Aren't there also temporary doublers that would be permitted for x flight cycles until the next bigger check where something more permanent/better can be done? Sort of end drill the crack, stick a doubler on and then repair properly when there's more time? You'll never stick a doubler over a crack ...
Jump to postThis is a very very sad situation indeed but some of you are acting like this happens at every airshow all the time. So far it has happened twice in this US this year. How many airshows happen annually in the country? I'd guess not many so it is probably unacceptably closer to "all the time&qu...
Jump to postIt is amazing that this event is still taking place. At least no one on the ground was hurt or killed. I have to wonder when these incidents will get to a level where someone (maybe insurers?) simply puts a stop to this. Has anyone put a stop to auto racing? Air shows? These accidents are pretty ra...
Jump to postIt is amazing that this event is still taking place. At least no one on the ground was hurt or killed.
Jump to postYou run it until it breaks, place it on MEL, and do nothing until the MEL drops dead.
Jump to postAt the time, I felt and still do Virasb Vahedi would have been a better guy for the job. He knows the company, he would command instant respect from the employees, and he showed an understanding of the customer experience that no one in Skyview 8 currently understands. It seems like that ship has s...
Jump to post9w748capt wrote:Looks like the captain is still employed by AA! Unreal.
I found the following picture online and wondered what era this was as there is a CRT monitor mounted on the bulkhead, I'm sure these were replaced by later CRT projector. I have not seen any other pictures of this cabin so was it a short lived affair? Never realized DC10 interiors in the 70s and 8...
Jump to postnotaxonrotax wrote:- That buffs right off!
- Is it a write out?
No Tax On Rotax
Wonder if either of the pilots owns a Mustang? Looks like someone forgot that they weren't leaving a cars and coffee.
Jump to postI believe Boeing deserves all the flak they can get for their behaviour the last couple of decades. But. It took a whole lot of smart people in and out of Boeing a whole lot of years to find out what if anything was wrong with those rudders. This was no «uncovering the dark secret of the evil short...
Jump to postB777 tire pressures for maximum airplane gross weight in psig (sorted by MTOW): So Boeing also pretty much has the same trend for the family aircraft. Longer the jet, slightly lesser the pressure of the Nose wheel. As a first thought, it may be about lever arm and resulting momentum. Longer arm for...
Jump to postLet me get a little off-topic: Back in 1998 an Olympic 747 was attempting to land at JFK and an outer engine either n° 1 or n° 4 scraped the runway just before touchdown. The mechanics inspected the engine, perhaps also did the required run-up and the plane was signed off for departure. What could ...
Jump to postPoor form on DLs behalf on not keeping up with the times, making a small change in recognition that makes a significant different to a group of people. The weights are way off anyways. But they can just use the male weight for safety But what if a large group of non-binary gender people of women we...
Jump to postFlyingElvii wrote:
I wonder if DL could retrofit their 321CEOs with ACTs during D checks or just plan on having one fleet incapable of true transcons. Their A220s have the range and it's odd to me to not do the same for the A321. DL would not of gotten a better deal on these 321CEOs because of the AA most favored cus...
Jump to postjohns624 wrote:It appears the alleged shooter was on academic probation whose GPA was <2.0. He was stupid enough to post his plans on social media.
1, The wooden fork and knife is worthless. Impossible to cut the food or the bread in order to put butter on it with that knife. If continuing with those let customers know to bring their own because, these are worthless. It is on their website (under sustainability), and I would also like to see s...
Jump to postAA was a dumpster fire when he took the helm and short of abandoning everything in DFW and moving HDQ to PHX, there was no chance of fixing any of the ingrained culture. Honestly I'm impressed he hung around this long. I'd have taken whatever money was on the table and bailed after a year or two.
Jump to postConsidering they're mostly parked - very safe.
Jump to postdhawald3 wrote:Why do Jet engine actuators like VSV, IGV are operated by fuel pressure and not pressure from the hydraulic system?
Well, AA believes it is about rank and file not doing job right. Two thirds of root case investigations from the sample they considered concluded that it is about human factors, aka rank and file messing up. You aren’t grasping AA, the manufacturer and the FAA sign off on AA’s maintenance program. ...
Jump to postThis is the same airline that mixxed up A321 main tires with 777 nose tires (fun fact - they are interchangeable...sort of) and managed to fly a non-ETOPS A321 to Hawaii. Are you surprised?
If it can be done in today's industry, I'd put money on AA being the one to do it.
The AA vaccination rate isn't surprising - this is the same employee group that has a large number of people that still believe flight 800 was a cover-up. Tin foil hat much?
