airdave37130 wrote:I did a look back and may have missed it, but will Alaska relocate the ops from HNL to SEA??
I'd say Airbus needs the parts but not the factories, or as a minimum, Airbus is in no rush of taking over these factories. On the other hand, Boeing needs Spirit Wichita asap to get out of their current troubles. This latest report says Belfast is losing money, I'm not sure any other Airbus contra...
Jump to postI’m certain there is an answer to this that everyone but me knows the answer to: Why can’t LGA lengthen and strengthen the runway going (basically) north out over the water a bit more? BUT, even if a longer runway could handle a WB, the gates still won’t allow? What stumps me is that the new LGA is...
Jump to postWhen seniority lists merge, is there generally any consideration for where workers lived before the merger when staff bid on stations? It’s negotiated, but often there is a ring fence for a while so that people who were with the legacy airline, get to stay at that base, and employees from the other...
Jump to postI’m also curious if part of the leadership change is also about avoiding criminal prosecution.
Jump to postSorry if this sounds ignorant, but at Manchester, NH (MHT) there are a couple of daily 763s that operate to/from AFW and CVG. But they’re always Atlas, not ATI. Is it a contractual issue that makes this so? Amazon figured out that having one provider at each outstation made things much simpler for ...
Jump to postLooks like Boeing wouldn't let Lynx share the terms of their agreement and it was terminated with some confidential payment from Boeing to Lynx. Given all the current Flair issues, I really wonder if they're going to be able to come to some agreement on the Lynx tails before the next two and a half...
Jump to postIt's not going to get economies of scale with labor overhead unless it eliminates a lot of management/admin/maintenance/CS jobs in Honolulu (which it has effectively promised not to do). This is really where the rubber hits the road - there is no way this deal works without substantial management c...
Jump to postLooks like Boeing wouldn't let Lynx share the terms of their agreement and it was terminated with some confidential payment from Boeing to Lynx. Given all the current Flair issues, I really wonder if they're going to be able to come to some agreement on the Lynx tails before the next two and a half...
Jump to postNo surprise, seen the parcel (cargo) market forecast. FedEx removes seven (7x) 767-300F options. Ordered and to be delivered FedEx 767-300F are 15 , accoring the Boeing unfilled orders page. See : https://cargofacts.com/allposts/air-express/fedex-removes-767-300f-options/ Given the production deadl...
Jump to postI have just done LHR-BOS/JFK-LGW and both were completely full in Mint, and mostly full in Core (about 80% ish). Seemed decent to me. It’s a data point, but just for everyone, a full plane doesn’t mean it’s a profitable flight. You could guarantee a full flight by charging $10 per seat, but you wou...
Jump to postAs an outsider looking in... and Southwest's history fascinates me to no end.... I wonder where these rumors are coming from that Southwest is looking to merge with another carrier. In my view, and only my own opinion, I don't think Southwest is properly set up for another merger or absorb another ...
Jump to postSo according to that article, that’s millions of dollars that Boeing was willing to pay SWA to “train its pilots”. That’s not exclusive to SWA. Other airlines had/have it. Boeing was confident at the time that no training other than CBT would be required for certification. Hence why they put it in....
Jump to postBoeing would owe a million to all the max operators per aircraft. Not just SWA. SWA doesn’t decide the training of the airplane. Their is a regulatory body called the FAA. They dedicate what will be in the training syllabus if any when it comes to that. Of course SWA was consulted on the airplane s...
Jump to postSWA was not the launch customer of the Max. So to say that had all this say in how it’s designed is not based on fact. Although they want to keep the same type as possible, so did the other airlines that were involved. Clean sheet aircraft is a pipe dream within the confines of when they wanted the...
Jump to postIn regards to 704AL, I wouldn’t be surprised if AS wants Boeing to take that plane back. At the very least, it’s part of their negotiations over the incident. Why? Airlines fix planes all the time. Unless Boeing somehow miraculously finds another delivery slot for a -9 that means AS’s fleet plan is...
Jump to postIn regards to 704AL, I wouldn’t be surprised if AS wants Boeing to take that plane back. At the very least, it’s part of their negotiations over the incident. Why? Airlines fix planes all the time. Unless Boeing somehow miraculously finds another delivery slot for a -9 that means AS’s fleet plan is...
