun.com/new-route-between-la-and-los-cabos-announced-by-low-cost-carrier-sun-country-airlines/ I still do not see it on the SY website... You won't see it on the SY website....
Jump to postrainaviation2 wrote:lesfalls wrote:PITFlyer330 wrote:Looks like sun country is starting LAX to cabo CSL in Mexico. Jsx already flies this
Do you have the schedule?
Where are you seeing this?
Is there data on how many of SY's pax are connecting in MSP? I am curious if they could capitalize more on connecting traffic. For example, there is a convenient PWM-MSP-ANC and back that they are selling many days this summer. SY could further build their brand in the midwest by marketing flights ...
Jump to postDelta Air Lines might have an interesrt in the Hawaian A330s if they are to be retired. Delta does the Heavy Maintenance on them at MSP and they should have all the mainannce records. Also, Sun Country which flys 737-800 for DHL is adding more 737s to their fleet. I do not know if it is for passeng...
Jump to postCMHtraveler wrote:SY rampers have voted to unionize with the Teamsters, votes were counted yesterday. Based on the article, I assume that only MSP is in-house?
https://teamster.org/2023/01/sun-countr ... local-970/
Southwest is doing something pretty smart. It's giving Rapid Rewards points to affected customers. A friend just got 25,000 points he did not ask for. Worth about $400. I have no idea how deep this goes. Smart because it entices people back to the airline, and for those it does not entice it costs ...
Jump to postIn https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/amazon-just-hired-another-passenger-airline-to-fly-cargo-jets-using-the-biggest-aircraft-yet/ar-AA13eCA4?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=5750d60c62074afea988a928edd5dc48#image=AA13eRkV|4 I found this interesting nugget about Hawaiian flying for Amazon. Th...
Jump to postWhat is it used for? Putting employees up for training, commuting cabin crew? Primarily training. The facility was also used for conferences and other non-AA events in the past. I stayed in the old facility when there was a safety conference that AA hosted for multiple airlines. They had a ticket c...
Jump to postThe only ETOPS effect I can think of is as another power source. No meaningful thrust to keep an aircraft aloft.
Jump to postAirlines are terrified of another Dr. Dao event and the negative PR that brings so will offer very high VDB compensation to avoid an IDB situation. This. The airline I work for has an internal policy that requires VP approval to IDB anyone. Usually, the instruction is to keep raising the VDB compen...
Jump to postWhen I worked at G4 we called them inside turns. Was used to serve many of the seasonal destination cities that were not bases and to balance flying between the various bases. One example was SFB-USA-MSY-USA-SFB, all with the same SFB based crew/aircraft in the same day.
Jump to postIt is a result of the ticket/coupon based system used for flight payments. When you buy a ticket you are given a flight coupon for each segment. When you check in, you are exchanging a flight coupon for a boarding pass. All of this occurs electronically now with e-tickets, but the design of the syst...
Jump to postThe standard weight hasn't changed in many years. Carry on baggage is getting heavier. Some routes (Jamaica at my airline) are known for pretty excessive carry on baggage. The standard weights have changed recently for US-based airlines. The FAA released an AC (120-27F) in 2019 that shifted to usin...
Jump to posthttp://www.airlineratings.com/wp-content/uploads/uploads/DC-9s-at-peak-production.jpg From: https://www.airlineratings.com/wp-content/uploads/uploads/DC-9s-at-peak-production.jpg What is interesting about the 1967 production line photo above is that it is U-shaped. The TWA is next out the door foll...
Jump to postEverybody should be paid from the minute they clock on to the minute they clock out. Not disagreeing, but this isn't how FA's or pilots work, at least in the US. So pilots do the briefing and walkaround on their own time? Think not. It’s included in the hourly rate I guess. Once you check in for a ...
Jump to postA judge making a ruling regarding medical expertise, something he knows nothing about. Except that’s not it at all. The judge ruled that the agency (CDC) didn’t have the power under federal law to implement the mandate to begin with. If you read the ruling it is clear that they are not judging the ...
Jump to postI feel bad for airline employees the next few days until this is all worked out.
Jump to posthttps://thepointsguy.com/news/airport-v ... s-running/
Looks like SEA, MSY, and DTW all have programs currently running.
II will not fly on an airline that is not a member of IATA and has therefore not been through an IOSA audit. There are airlines that aren't IATA member but are certified to IOSA standards. So are you are saying IATA does IOSA audits on non member airlines? The airline being audited is responsible f...
Jump to postCompanies are assigned a 3 character ICAO code. They combine this 3 character code with a flight number to create a callsign. The FAA Advisory Circular 120-26 has the details on how to apply and how they are assigned. I worked for an aircraft charter company. We used the callsigns over the tail numb...
