So passengers couldn't use the toilet, but crew could get out their electronic devices to make videos for social media? In that one move the crew member already invalidated any claim about the rules. It's a 2 hours delay. People will need the toilet. On any given flight there will be elderly people,...
Jump to postEvery US airlines, or airline from anywhere in the world flying into the EU is already bound by EU261, although only for the flights departing Europe. All these hypothetical questions being raised and supposed gotchas have already been addressed and are being handled perfectly well it would seem by ...
Jump to postUnsure how the points you raise pertain to AR. Let me ask you based on those points: 1. What routes does AR operate that can be considered vanity ones? 2. When did AR go on a binge-buying episode with either A or B? You are aware that both EK and TK have superhubs that are blessed by geography, the...
Jump to postYour question is two fold, while many of the airlines you name a state controlled they act in the free market. Emirates didn't buy over 100 A380's just for the ego of it, they actually fill the planes often at tens of thousands of dollars per First Class seat. Turkish doesn't fly to Uganda for the ...
Jump to postThe Aeroparque's runway is 8,800 feet, which can support a Miami bound A330-200 but why would AR want to do this ? EZE is the airport with the infrastructure for intercontinental flights in Buenos Aires, this just seems like an ego trip to give AA a headache. IF AA wants a 777 from the Aeroparque b...
Jump to postAccording to the State Dept. in 2021 over 26 Million people were in forced labor and the NCJRS states that between 600,000-800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year, 70 percent of which are female and 50 percent are children. I don't care if someone is inconvenienced due ...
Jump to postThis is a case where I'd prefer a few false positives rather than missing more actual cases of human trafficking. And I'd think most parents would prefer to know there is some chance that if their child is subject to human trafficking it might be spotted and stopped. I'd take the risk of being check...
Jump to postOne thing I’d like to see, is if a passenger faces a cancellation or misconnection that is not the passenger’s fault (regardless of whether it’s weather, ATC, mechanical, etc), that the airline has to offer them the next available seat in same class or higher, on any carrier. Years ago, I had an ov...
Jump to posthttps://twitter.com/Navegaciones/status/1449836256247128065?s=20 If you click on the Twitter link above, you will see a recent aerial photo of the site of the former Texcoco Airport site that shows the entire terminal foundations and part of one runway and its taxiways are already under water. Natu...
Jump to postI agree. So putting my lawyer hat on, the issue is one of line drawing when we are trying to define controllable. Let's take a very simple (hypothetical) MEL: the airplane has two identical widgets. A single inoperable widget can be deferred. Two inoperable widgets is a no-go. How many flights does...
Jump to postAs with anything where government tries to even slightly even up the balance between business and the customer, expect all kinds of predictions of the sky falling in if this goes ahead. See the introduction of EC261 which European airlikes of course furiously lobbied against, how dare contracts give...
Jump to postBEA report omitted the fatigue of the crew. As shown by the CVR, and mentioned by the judicial report, the first officer was complaining because he only slept one hour before the flight. Yes, they might have left it out because it was caused by the individual pilot's own behaviour rather than anyth...
Jump to postI hope those who rushed in with the usual judgemental comments about seatbelts, before knowing any facts, will pause to reflect now. It's interesting how quick they are to criticise what they perceive as someone else's mistake but none have returned to apologise for their own. Personally I'd place r...
Jump to postIt's just the mkt department, bear with them! I thought it was about some feminist, woke nonsense. I am glad it's about disability awareness, no matter how silly or insufficient some people think it is. vI have several coworkers with family with DS and it's heartwarming the love and devotion they h...
Jump to postWhy would anyone in London fly ULH to HNL when there’s Tenerife, Mykonos and Ibiza so close? Maybe a westward Kangaroo route? I have to agree. Its a VERY long flight compared to beach areas in the Med and the Atlantic. And, Hawaii has lately been adopting more anti-tourist taxes and fees which will...
Jump to postCould someone list the comparable alternatives that are closer to LGW than HNL? There must be some appealing tropical themed islands or beaches for Londoners to go to. Barbados? There is nowhere closer to the UK that will replicate the Hawaiian Polynesian experience. The energy and environment will...
Jump to postThis discussion comes up every now and again and without fail goes the exact same way. a) someone points out there are other alternatives closer so the market is fairly limited b) someone claims that because they personally are willing to fly a long way, alternatives are irrelevant, as if their one ...
