If they did 7 charters a week with 2 airplanes could they really make enough money to operate? And we all know charter opportunities aren’t unlimited.
Jump to postMaybe eventually. I think the only change with the widebodies at first will be that they'll do some US mainland turns between Hawaii flights to improve utilization. International is another whole nut to crack, beyond 2 mergers in a decade. It'll be interesting to see what mainland wb routes they co...
Jump to postAleutian has suspended their ANC-HOM service for the summer (at least) due to construction reducing the available runway width to 50 feet. It's unfortunate that they won't have a chance to establish themselves on their newest route with the incoming summer traffic. Wonder if they'll focus on AKN in...
Jump to postI will believe that when I see it. IMO, the HA network is going to change once AS takes over. Yeah it will change as will Alaska's network. Given the overlap I'd not be surprised to see widebodies between SEA / PDX and Hawaii which free's up AS planes to backfill where the new MAX's would be going ...
Jump to postThe Major League Baseball Players have by far have the richest contract and contract protections of any work group in North America. Rookies make $750,000, average is $4.9 million. Lifetime earnings - ask Otani. 1200 or so active players National Basketball Association players might be next. No nee...
Jump to postUnconfirmed rumor is they figured out they can make money faster by doing charter flights This information came from a NP employee on an FB posting. If it makes 1 dollar then it probably makes money faster. But for those following at home they gave up a route that has over 100,000 passengers per ye...
Jump to postI have a feeling 2, 3, or 10 years from now we are going to learn it was the people of Alaska who ultimately paid for this endeavor. Remember the Permanent Fund has investments with McKinley Capital that are invested in Alaska business and shrouded in secrecy. Three Bears expansion? The cold storag...
Jump to postI got a glossy invitation to buy NP stock in the mail. High on glitz, low on content. Then Ravn got into cryptocurrency as a frequent flier program. High on glitz, low on content. Then, they built a lounge in the North Terminal with an IMAX. High on glitz, low on content. Now, they are trying to se...
Jump to postNonrevhell wrote:Wow, a little early for April fool's day. What the hell is this airline doing with their money?
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Jump to postNameOmitted wrote:How are gates distributed in Anchorage? The seven 7H gates have seemed rather underutilized of late.
seahawks7757 wrote:I am hearing they have missed some payments on 757 engines, and they have since had said engines repossessed.
My Seaplanes contacts said they went separate directions a while ago. There is bad blood between Kent (owner of J5) and Rob dating back to Wings of Alaska/Seaport, so I was curious by the moves here. VIA ran a shady operation the last year including issues with refunds and whatnot- wasnt pretty so ...
Jump to postCharters are paying customers as well. Charters have priority for an airline over scheduled flight. When I was in DFW with AA, we canceled a full DFWLHR flight to run the Cowboys charter. Real airlines have enough staff, working planes and employees to do both. This is just shabby. Airlines are abo...
Jump to postWe don't know the financials for them yet. They need to be flying a lot more in order to cover the basic overhead costs associated with running an airline. The finatials would be interesting indeed. Remember that the back office is Alaska Seaplanes. That won't help with the overhead for the SAABs, ...
Jump to postAleutian seems to be doing a decent job. Maybe it'd be best for all involved if Ravn went down and ended this s**t show. Make some space for someone more committed and competent. Alaska communities sure deserve better than this. We don't know the financials for them yet. They need to be flying a lo...
Jump to postAllegedly they have laid off pilots who were currently in class. That’s a huge red flag for continuation airlines like Ravn have been hurting for pilots for years now. Also shows a lack of any sort of planning or a very quick downturn.
Jump to postWell. Some layoffs is better than just folding the whole company… again. It’d be nice if they just stuck to running good service in Alaska, and sold the 757s to Whomever will take them. If these layoffs are subsidizing his disaster then it’s not good at all. New pacific better be part of this reduc...
Jump to posthttps://www.alaskasnewssource.com/app/2024/02/24/ravn-alaska-cuts-130-employees-ceo-says/ Whelp ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - More than 100 Ravn Alaska staff have lost their jobs, a company spokesperson confirmed Friday afternoon. The spokesperson went on to provide a short statement to Alaska’s News S...
Jump to posthardalphaTi22 wrote:FAA Technical Center in Atlantic City is hiring. Their normal cutoff of 2.0 GPA for engineering grads has been lowered to 1.8. (just from my sources).
I sincerely hope this plan/schedule holds up and AS can start to return toward their normal operations. Their next flight schedule begins on Feb 15 and hopefully they will be fully back on track by then with their full Boeing fleet! This will certainly go down in the AS books as one helluva nightma...
Jump to postAlaska will seek $150M in compensation for the incident and grounding from Boeing. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/alaska-holds-boeing-accountable-wants-to-be-made-whole-for-150m-in-losses/[ I think in all the big uhhh I’m not sure about the max10 statements they are really j...
Jump to postYou're not a hostage if you're potentially dangerous. These aircraft should not be "freed" until everyone can say with 100% certainty that the problem has been rectified. Either those aircraft should be freed once checked or the 900s should be grounded. or all MAX should be grounded due t...
