Looking at FlightRadar I was wondering about a lot of holding and diversions (most WN arrivals are going to ONT). Wowza, this explains it KPHX 010342Z 18041G62KT 1/4SM R07L/2200VP6000FT DS OVC006 (Winds from the South at 41 knots gusting to 62 knots). It was gnarly. I've been working at the airport...
Jump to postVASAviation Illustration of the event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8BA-S35Uco
I'm heading to Pheonix for the week between the 9-15th Feb, which includes the SuperBowl weekend. Can I ask which airport is most likely to be used for GA/BizJet Traffic inbounds? Every airport will be taking in aircraft, even Falcon and Gateway. Gateway flight schools are going to be ferrying thei...
Jump to postDeer Valley Airport (KDVT). Its in north phoenix about 3 northeast of the I-17 and L-101 interchange
Jump to postAnyone know anything about N620FB? It's a PC12 that seems to be owned by the city of PHX and presumably operated by Phoenix PD. It seems to be some sort of surveillance platform which is a pretty advanced capability for a city police department. This is footage taken from her a few years ago for so...
Jump to postHow would it be more expensive? Flyinf-Tiger talked about a 5:1 ratio, which sounds reasonnable; so, for 5 flights, you'd have 5 pilots in the air + 1 on the ground (total 6) instead of 5 pilots + 5 co-pilots (total 10). 40% reduction in workers, It would be expensive because of the absolutely mass...
Jump to postWhy not? The idea is acutally a pretty good one. You certainly won´t need to have a 1:1 ratio. What about having a "flight ops" center monitoring all flights of a specific single pilot type, manned by type-rated pilots? Say one pilot on the ground monitors 5 flight and is available to the...
Jump to postScope relaxation has historically happened during periods of bankruptcies or restructurings, I could totally see the COVID crisis as the catalyst for a scope change that allows the E2 a foothold. True but... A) Don't underestimate the unions willingness to burn it down to the ground over this. Mayb...
Jump to postScope relaxation has historically happened during periods of bankruptcies or restructurings, I could totally see the COVID crisis as the catalyst for a scope change that allows the E2 a foothold. True but... A) Don't underestimate the unions willingness to burn it down to the ground over this. Mayb...
Jump to postchunhimlai wrote:Any chance for Phoenix to close PHX and expand AZA for the primary airport
PhilMcCrackin wrote:Payson certainly isn't in the PHX metro area by any stretch of the imagination. Neither is Prescott.
SF is #5 and BOS is #6. PHX is just over half the size of SF metro area [citation needed] Citation please. Per the US Government, PHX Metro is larger at 4,857,962 versus SFO metro at 4,729,484. To be fair they put SJC in its own metro which I think is realistically part of the SFO area but even the...
Jump to postI suspect people who keep bringing this up have no idea that the Phoenix metro area has almost as many people as the Boston metro and is the same size as the San Francisco metro area. Its always compared to cities like Cleveland and Memphis which are literally half the size of Phoenix SF is #5 and ...
Jump to postPhoenix is the fastest growing large metro in the nation. DFW is gaining 150k a year. Does Phoenix beat that? I'm guessing Phoenix counts as the fastest growing large metro area by percentage growth . The Metroplex may be adding more people per year, but I believe growth rates are often measured as...
Jump to postWas out not he Salt River today and saw the DC10 air tanker doing laps, must have been 5+ circuits. Were these training runs or actually dumping on fires? Unaware of any fires in central AZ at this moment. There is one going just outside of Cave Creek as of this morning. Though a DC-10 would seem t...
Jump to postThis is the first I've heard of this issue, and I am a very frequent visitor to this site, as well as a frequent flyer domestically. Is this an "inspection" issue, or is this something more? If I were a betting man, I would say the majority of weird maintenance issues never get a peep her...
Jump to post/Realistically, SWA is probably doing due diligence on a new aircraft type that some of their competitors have ordered. But there are two things that could eventually make SWA order something besides 737s. First, SWA's size puts their business, and their investors, at risk of an airworthyness direc...
