It seems like the widebody sales market has been weak so I’m sure they’re looking for deals. If they're trying to get rid of the A350 order, UA is in perfect position. They'll probably have Boeing buy them out of it with a substancial discount on an all Boeing three figure wide body order. Win for ...
Jump to postGerman Der Spiegel article, translated with deeply: After dispute over masks Jewish passengers denied flight - Lufthansa apologizes Some Orthodox Jews had objected to Corona masks on a flight. According to current information, Lufthansa personnel subsequently excluded all recognizably Orthodox Jewis...
Jump to postAlso known as the Streisand effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect We all like transparency about other people... but not about ourselves Exactly... I wonder how many more Twitter followers this joke of an offer generated. Establish contact confidentially and send the kid to colleg...
Jump to postThese days, the redesign of logos and fonts is largely determined by their ability to integrate into digital and especially mobile design environments. Logos tend to become simpler in shape and color because they still have to be recognizable and look good on mobile phones, tablets and smartwatches....
Jump to postSo far they've only received one A350. The A340 is still operational (two of them, think?).
The reason for the stop could be anything. Diplomatic business (most likely), crew change on a naval vessel (they sometimes get to ride these aircraft if they're lucky), refueling, MX (lol), etc...
The easiest thing to change with big benefits would be some faster rail link to midtown Berlin. Faster is not easy since it would require a separate rail. They're currently building a new connection which another airport express train is going to use. But even now every hour sees 6 suburban trains,...
Jump to postStumbled upon this opinion piece in the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Here's an excerpt. It's quite strong but...fitting: "With the people that stormed the Capitol, dialog has become impossible. The same goes for millions of Trump supporters across the Country. They've developed into an...
Jump to postI truly believe that Donald Trump is an evil person and will go down as the worst President of all time. What a horrid man. History is going to be brutal on Trump and he deserves every bit of it. All the evidence is out in the open. The lies, the deceit, the insults, the hypocrisy, the mind-blowing...
Jump to postusing less ( i.e. being more efficient. :-) People will always strive for efficiency, but ultimately efficiency gains get eaten up by the rebound effect, i.e.: Ten years ago, energy efficiency light bulbs were all the rave, today we use more and more "smart bulbs" which have to be "a...
Jump to postUnder the Trump administration 2 vaccines have been created and tested to the point where one or both should be approved for use by the end of the year (the Pfizer and Modena products), according to the WH briefing earlier. Whooooooppeeeeeeeeeeeeee! The "Pfizer product" is a vaccine devel...
Jump to postbut in the end both sides need to stop this It's not both sides. It's one side. The Trump administration and it's followers. That was my point. Please read the section on vote tempering concerns in the 2016 election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election#Vote_tamper...
Jump to postThe why does not matter. But it does matter. The notion that "facts don't matter" is a result of partisan media and internet filter bubbles and plays into the "both sides" narrative, as if everyone's bad and everyone's getting it wrong. That's just not true. The supposed "c...
Jump to postThis is so damaging to the democratic system, especially as first the Democrats talked about fraud and Russian meddling and now the Republicans talk about fraud again. So for the average citizen it seems neither side does trust the system enough to accept defeat, which very much looks like the syst...
Jump to postI believe that Donald Trump will be our next President. https://everylegalvote.com/country Gotta love the "about us" tab of that website: "This site is a labor of love by American citizens. Our Founding Sponsors: The Economic WarRoom, Allied Security Operations Group, Liberty Center ...
Jump to postNot going to happen. Conservatives, Republicans are energized, enthused and quite frankly very incensed on the situation of this election. Turn out for the democrats will be lower. And Trump won't be on the ballot. Those two seats are very likely Republican, many polls are again going to say the co...
Jump to post"I thinkt there's something fishy going on" "I feel like they're steeling the election" " Some guy on the internet has posted this video" A lot of people are thinking and feeling and grasping at straws pretty hard right now, but are there any instances of potential wron...
