Re: Aeroflot cancels all international flights except to Belarus

This is great news. Russia needs to be cut off from the rest of the world. We can get along without it until it replaces its evil leadership. I hope that happens in my lifetime, as I had been looking forward to a trip to St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Re: Icelandair new livery

I like the idea of different accent colors, but the execution is lackluster. Air West (before Howard Hughes bought it) carried off the same idea with much more panache 50 years ago.

Re: Influencer party on Chartered Sunwing flight

I'm curious at what point during the flight the acts documented in the pictures happened and how/why Sunwing decided to proceed to Cancun anyway. Without such details it seems hypocritical for Sunwing to proceed with the flight as normal and now do an about-face and ban the same passengers.

Re: SFO Runway 28L closure - How Bad?

San Jose is difficult to get to if you live north of San Mateo on the Peninsula or Hayward in the East Bay, and Oakland is none of three legacy airlines had much of a presence in Oakland. Also, it's in Oakland.

Re: AA kicks passenger off airplane after he has allergic reaction to "emotional support" pet

This case is about the proverbial "race card" ... the passenger felt like he was "less than a dog" and claims he was treated differently than other passengers might have been because he is black. I have a feeling this case will ultimately be dismissed, depending on the intelligen...

Re: SFO bans sale of plastic water bottles

I applaud this development! I'm usually against overly nitpicky laws, but in the case of ridiculous small plastic water bottles I would be for a total, nationwide ban. Just go buy a reusable plastic water bottle a sporting goods store and take with you wherever you go. Works like a charm.

Re: Update: The AAirpass & How It Cost AA Dearly

Felt bad for him personally but not for the cancellation. Also was a long bow that he didn't book the tickets himself. He made the calls, and the AA agents are trained to treat their Exec Plats well and meet their metrics. They may not of even known he was not flying. That said I don't think that A...

Re: AA191 40 Year Anniversary coming up

Those were the days when you could count on there being a major airline crash every 18 months or so. It's amazing how much airline safety has improved since then.

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery released

I thought it looked passable when it was presented in the hangar. In the real world it is not a good look. UA blew it ... again.

Re: American Airlines Admits It Has No Brand Purpose

I'm an unhappy AAdvantage member as the program sucks (at least from the West Coast). I'm going to use up my points and then switch to a carrier that is more interested in providing value to its customers.

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

I've looked around on the inter-webs but don't see much solid evidence that evacuation was slowed by passengers trying to get their luggage/bags. I see that some folks had bags on their shoulders as they were photographed walking away, but that seems like slim evidence of any material delay. Perhaps...

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery released

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Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery released

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

Reminds me of the generic food packaging colors from the late 70s. Bland and uninspiring but gets the job done I suppose.

Re: JetBlue at Orange County

It would be great if B6 started flying SFO-SNA ... the market has been ceded to United alone (in terms of mainline operations).

Re: Why Does WN Avoid Redeye Flights

It's not part of their current business model.

Re: WOW Ceases Operations

It's interesting to me as someone not in the industry that an immediate shutdown is how this played out here. Couldn't Wow have looked down the road and realized the end was near and set a date in the near future--a day or two or a week even--when operations would stop? Some people would still be st...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

And yet, at least in the case of Lion Air, it appears to be a huge contributor. If it took a jump seat pilot to teach the crew how to turn off the Stab Trim, which they ALL should have known by memory, then that's almost criminal incompetence. Or maybe the crew of the crash flight didn't "turn...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

Summaries of and some quotes from the Ethiopian CVR have been leaked to the New York Times.

Re: Should airline regulators consider grounding B737 MAX series

From what I've read it sounds like there is a known stall potentiality that has been corrected by new software and that requires a bit more pilot skill. So the situation here is different from the DC-10 or the 787 which had identifiable mechanical issues. Not sure grounding a non defective plane hel...

Re: Should airline regulators consider grounding B737 MAX series

The accidents are so eerily similar that I for sure won't wait for months and months for a report that MIGHT say that the accidents are unrelated to the design of the MAX. I'm not flying on the MAX until I have seen proof that they ARE unrelated. I agree ... I will be taking different types until t...

Re: UA 787-10 SFO-FRA

Do we really need another thread on this topic? I honestly don't understand why an equipment substitution is such a big deal that it requires its own thread every time someone notices a 78J taking over for a 788/9. For the record the 78J didn't sub for the 77W it subs for the 789 UA926/927 and has ...

Re: First Look: United reveals new uniforms

It's funny how UA tried so hard to be politically correct with their model selections ... apparently they rarely hire white men.

Re: 2019 SNA Slot Allocation Released

Thanks Flyguy!

Re: 2019 SNA Slot Allocation Released

I was curious if anyone has any insight into why WN is dropping nonstop SNA-SFO ... probably the route I fly most often. The flights seem to be very popular and after often booked-up months in advance. I'm not sure what the strategy is here. Thanks!

Re: Why Delta outearns UA & AA - dominating its largest hubs - market share data by US network hubs

Without crunching numbers and just looking at a map one can readily see that DL's hubs are spread out much more effectively across the continent. I think DL also benefits from the odd business moves that UA and AA make. For example, DL's steady work on building a presence on the west coast; by contr...

Re: Why Can't American Airlines Make Germany Work?

I wonder if it has something to do with PHL and its place in AA's network. Maybe when it was a USAir hub there was a more natural feed and base of customers who would logically think of connecting through PHL to fly TATL. AA seems to have its center of gravity in the DFW and MIA, which it sounds lik...

