Re: United, FAA steps up oversight.

flyorski wrote:

They should have kept these maintenance jobs in America for American workers with proper training and oversight.

Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

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.

Re: United Route Announcement 3/7/24

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.

Re: AA Aircraft Order Coming - Return of the A350?

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,...

Re: British Airways News and Discussion - 2024

817Dreamliiner wrote:

G-ZBJA is heading to CWL today. This should be the first 787-8 heading for refit.

Re: Overbooked flights?

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...

Re: United grounding all A321NEO's

Bothsidesism at its finest.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

Hi 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...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

BobRoss 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.

Re: Unconfirmed: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX

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...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

calpsafltskeds wrote:

738 Paint:
N76502 sked to exit ROW 3883 is EvoBlu livery.

Re: EgyptAir, not often covered here.

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...

Re: Southwest 1000th 737

AAPilot48Heavy wrote:

It doesn’t take a genius to look at it and notice these are vastly different cockpits.

Re: Disney CEO out after 3 year extension given

cairns wrote:

Disney went woke and is losing.

Re: State of the Union Speech

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...

Re: Bolsonaro supporters storm government buildings

SEAorPWM wrote:

Just heard on CNN Bolsonnaro is in the US. Florida to be exact.

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

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...

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet Network and News Discussion - 2022

Alaska 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'...

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet Network and News Discussion - 2022

Why 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.

Re: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.

Ask 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...

Re: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.

Surprised 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,...

Re: Southwest Airlines Repainting Schedule

~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...

Re: Riot Plot Foiled At Idaho Pride

Truly fascinating that none of these people arrested have issues wearing masks now...

Re: Elementary school shooting in Uvalde, TX

There 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 ...

Re: Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion

MaverickM11 wrote:

brain rot

Re: Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion

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...

Re: Supreme Court is preparing to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

I 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 ...

Re: Supreme Court is preparing to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

FlapOperator 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?

Re: Supreme Court is preparing to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

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...

Re: Supreme Court is preparing to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

In 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...

Re: Supreme Court is preparing to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

Texas, 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 ...

Re: No criminal left behind: Trump pardons kick into overdrive

“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...

Re: Changes you'd like for 2021

How 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.

Re: No criminal left behind: Trump pardons kick into overdrive

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...

Re: Who should CA Gov. Newsom appoint to replace Sen. Harris??

I 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...

Re: US cyber attacks

http://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...

Re: French President Marron Tests Positive for COVID-19

Marron?

Re: Will States That Are Refusing Stay at Home Orders do so Once Biden Gets in Office

It'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...

Re: DR Jill Biden

310,000 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 ...

Re: Joe Biden picks Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary

And 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...

Re: DR Jill Biden

One 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 ...

Re: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president

If 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 ...

Re: DR Jill Biden

stratosphere 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.

Re: Joe Biden picks Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary

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...

Re: Joe Biden picks Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary

And 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 ...

Re: "DR" Jill Biden

Like 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...

Re: The smell of flying!

I'd imagine the wide range use of ground power vs APU reduce the exhaust emissions.

Re: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president

From 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...

Re: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president