2 years to build a baggage claim. By comparison, the MGM Grand in Las Vegas took 2 years and 2 months. It's a lot faster to build from the ground up than to demo and rebuild while working in an active airport that has to keep running and has the public present. That being said, the airport isn't ex...
Jump to postWho would be responsible for providing a financial incentive to the targeted carrier (with a hypothetical projected 100% payout) ? Is it the City, the State, or the airport profit center? I know the answer for many airports, but not St. Louis.The city of St. Louis is only behind Detroit (which is s...
Jump to postWhile not directly STL related COU announced that AA is adding two ORD flights and UA is adding one. This puts the airport up to 11 daily flights, 7 to ORD (4 UA, 3 AA).
Jump to postWhat an absolute embarrassment to COU and Burns & McDonnell. Burns and McDonnell is one of the most respected engineering firms in the region, they get the best of the best engineers. If the city (the city manager is a professional engineer) and Burns and McDonnell say it's fine I venture to be...
Jump to postThe City has released further statement. Please see the message below from Columbia Interim City Manager John Glascock regarding Columbia Regional Airport -- The sudden cancellation of flights by regional carriers at COU has caused many people to delay travel plans, work to rebook flights from other...
Jump to postOK, so were there any actual configuration differences between the -422 and the -451? They were the same model with the PW engine offering, but were there any other customer-specific differences? Yes, really. We all know this is the real question. While quite specific it's interesting from an avgee...
Jump to postWell keep in mind "back in the day" these gates served 150 passenger aircraft without any problem. Now, it's a problem. ;) In the Ozark days it was accommodating DC9's, but then TWA used it for 727's as well. There are plenty of tight concourses. As someone who goes through ATL 15-20 time...
Jump to postWhile I appreciate the coordinated effort by Anet to post new iterations of the threads, but it'll be kind of confusing seeing atcsundevil as the thread author instead of our fearless leader Jshank83, As for what I'd like to see for STL in 2019... Spirit. I know, not what the typical avgeek would sa...
Jump to postDestin has gone 11x a week Wow! this is Allegiant we are talking about Last night on Fox 2 there was a "You Paid for It" segment where the host investigated Midamerica and Runway 11/29 and Lambert. If you watch Fox 2, you'll know that this is guy who goes around trying to prove things are...
Jump to postI'm always surprised how infrequently the A310 is brought up in this sort of topic. There's only one airline flying it in the west in a passenger configuration.
Jump to postI need a break... I have always wanted to try out EAS service from here. Which EAS destination is the best for a quick break? (if any) If you're into Bourbon Owensboro, Ky has a distillery that was recently added to the Bourbon Trail. I looked into it and it's a 10 dollar Lyft ride from the airport...
Jump to postI need a break... I have always wanted to try out EAS service from here. Which EAS destination is the best for a quick break? (if any) If you're into Bourbon Owensboro, Ky has a distillery that was recently added to the Bourbon Trail. I looked into it and it's a 10 dollar Lyft ride from the airport...
Jump to postI was at work this evening, looked on the radar scope, and saw an airline called Western Global inbound to a local military base and got curious. Looking it up, I discovered the callsign pertains to a "Western Global Airlines" based in Estero, FL. Doing a quick Wiki search (I know I know)...
Jump to postDespite how it’s sometimes reported, Amazon doesn’t own any planes. They simply lease capacity on an ACMI term.
Jump to postAny idea when the schedule will be extended out? I'm wanting to book STL-MCO for September but it seems the schedule only goes until August.
Jump to postI'm looking to schedule a flight from STL to MCO in September. The only non-stop options on that route are Southwest and Frontier. Currently Frontier's schedule only goes out to mid August. Any ideas of when the schedule will be extended?
Jump to postI’ve talked to several people involved with the Columbia Regional Airport (COU) and they’re looking towards a bright future. They’re planning on having a new terminal built within the next five years since their current 1960s era terminal is overcapacity. The flights they’ve had have been very succe...
Jump to postI think AA is making a mistake with the retrofits, but that's just my opinion. DL will have a better domestic product when all is said and done. The only major difference, ultimately, will be AVOD PTVs - and that will only, I suspect, really be a difference relative to Delta and JetBlue. Otherwise,...
Jump to postReported engine failure.
Jump to postLooks to be in remarkably good condition, the cockpit in particular appears immaculate. Who is still current on the L1011 ? the only Pilots I can think of are the crew that operate the one other operational airframe, modified to launch satellites I believe. The Captain of the flight is also the Cap...
Jump to poststl07 wrote:Just an update--next year charter flights are changing to Swift (I don't know the reason but I heard customers weren't too fond of Xtra). Also, they are keeping STL-CUN on F9.
The 762 has nearly the same trip cost as the 763, while carrying a good bit less payload.
Jump to postAQ243, before that fatigue wasn't a consideration in aircraft maintenance.
Jump to postcallumconroydub wrote:So, the 741, effectively, doesn't exist anymore? Where they not brilliant planes?
You might want to head over to one of the more pilot focused forums and do a bit of reading. Lots of good info on places like APC and PPRUNE.
