Can someone help me understand how shareholdong/investing works? When I buy shares on the stock market, does any of that money go to the company or is it all invested into Wall Street? Is there a difference between investor and shareholder? If the only time money goes to a company is when they go pu...
Jump to postIt appears that they didn't have enough speed for VR with an unexpected tailwind. A little over-correction pushing the nose down to pick up a few more knots maybe?
Jump to postMaybe this is an oversimplification, but they couldn't successfully ripoff Embraer?
Jump to postYou're having a heart attack... but we'll treat you at the end of the year - they really need to address this now unless there is more bad news on the horizon and they want a clean sheet from 2025 onwards. Well maybe that indicates she'll be in charge in all but name and there will be bigger charac...
Jump to postIf you were on 1582 today, it's been rescheduled for 2148 tonight. An overnight in CLT, but should be able to get to MIA tomorrow
Jump to postMy God. The comments from some people about "it happens all the time" is, well, shocking. Wheels don't just depart aircraft. Pieces of aircraft don't just depart during flight. Hydraulic failures? Yeah, they happen. IFSD of an engine? Yeah it happens. But to say "nothing to worry abou...
Jump to postI know Im going to get bashed for this, but could this allow for ICN-SLC? The 359 has the range for the route. The question is, would there be a return SLC-ICN? How much of a performance hit would the 350 take on that? Not nearly as much as JNB-ATL. It should be able to lift whatever KE wants to li...
Jump to postIt’s so strange how people will bash the workers. And believe the delays and cost over runs are the fault of assembly workers. At the same time not a word about middle/upper management and the CEO making high salaries. And begrudge a union worker for a 3 thousand dollar a month pension.Moving to Al...
Jump to postSince nobody else has said anything about it, I'll just get it out of the way; 1) is the aircraft a write off? 2) when is the FAA going to ground United? They clearly don't care about safety and whatever else. Plus there's blah blah blah blah. On a serious note, most of the incidents are things that...
Jump to postI believe they’ve all been returned to leasing companies, so not American’s any more. They appear to still be on AA's books based off of planespotters. From American Airlines Group's 10-K Annual Filings on 2021-02-17 "To better align our network with lower passenger demand due to the impact of...
Jump to postscbriml wrote:Noodles20 wrote:At this point, the 15 A330-200s that AA parked are around 12 years old, not that old at all.
I believe they’ve all been returned to leasing companies, so not American’s any more.
At this point, the 15 A330-200s that AA parked are around 12 years old, not that old at all. And with supplier issues, will probably take 18 months to return to service. Having not flown since March 2020, that's a lot of hours saved, so maintenance costs should be relatively low after RTS for a few...
Jump to postWhy do the locals shoot at trains?. I’ve always understood it happens in the more rural parts of the journey from Wichita to Seattle. Boredom? Idiocy? Alcohol? All of the above? Alcohol is about 99.99999991% of it. Travel to a rural area and you'll see much of the road signage littered with bullet ...
Jump to postSame here, although the only thing I'm interested in is whether they'd go for the optional dimmable windows on the A350, the abhorrent crew override feature of the dimmable windows truly ruined long haul flying for me as a window seat fan. Totally agree. Wish there was legislation to stop crews fro...
Jump to postDon't these threads always end up in middle aged male corporate, hero worshipping, fanboi's who treat Airbus and Boeing like teenage girls did with rival boy bands in the 1990s? :mrgreen: Not to mention there many moving parts that go into a/c orders, most of which won't be made public at least unt...
Jump to postWhy do people still have this love affair with the A220 and American? New type, new ratings, new parts, new equipment, new simulators. I see a virtually zero chance of that happening. Everyone said the same thing when AA was rumored to be becoming an A32x operator. All AA did was make the largest o...
Jump to postWhy do people still have this love affair with the A220 and American? New type, new ratings, new parts, new equipment, new simulators. I see a virtually zero chance of that happening. Everyone said the same thing when AA was rumored to be becoming an A32x operator. All AA did was make the largest o...
Jump to postAmerican would have bought a few more of those (757s) if Boeing had not stopped building it. True, the 757-300 didn't do well (only 55 out of 1050 were built, I could be wrong), but the original -200 was a lot more successful. They should have placed an order before the line shut then. IIRC, Boeing...
Jump to postI never dreamed that my post would be garnering the number of comments that it has. I am still somewhat disappointed however, that the point of my post has somehow been lost. There have been an extraordinary number of posts about the potential development of a 73 replacement and a possible reintrod...
Jump to postGood grief ... I recall when PEOPE EXPRESS charged 3 bucks a bag back in the 80's ... AA is desperate for cash It's probably going to make AA good money. Either people can pay for priority boarding or have the credit card just to avoid checked bags. AA will probably still make off a ton of money of...
Jump to postJetBlue just doesn't market themselves. I'm a New Yorker transplanted to Kansas City and they announced service to MCI shortly before I moved to the area. Other than a news story on their announcement of service, release of schedule, and their inaugural flight, there's no marketing here. What can t...
Jump to postICHAN needs to force B6 to open up another hub in the MIDWEST .. an airport that already has existing gate space, routes that can support the hub with existing PDEW today on routes that were abandoned years ago to mergers and a a BK ... that airport is MKE ... How would JetBlue's financial performa...
