flyorski wrote:They should have kept these maintenance jobs in America for American workers with proper training and oversight.
Why are you rooting for them? It's not a sports team.
Boeing clearly has a lot of systemic issues and quite honestly, has no real plan to fix them. It'll probably take a few more crashes until any real meaningful change happens.
airbazar wrote:I don't think travel to Egypt is going to be popular while a full blown war is raging only 200 mi from Cairo.
Good for AA if they go for the A359, interesting that they don't want to bet on all Dreamliner only operations, you have to wonder what is going on operationally to say that. Just as people want to argue that 787s offer little incremental capability over 359s in endless DL threads, 359s offer very,...
Jump to post817Dreamliiner wrote:G-ZBJA is heading to CWL today. This should be the first 787-8 heading for refit.
They're not allowed to force-bump anyone. Why are you stating something that is completely false? How did you come to that conclusion? https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/bumping-oversales https://www.caa.co.uk/passengers/resolving-travel-problems/delays-and-canc...
Jump to postHi all! New guy here. I felt compelled to chime in on this discussion and express my thoughts about the evolution (or lack there of) of my airline. 22 year WN FA here. Somebody above also mentioned our galley design has nothing to do with Southwest doing BOB. That is 100% false. Our antiquated serv...
Jump to postBobRoss wrote:Again, not every 737 Max 9 built have the plug. The ones in flight (Icelandair, Turkish, Copa) have the REAL door, not the plug.
My son usually sits by the window. If we'd been on that flight in that row... Oh god. The seat looks structurally sound other than having the seat back ripped off. With a seatbelt on, I believe any passenger would still be in that seat. At 16,000ft, the decompression would have been much less viole...
Jump to postcalpsafltskeds wrote:738 Paint:
N76502 sked to exit ROW 3883 is EvoBlu livery.
This airline does not often pop up here so I went to Youtube for a look and wow, many down beat reports on the product. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIIG0LPRy3Q&ab_channel=NonstopDan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n1xEjlxuMQ&ab_channel=NoelPhilips Is it really that poor a product? Some...
Jump to postAAPilot48Heavy wrote:It doesn’t take a genius to look at it and notice these are vastly different cockpits.
cairns wrote:Disney went woke and is losing.
MTG should ease off the Chardonnay before showing up for work functions. No one likes a loud, aggressive, obnoxious drunk. Agree with the posts above re: medicare and SS - Biden set it up and the GOP took it hook, line and sinker. You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take th...
Jump to postSEAorPWM wrote:Just heard on CNN Bolsonnaro is in the US. Florida to be exact.
That is being generous... I think most pigs would have the good sense to leave a partner convicted of lewd conduct and domestic violence. The irony of her screaming about 'grooming' while married to a dude that whipped it out at a bowling alley - family values! She's a dollar store Sarah Palin knoc...
Jump to postAlaska completely gutted Virgin America and kept...mood lighting? Lol These interiors are soulless -- plain and simple. The cabin dividers are a joke as well. And most surprisingly, AS opted not to add in the space bins to their retrofitted 800s. You'd think when it comes to commonality that would'...
Jump to postWhy on earth did AS not retrofit the overhead bins on that 737-800? That would be probably the most useful upgrade that plane could get.
Jump to postAsk yourself this question: *Why* did Trump take those documents, and what was his intent? I'll wait... It's almost like you can see the cognitive dissonance playing out in the post. Indeed. There seems to be a huge disconnect as to what they want Trump to be vs what he actually is. It's a weird, a...
Jump to postSurprised it took this long for the gaslighting to start, really. As fascinating as this echo chamber section is, it can get exhausting posting here and I don't feel the need to much anymore because more Americans are waking up, IMO. Ask yourself this question: *Why* did Trump take those documents,...
Jump to post~80% of the 737-700s have been repainted in the new livery. ~85% of the 737-800s have been repainted in the new livery. 100% of the MAX 8s are in the new livery. 87% of the fleet is in the heart livery. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NAFPJsp7t2aBbKXiHxPKWGM2G0eILw4ploU9pWVSgt0/edit?usp=shar...
Jump to postTruly fascinating that none of these people arrested have issues wearing masks now...
Jump to postThere really isn't a whole lot of people listening to what the "other" side is saying. I don't recall seeing anyone say that nothing should be done. In fact, I have seen some commonsense suggestions in this thread, but most calling for bans are not acknowledging them. There is a lot more ...
Jump to postMaverickM11 wrote:brain rot
Not for nothing, but skeletons starting to emerge from Elon’s closet. He paid a SpaceX employee $250K to stay quiet about exposing himself to her on the company jet in 2016. https://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-spacex-sexual-miisconduct-230458875.html Skeletons? its pretty obvious whats going on. You...
Jump to postI haven't seen blanket statements from conservative media or GOP leadership like you claiming, I have seen individual idiots spouting off ignorant and hateful things, but nothing that suggests conservative media and GOP leadership support them. Again, links would be helpful. Sounds like a nice Dem ...
Jump to postFlapOperator wrote:At the end of the day, districts are approved by judiciary, are they not?
