Moving in the right direction, for sure. But don't be fooled into thinking that DL, UA or any of the major carriers for that matter are anywhere close to being profitable in absolute terms. Let's wait to see what Q1 and Q2 2022 look like, without any artificial padding from government payroll suppor...
Jump to postWouldn't it be great to see Richard Anderson brought in to clean up the mess at Boeing? Totally agree. Richard Anderson would not tolerate or accept the pathetic excuses being thrown around like popcorn at Boeing these days. With RA leading the company, many mid and upper management heads would rol...
Jump to postI don't know why you all are getting so worked up about this fake news "AAnnouncement." It's all PR fluff. Same with UA's hyped-up BOOM SSTs.
Neither of these will ever see commercial operations.
It seems to me that to grow BNA, AA will have to convince some folks who are loyal to DL that it ought to be their "legacy of choice." I'm not convinced that AA can do that with just more destinations; they need to chance some of their customer-unfriendly policies (like the fact that I'm ...
Jump to postI hope the 777x doesn't turn out to be Boeing's MD-11... not achieving the desired efficiency gains over it's predecesor... it's been quiet on the performance front... A good question to ask is: "How many existing Boeing employees came from the McDonnell Douglas acquisition?" Mindset is i...
Jump to postAA has no choice but to lash out and start throwing darts at the dartboard. With their massive debt load relative to their peers, they have no choice but to make every attempt to generate revenue. Time will tell how this all plays out.
Jump to post777Mech wrote:You get what you pay for honestly. The lowest bidder isn't always best.
I suspect that the B777-8 is as big as it can get before having to add the extra 2 exits. Adding those doors costs more money to build, more money to maintain, might require more crew and will reduce the usable space of the extra length. All good points. Those 2 additional exit doors also mean 2 ad...
Jump to postBoeing is leaving Washington States for good. Unions can pat themselves on back for this. :checkmark: :checkmark: :checkmark: Agreed. Could not have said it better myself. The real question is where will Boeing be opening a new R&D Center? Or at least a location which performs the equivalent to...
Jump to postsolracfunk14 wrote:Actually not, as long AR get benefits from it, the Argentina government will allow it. They protect too much the national airline and don't care about the others, look at all the mess around El Palomar operation.
And maybe Skyteam will let go of Aerolineas Argentinas if LATAM joins that alliance. Then AR will join Oneworld alliance & codeshare with Iberia & American Airlines. Argentina's competition authorities would be crazy to allow AR to cozy up to AA and join OW. That option should be off the ta...
Jump to postI wonder how long it will be until numerous other countries take similar actions? If everything had been shut down hard and fast for 30-days back in January, 2020, perhaps we would be in a very different situation today? This is not good news at all, but also not entirely unexpected. The medical com...
Jump to postAs previously stated multiple times, temperature checks are just one piece of a more comprehensive system of safety protocols. No single piece is totally effective, but assembled and implemented together, they form multiple layers of safety.
Jump to postIf the news reports are accurate, it sounds pretty clear that this person was very ill and should not have been traveling and should not have been allowed onboard in the first place. This was a failure of personal responsibility on the part of him and his wife/family as well as a failure on the part...
Jump to postAntarius wrote:The front cargo compartment is also sealed off. I'm not sure if all the equipment is present inside either (don't think so).
Boeing needs to realize that their credibility has been virtually destroyed. They are no longer seen as an innovative company that is willing to take 747/757/767/777/787 levels of risk in order to bring new products to market. The Boeing Company of today is nothing more than a beancounter-driven org...
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Doesn't AS also lead the industry in outsourcing their airport jobs, especially below the wing?
Jump to postExcept for not wearing a mask, there was absolutely nothing wrong with the response from this captain This passenger woman was seeking attention. Her goal was to make people notice her and for people to be made uncomfortable by the vulgar, disgusting language on the hat. But her behavior speaks as l...
Jump to postUnfortunately they [Boeing] seem to be on their way out of Washington State. Not sure why this is unfortunate at all. Good for Boeing if they were to leave WA, which is one of the most unfriendly states for businesses in the entire USA. High costs, high taxes, and a tremendous amount of ridiculous,...
Jump to postThere was an interesting item from today's 8-K filing: https://ir.delta.com/financials/sec-filings/sec-filings-details/default.aspx?FilingId=14438150 Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement On October 8, 2020, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) repaid approximately $3.0 billion , the f...
Jump to postVery well handled by that captain, but clearly, this woman was trying to get attention and used the opportunity to post to social media in an attempt to gain media attention. Southwest was right in initially denying her boarding. It is unfortunate that they ended up apologizing and refunding her tic...
Jump to postSpeaking of the prototype, what happened to it after finishing test and certification flights? From testbed to gift shop to conference room... sounds like a pretty interesting journey. Here is the full backstory, with more pictures and video: https://www.deltamuseum.org/exhibits/exhibits/aircraft/p...
Jump to postIn 3 years, no one will remember the MAX issues as they also forgot AF447. Wow. Are you seriously going to try to compare Boeing's 737 MAX fiasco to the crash of AF447? Night and day difference. Boeing's issue is on the manufacturer side and involves all Boeing 737 MAXs. AF447 was primarily an airl...