Jump to postWell you should keep investigating but as soon as the planes are fixed or found not defective they shouldn’t be held hostage anymore You're not a hostage if you're potentially dangerous. These aircraft should not be "freed" until everyone can say with 100% certainty that the problem has b...
Jump to postAll do this aside, as far as I can tell, the airlines and the bean counters have been happy with the 737 max performance.
Jump to postI really hope that Boeing is designing a 737 replacement that should have been released 15-20 years go. The usefulness of the 737 frame has reached its ceiling its capable of and in hindsight the Max should have never been built. Pretty common knowledge that WN’s insistence of cockpit commonality i...
Jump to post" However, in a “Safety Alert for Operators” issued Sunday, the FAA said some operators had already begun additional inspections on the 737-900ER door plugs and “have noted findings with bolts during maintenance inspections.” " As Toenga noted in their excellent post (#2628), the goal now...
Jump to postWild guess: The door plug seems to be safe on the 900ER: ~380 planes for more than a decade. But if 900ERs have been flying for more than a decade with loose bolts, why haven't those doors fallen off? It could be just random chance. That seems unlikely. 737’s flew for decades before the rudder defe...
Jump to postI remember shortly after the MAX events, a.net was pretty much unisono that a 3rd catastrophic event of the MAX could be the one ending this product, and disrupt Boeing as well. As AS1282 was in climb mode, wasn't that 3rd nightmare just 20 minutes short of happening? 2m2 of a hole in the hull open...
Jump to postThe FAA can issue single flight permits to authorize reposition if they choose.
Jump to postThe more I look at that door the more I think some ex-Audi engineer had something to do with it: way too complex. A simple reinforced plug mounted from the inside with 30-40 perimeter bolts sandwiching a seal would be simple and foolproof. This setup with jumped-up overcenter clamps... It can’t pro...
Jump to postcrjflyboy wrote:Does anyone know if B6 owes NK any financial payoff for the failed merger ... B6 likely already spent millions of dollars so far in this attempt
Spirit Airlines Stock is collapsing, down 60% and trading halted. Imminent Bankruptcy concerns. https://twitter.com/WOLF_Financial/status/1747320274821804032 The stock collapsed before the news officially broke. Isn’t that fun? It was pumped by people buying it for the merger not sure that means ba...
Jump to post$SAVE down 56% in 3 minutes and then halted
Jump to postApparently the merger is dead because Wall Street just found out and trading is halted on $SAVE
Jump to postNail the checklist to the dash? Require headsets to come with chin straps? The 737 has a clipboard on the yoke that a lot of PNF hang the next checklist from. It's not like they just toss the checklists and other items wherever they feel like(as some people toss whatever, wherever in their cars). T...
Jump to postSome of these planes have been flying for years and have been through many inspections. Can they not find any nuance in that? Also if you are grounding the max9 due to quality problems I’m not sure how any recent Boeing plane can still be in the air
Jump to postIf they had wide bodies the wide bodies would have their own schedules to fly. Plus Alaska can just rebook people onto partner carriers they don’t have to accommodate everyone on their own metal That doesn't help many in ANC. AA just ended ANC/DFW for the season, which oddly its last flight was on ...
Jump to postIf they had wide bodies the wide bodies would have their own schedules to fly. Plus Alaska can just rebook people onto partner carriers they don’t have to accommodate everyone on their own metal
Jump to postAren’t all the checklists on their iPad so they’d have like triple redundancy?
Jump to postAn NTSB Preliminary Report. https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/ntsb-all-12-stop-fittings-disengaged-on-alaska-plane-door-plug-causing-blowout?fbclid=IwAR0X-32aIEAr-wOn4YAeIv5k_dZZkNGPBeLQPWu570JMsruVyAQfMVYBt3o Boeing seems to be very good in leaving stuff out of the manuals. It was already the cas...
Jump to postI think we can eliminate the idea that it was Spirit that was both responsible for the final closure of the plug door and thus ensuring locking bolts were in place for the final closure before delivery. It does though appear that Spirit was despatching fuselages with loose bolts, another distinctly...
Jump to postThe door plug is not supposed to be opened even during an emergency. So it could have been designed bigger than the hole. People have stated that the purpose of the plug is so the aircraft can be later changed, to add an exit door, or vice versa. Does that mean they have the same mounting system, o...
Jump to postKDCA wrote:I have a United flight on Saturday, was a 737-900ER, but now showing as a MAX9 in the app. Are they back in the schedule?
Everything I read about this incident is about the Max 9. The same door can be installed in 737-900-ER. Why aren't they being inspected too? Both United and Alaska fly the 900ER with these plugs installed. Because the youngest -900ER has been through multiple maintenance cycles in which the plug ha...
Jump to postQ wrote:I checked FlightAware B737 MAX 9 are currently flying 13 of them I think they already inspection and let back to service but are still grounded mostly until all completed replace bolts or tools are added.
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In the Wichita factory, the door panel should not be cut if the airline option does not require an exit door. If the airline option calls for an exit door, then proceed to cut and install the exit door accordingly. It's as simple as that! Cutting a door hole and later patching and bolting it, if th...
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