Re: Lynx Fleet and Network - 2024

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

The one thing that keeps coming up in my mind as I read about this latest 737MAX debacle is how much it sounds like the issues with the DC-10 back in the 70s where McDonnell-Douglas had "records" of modifications being done to aircraft cargo doors prior to delivery and then it turned out n...

Re: Porter Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

That's how YHU has decided to brand themselves. I assume that they are leaning on Metropolitan as it can go in both languages. No different that MCI being KCI locally really. Why does the branding have to be aligned to their IATA/ICAO codes? It should be aligned with something, don't you think? &qu...

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

At this point, I think that Boeing has done a really excellent job of trashing their reputation with both the airlines and the flying public. Now, I freely admit that I am an Airbus fan and absolutely love flying the A320 family as a pilot.....but the 737 and Boeing in general just seem to be going ...

Re: Porter Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

I think it’s also interesting how they have setup PACL (Porter Airlines Canada Limited) to run the E2 side and the Q400 operation is separate. Clearly when the E2 operation implodes (and it will at some point in the not too distant future) they still want to protect the core business. The way they h...

Re: Porter Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Porter is paying about $30 million US per E2....so it's safe to assume that they are marking them up on the sale and leaseback. And since the E2 is a sales dog, Embraer needs the E2 to be a proven success because if Porter's E2 operation goes south, the entire program will go down the toilet with it.

Re: Porter Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Be interesting to know what each aircraft is costing PD vs the speculation

Re: Porter Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

It's stil a mystery as tonhpwnlong they can sustain this cost structure....

Re: UA's Scott Kirby Rides Private Jet Rather Than UA

Scott Kirby isn’t a leader…and in one single, poorly made decision, he has demonstrated to his staff, his board and the industry that he doesn’t have the stones to be a leader in a time of crisis. Someone earlier made the comment about “would the CEO of Ford arrive to work in a Mercedes-Benz?”. This...

Re: Porter Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

E195-E2 is on it's delivery flight as I type this...should be in YYZ later today.

Re: Volga-Dnepr AN 124 Status?

It's still sitting on a hotel gate....and I believe that the storage costs are calculated at $1,065.60/day.....and I think it's safe to say that bill will likely never be paid....considering the plane has been sitting at Pearson for at least a year....we are closing in on close to half a million dol...

Re: AS: two tail strikes w/in 5 mins. prompts departure halt

The airline that I work for uses a crappy system made by Smart4Aviation called SmartLoad and ever since that stupid system was phased in, I've lost count of the number of times I have been dispatching a flight and I've had a panicked call from load that the weight and balance is off. Weight and Bal...

Re: AS: two tail strikes w/in 5 mins. prompts departure halt

The airline that I work for uses a crappy system made by Smart4Aviation called SmartLoad and ever since that stupid system was phased in, I've lost count of the number of times I have been dispatching a flight and I've had a panicked call from load that the weight and balance is off. Weight and Bala...

Re: Boeing moving HQ to Arlington, VA

Maybe they chose to move to VA to save on FedEx costs when shipping the political bribe money...they are in such desperate financial straits that every penny saved is a penny earned....

Re: Plane Crash in Waller County, Texas

Thank Goodness there were no fatalities - except for the plane. Sad that a relatively rare aircraft has come to grief....be interesting to see what the NTSB report shows. If that picture that was posted earlier in the thread was from the attempted flight today, it does look like the slats are retrac...

Re: United and Mesa with tentative Heart ES-19 order

Happy to see more forward-thinking from United despite the naysayers. A.netters: Aviation has become so bland it is all wing-mounted 2- engine airplanes. Bring back the Concorde and 4-holers! United: Hey we are ordering supersonic aircraft, electric sky taxis, and 4 engine electric regional aircraf...

Re: Delta 757 birdstrike at SLC

This is the kind of thing that makes the NBA teams' insurers happy they have their insured players flying on a DL CMI operation. Sure, in theory, any qualified pilot could handle this situation, but everyone sleeps a little better knowing the kind of training and experience a DL crew like this one ...

Re: CRJ900 N840SK - The last CRJ produced

As a Canadian, it's sad to see what was our first commercial jet program come to an end. The A220/CSeries is a worth successor and certainly beats the pants off of the E-Jet. I always preferred the CRJ to the ERJ-135/140/145.....I always found them to be truly awful aircraft. The CRJ on the other ha...

Re: Kobe Bryant killed in a helicopter crash

We all kind of knew it was Spatial Disorientation but I take issue with the NTSB saying the pilots close relationship with Kobe made the pilot feel he had to fly in bad conditions. This is unfair to the company that employed the pilot. I think Kobe requested him because he was going to pressure him...

Re: DeHavilland Comet 4C At O'Hare, Video Documentary