Re: Go Around weird timing - Video

Though I'm only a frequent flyer and have no aviation background - other than being a million miler - I have trouble with this film clip appearing on a public social media channel. Even if this video was taken to protect the crew from eventual libility, it should *never* have appeared on YouTube. Th...

Re: First Look: United reveals new uniforms

"I do NOT like the new male FA jacket. All that white piping looks very nautical. I imagine a lot of (heterosexual) males will argue that it looks too dandy. (I'm saying this as a gay man--don't write me As I recall, Air Canada had something similar on mainline International cabin crews about ...

Re: Alaska Airlines starts repainting Airbus fleet

BoeingGuy wrote:

32andBelow wrote:

It is just funny because Alaska has never been all Boeing. And now they certainly aren't even with whatever backwards logic they can come up with.

Yes they have been all Boeing until now. All Alaska Airlines operated flights were on 737s.

Re: Enerjet to morph into a ULCC in 2019

I distinctly remember seeing Enerjet 737 aircraft at McCarran in the past. So I looked that aspect up on Wikipedia and found the following - "Enerjet operates the Boeing 737-700 aircraft for their routes. The first of two aircraft was painted in the Enerjet livery on the 20 October 2008. The ai...

Re: Rumour: Oneworld to add new member 05DEC18

"I must admit that it was far easier on airliners.net when we were able could see the codes when using the cursor over them, I honestly don't understand why that facility is no longer as it made life a lot easier." The airline and airport identifier feature - on the old operating system -...

Re: Air France will half it's A380 fleet

FlySSC wrote:

Boair wrote:

stylo777 wrote:

which routes are currently served by AF 380s`?

JFK, LAX, JNB, MEX, ABJ, PVG year round and MIA/SFO seasonally

Add IAD to the list.

Re: Why B6 doesn’t fly NYC-DCA?

Slots, competition from other carriers, trains running more frequently without the hassle of TSA, traffic, ATC delays. Most of my suburban DC neighbors with relatives in the NYC area drive I-95 rather than fly. A few may take B6 in order to connect to the Caribbean - since Miami's immigration is pe...

Re: FAA Makes Staffing Policy Changes After Vegas Controller Found Incapacitated

"She gets progressively more incoherent, which doesn’t fit with showing up to work a few hours ago after drinking. Plus, she starts coughing later in the ATC recording." I've had that experience with Spiriva (for COPD). I would require at least an hour before driving or doing detailed work...

Re: UAL 738 and 739, Hawaii to SFO ?

According to United.com, UA706 today from OGG to LAX is a 739-Max.

Two flights from OGG to SFO are 753s.

Perhaps someone better qualified than me (I'm just a frequent flyer) can respond to your query.

Re: OAG Changes 7/29/2018:AM Adds DTW-QRO;DL Adds DTW-SJC, Drops DTW-TUL,LAX-OAK;UA Adds SFO-MUC,IAD-MIA;VC SFB Focus Ci

"**UA IAD-MIA DEC 0>0.7[0] JAN 0>1.2[0] FEB 0>1.0[0] MAR 0>1.0[0]"

Well, well. That's been a while.

Used to be UAX - sometimes CR-7s and sometimes ERJ-170s.

Nice to see it come back. Seemed to have good loads. I hope it remains active.

Re: Possible future WestJet U.S. destinations with Delta JV

If WestJet's Encore could move into DCA - to compete with Porter's IAD-YTZ - I can visualize a meaningful route developing. WestJet connects to 22 more Canadian cities nationwide versus Porter's connections only to eastern Canadian cities. As long as clients realize they're getting a different produ...

Re: Why is United still operating 757's on transatlantic routes?

Why are United still operating 757,s on transatlantic routes.Noticed UA71 Hamburg to Newark this morning. Surely they have enough 767s or even 739Max if they enough range. Because they are a crap airline You clearly have never flown WoW Airlines.transatlantic. Or maybe NK is more to your liking. :l...

Re: Why is United still operating 757's on transatlantic routes?

"It was a pleasure flying IAD-LIS nonstop without flying via EWR and saving time and potential headaches. Or connecting through a European Hub like FRA,MUC, or BRU" Those in the DC area who - because of geography and gridlock - do transatlantic through BWI, it really can be annoying. First...