Jump to postSnubbers are optional equipment on some fleets. The downside to not having them is the potential for additional noise and vibration until the tires stop spinning.
Jump to postIf you press the MCDU's up arrow three times, the left arrow once, and press down and right arrows simultaneously two times, you get a hidden menu to turn options on and off. Very convenient for adding more takeoff weight, range, etc.
Jump to postIt’s also investing and code-sharing with JetSMART of Chile. AA doesn’t appear to be concerned with partnering with LCCs. It seems AA is working hard to take its own service standards down to LCC levels anyway, rather than encouraging those budget airlines to raise theirs. I'd argue that these LCC ...
Jump to postTXL and THF - both went from the easiest way in and out of town to closed.
Jump to postGood luck to them but they probably should have looked at how well Song, Metrojet, Ted, etc worked out.
Jump to postrjsampson wrote:Energy going out the tailpipe is hardly wasted: It provides THRUST.
I always like to explain the basics of a jet engine comparing it to a blow torch, once the fuel is ignited the fire remains lit until the fuel is shut off, increase the amount of fuel, the larger the flame. ^This There is no "exploding". Fuel is being burned to add energy to already compr...
Jump to postLCDFlight wrote:Things were built to last 100 years.
I think they will do well. A deceased uncle I didn't know about apparently invested in them a few years ago. They must be loaded with cash as they tracked me down via email asking to return the excess funds from his investment. I provided the necessary bank info - will let everyone know how it works...
Jump to postYou are not alone. I'm sure plenty feel the other way. Last I checked there was a lot of LAA below Parker.... I don't think there is anything left of American but the name - which still fools a lot the traveling public who remember the good 'ole days. The legacy cost structure, egotistic internal s...
Jump to postHopefully everyone is enjoying their $27.95 fare. Legacies definitely have cost structure issues but there is still reasoning behind why flying costs more than Greyhound or Amtrak.
Jump to postThey installed a third hamster wheel to satisfy modern redundancy requirements. If you lose all three hamsters, you have to manually crank a knob.
Jump to posthitower3 wrote:What would the "burn rate" on the sticker specify?
DIRECTFLT wrote:What is "kit"? Is that a US term??
We have too many anti vaxxers in the U.S especially with the Delta Variant. We are seeing two America’s emerge. The more unvaccinated zones will face new outbreaks and COVID19 issues this fall and winter. We are headed for more restrictions and lockdowns this fall and winter unless we get more peop...
Jump to postDoesn't really matter what PW's plans are, so much as why would Boeing/Airbus/etc have any reason to take a risk on them, after so many screw-ups in the widebody segment? PW4098? PW4173? PW4090 emissions? Big reason the OEMs have been gun shy-- PW hasn't been on an all-new widebody in more than a q...
Jump to postrichcandy wrote:Ok so my questions are do all 320's have outward opening cargo doors and do all 737's have inward opening doors.
In the end the company and the union/pilots will work together to understand what happened and do what needs to be done to make it a safer and better operation because that is in the best interests of both parties. It'll go something like this: -Crew will say it is the company's fault -Company will...
Jump to postAbout pAAr for the course. Something about a monkey and a football.....
Someone thought they were commuting to work on 183.
Anyway, the captain stated during one of his announcements that this was "unprecedented" so it led me to wonder how often a mistake of this degree typically occurs. It doesn't happen often but considering your average fueler isn't exactly a Rhodes Scholar, it isn't "unprecedented&quo...
Jump to postI don't get why you care about profitability for Amtrak. Amtrak has a steady amount of growing users as well. Again why do care about profit if trains can move people. Are highways profitable? Because I don't enjoy more of my paycheck going to ever increases taxes and nothing good coming of it. It ...
Jump to postAre highways profitable? (hint look at the highway trust fund) They serve a much greater percentage of the population and there is a demand for them. I cannot count the number of times I've used a federally funded highway this year but I can tell you how many Amtrak trains I've been on. I don't get...
Jump to postWith "Amtrak Joe" now president, we'll see if the political climate will be more in Amtrak's favor and it can come out of the pandemic stronger than its ever been. I won't get my hopes up too high on that though, since Obama also promised to bring major changes to Amtrak that either didn'...
Jump to postWith "Amtrak Joe" now president, we'll see if the political climate will be more in Amtrak's favor and it can come out of the pandemic stronger than its ever been. I won't get my hopes up too high on that though, since Obama also promised to bring major changes to Amtrak that either didn'...
Jump to postThe fact that this happened on a flight between two cities known for calm and rational people is very surprising.
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