Jump to postWill the joint venture affect Hawaiian receiving the new 789's? No. HA has already accepted at least one, and they’re contractually obligated to buy them. That contract becomes the merged entity’s responsibility when the merger closes. (Although the actual merger of HA and AS won’t happen for quite...
Jump to postHow a chair/seat is shaped/carved can make it more comfortable than padding. Those classic great seats on a 707 in Y were heavily padded and took 35 inches of pitch to be comfortable. I suspect an equally comfortable seat that is well shaped can get the same comfort at 32-33 inches. Yes. This highl...
Jump to postI have a lot of love for Boeing, which is probably why it's such a bummer to see them floundering like this (and so publicly). However, as far as I can see, there aren't a lot of great options for another Boeing department living with a massive quality escape right now: public relations. Yeah the p...
Jump to postApparently 4% of the bonus was for meeting metrics around a safety goal and in 2023 Wow, a full 4% of the bonus is based on safety!? That will certainly motivate the execs to favour safety over finance. /s That percentage should be 40%, with 20% to customer satisfaction, 20% to staff satisfaction a...
Jump to postYou have the lie-flat trans-con history wrong. DL/AA/UA all had flats before the first Mint flight in 2014. UA/DL on select 757s, and AA on their 321T config. I will certainly give B6 credit for free fast wi-fi. Maybe the interwebs are wrong but I thought it was: Jetblue Mint : Oct 2013 https://www...
Jump to postIf you think about it, it doesn't really make financial sense to transport major aerostructures around. The supply chains are outdated and stem from an era where different companies were in charge of different bits. It's cheaper to move the tools and know-how once and for all than having to move bi...
Jump to postJetBlue confuses me. Tries to buy Spirit and claims they are a low cost airline, but now they’re doing lounges? They need to decide who their customer base is, premium or low cost. I wish them well, but frankly after looking through their financials I don’t see how things get better. I'd really say...
Jump to postThe threat model that requires that the Pilots are covered the same as passengers is not about the pilots performing the bad actions, as noted they'd be perfectly capable of doing all sorts, it's about them being coerced into (or even willingly) taking goods through security to pass to someone else...
Jump to postThe sad part for Boeing is when the Al Jazeera did their piece on the 787 where we see comments used about the engineers working on the aircraft not wanting to fly on it (*I believe this is what was being shown), this was played down in many places. Looking at it now with the benefit of hindsight, ...
Jump to postI didn't have a chance to watch the video, but too late it is now missing.. my guess Johnny got served by Boeing -maybe due to some embellishments, untruths or ignorant statements. He can be over the top with the commentary. If anyone has it or can find it, please post. Generally Last Week Tonight ...
Jump to postI didn't have a chance to watch the video, but too late it is now missing.. my guess Johnny got served by Boeing -maybe due to some embellishments, untruths or ignorant statements. He can be over the top with the commentary. If anyone has it or can find it, please post. Try here: https://youtu.be/G...
Jump to postWow, a little early for April fool's day. What the hell is this airline doing with their money? Buying Apple Vision Pros apparently. Probably one Apple Vision Pro for this promo, you never see two of them on screen at the same time. Who knows might’ve even been bought by an employee for their perso...
Jump to postHow many people watch John Oliver though? He's right, and Boeing deserves the public pressure. Boeing's mostly just really lucky China's commercial aerospace industry isn't completely mature yet... Few years ago it was about 4.7 million people per episode.. https://deadline.com/2020/04/last-week-to...
Jump to postI'm well aware they're leased, having codified the lessor for each frame multiple times in here. None of Flair's frames are owned either, and that didn't stop them from being $67M in arrears with the CRA. Somebody has to pay the import tax on those frames and it seems unlikely the CRA will simply e...
Jump to postGiven that Lynx was $25M in arrears with the CRA, one has to think any Canadian acquirer of these frames assumes some portion of that debt, no? As people have mentioned the frames are leased, so its unlikely that any of the taxes would attach to the frames, since the planes weren't owned by Lynx. I...
Jump to postAlso I’m not sure of the dimension of the fuselage alone, but the assembled plane is 40ft tall or so. If you assume that 10 ft of that is from the landing gear, that still leaves 30ft of fuselage, which is the sort of thing that prevents you from going under almost all bridges, and maybe requires m...
