Re: Westjet Near Water Impact in Sint Maarten

anyone that has been to SXM and has spotted from the Sonesta, which is where that picture was taken from, knows that at that point over the water, the plane is roughly 7 to 10 seconds from the beach. Plus, that pic was undoubtedly taken from a room at the Sonesta on a high floor. I personally don't...

Westjet Near Water Impact in Sint Maarten

So I came across this article multiple times with pictures today while browsing, and I didn't see any thread on the subject yet. Westjet denies that the incident happened, people have said the picture is photoshopped, everyone has a different opinion. All I've been able to find is the one article he...

Re: New Maho beach cam SXM!

The reason it went down was because it was being tampered with at the Sunset Beach Bar. Hopefully they don't have problems at the new location.

Re: How do I start an airline company?

Sorry for the late response, I've been busy with some stuff. But I am back to discuss it further. Based flymia's statement on what my plan is. My plan is to start small, maybe do a charter service of one plane or 2 that holds 60 passengers on each flight, then have a growth plan eventually go for m...

Re: Air Canada reveals new corporate livery

How's is this going to look on Air Canada Express Q400 and B1900s? The Beech 1900s are having Air Canada liveries removed. I didn't like the new livery when I first saw it. It's growing on me. I like the underbelly and love the black around the windows. Not a huge fan of the black tail, at least no...

Re: Air Canada new livery?

The big reveal will be live streamed on Facebook starting at 12:11 Eastern today.

Re: Air Canada new livery?

Just for the heck of it I googled `Air Canada livery change 2017' and the google preview for the AC Wiki entry had: A new pink, yellow, and orange aircraft livery is to be launched Feb 9th, 2017 to coincide with their 80th anniversary. Ha. Another `disguise'? I can't find the edit in the wiki edit ...

Re: Air Canada new livery?

In a plane spotting group for the Montreal airport, I've heard that the spotters that managed to get pictures will be holding them until the 9th, same for the Toronto and Vancouver spotters. Some people have also said that there is a peel-off material covering the whole plane to prevent the livery l...

Re: Delta's new Canadian airliner

0newair0 wrote:

reltney wrote:

you might as well announce a second time Delta bought 49% of Bombardier.

Um... what?

Re: Multiple engine run ups on the runway AA738

I know Air Canada also does this after being de-iced. Probably to make sure all the deicing fluid gets out of the engines and bleed air vents before taking off.

Re: Predictions/Rumors for 2017

Air Canada will release a new livery on their 737MAXes.

Re: Future of western fighter production lines

Unfortunate news for Boeing: I imagine that somebody (Canada? Kuwait?) will need to order soon to keep the F/A-18 supply chain busy. Canada is talking to Boeing about the "immediate" purchase of 18 Super Hornets (no word on which model, E/F/G) as an interim stopgap before making their fin...

Re: Report: Canada To Buy

So ordering interim Super Hornets gives it a significant advantage over the other fighters in the open competition. In my opinion, the competition is done. Canada will look at all the options, and say "these features on **insert other fighter here** are nice, but the Super Hornet has the most c...

Re: Future of western fighter production lines

Bring back the F-14

Re: Vaping as a pilot

Not even smoking will affect your medical, unless it's caused some sort of heart condition. Vaping will be fine. Now, as to vaping in the cockpit, I don't know.

Re: Westjet: expanding widebody fleet, tentative pilot deal, and earnings up 14%

The 767 is out of production for years. Maintenance is not a walk in the park. All the other savings that you allege have been largely offset by the money lost both in terms of service disruption and overall image. Keep in mind before the cancellation spree Westjet had a pristine image. AC has sign...

Re: Westjet: expanding widebody fleet, tentative pilot deal, and earnings up 14%

VCEflyboy wrote:

There are lots of second hand a330s in good shape up for grabs. Those would be ideal for what they need. I don't understand why they're so obsessed with Boeing.

Re: YYZ discussion thread

I think that I heard that runway expansion plans at YTZ will not go ahead. YYZ would be able to accommodate the CSeries, but I doubt Porter Airlines would ever fly to YYZ. Maybe it would be better if Porter flew the CSeries jets out of Ottawa or Montreal perhaps? I was talking to one of their train...

Re: YYZ discussion thread

keitherson wrote:

Porter needs to start looking at expanding to YYZ and fleet type. I am tired of their sole YTZ gimmick show, and also the domestic duopoly in Canada.

Re: Air Canada new livery?

I've heard that they will be getting a new livery starting with their 737 MAX deliveries, but I haven't seen any renderings.

Re: Porter may operate CSeries out of other airports

All turbofans are jets. Not all jets are turbofans, but I doubt any that aren't are still in airline service. Would be interesting to know who operated the last turbojet (non-turbofan) in airline service. I would guess it was the Olympus engine on Concorde. Turbojets are still being used today in a...

Re: Porter may operate CSeries out of other airports

Hi there, I'm also a YOW resident. I have personally spoken with a Porter "executive" (if you can call him that). He told me they are definitely taking the CSeries, but will base them elsewhere until they can get them into CYTZ. He told me they were looking into basing them at YOW, but als...

Re: Definitive List of Common Runway Use

In Ottawa (CYOW), runways 25 and 32 are mostly used for takeoffs and landings.