Jump to postSo LAS recently had some snow, but not enough to cause disruptions. Central/Southern AZ is scheduled to see more snow than NV tonight and that would likely result in delays which would be more impactful at PHX than LAS as the former is much bigger for connections. Will be interesting to see how AA ...
Jump to postWhy can't every airline, with modern technology and IT infrastructure have an exact weight for all checked bags? It shouldn't be too hard to link the scale to the network and scan the tag so that the weight gets stored as part of the bag tag ID. Then, if bags are scanned on the ramp, the exact weig...
Jump to postFood for thought. Did WN actually want the MAX7 to be a 150 seat aircraft? I wonder if the ideal Max 7 would have been the ~140 seater with the per seat economics of the Max 8. I think this is an important question because the MAX 7 is a compromise in this respect. It won't be as efficient as the Em...
Jump to postSo... what's the preventive measure? Tiedowns? At least on the nose gear? I very well may be wrong but I don't think most commercial aircraft are designed to be tied down during normal operations. If there wasn't negligence in how the chocks were setup then they might buy some larger chocks when ti...
Jump to postSounds like bigger chocks are needed if high winds are forecast. Borrow some B747 chocks? Strong tailwind generates lift on the wings, plane jumps chocks? I think it was more winds were perpendicular to the aircraft and the Vertical Stabilizer acted as a giant sail. My amateur analysis of a low res...
Jump to postAirlines should absolutely go after those that try to game the system. Conditions of carriage and fare rules exist for a reason and each side should be held to their end of the agreement entered in when ticket is purchased. I guess, but it seems like UA could start treading on difficult ground here...
Jump to postAre you sure about that? Piedmont currently is operating 41. https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Piedmont-active-e145.htm Piedmont is operating the 145, not the 140. So again, they would have to amend their manuals and training to incorporate the differences. Besides, Isom said that PDT is going to...
Jump to postI'm pointing out that it's scaring off tourists. So maybe that 99% figure is true, but only because you aren't drawing in the high value tourists you want. You're drawing in people who fly allegiant, tip poorly, and are perfectly comfortable with their suburban lifestyles. Let me reiterate: I avoid...
Jump to postI can't really see a need for this. Except maybe a ULCC similar to a Sanford type setup. There would never be a need to build a train. It could take LAS a while to go significantly past capacity. Many airports operate way beyond what they were designed for. Look at SLC and how many people go thru t...
Jump to postThis gets so tiring. No numbers on reduced landing fees, fuel burn/day is more like per flight, reduction figure is way off..... Continental did many of their blended winglet installs in house saving installation costs, many of the figures do not seem right so the chart can be tossed. The -900ER ca...
Jump to postobviously just your opinion, would you mind sharing with us how you come to such a conclusion? Please be in depth and detailed as tyo your reasoning why. Of course it's an "opinion", but it's based in simple math and economics. It's easy to find the data that shows that the Split Scimitar...
Jump to postSo with T3S opening later this year (i assume) will United open a lounge or no longer have a PHX location? Delta will open a Delta Sky Club in T3S when it opens soon (will be renamed Concourse F). United will open a new United Club in T3N (will be renamed Concourse E) when it opens in two years. Th...
Jump to postWithout insider knowledge of the logic they used, it most likely comes down to opportunity cost. Companies can't borrow to their hearts desire even if it is to save money. So they do the math, we can spend X money on upgrading the fleet to split scimitars and save around 1.5% on that fleets fuel bil...
Jump to post"Hammer Smashed Face", though the works of Metallica and Judas Priest are acceptable substitution
Jump to postPlain Cement Concrete. Ah. OK. Thanks. But this begs the question for those of us who don't know...PCC as opposed to...what? Asphalt? Cement Concrete with Chocolate Sprinkles? LOL Sorry but I'm just not familiar with the apparent types of concrete. Close, it’s Portland Cement Concrete. Portland cem...