Jump to postPast operational liability. But aren’t we speaking of the future? The only thing you have to guess about the future is what has happened in the past. Southwest has placed faith that Boeing won’t screw up, despite a very recent history of them doing that with the 737Max and other programs. I’d be su...
Jump to postMaybe they could fly it into BFI and transport that by road…… But is it worth doing? 737 fuselages are anywhere from 110ft to 143ft. There is no way those would get transported by road. That is more than twice the length of the long (53’) semitruck trailer, and I’m not sure the intersections are bi...
Jump to postWhy can't they build more deamlifters and just fly the fuselages on those? In the long run it might turn out cheaper due to - a) efficiencies in time saved b) saving on money lost due to in transit damage over the rail route. I don’t know the specifics, but RNT’s runway is on the shorter side, I’m ...
Jump to postHow many Max 9s does Southwest fly? ZERO Right. So not sure what the previous post is babbling about. Let me draw the line more clearly. The all of the Max-9s in the US were grounded. Those are produced on the same assembly line with the same workers. The exact issue that grounded the -9 can’t happ...
Jump to postVC10er wrote:Yet, it’s currently the same engine cowling on the -8 & -9, correct? Once solved might there be an FAA order to retrofit all MAX’s delivered?
nname wrote:Y9107 took off at 11:55pm PST at YVR.. so due to delay, the departure was actually almost an hour after the airline planned to cease operation...
Apologies that I am so uninformed about the MAX-10, but what is it about the MAX-10 that so different than the MAX-8 & -9 that makes it so difficult for all parties to review, test and approve it? Already it must be one of the most tested and analyzed new aircraft, yet it’s FAR from a brand new...
Jump to postI see how high fixed cost make ULCCs look relatively expensive, but they could still be hundreds of dollars cheaper. Shouldn't that be enough? Also, doesn't Canada have enough cheap off Broadway airports that'd enjoy a bit of traffic? Why doesn't a FR-kinda- model work there? Does anyone have great...
Jump to postApologies that I am so uninformed about the MAX-10, but what is it about the MAX-10 that so different than the MAX-8 & -9 that makes it so difficult for all parties to review, test and approve it? Already it must be one of the most tested and analyzed new aircraft, yet it’s FAR from a brand new...
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.
Bloomberg reporting that UA is close to acquiring more A321neo slots but also that any new spots they acquire would likely have to have CFM engines https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/united-airlines-nears-deal-airbus-jets And for those who are pay-walled, some of the slots will suppo...
Jump to postI heard from a buddy that 615 from YYC to LAX got scrubbed just as they were about to push. Guess at this point they won't commit any resources to flying out, especially if frames are already on home turf. Nobody is going to work for free. ATC providers, ground handlers, fuelers wont touch them wit...
Jump to postAny of our AS insiders know, will we see any 737 MAX aircraft not be ETOPS? So far, every 737 MAX Alaska has taken have been ETOPS. Not an insider, but given how AS has been driving toward standardization as a goal. So, I wouldn’t be surprised if they just have them all be ETOPS… though on the othe...
Jump to postNot serving anything on Lynx might make some sense. With loads all over the map, it would make planning the correct amount of on-board goodies near impossible. In Lynx's case, they may have concluded that the cost of wasted perishable food far exceeded the profit generated by selling it. That’s eas...
Jump to postI could see them reregistering it. But scrap? Definitely not. UA has a 747 that had a large hole caused by a bomb repaired. This on the other hand is pretty minor. I doubt they’ll reuse the door plug, but the rest of the plane just needs to be inspected to ensure the stresses didn’t cause other dam...
Jump to postI could see them reregistering it. But scrap? Definitely not. UA has a 747 that had a large hole caused by a bomb repaired. This on the other hand is pretty minor. I doubt they’ll reuse the door plug, but the rest of the plane just needs to be inspected to ensure the stresses didn’t cause other dama...
Jump to postHawaiian Holdings shareholders voted to approve acquisition by Alaska Air Group https://newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/releases/hawaiian-holdings-stockholders-approve-acquisition-by-alaska-air-group And there you have it. I can't recall, did AAG shareholders already vote? An AAG shareholder vote isn...
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