Re: Transpacific flights avoiding North Pacific

Thanks very much for the informative and interesting responses. I learned something new about airline ops!

Transpacific flights avoiding North Pacific

Looking at flight tracking maps today it looks like flights from California to Japan or China are not flying the great circle route but are instead keeping far south of the North Pacific. Was curious if bad weather or turbulence up north is causing this large-scale diversion? Thanks.

Re: Updated: QX employee steals and crashes Q400 near SEA

I think you folks are placing way too much confidence in your "mental health issue" theory, which I think is often used as a catch-all excuse for problematic behavior that is just a part of human nature. People do dangerous and crazy stuff, both for fun and in response to difficult circum...

Re: Updated: QX employee steals and crashes Q400 near SEA

I think you folks are placing way too much confidence in your "mental health issue" theory, which I think is often used as a catch-all excuse for problematic behavior that is just a part of human nature. People do dangerous and crazy stuff, both for fun and in response to difficult circums...

Re: Updated: AS employee steals and crashes Q400 at SeaTac

Re "mental health issue" ... This is really too vague a concept and is actually a logical fallacy ("ex post facto") as applied here. Going through a period of crisis and acting imprudently as a result may have nothing to do with mental health but instead may reflect character fla...

Re: Alaska Airlines (allegedly?) deplanes allergic 15 year old UM instead of an emotional support cat

Makes me miss the good old days when people had a modicum of common sense and the crazy cat lady down the street wasn't allowed to bring her "emotional support animal" on a public conveyance.

Re: Small Plane Crash Near SNA

If he was turning to land where the accident occurred then he was very close to the runway threshold but relatively far from the centerline. Thus the pilot may have been trying to lose altitude with a countercontrol skid and unfortunately entered into an unrecoverable stall spin.

Re: Gay couple allegedly bumped for straight couple...

I am just a bit dumbfounded... people are quick to call this discrimination based on an unfounded post by a customer... yet completely dismiss the fact that the more likely scenario is that, as reported by people in the industry, the partner was seating in a seat he was not assigned in and screamed...

Re: Gay couple allegedly bumped for straight couple...

Now that this thread has devolved into self-righteous mudslinging perhaps the moderators will be kind enough to lock and delete it.

Re: Gay couple allegedly bumped for straight couple...

As a gay man and a flight attendant, after reading all the "fake" and real news, I am inclined to side with AS. I think the gentleman who is the bar owner is blowing things out of proportion OR ONE specific flight attendant was homophobic. But I also feel that an agent, not a flight atten...

Re: Gay couple allegedly bumped for straight couple...

This WAS likely discrimination. AS as a company is not anti-gay. The individual employee that demanded that the second guy give up his seat might be, but we don't know that for sure. When the employee said something to the effect of 'You have to move so a couple can sit here' and Mr. Cooley replied...

Re: Gay couple allegedly bumped for straight couple...

As a gay man and a flight attendant, after reading all the "fake" and real news, I am inclined to side with AS. I think the gentleman who is the bar owner is blowing things out of proportion OR ONE specific flight attendant was homophobic. But I also feel that an agent, not a flight atten...

Re: Gay couple allegedly bumped for straight couple...

I'm really surprised that a single seat could be sold to two different people in this day and age, and I still wonder if what happened is that the "travelling companion" either switched seats or was given permission by a FA or someone else to move with the proviso that he would have to mov...

Re: Gay couple allegedly bumped for straight couple...

They should have flown on Southwest.

Re: Southwest is America's favorite 'value airline' brand

Interesting with what they perceive as “value.” They are often the same price if not more expensive than legacy carriers and offer less. Free bags only get you so far. Come back and tell us what happens on a legacy when you try to change flights -- how much is it that they charge? Southwest charges...

Re: AA - no to ICE to transporting detained child migrants

Like so many things in the upside-down world we currently inhabit, AA's stance really makes sense only from an "SJW" standpoint since it arguably ends up hurting the kids by limiting their travel options and perhaps requiring that they be sent back home on military aircraft or another othe...

Re: First Westjet 737MAX8 in new livery

Not a fan of the updated livery. I agree with a prior commentator that the tail is a mess. While the current tail is a bit boring it is sharp and nicely balanced. Fail by WestJet.

Re: What should UA do to close the gap with DL?

IMO, WN is far superior to any of the big 3 primarily because they don't charge fees to cancel or change your reservation. Another important consideration for me is that calls are not directed to off-shore call centers, which seems to be what UA always does and is another point against them (AA seem...

Re: Dog found dead after cross-country DL flight

Caveat emptor.

Re: Air Italy's Inaugurates Flight From Milan to New York

Glad to hear of this development. Unbelievably ugly livery.

Re: Thoughts on AS Premium Economy

TransWorldOne wrote:

It always surprises me how excited people get for prepackaged junk food on a two hour flight.

Re: Man punches deaf pregnant woman and service dog on F9 flight at MCO

Other than the fact that this happened on an airplane, how does this involve civil aviation. I really wish there were a separate forum for "weird and sensationalistic things that happen on airplanes" to be posted as, in my opinion, stories like these are not really news nor do they involve...

Re: The New Livery of PIA gets leaked

[quote="cedarjet"]It’s a mess[/quote

I agree. A jumble of images slapped onto a white fuselage with no logic or sense or balance, proportionality, etc. One of the worse I've seen.