BA took advantage of Covid to get rid of a lot of more expensive staff. They also scrapped the various cabin crew contracts for one that was cheaper.
Jump to postReading the write-up on AVH I think the only description that fits the captain is "cowboy". It really doesn't seem that SOP was a thing for him. Admittedly the FO's (in)actions hardly reflect very well on him especially since it now turns out that he was the one who raised the landing gear...
Jump to postLast, I do think that the thorn in Boeing's side and its certification woes is EASA and not the FAA. The FAA can be successfully pressured by political or economic interests. But they don't have any power over EASA and they were already holding back the 777x certification, and after what happened, ...
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:Surely there are cheaper ways to knock down drones.
BA insists on photographic ID even for domestic flights out of LHR so I find it difficult to believe anyone could board the normal way to the US without their passport being checked.
Jump to postThat's EXACTLY what inflation measures, how much prices have gone up. I cannot believe I have to make that argument. The price of the average thing has gone up EXACTLY at the rate of inflation, since that's what the rate of inflation IS. Now if you want to claim that aircraft have gone up at a rate...
Jump to postThe problem with culture changes/fixes is that without full buy in from leadership they’re almost impossible to embed. Leadership have to go all in on supporting such changes. Especially when it means that they will end up looking bad for a bit. When I’ve done work as a tech lead one of the first t...
Jump to postDocLightning wrote:https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s/DqMhJ0G3S1
A post on Reddit is claiming to show an AF A350 tail strike on landing at YYZ on 21 Jan 2014. I can find no other information about it. Does anyone have any information?
WesternDC6B wrote:All of you have missed one very important point, and I am surprised 60 Minutes has not done a story on it. Every single solitary Ryanair flight with drunken brawl incidents are on... 737s!!!
AS will have staff embedded in Boeing involved with QC for aircraft to be delivered to AS This seems to imply that Alaska previously did not perform any QC on Boeing aircraft other than the standard customer acceptance flights. Very trusting indeed. Yes, because I purchased a new truck last week (I...
Jump to posthttps://youtu.be/BPUGOFS0Dpg?feature=shared AS sent a link to this video of Ben Minicucci to me, and presumably all frequent fliers. Takaways: AS is committed to safety AS nay be grounding the -9 for awhile. Minicucci stated that the grounding will last until the findings on the accident have been ...
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 postBoeing looking at going to 14x monthly production again. https://www.postandcourier.com/business/boeing-north-charleston-south-carolina-787-dreamliner/article_a7d9aaee-a031-11ee-97b2-13b7d92bb8f3.html Article is paywalled but here is the part referencing 14/month production CEO Dave Calhoun told an...
Jump to postDo the maintenance rules allow this possibility on landing gear.... i.e. "things wear out faster than anticipated", so that's just life? I would have thought they build in the worst case wear so that a failure can't happen just because "it happens" as you state. Otherwise, with ...
Jump to postDoes this mean that the UK has the bragging rights in the "my disaster was worse than yours" contest?
Jump to postThe thing nobody here is talking about is... nobody is willing to pay for that . Passengers would rather gamble and complain than pay extra for an airline that could do everything the government wants the airline to do or consider, such as adding slack in the schedule and having spare aircraft in e...
Jump to postHeavierthanair wrote:What I find strange is that Indigo whose fleet is still primarily P&W powered seems less affected by the issue. So what is Indigo doing that GoFirst does not?
232 according to PlaneSpotters, 3 less than their B752 (235) I'd imagine it's a similar config to IndiGo's 232 seat A321Neo: https://www.aerolopa.com/6e-32q-2 Can imagine they would run out of beers pretty quickly with such small galleys on them A321N's on the longer LS flights down to Cyprus/Turke...
Jump to postIs the distance from the trailing edge of the flaps (as measured in Section 25.810(d)(1)) greater than six feet? If not, the 737 overwing exit configuration remains certifiable today. When you're 60+ I look forward to seeing you & suitably aged members of the FAA fall six feet to a hard surface.
Jump to postThe fact that it took 13 months for this report to be issued is suspicious. It stinks of a cover up. What happened between June 1 and now that would have justified not issuing the report? It appears that all the material facts were known months ago. It appears that in light of the embarrassing fact...
Jump to postI found that interesting, and thanks indeed for that. Not being American I would have thought that airport/airline security would be governed by Federal law and thus a mechanism allowing the revocation of gun permits for an offence involving firearms in those areas. Am I incorrect in that line of t...
Jump to postWho opens up the flight recorders for interpretation in this case ? Nepalese authorities, French/ATR ? I believe I read that Nepal doesn't have the required equipment to read the flight recorders. Since BEA is part of the investigation team (state of aircraft manufacturer) then presumably it will b...
Jump to postdcajet wrote:Sanctions are working: Rossiya is furloughing 1/3 of its Airbus fleet pilots.
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5720805
In terms of snow clearing equipment at Heathrow I found this from 2018:
https://skift.com/2018/03/01/heathrows-50-million-bad-weather-investment-pays-off/
Maybe they just haven't got the experienced staff to operate it.
davidjohnson6 wrote:A brave and courageous business plan.... UK speak for "risky and foolish"
N766UA wrote:Don’t get me wrong, the 220 is an amazing airplane and they seem to be mopping the floor with Boeing, but they definitely aren’t in any position to be resting on laurels yet. Their US production line is a disaster.