Jump to postDumb question - but to cargo aircraft have escape slides on the L1 door, or to they just use a rope for the crew to evacuate? Everyone I've seen has escape slides to accommodate any supernumeraries that might be traveling along with the cargo but are not really crewmembers, since the ropes or reels...
Jump to postAFW is the 2nd largest "hub" (for lack of a better word) for Sun Country's Amazon operations with LAL being 1st. Any Sun Country flight in the 3000s is a freighter flight for Amazon.
Jump to postThe remainder of the list was likely non-revenue passengers. Non-revs are generally airline employees or their family/friends who are flying on free or nearly free tickets. They all show up on the standby list gate monitor on AA, but obviously revenue passengers go first. ETA: The AA agent likely al...
Jump to post100 ft width runways are allowable for certain types as mentioned above, however crosswind limitations are much more restrictive than on 150 ft width runways. Really I have 8 airline type ratings and have never come across more restrictive crosswind for runway width. You are either on the centerlin...
Jump to postI have not seen this in the thread but if the plane is originating in the UK does ADA apply? If it is an American airline is it world wide regardless? How does ADA apply to foreign carriers flying into/out of the US? ADA doesn't apply here the ACAA (Air Carrier Access Act) does. ACAA applies to all...
Jump to postFound this on the Twitter tweets https://twitter.com/JacdecNew/status/1489619718982017026?s=20&t=lM2byLHW46IiDShHafhrfA https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKww6mYXwAoQfdK?format=jpg&name=small Were they just trying to burn off some fuel with this flight path? If the theory above is correct about t...
Jump to postNo Amazon (or any) flights into or out of ILN all day. I was wondering why that was given that the conditions although marginal didn't seem to be enough to prevent CATIII landings. Then I turned on the Weather Channel and now I see how ice has accumulated all over the Midwest, even down to DFW. So ...
Jump to postPer a blast news email wrap-up I receive, was stated that Sun Country plans to acquire 15 "mid-life" B737-800s. Also earnings date of February 8, 2022 was set. Carrying boxes or people? I would guess people. Sun Country's freighter aircraft are leased from GECAS by Amazon and then Amazon ...
Jump to postI'd think because a delay could cascade multiple things such as connecting flights/trains/buses, additional cost to get a hotel for the night etc. Not sure about other airlines, but with my previous experience with a UK airline, if flights were delayed customers would be provided with food vouchers...
Jump to postIf you look closely, only 17.4% of their flying is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays or in 28.6% of the week, flying 51% of the fleet. When the MAXs are over half the fleet, then we need to worry about pricing. Until then, their will be the lower cost aircraft flying intensely (MAXs) with A320CEOs bought ...
Jump to postNo dispatchers, no flights.... Can’t pilots file their own flight plans? Especially at a small airline like that Passenger airline flights in both the US and Canada both require flight dispatchers. The PIC and the dispatcher share responsibility for the safe operation of the flight. Under regulatio...
Jump to postAt $50/person, I’d be on Delta. Just a personal preference, of course. I assume that’s after you’ve spent all the fees on SY too. Free bags on DL for me so it def makes a difference. Yes after fee's on Sun Country. I didnt realize they charge for over head now lol. But the base fare wasnt honestly ...
Jump to postAt the US airline I work for the FA will tidy up the lav inflight and restock the paper products from the onboard supply. However, they are not required to get in there and scrub and they don't have anything more than paper towels and spray to clean anyways. If a lav gets really bad they will block ...
Jump to postI worked at an airport with only two gates and a single airline. We often had two flights arriving within 10-15 minutes of each other. It happened sometimes, maybe once every 6 months or so that ramp would park the aircraft at the wrong gate. Same livery, single aircraft type, and not always easy to...
Jump to postMy experience is with Amazon, but yes many of the flights are turns. The crew will fly the aircraft in and wait the 90 minutes to 4 hours depending on the scheduled departure time. Some stations have a dedicated pilot lounge available. Some stations the pilots either hang out in the aircraft or go t...
Jump to postEvery airline I've worked for will help get the passenger home. Even the ULCC in the US. They'll either put them on the next flight or even book them on another airline if needed. Not only is it the right thing to do from a human perspective it also prevents any bad publicity.
Jump to postSpeaking of bases, whatever happened to Allegiant's plans of establishing a base at JQF (they announced it just days before the covid chaos)? Last I heard it wasn't happening until the new terminal is built, which is really only a plan at the moment and hasn't started construction. I always seemed ...
Jump to postSpeaking of bases, whatever happened to Allegiant's plans of establishing a base at JQF (they announced it just days before the covid chaos)? Last I heard it wasn't happening until the new terminal is built, which is really only a plan at the moment and hasn't started construction. I always seemed ...
Jump to postLAXdude1023 wrote:A classic case of being aggressively hit on. There is no "assault" here. Its uncomfortable and the FA shouldnt have done it, but the rhetoric is over the top.