Jump to postHere's my hypothesis - vast majority of people on Iberia flights from Madrid to London are local traffic (just going to/from London /Madrid) OR are starting /ending in London and connecting to Iberia destinations in South America/Africa/Caribbean over Madrid. Very little connectivity to BA-operated...
Jump to postAt this point in time, it is more important for BA to efficiently utilize their staff and resources by having as many flights as possible at T5 than to be colocated with IB and AA. You are just reading way to much into a simple business decision. I am challenging that to be a complex business decis...
Jump to postYou're intentionally being contrary. You are well aware of the strong commercial drivers that pushed Iberia to co-locate in the first instance, and for American to press consistently for exactly the same thing. The same reason Delta moved out of T4 and the same reason AF/KL stayed in T3. These are ...
Jump to postNo, you can fit a Trent in a 777 or a 747 with the fan stage detached. The AN124 isn't necessary. There's a 74F scheduled into EZE from Miami this evening, that might be the new engine inbound. There are quite a few cargo airlines operating on the MIA-EZE route, some on a daily basis * Atlas Air * ...
Jump to postWhen will this end? Running onto a live runway while a 787 or something is on a take off run or rolling out? How many people lives are allowed to be put at risk until they start putting an end these ridiculous virtue signalling 'protests'? The planet and its climate are just fine! This is what happ...
Jump to postI strongly suspect this is more related to Standard Instrument Departures (SID) out of LHR and ATC capacity than charges. It's pretty standard heading East out of LHR to track slightly north at first unless you're going directly south and reflects the LHR departure routes and is probably designed to...
Jump to postAnd can’t the pilots are with their eyes all the lightning and dark clouds they were heading towards? This was not a night flight. The incident sector occured after sun down. Flightradar has them cruising at fl240. Much harder to see the tops of those clouds which were probably approaching fl450 wh...
Jump to postWhat on earth the pilots were thinking flying through that we will never know! It is a miracle that plane landed in almost one piece. Hail doesn’t show up on weather radar, unless it’s wet hail and even then can’t be determined to be hail usually. Hail encounters occur not because the crew thought ...
Jump to postI'm reading some comments saying the both engines stopped, and they restarted one of them. Is there any source for this? Or is it misinformation? Seems to be true, and not unexpected flying into conditions like this. Then there's the icing potential too. That's why you don't do it. “There is no rea...
Jump to postOne of the videos showed tray tables dislodging and flying up to the ceiling. I think the turbulence was THAT bad. Well, you were talking about structural integrity. I saw some crap flying about the cabin, which is in pretty much every video involving CAT or moderate turbulence. I agree there were ...
Jump to postI always find it interesting when planes will blow an engine on departure, then fly a pattern and land immediately, whereas other times theyll climb out on one engine, take up a hold somewhere, run checklists, then casually return with seemingly no sense of urgency. From everything ive read on here...
Jump to postNot sure why any Captain would elect to land in BUR with a “flap fail” rather then divert to LAX or ONT…. Not sure what the max tire speed on the 737’s are. Most AC seem to be in the 185 range. (Ground speed). Doubt they would fail right at 185. But max break temp and blowing the fuse plugs would b...
Jump to postSomething is wrong with the media reports. Sure, the FO could have been on a rest break, but what about the relief FO who should have been in the right seat? I don't know the Italian rules well, but I cannot believe that any airline would let a working pilot do a "controlled rest" in the ...
Jump to postIt’s more irrational to think not building one runway in the southeast of England, is going to have any environmental impact at all. Particularly given the average 20 minute delays, plus 15 minute taxi times (x 480000) now, which would evaporate completely by building a third runway. This ruling is...
Jump to postI'm an aviation enthusiast. I'm also a democracy enthusiast. Me too. I’m also an environment enthusiast. The UK has laws around decarbonisation of the economy. The ruling is that the third runway would be permitted if it met these laws. This requires a major shift from the status quo. For example L...
Jump to postSo is it then common for pilots to breeze through a new training scenario for a niche situation? Why is it a big deal they struggled the first time? Isn't that why they're doing the training? It depends how badly they struggled no? It is probably q big deal if pilots who fly the 737Nag without prob...
Jump to postmileduets wrote:These long distance flights without any stop overs suddenly seem a lot more appealing with the Corona virus scare in mind.
