Re: Why did icelandair choose pratt and Witney over cfm?

Give the P&W salesteam a bonus...

Re: 10 years ago: The retirement of Delta DC-9-50

Goodbye old friend.

Re: Southwest engine fire on LBB-LAS, no injuries reported

Does Lubbock have maintenance on-site? I kinda doubt it. So getting mechanics, tools, and spare engine there in under 12 hours would probably take a miracle. Not saying impossible, just hard.

Re: Windshear on A343 take off scare at Zurich

Maybe my eyes are lying, but it looks like it set down (partially) on the mains before regaining altitude.

Did the pilot report an out, off, off time to ops?

Re: UA to add larger bins to OO E175s

I have not heard of a single accident or incident in modern times that was due to the aircraft being severely overweight due to average weights. What’s most important is being within the CG balance range. I have no doubt these planes will fly if slightly heavier than what is expected because of sta...

Re: United Overstaffed due to Boeing Delays; To Offer Voluntary Program

A show of hands of those that think they will be short when the planes actually get delivered.

Re: UPS wins USPS primary air cargo contract

Another issue with USPS mail on passenger aircraft was the 15 minute drop requirement. If the USMAIL wasn’t in their “box” 15 minutes after the plane blocked in, they often assessed a penalty, that IIRC, was $10,000 per occurrence. One penalty could erase all the revenue for a month in small station...

Re: Japan to unveil next generation passenger plane

Until they solve the energy density issue, hydrogen may not be practical for commercial aircraft. Current wing designs do not have enough available volume to hold enough H2 to have a useful range. If they go beyond the wing and tube model, the blended body may offer enough voids for enough fuel tank...

Re: Your favorite approach

No one picked approaching home base after a 5-day trip pairing?

Re: EDDK / CGN getting new runway designators 13L/31R 13R/31L

Earth's magnetic field is shifting. Airports have been switching R/W designations for years. Will chaos ensue when the Earth's magnetic poles actually switch? It is expected to happen sooner or later. Most modern nav systems are/can be tied to geographic North instead of magnetic North, so this woul...

Re: Boeing 777-200/ER Wingtip Device

It could be the early models were designed before wing-tip devices were completely in vogue. They also did the job needed without them.

Re: Man boards Delta SLC flight with a stolen boarding pass

My guess is the Southwest employee will not be able to give out buddy passes for a couple of years for exercising poor judgment in who they gave it to and the “embarrassment” to the company.
The buddy most likely will be facing charges alone.

Re: Indiana State Aviation - 2024

It was announced that DL will resume FWA-DTW soon. One per day, to start.

Re: United 737 off runway at IAH

These things happen all the time. We only notice it when the 'law of averages' demand that events happen in rapid succession. An airline the size of UA will have a lot of incidents, most of which won't even raise an eyebrow. I remember the late 60s, where these were a weekly occurrence. Safety has i...

Re: Was there a Lockheed Airlines?

Lockheed made airliners. I don't remember a Lockheed Airlines, either.

Re: De-Icing Locations at Airports - Advantages and Disadvantages

Deicing at the gate means the de-icing truck doesn't need a radio to talk to the tower to be on/near the active taxiway, just the company frequency to talk to the crew. Breaks and refills are easier to coordinate. Deicing at the pad means always being in contact with the tower as somebody else's pla...

Re: Kona airport (PHKO) is closed until further notice

As for flying in/out of ITO, I have ridden both DC-10s and 747s in and out. The shore line is 12,000 feet East of the runway threshold, so taking off in that direction should have few, if any climb restrictions. Taking off to the West with a fully loaded 737 will have less margin.

Re: Kona airport (PHKO) is closed until further notice

Iluvtofly wrote:

flyPIT wrote:

Biscayne738 wrote:

PHKO (Hilo) only has 7 or 8 jetways. Its a brutal drive from Kona to Hilo.

Not as brutal as the drive from HNL.

Best line of the day LOL

Re: Airbridge / Jetway lubrication

A single lube point might be hard to implement with a multi-segment jet bridge. Pushing grease through a flexible tube is rough. Besides, a jet-bridge is a fairly simple machine with maybe a dozen moving parts.

Re: How to: Take Air to Air pictures from Airbus Cockpit?

Anytime I shoot through a window, I have a polarizing filter on the end of the lens. These airplane windows have a polarizing effect, too, so they tend cancel each other out.

Re: United Nigeria Airlines plane lands at wrong airport.

I know of one incident in the USA of a big3 carrier. So it happens.

Re: Another Cockpit Threat: FO threatens CA with gun over diversion

I fail to understand the concern about one more layer of protection. For those of us who lived through the hijacking season in the 70s, it seems perfectly reasonable.

Re: SQ sued over "slobbering, farting" dog

So did SQ offer to refund the couple the difference between their comfortable seats and the lowest fare, yet?
That would be, IMO, the minimum they should have offered. They got them from A to B, but not in the comfort they paid extra for.

Re: Rolls hampering Airbus sales?

Would someone also be able to explain if there is anything inherent about GE as a company that allows it to offer more appealing pricing to customers vs RR? Is it simply that GE might be in a better financial position, or that it's generally more profitable than RR? IINM, GE has its own financial d...

Re: RA-02795 Wagner Legacy 600 (Prigozhin's Jet) Crashes

Yeah I don't see the truth of this incident coming out in my lifetime. The speculation (mainstream news) is still that he was on the manifest and air defenses were involved.

Re: How is a flight deemed "able to recover" after it crashed?

IIRC the AF447 co-pilot was pulling back on the joystick continuously without telling anyone and therefore cancelled out the nose down inputs from the pilot. (the flight control computers average the two inputs so nothing happened.)