Jump to postAccording to a NK pilot on another forum, the 737s got nothing to do with the A320neo: Well we are seeing NK management vs pilot union politics at play. NK's pilots believe outsourcing has nothing to do with the A320neos and that NK is purposely outsourcing some flying to save some money and/or bec...
Jump to postThere seems to be quite a few Saberliners still in operation. They're still seem to be fairly popular in the planes unoffical home of St. Louis. There's even a company based there dedicated to the support and maintaince of them.
Jump to postDon't know the Reg but I flew on a NWA DC-9 STL-DTW and then DTW-STL less then 24 hours between. Same seat same plane, gum still in the air sickness bag.
Jump to postAs somebody in a 4 year engineer program I find that the title of engineer has multiple meanings. When I think of an engineer I think of a person who applies theory to make or ensure implementation a design. It can also mean one who carries out the actual work, such as an A&P. It sounds like the...
Jump to postCOLUMBIA - United Airlines posted flight schedules posted to its website Saturday night showing two new flights out of Columbia Regional Airport.
That frame came to K4 with all the other Northwest frames we got after the DL/NW merger, it was old even then, we would've likely used it for parts to sustain the 742 freighters. At the time it was sold from K4 to Baltia, it had 103,000 hours on it, I wouldn't call that mint condition no matter how...
Jump to postI recently rode on an early Frontier A319 in the last few days, and although the seats were new, the aircraft was pretty tired. I was very impressed by the overall comfort of 150Y seats in A319. Also flew one of their incredible 230Y seat A321s. It was incredible to think of the fuel efficiency. Th...
Jump to postThe article is interesting but is high on exaggeration. It also omits some basic and important facts like these: Number of passengers killed by select airlines since 1987 : Northwest 162 Delta Connection 143 Delta 16 Allegiant 0 That is a preposterously irrelevant statistic. Also quite arbitrary, y...
Jump to postThe article is interesting but is high on exaggeration. It also omits some basic and important facts like these: Number of passengers killed by select airlines since 1987 : Northwest 162 Delta Connection 143 Delta 16 Allegiant 0 That is a preposterously irrelevant statistic. Also quite arbitrary, y...
Jump to postSTT757 wrote:How is it the ERJ-190 holds up so strong against the 73G and A319s?
I've always had a fascination with Kalitta. They seem to be one of the last "cowboy" 121 carriers running old equipment and doing their own heavy MX, all to fund an expensive hobby. As much as I agree Kalitta may be known as the "cowboy" of 121 I don't think they mind. Also we d...
Jump to postI've always had a fascination with Kalitta. They seem to be one of the last "cowboy" 121 carriers running old equipment and doing their own heavy MX, all to fund an expensive hobby.
Jump to postKalitta is also severely short staffed, one pilot stated that they barely have enough to support 7 air frames. For all intents and purposes they have a new TA, which should allow them to hire new pilots at the rate they can train them.
Jump to postI am a mechanical systems engineer and I work in-service aircraft support (though I was an AE in college, not ME). As much as we love getting guys with A&P licenses or other hands-on experience, it's not a foot in the door for an engineering job. Your best bet, as TNST3B notes, is to find an en...
Jump to postHello all, So I graduated with my BSME in 2014 and have yet to get a engineering position. I have been getting interviews all this time but keep getting told I didn't get the position due to lack of experience. My goal is to get into aircraft powerplant engineering. So I have two options: Either I ...
Jump to postThose Barq L-1011 are pretty much as dead as every other L-1011. Just Google Barq Aviation and their own and there's tons of information on the shadiness of the "operation." The only active L-1011 is the Orbital Star Gazer. L1011-1/100, N910TE formerly P4-MED is in flying condition and wi...
Jump to postThose Barq L-1011 are pretty much as dead as every other L-1011. Just Google Barq Aviation and their own and there's tons of information on the shadiness of the "operation." The only active L-1011 is the Orbital Star Gazer.
Jump to postThere's a recent thread on APC discussing the A330F regarding the leveling of it.
Jump to postAlso, A330s do not sit level. Any P2F conversion involves raising the front gear, making it more involved than other P2F conversions.
Jump to postI think you may have better luck finding an answer to your questions on a site that is more aircrew oriented.
Jump to postI have my doubts that you could actually substantiate that statement. There's plenty of factors beyond just the number of startups at any given time frame, that could be at issue. I'm going to contend that the biggest barrier to entry has nothing to do with mergers-- but rather that creditors/inves...
Jump to postI know this really isn't the answer to the question, but 5-9.5 could of bought you Virgin America and leave you 2.4-6.4 billion for expansion.
Jump to posthi, can anyone tell me where I can find info on an aircraft total cycles or time. I've heard that when an aircraft reaches a total time or cycles they must be retired. Well I was wondering what those figures were. like for 747's and smaller aircraft When is an aircraft too old to fly? Thanx in adva...
Jump to postEvery single plane ever made has a design life limit. Some of the design life limits are as follows: 747 20,000 cycles, 60,000 hours, or 20 years 767 no cylce limit, 100,000 hours, or 40 years A300/310 36,000 cycles, 60,000 hours, or 20 years L1011 115,000 cycles, 210,000 hours, or 20 years DC10/10...
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