Jump to postIn 3 years, no one will remember the MAX issues as they also forgot AF447. Wow. Are you seriously going to try to compare Boeing's 737 MAX fiasco to the crash of AF447? Night and day difference. Boeing's issue is on the manufacturer side and involves all Boeing 737 MAXs. AF447 was primarily an airl...
Jump to postThere will be brutal fare competition from Spirit and B6. Observe it's to FLL, not to MIA 'to build a MIA hub for LATAM connections.' This is a rather childish move from Delta. If they wanted to build their LAX hub and support their JV with Latam, LAX-MIA is clearly the route they should've brought...
Jump to postI don't believe the big 3 will invite B6 into LHR with a slot sale. Unless doing so allows them to gain regulatory approval for a larger deal. Perhaps a deal that is strategically very advantageous. There will be windows of opportunity opening over the next 2-3 years which may never be repeated, or...
Jump to postLittle by little, people at all levels are beginning to recognize (and are now more willing to admit, both privately and publicly) that current and anticipated airline revenues are still far less than what will be required to support existing cost structures, much less to service their still increas...
Jump to postLittle by little, people at all levels are beginning to recognize (and are now more willing to admit, both privately and publicly) that current and anticipated revenues are still far less than what will be required to support existing cost structures and to service projected debt load. Something mor...
Jump to postWith UA planning SFO-BLR, there goes any hopes for AA to be successful on SEA-BLR. I think the 2 markets have enough strength to stand on their own. More importantly I think the SFO market is too large for only 1 flight/airline so there will still be strong demand from SEA pax that won't be able to...
Jump to postDTWLAX wrote:Wonder how well AA's SEA-BLR do now that UA is launching SFO-BLR.
AA will definitely lose some of the BLR traffic it was hoping to capture from the Bay Area and SoCal.
With UA planning SFO-BLR, there goes any hopes for AA to be successful on SEA-BLR.
Jump to postFGITD wrote:Would hate to have a seat far out in one of the wing portions...
Are you able to post your source for this information? Not doubting, I just would like to understand where that information originated. I’m curious myself. Maybe it’s something as simple as a proximity issue? If that is true, then it certainly does lend credibility to the "Wear the damn mask&q...
Jump to postExceptionally interesting and very sexy design, but over the years the data have seemed to suggest that the more traditional blended wing body (BWB) design (like the one Boeing has been working on) is more stable throughout all phases of flight. The BWB also has the advantage of many more years of s...
Jump to postThe other thing I would like to add is that there is a big difference being a pilot and quarantining yourself up in the flight deck vs. working at the airport or being a Flight attendant and working closely with the public. I'm not surprised frontline people would take temporary leaves or early ret...
Jump to postdalmit wrote:Is it just pilots that are being furloughed come Oct?
Great video with lots of good info for the layperson. Thanks for posting!
Jump to postThere actually was a DC-10 Twin project, but it was never approved by McDonnell Douglas leadership: https://www.flightglobal.com/clipped-wings/64577.article#:~:text=The%20DC%2D10%20Twin%20had,in%2Dservice%20target%20of%201975.&text=Although%20the%20DC%2D10%20became,business%20in%20the%20late%201...
Jump to postI don't think the merger had anything to do with Delta currently being top-heavy. I came on a good 2-3 years after the merger and the corporate hierarchy was only slightly more bloated than what I had seen at my previous two Fortune 500 companies (I'd say one extra layer between myself and a VP; a ...
Jump to postWasn't NW quite top heavy compared to other airlines? I wonder whether DL inherited that in the DL/NW merger? I've heard more than one person say that DL have never before in their history been more top heavy than they are right now... At the station(s) level, NW ran much leaner than the current mo...
Jump to postThat's where (VP/MD/D) I expect to see a good bit of departures - the amount of GM and above positions I think tripled from when I joined DL corporate in 2012 and left in 2019. Given that these roles carry a hefty bit of pay, there's definitely some opportunities for trimming the fat. Wasn't NW qui...
Jump to postFrom your statement I have to question if you realize that the communication posted was not written to the public. Rather, it was a letter from a chairman to his own pilot group. Updates, information, etc. Updating scope violation information and associated concerns is just keeping the pilot group ...
Jump to postRight now it's just whining. A skill that DL pilots have held for a very long time. Now is not the time to be beating this drum. Continuing to do so just makes look like spoiled primadonnas. It's all about survival at this stage, not just for DL but for all carriers. Worry about this crap down the ...
Jump to postPossibly a sign that KLM will partner LATAM? This would make sense with the Delta / LATAM partnership moving forward.
Jump to postOn a related note, DL and LATAM are expanding their codeshares, with DL adding their code to LA operated flights in a dozen new markets throughout SA. The level of LATAM / DL cooperation continues to grow and evolve despite the pandemic. Clearly, both DL and LATAM believe that the way out of bankrup...
Jump to postShouldn't this have been done all along? I know it wasn't. The tray tables were never wiped down between flights. They maybe wiped down once at the end of the day but other than that, tray tables are rarely cleaned properly. I bet the carpets have not seen a shampooing ever. Planes don't sit around...
Jump to postPDX-LHR has also been cut for S21:
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/ai ... e-20200809
Wasn't there a JFK-LGW which was supposed to start? Yes, and BOS-LGW as well. The world as we know it was a very different place back on February 3rd, 2020 when those were announced. Would not be at all surprised if those have been axed for the foreseeable future. https://news.delta.com/new-paths-a...
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