Re: Passengers aboard Las Vegas flight pass out while awaiting takeoff in triple digit temperatures

A couple of weeks ago I flew EWR-Denver, it was a hot day and when we boarded the aircraft was hot and stuffy inside. The pilot over the intercom said the aircraft's APU was inoperable so they started one of the engines at the gate while we were waiting for pushback to help run the Air conditioning...

Re: Passengers aboard Las Vegas flight pass out while awaiting takeoff in triple digit temperatures

For all the armchair CEOs crying to the heavens how terrible this was, please for the love of mankind, put on the uniform and show us how it's done. I'll grab the popcorn. Remember the 757 was certified when the "experts" were telling us we were heading into the next ice age, so AC wasn't ...

Re: AA Questions and Bans Teen for Hidden City Ticketing

It doesn't cost AA any more for him to skip the CLT-NYC segment. It takes a seat out of inventory that the customer has no intention of using. The airline has lost the opportunity to sell the seat. The misconception is that prices are based on distances between the origin and destination, so a tick...

Re: Airport Mistakes

Someone mentioned the tin hut expansions of UK airports, EDI is awful for this, ugly corrugated extension pier with walkways blocking any views of the runway or even sometimes the very plane you're boarding and it's still horrendously overcrowded at peak times and practically impossible to find a d...

Re: Delta asks DOT to move Haneda route authorities

Is there any prohibition against a tag flight? Why not try BOS-PDX-HND on the same plane to hold the slot and potentially generate more revenue?

Re: Flight numbers and timings in the US

Don’t forget about computer sales. A flight leaving at5:27 shows up before a flight leaving at 5:30. People are basically lazy, they chose the first thing they see that meets their needs.

Re: Indiana State Aviation - 2023

FWA announced that they will begin rebuilding the East side of the terminal building now that the West side expansion is complete. If I heard correctly, the gates will move upstairs, and the restaurant will move, too. If true, that will mean 10 jetways when they are done. An order of magnitude bette...

Re: American Airlines Forces luggage check in of carry on baggage at the gate - then looses the carryon

vhtje nailed it.

Re: Airbus: No A350 Stretch In The Next 3 Years

So why would an airline with a bunch of 77Ws suddenly introduce a new type and switch to a 351 when the can keep their pilot pool out of the simulator with 777-9s?

Re: Jetblue unveils new livery!

Keeping cabins cool in the summer will be a little more difficult.

Re: Boeing 717 freighter; could it happen?

Interesting thought but one of the biggest roadblocks still remains...parts availability. The long term volume still won't be there for suppliers to invest in manufacturing spares. Not to mention the very limited range the 717 would have My logic is the program would have the same range the passeng...

Re: Law Suit Filed Against Sea-Tac, Alaska, and Delta Over Health Concerns

Agree to loser pays costs and see if they still want to proceed.
I can prove water will kill you in small quantities, too.

Crybaby lawsuit.

Re: Project Sunrise and the Rest of Them

Other than avoiding a double-connection, what O/D pairs have enough PDEW to support a single flight? QA has done their homework to make a business case. No airline is going to fly from antipode to antipode just because they have a plane capable of doing it.

Re: Longest domestic and Shortest international flights

Longest Domestic: ORD-HNL on UA 747 and DC-10 4,237 miles
Shortest Domestic: DTW-YYZ on NW DC-9-30 242 miles

Re: EasyJet flight does a 360 so all passengers can see Northern Lights

cudos to the crew. That is still on the bucket list.

Re: JFK T1 Closed

And how many of the un-used terminals and concourses still have the necessary hardware still in-place? Leaving computers and BP scanners behind is wasted money. Ground service equipment is also likely long gone.

Re: ORD 27R closed after Cape Air incident

Hmm, a couple of strips of speed tape should fix that case of runway rash.

Re: Indiana State Aviation - 2023

I’m not saying it is possible. You just lose crew efficiency and it’s makes smaller stations harder to be profitable. Back in the day at RC, they had what were called "illegal turns." (less than negotiated minimum rest) The crew would fly in at 2230 and take the 0610 back to DTW. The crew...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

One cancellation as of 1337Z Saturday.

Re: Pre-Christmas 2022 Midwest Snowstorm impacts

Hey our forecast high on Thursday got bumped up to 3 degrees below zero. With 30mm winds, that’s pretty dangerous for ground crew. For them it was the coldest day of their lives, or as they call it in some parts of the world...Tuesday. It's -35 degrees and falling (bonus at that temperature it does...

Re: 747 180 degree turn on runway after backtrack

The ground turning circle on the 747 and C5 is impressive, we had no rear bogie steering in the 767-400, a smaller aircraft but we needed a 165’ runway to make a 180 degree turn, not too many of those around So, how often did you have to deploy the thrust reversers to complete your three-point-turn...

Re: The use of integral air stairs

I can't speak for everywhere, but we were a small out station. We could work a DC9 flight with only 4 people. The gate agent had to heard the passengers on their own, we didn't have 1 or two to spare. Fortunately, we were able to park with the main cabin door within 50 feet of the building. Our proc...

Re: Sand Bag Use

Back in the 08s, I worked for OH (Comair). They had an uncovered bag cart sitting at the gate with ballast bags. They were a bright yellow with the Comair logo on them so they wouldn't get "lost" in the Delta pile. The Saab 340a needed a minimum of 640? lbs in the rear bin. Not enough chec...

Re: 36 Injured on Hawaiian Airlines Flight

Again why are so many ASSuming all the injured were unbelted? Lots of items are loose in the cabin and as beachroad experienced, you CAN be injured with your belt on. As for myself, in the 70s I was on a UA 747 HNL-LAX and was slammed into the sidewall (in a window seat, of course) with my seatbelt ...