Voter laws are also subject to judicial review, are they not?
First, why does it need to be a national law? If your vision does in fact reflect the "vast majority of Americans" it will be reflected in the vast majority of state legislatures. This is unfortunately not true. Due to extreme gerrymandering and all sorts of voter restriction laws, the st...
Jump to postIn April of 1990, I traveled from Texas to Washington DC to attend the Rally For Life on the Washington Monument Grounds of the National Mall. VP Dan Quayle addressed the crowd of 700,000 that day, who came from all over the US to show their support for Life. That solidarity has paid off now with t...
Jump to postTexas, makes complete and total sense now. Have to ask, how many children are you currently fostering right now? How many total in your lifetime? How many children have you adopted? Bigger question, and one I feel I have to ask. How many non caucasian children have you adopted and/or fostered? And ...
Jump to post“They got their day in court” Like this makes everything fine and dandy. You break the law you pay the consequences if you don't agree with that well then we will never agree. The fact that anyone would enjoy watching someone's "head explode" - whether literally or figuratively - speaks v...
Jump to postHow do you plan on A without even more mass death?
You can catch COVID more than once, so herd immunity without a vaccine isn’t really possible in 2021.
Trump has left more criminals behind than any other president since 1900. So far Trump has only pardoned 43, compared to 212 for Obama, 189 for Bush, and 396 for Clinton. Only Bush Sr comes close to Trump with just 74 pardons. Oh, he’s just starting and has a month to go. How many pardons are for p...
Jump to postI don't like her but she is as worthy her next term as McConnell is his. His party is imploding and they didn't have the strength to boot him to the curb either. Tugg You don't have a imploding party and pick up House seats. Especially CA house seats. The GOP are now tied to the disgusting circus t...
Jump to posthttp://www.breakingthenews.net/news/details/54123296 Trump claim China is possible offender Trump’s claim is bonkers considering Pompeo and Senators from the intel committee have already clearly indicated all signs point to Russia. Yet again - why is he unable to go negative on Russia? They have so...
Jump to postIt's very simple, and I don't understand why some don't seem to get it. The restrictions *buy us time* . In the US a lot of people blame the Trump administration, and I while I do agree that they do shoulder the blame in terms of poor messaging and lack of testing infrastructure, it really boils dow...
Jump to post310,000 dead Americans and stratosphere’s obsessing about a title. Would he be doing this if she was a Republican? No. Thanks for keeping us updated on the big topics of the day over on planet Fox. Not just stratosphere—the entire GOP asylum. Can anyone remember anything the GOP has said about the ...
Jump to postAnd yet still more qualified than 99% of the boot lickers in the Trump administration :checkmark: ...the Muslim/Transgender bans were definitely not identity politcs :roll: Sure, but the current administration is the antithesis of merit. In fact you'd need a dowsing rod and an electron microscope t...
Jump to postOne obvious inconsistency and contradiction from the Democrats or Liberals or Leftists defending Jill Biden, is how against is this title thing to the idea of 'inequality' and 'treating everyone fairly'. I thought meritocracy was bad, and we had to base people's worth on their color of the skin or ...
Jump to postIf a civil war breaks out he isn't leaving that is for sure. I would bet money he would be one of the first to bail. I think NIK is implying Trump would be the "General Lee" of it and "lead the oppressed to rise again". Can't you just see Trump on his horse ringing into Atlanta ...
Jump to poststratosphere wrote:Is it a big deal in the grand scheme of things? No. But you know being locked in during a pandemic I am finding more things to be nit picky about as are other people.
I would have preferred a person with government and transportation related experiences. Just like with Granholm who IIRC is a lawyer by trade with little to no energy background but when you are an activist you don't need any experience. Pretty scary stuff. Granholm is just like Warrren, she totall...
Jump to postAnd what transportation or infrastructure experience does he bring to government? None that I read in the link. Hell, I'm more qualified in that role than he is and I'm not qualified. Right schools, mgt consultant (no ability there) and short Navy career seeking to burnish his resume. Oh and mayor ...
Jump to postLike I said, shows a lot about their confidence level when they have to be called a certain way just because it places you on a unique category of the rest of humans. I could care less if Michael wants to be called Dr. Michael because he did a PhD on some useless degree. Your irrational reaction to...
Jump to postI'd imagine the wide range use of ground power vs APU reduce the exhaust emissions.
Jump to postFrom a tweet 'How Trump Wins' https://twitter.com/Eyconik/status/1338228261483110403? Point 6. The Election Rejection - On January 6th Congress will convene to count the electoral votes. At this time the sitting VP, Mike Pence, has the ability to challenge by refusing to accept the votes from state...
Jump to postMAGA protesters in D.C. last night tore the Black Lives Matter banner off of D.C.'s oldest Black Methodist Church and burned it in the street.
https://twitter.com/ericfidler/status/1 ... 53312?s=21
United States is not an authoritarian states. Even if it is indeed better, it's simply wrong to force someone else to be better in the same way that it is wrong to tell people stop drinking alochol or tell people they should become "civilized" by following European tradition and culture. ...
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