Re: MRY-DEN On UAX To Return October 4

That’s a long flight on a CR2. The more things change, the more UA stays the same. In days of old there was one CR-7 round-trip daily. The early morning eastbound - connecting to east coast cities in Denver - was filled with local tech company people and staff, faculty, and engineers from the Naval...

Re: A month in, how are UA’s summer E-175 “ULR” routes doing?

"Why can’t they just board warm food?" How exactly is the food supposed to stay warm until it's served? When YVR-SFO had AC Rouge service (versus AC mainline) they loaded hot meals for J class in Vancouver. But by serving time, plates were barely luke-warm. My understanding is that food m...

Re: THE Problem With United FAs. Even I'm Fuming At This!

"Anybody else getting a good chuckle out this? It doesn't get much better than a points blogger and an FA in a Twitter war! Childish from both sides." Yep. I'm also a million-miler (all domestic flying and AC codeshares - no overseas flying). I just want to make my connecting flights with...

Re: 737 Max 9 North America inaugural service

"Just to expand, the few scenarios where the -9 won't work, the -8 can replace the 757. It is about profit per flight and not seats. My math says a -8 will make more profit per flight than the 757. Not as much profit as a -9, -10, or" A321NEO, but I assume runway constraints" Yet I'm...

Re: UA East Coast network changes

"At current traffic levels the bus station terminal concessions are overwhelmed during UA peaks as is the HVAC on warm days." I had heard scuttlebutt about the inconsistent AC in D Concourse but never noticed it before (I'm a UA Million Miler). However, last Thursday night - arriving at g...

Re: United Airlines makes big adjustments in onboard food and beverage

"My last UA flight was SFO-IAD...a stroopwafel was the "breakfast snack" offering. They didn't have any hot items for sale either" I did DCA-SFO a month ago on a UA 753. We had BoB - but not free food. And I passed on the stroopwafle which is candy - not food. Back in 33D, I bou...

Re: Rumor: UA cutting EWR-BDL/BWI/DSM and while expanding domestic service

"They have loaded in seasonal EWR-PSP on the A319"

The last time I did IAD-PSP (Yes I know - not EWR) the routing was IAD-IAH // IAH-PSP. Nothing wrong with the routing - except in those days both legs were CR-7s.

I think I would have preferred the 319 if it had been offered.

Re: Flying 2000 miles over open water in twins powered by CFM56-7

I guess we can blame Richard Branson for this thread.

Any other old-timers remember the "Four Engines for Long Distance" campaign VS had for its 346 fleet?

Re: Current Status of SXM and other damaged airports

Does anyone (a dispatcher? a scheduler?) have any idea when UA's EWR-SXM and IAD-SXM will return to Sint Maarten?

Re: What if? 50 seat transcontinetal jets; 76 seat transatlantic jets; 140 seat transpacific jets...

This has nothing to do with the OP's objectives in asking the question, but I've done both IAD-IAH / IAH-PSP where both legs were CR7s and IAD-MCI / MCI-SFO where both legs were CR7s. But this was happenstance on my part - rather than scheduled route-planning on the part of the UA. A great way to me...

Re: Airline Gate Locations at SAN

I've observed that a couple of gates near the Terminal 2 banjo alternate between DL and UA (46 for instance) and B6 and UA (38 for instance). I'm guessing those are CUTE gates.

Anyone know for sure?

Re: AA 997 DFW-EZE diverts due to PTY due to drunk passenger

"Believe it or not there are those of us who can drink responsibly AND board an airplane. Hard to believe but it's true." Some of that has to do with timing and pacing. For instance, One rum and coke before take off; another midflight; and another before landing will not render anyone inc...

Re: Dog Dies in Overhead Bin on United Airlines Flight

"There should be no animals, lizards, snakes, birds, or reptiles in plane cabins."

That's why I book discount business-class when my budget allows it. No peacocks. No French bulldogs.

Re: Vaping device caused fire at DEN

"I am also surprised that they did not clear the area much quicker." I get the impression (from watching "Air Disasters" on Smithsonian Channel) that a burning plane needs to be emptied in 90 seconds or less. But given sheer volume of people in the video, I'm amazed the area emp...

Re: 3-Year Old Boy screams for 8-hours on flight.

This happened six months ago. Would suck to be on the flight, but not sure it is really worthy of much discussion. Part of flying with the public is you are sometimes going to have passengers that make a flight suck. Hopefully those instances are few and far between. We can berate the state of pare...

Re: 'Mob' breaks out at Des Moines International Airport after 14-hour delay