Whatever system is developed should be able to take out all (low flying) drones , not just optical drones. My emphasis. Why not ask for divine intervention whilst you're at it? :sarcastic: 90-95% accuracy is the very best any weapon is going to achieve, and I doubt that many can manage even that.
Jump to postBTW: This is a updates and developments thread. I'd suggest that if forum members want to continue all of the discussion and trading of opinion a SpaceX Discussion thread should be started. It's difficult to find actual updates and developments with all of these long winded opinion and discussion p...
Jump to postThe extensive use in Ukraine of drones and kamikaze drones for strikes has shown the problems they present to air defences. What effective countermeasures can be developed? What systems need to be developed to combat these low cost but nevertheless very threatening systems? Perhaps a good starting ...
Jump to postFascinating to look at the airline financials. :-) Looking at AA, DL and UA, it looks like airlines are still paying hefty distribution costs: DL: $546m on pax sales of $11,464m = 0.047% AA: $495m on pax sales of $12,396m = 0.039% UA: $482m on pax sales of $11,653m = 0.041% Could you explain what t...
Jump to postIMHO this sounds like a great way for KSA to splurge their oil profits. I'm sure lots of people will pocket oodles of money from this idea but it'll probably end up being a damp squib.
Jump to postPoliticians who want a ban on private jets don’t care at all about the consequences on the economy. They only want to « save the planet »…. What's the likelihood France's proposal would even be agreed. How much of this is just grandstanding knowing it's either unlikely to get anywhere or would be g...
Jump to postBelow are links to what I think are the latest results for each airline. Unlike the US they are not all of the same quarter, indeed one is an annual report so I'm not sure that they can truly be compared. Ryanair Results: https://investor.ryanair.com/results-centre/q1-results-fy23/ Easyjet Results: ...
Jump to postIt also depends on what governments offered during COVID. If you have no income, you can't really pay staff... Furlough of 80% salary up to a limit of £2,000 a month paid by the government was available to all businesses. Whilst some people who had changed jobs shortly before lockdown started slipp...
Jump to postSounds remarkably like "One country, one system real soon now" (!C!SRSN).
Jump to postThirdly, you can protect yourself from the virus by wearing a mask. Not foolproof, but a mask does nothing against a peanut allergy. I believe an Epi pen provides a fair amount of protection against allergies. Not foolproof, nothing is, but it's a reasonable workaround. If people are really that wo...
Jump to postIMO it's quite possible that the FAA only used to check certain items in detail and gave a pass if some minor items weren't included and if FAA are now checking that every single item is included then Boeing will be told their submission is incomplete. It's quite possible that this may bite other ma...
Jump to postIt seems the two major airlines that made mass redundancies (easyJet and BA) and tried all other ways to reduce their crew, are now the two airlines suffering the most. The other airlines that didn't go down this route, do not seem to be having this problem. IIRC in addition to shedding staff both ...
Jump to postPresumably this is far more advantageous for short haul FAs who'll have more frequent boarding periods per day? In practice how many extra hours pay is likely to give a SH FA? 3 or just 2? I assume this intended to improve retention & recruitment of FAs?
Jump to postdavidjohnson6 wrote:So perhaps IAG should start making the value of bonuses for senior management more generous but conditional on the stock price averaged over the next 3 years ?
I feel it is time for US Airpower to join in, it will be difficult to just supply material aid in sufficient amounts. Much of what Ukraine needs as to equipment takes training. If you want the US to go to war, because that's what US Airpower joining in means, then you need to persuade Washington &a...
Jump to postBut will the Luftwaffe be able to have sufficient spares or will there be a continuation of the current situation where many aircraft are waiting for spares to be authorised?
Jump to postGood to see another competitor at LGW, though hopefully this doesn't mean BA drastically reduces their LGW operation in the long term, even if (let's face it) that's probably going to happen. The phrase "encourager les autres" does spring to mind for any BA staff at Gatwick. Vueling estab...
Jump to postThe biggest problem is that the Australian government believes no nuclear expertise is needed to operate a nuclear sub because "it is just a sealed unit". Hmm... This is starting to sound like win-win for China since there'll be no need to worry about Aussie subs anytime soon whilst Austr...
Jump to postBaronHamstead wrote:BA now actively recruiting management positions for new short haul subsidiary at Gatwick. Aim is to launch within 6 months, so Summer 2022.
hence the dismay at how a bunch of charlatans forced a skittish and shallow UK PM via his party members, into that damned referendum, easily the most dishonest campaign I have ever seen. If that's the delusion that you want to believe then fine. I'm just surprised remainers haven't found a way to b...
Jump to postNew York Times Of the estimated shortfall of 100,000 truck drivers, about 20,000 are non-British drivers who left the country during the pandemi c and have not returned in part because of more stringent, post-Brexit visa requirements to work in the country, which took effect this year. . I believe ...
Jump to post744SPX wrote:Could the row with France over the subs play into this in terms of improving the A330's chances?
Whilst this spat is certainly interesting, should it really be happening in this thread which, I believe, is supposed to be about the orders actually received rather than speculation about what orders might be received in the future?
Jump to postwjcandee wrote:As a long-time CRAF nerd