I wonder how it will affect project Sunrise and the strategies of airlines for long distance air travel as a whole.
I'm an aviation enthusiast. I'm also a democracy enthusiast. It's rather alarming how many people here think business and government should be able to do what they like, even if it's against the law. There are countries where that is how things work, and I'm quite sure most of you would rather not l...
Jump to postafter that im never flying to t2 at peak hour. You’re right. Best not to fly at peak times into T2. Problem solved. I guess you mean the AM47 that arrives in at 21.55 - 2 hours to get out of an international flight from South America isn’t that surprising. Is it? The issue was getting of the aircra...
Jump to postI fly into and out of MEX 5 or 6 times a year. This past Friday my flight touched down at 19:07. After sitting on the taxiway for about 10 minutes, I guess the pilot was told there were no gates available, so we pulled into a space in the cargo area. We then waited until 20:00 before a bus arrived ...
Jump to postSome of you haven't endured Mexico city Airport the way I have and it shows. Yes the airport has a good variety of shops, but during peak hours, its impossible to even find a seat, find a charging station, or find a store with less than 15. people in line. Then don't get me started with the arrival...
Jump to postThe Mexico experience is certainly a lot better than the so called departure lounge I had to endure at Miami last Sunday, on a flight to MEX funny enough. I arrived early as I like to do usually and relax and have something to eat and drink. Only to find myself in a tiny hall with a cafe, a duty fre...
Jump to postFor the site where the new airport was being constructed, what's happening to it currently? Can it be feasibly restarted whenever a new administration is in power? One hopes such a scenario doesn't emerge given the problems in Mexico after having had essentially the same administration for its enti...
Jump to postVery excited to have my first ride on this bird this week from Lisbon to Miami. This is probably the most comfortable ride out there now for economy passengers, given the 8 across in the A330 is better than any of the 787/777/A350 configs and now it has the updated interior from the A350. The 767 is...
Jump to postRead pages 28 to 33 in here https://leehamnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Preliminary-Report-B737-800MAX-ET-AVJ.pdf It says to run the Runaway Trim NNC which is in there as well - where it says to specifically disengage Autothrottle. These are the documents ET says all it's pilots had - to be f...
Jump to postIt looks like that smoking gun may have been found. While it's incredibly sad to see such a previously grand company behaving in such a way, anger is the overriding emotion. The extent of it all shows Boeing really does need a complete clean out in management, a couple of sacrificial lambs are token...
Jump to postEmirates is arguing a dead horse. History shows that people will fly direct whenever possible. Once aircraft can tie together any city pair, the need for Dubai disappears. Wrong, there are "plenty" of people, as some posters have said here several times, they dont want to fly more than 10...
Jump to postThere seem to be a surprising number of people here who are in favour of restricting the free market and interventionist government policy to reduce consumer choice and protect domestic industry. Damn socialists! Amazing how easily people swallow and regurgitate propaganda without having the slighte...
Jump to postWonder if they just dump (most of) their 787s soon OR something is going on and they will be taken over by one of the big players in Europe soon? LH Group? They're doing well at LGW and have had to use a variety of leased aircraft to cover capacity during the engine issues, nothing to suggest the 7...
Jump to postThis thread should really be closed, people are responding to the click bait thread title without watching the video and it's wasting everyone's time. He actually says the exact opposite and that they won't order it. Given the OPs history of flaming people for factual inaccuracies, or just stating a...
Jump to postWhy would people fly 7-8 hours for tacky 1960s holiday resorts? Either you hevent been in the Canaries or you dont know what tacky means...... @ jamsco99: Some resorts do show their age but the new ones ones are rather upscale like this one: https://images.app.goo.gl/XiL7ZH3NTddVG5XB7 Please visit ...
Jump to postAnd as images tell more than 1000 words, I quickly have drawn in the safety level of the MAX in the above diagram. To do this I even had to extend the scale of the diagram, as the safety level of the MAX reaches to heights not known after 1970 (where the diagram starts). The shown value for the MAX...
Jump to postHoping and Relying on the ECAA won’t do much. Just look what those goons did with EgyptAir 990. Are we really expecting them to come up with an actual conclusion? They’re probably looking for dirt on Boeing far more than investigating the accident. There’s a reason why Lion Air rushed to the famili...
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