Jump to postHistory is going to be very rough on Trump and he deserves every bid of it. All his lies, his hypocracy, his amorality, his insults and his crimes are documented in pictures, movies, texts, all over the internet. Multiplied and shared all over the world. There‘s no hiding from it.
Jump to postThe overall planned travel times from Berlin are: Düsseldorf: 3:34h Cologne: ~3:40h Frankfurt: ~3:00h Stuttgart: ~4:10h Wow, if they can pull that off reliably and with high frequencies, inner German air travel will take a nosedive. Didn't know that plans were so specific and - for railway projects...
Jump to postYou wanted Socialism well be careful what you wish for you are going to get it. Nothing about Biden is "socialist" or promotes "socialism". The affordable care act isn't socialism. Higher tax rates for the rich aren't socialism. environmental protection isn't socialism... You gu...
Jump to postThe train station (3:50) is grimy. It looks like out of the DDR. No, it doesn’t. It looks perfectly generic and sterile, like any other DB station in the country. You want grimy, then go to the station at Terminal 5 for some authentic DDR charm. Sorry Sir : what you expect of two aircrafts landing ...
Jump to postI don;t know why but it reminds me of the Kanzleramt.. Me neither. Completely different design language. Are you both sure? I mean, the BER is rather inspired by the old chanceller bangalow style, here is a loyalty-free pic from wiki: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Bundesarchiv...
Jump to postmarcogr12 wrote:I don;t know why but it reminds me of the Kanzleramt..
https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/kolumne/der-neue-grossflughafen-ber-ist-so-seltsam-klein-und-unaufregend This article is an architecture and design review of BER. Main points: BER is boring, banal, and like an industrial park. That "article" is a cheap commentary by the most reprehensible...
Jump to postThis is a horrible event, and these terrorists should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. That being said, after this happened, Whitmer laid a beautiful political trap for Donald Trump. She knew that by blaming him from this even though it wasn't his fault, Trump would respond by coming...
Jump to postTesting and quaratine-ing the whole country would be quite a logistical challenge. A mild lockdown and testing of everyone with symptoms + contact tracing would be enough. That worked very well in European countries in spring. But good luck with that in the US's sociatal climate and with a presedent...
Jump to postI recently listened to an interesting podcast by the German Der Spiegel magazine. They argued that this election might be the last election that the current Republican Party - the way it's ideologically and politically oriented right now - will be able to win. They completely turned their backs on a...
Jump to postThe fact of the matter is EVERYONE needs to cool down and let the system at least attempt to work. People did exactly that. Again, again, again and again. Nothing changed. Another black citizen shot in the back. Seven times . In front of his children. Insanity... People have run out of patience and...
Jump to postYou are brushing off the strides Trump has made with criminal justice reform. Alice Johnson was imprisoned for life under a Democrat administration for a nonviolent drug offense. Trump commuted her sentence and many others. She is speaking at the RNC tommorow night. What is Joe Biden, the man who h...
Jump to postwearing cloth masks which provide ZERO protection (I can link you to a 2015 study done during the last Ebola outbreak which studied the effectiveness of cloth masks which states that it makes no difference in the case of virus protection) and dozens of children not wearing masks at all. It's not ab...
Jump to postNobody gives a crap about heart disease until they get a heart attack. Nobody gives a crap about cancer until they get a diagnosis one day. Nobody gives a crap ab out the millions who die of malaria or malnutrition every year because it happens in poor remote countries nobody gives cares about. Yet...
Jump to postEverybody takes off their mask to eat or drink (then if there is COVID it'll spread). Covid does not spread immediately every time somebody encounters somebody with the virus. Instead it depends on the time spent in contact. So if there is a 4 hour flght and people take masks off for 30 minutes the...
Jump to postI'm sure the Benghazi-patriots will be up in arms about this, you'll see....