Jump to postNightwish "Over the Hills and Far Away" (original Gary Moore)
Arch Enemy "Shadow on the Wall" (original Mike Oldfield)
Leo Moracchioli "Feel Good Inc" and "I Fink U Freeky" (original Gorillaz, Die Antwoord)
"Concert" + "Wall of Death" = Best Night Ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bimWnh8FPOM
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/technology/facebook-revenue-scandals.html says: To me, increasing your head count by twenty thousand people or 66% of your current workforce just to review content and improve security is an admission that they have not been living up to their "responsibility...
Jump to postDid I hear correctly on 12 News that something has been improved/fixed so that the Eagle RJ's won't have the ops problems in extreme heat anymore, so they won't have to cancel flights any longer? https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/american-airlines-raises-plane-limits-f...
Jump to postACARS data may not be the silver bullet, but it is how we figured out what happened to AF447 before the wreckage was located and black boxes recovered. After we got the AF447 DFDR and CVR, we just got confirmation of what had already been suspected by the investigators. Regarding real time data -he...
Jump to postConsidering the Split Scimitar retrofit assemblies are all based on the existing blended winglet, missing a “dorsal” fin of the winglet would cause the entire winglet assembly to be missing as the ventral fin is a part of the assembly from what I can see so you can’t have one missing without the ot...
Jump to postWhy are we discussing a DUI from 11 years ago? Because Super80Fan was hoping that we would justify his deep seeded hatred of Doug Parker. What kind of tone does this set for the rest of the company? Having a CEO with multiple DUIs? I get the rules are different between CEO and pilot for such things...
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Looks like I chose the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
Coming as someone who doesn't work in the industry, I don't see anything happening that I wouldn't have expected to happen after an incident where someone died. I don't see the IG looking at the FAA as some indictment of the corruption at the agency. I see it as something happened and let make sure ...
Jump to postCheck out this site http://tvfool.com/ . I have heard a bunch of people using it
They list where the transmitters are and help optimize reception
FS9 is the last of the genuine flight simulators. Forget FSuX and P3Dud. Pureley to satisfy the 'gamer' crowd. Washed out graphics and cartoon features. I downgraded to FSX with ORBX airports/scenery and PMDG and everything else. Realized how crap it was and moved on up to FS9(and iFLY - more compr...
Jump to postI would define decent PC. Reason is Prepar3D V4 has gotten to the point where low end gaming rig can play it with decent performace (unlike FSX). FS9 still has great amounts of addons to explore but developers over the last year or two have started to drop FS9 support because of the increase in perf...
Jump to postWhat AS is essentially doing is dehubbing SFO. Yes I know it sounds stupid, but this is Alaska we're talking about, not JetBlue. They bought VX to get rid of them, I don't know why anyone's surprised. Step 1. Get rid of the Virgin brand Step 2. Paint VX planes with the AS livery Step 3. Drawdown SF...
Jump to postOn different forum threads about AS or B6 or a proposed merger between them or threads about airports in those area, it seems like some think that a hub between the two coast would be needed for an airlines that compete against others nationally. However, given the relatively sparse population betw...
Jump to postSo it's essentially just a part upgrade that can be fitted during routine mx work. Doesn't seem very serious. I think by "retrofitted" I don't think its a case get the part and replace while its RON, its more the airline could do it themselves if they have the shop power to do so. They wi...
Jump to postI like to keep abreast of the news. Sure Southwest’s problem had a technical cause, but I would think it is worth discussing in the more active forum. Similarly, suspending deliveries of one of the most discussed airplanes on the forum is for civil aviation. I agree but for slightly different ratio...
Jump to postYour second paragraph raises an interesting point though. Why has the number of representatives been stuck on 435 for ever? Back when the house was created, congressmen represented far fewer people, and the people got more direct representation as a result, so local issues really mattered. The prob...
Jump to postThis book will not really change anything outside disrupting the news cycle for the next week or so. The only way any of these allegations actually affect anything is if there is hard evidence to corroborate them. Otherwise it will be just like every other "scandal" where it confirms the p...
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