Jump to postif someone really wants to see a biiiiiiiig conspiracy (and i am NOT in that camp, my bet is on a fire, or a suicide or a hijack) You're simply overestimating the intelligence service's capabilities of the US or China or Russia. They don't have "detailed records" of what happened to every...
Jump to postBased on what? This is a time where people with no medical degree in a relevant field should listen to people who have a medical degree in a relevant field. If we want to restart the economy and social life to anything that resembles normality, wearing a mask in closed public spaces is one of the k...
Jump to postUnless it is a medical mask PP2/PP3, it will not protect you. Irrelevant. It is well known by now that simple masks protect others, not the one wearing it. The more people wear one, the more we reduce the general risk of infection. but I do not think it is too useful though. Based on what? This is ...
Jump to postWell, to be fair, there are several high-profile black Americans as well as multiple Democratic presidential candidates who are proponents of reparations. Ok, do you have more info on that? "Reparations" is certainly a weird word for it. Is it clear what exactly these "high-profile b...
Jump to postWhat is the best way to set up reparations to Mitigate this form of systematic racism? Should it be a yearly payment, a tax credit, or maybe free college? No offense to you, Pi7472000, I don't know where you got that from but it almost sounds like a far-right talking point to sabotage the discussio...
Jump to postNothing has changed for centuries? You serious??? Unjustified killings of black men by the US police are still a regular occurrence. Maybe it's less then in the sixties, so that's change I guess, but if we want to put a morally justified measure on it, then it would and should be zero. And why is y...
Jump to postWhat you are demonstrating is that hate and rage is passed down generations, in other words, learned behavior. If we use your logic, this will never get better. But in the US, you have it a hell of a lot better than anywhere else. Try standing in line to bet a bag of rice, having to use phone books...
Jump to postNothing has changed for centuries? You serious??? Unjustified killings of black men by the US police are still a regular occurrence. Maybe it's less then in the sixties, so that's change I guess, but if we want to put a morally justified measure on it, then it would and should be zero. And why is y...
Jump to postThat chip is pretty heavy, isn't it. This country elected a black president twice, black people hold public office all over the place, most athletes are black. There are various programs that weed out the discrimination. So, what do you want? Reparations, what? All I see are people using a tragedy ...
Jump to postIndependent autopsy finds George Floyd died of asphyxia. Former NYC medical examiner is conducting examination.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/independe ... ssion=true
Police education and training has to be the main focus. US police is violent by default. Guns are drawn pretty much automatically. Black people are often treated like a gang members by default. They are trained to be racist. The slightest hint of uncooperative behavior, even if it's justified and th...
Jump to post[quote="N583JB“]Stating that the vast majority of people rioting are not white is racist now?[/quote] It‘s not racist, it‘s just false. It‘s painfully obvious and you pretending otherwise certainly makes people wonder if you‘re trying to push a certain agenda. There’s hours and hours of HD foot...
Jump to postNope, no racism here at all. :sarcastic: https://scontent.famm2-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/101129672_10158957822998690_5826377016835833856_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=Ypc3FswO8RYAX9BswfA&_nc_ht=scontent.famm2-3.fna&oh=a6d5f2e8d253cd63a3ec6bf30a92a112&oe=5EF80BA4 There...
Jump to postWell I don't think Meal Team Six are much to worry about...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7rJstUseKg
What pure filth sounds like: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-26/trump-at-private-breakfast-who-gave-the-whistle-blower-the-information-because-thats-almost-a-spy Interesting to hear Trump complaining about people giving away secrets and how he would like for them to be executed... Wa...
Jump to postAre you being serious? Look at the stencil itself. That's white. The fuselage is clearly much, much darker in color. Would you call AA's livery for "eurowhite with a single drop of black in it" too? Calm down, champs. I was exaggerating a little. But you'd be surprised how little black yo...
Jump to posthttps://twitter.com/SAS/status/1176937918520340480
These pics should settle the matter concerning eurowhite or not... I guess they took a bucket of eurowhite and added a single drop of black. Eh... works for me...