Jump to postI just don’t think the quickest way to make some cash is to refit the whole fleet to a ULCC model, and lower ticket prices. The #1 thing that Icahn will demand is no sacred cows. He won’t care whether something is the ‘JetBlue way’, if it isn’t generating short-term gains then he would say it shoul...
Jump to postI just don’t think the quickest way to make some cash is to refit the whole fleet to a ULCC model, and lower ticket prices. The #1 thing that Icahn will demand is no sacred cows. He won’t care whether something is the ‘JetBlue way’, if it isn’t generating short-term gains then he would say it shoul...
Jump to postI saw something in one of the posts earlier about the possibility of becoming one. Icahn is looking to flip his money as quickly as possible and Wall Street loves it when companies drive down costs. Perfect way to cut a ton of cost for a big short term payday. B6 has an economy product that is bett...
Jump to postMint is the most successful part of the operation, why in the world would B6 try to go the other way? ULCC seems to be the very wrong direction. More premium is where the money is. I saw something in one of the posts earlier about the possibility of becoming one. Icahn is looking to flip his money ...
Jump to post2 seats on the board of B6 AND 2 seats on the board of AEP(American Electric Power) in one week. While he may not be able to raid the corporate coffers at B6, the 2 seats will have voting rights after the annual shareholders meeting. B6 is in for a ride. Not a good one for employees, customers and ...
Jump to post2 seats on the board of B6 AND 2 seats on the board of AEP(American Electric Power) in one week. While he may not be able to raid the corporate coffers at B6, the 2 seats will have voting rights after the annual shareholders meeting. B6 is in for a ride. Not a good one for employees, customers and e...
Jump to postAs I understand it, flight attendants only get paid for the time the aircraft doors are closed to when they open. Is there an advantage to this for the workers? I don't see one, but it seems to continuously get re-ratified. If you are technically being compensated while the aircraft doors are open ...
Jump to postAt this point, Boeing should bring back the 737-800 and offer that to all MAX customers with adequate compensation. I'm not sure they could produce those at this point without similar defects, but also, who's going to build the engines? CFM closed that line. May have lowered the output since the P-...
Jump to postYes I was and did not see your response. Your point is a good one but someone had the line responsibility to put those bolts back on and they did not. Their ass needs to be fired and then go after QA. Mods: I think the topic is civil enough. Presuming gross negligence, firing is indicated. Even ben...
Jump to postIt's odd, at LAW, my bag is always the last one or two on the belt. At SEA, it's usually one of the first 4-5 to come out.
Jump to postWonder if Airbus is willing to sharpen the pencil for AS in this situation as I believe that the main sticking point in AS keeping the A320 fleet was leasing costs of the in service fleet plus the orders while it wasn't going to be cheap to order the aircraft outright either.
Jump to postDid they ever drill down on the root cause of the pressurisation tests failures on N704AL, prior to the door plug blowing out? Yes, and it was completely unrelated to the door plug . The indicator light was on the pressure controller, which has three modes of operation - automatic, alternate, and m...
Jump to postNot an apologist but, if Spirit hadn't delivered a plug in need of repair then nobody at Boeing would have removed it. It still shows there are issues at both. Indeed both are responsible, but Boeing is overall more responsible, because: 1. Boeing chose Spirit to make the fuselage including the doo...
Jump to postDominic Gates from Seattle Times has a new tweet as well as a new article out. Seems like Boeing removed the plug to repair it, then reinstalled it improperly. Tweet/X: "Scoop The door plug that blew off the @AlaskaAir MAX 9 was removed for repair then reinstalled improperly by Boeing mechanic...
Jump to postThere are quite a few people who record or take pictures of their work and share it on socials with commentary. It's a good way to advertise to younger people to get them excited about aviation and possibly enter the respective field when they're grown up. There are policies in place in an effort to...
Jump to postI feel a lot of people think that the P2P market is serious low hanging fruit. There are P2P routes in this country that are wildly successful, but only because the shear size of each point being connected. There will always be demand for XYZ to Florida and a couple of others. I feel that NK and F9 ...
Jump to postThis should make for some good laughs....
https://theconversation.com/why-did-ala ... ney-221263
That is a shame as the MD-80's and DC-10's were built like tanks. Let’s not forget the DC10 had been grounded in 1979. The airplane probably could have been grounded after the cargo door failure decompression events as well. The people mentoring and developing the McDonnell Douglas leaders who took...
Jump to postI would think airline policy would have been different, to secure checklists and other important things so they couldn't be sucked out of the cockpit. Nail the checklist to the dash? Require headsets to come with chin straps? The 737 has a clipboard on the yoke that a lot of PNF hang the next check...
Jump to postTo add to that, what would they have done differently if they had known it was designed to do that? I would think airline policy would have been different, to secure checklists and other important things so they couldn't be sucked out of the cockpit. Nail the checklist to the dash? Require headsets...
Jump to postWhat does Boeing do with the fuselage when it arrives from Spirit? I imagine Spirit is who installs the plugs during the build of the fuselage.
Jump to postWhere on earth is your source for this? B6 dropped handling HA in JFK years ago and never touched them in BOS. Never seen an airline merger justified over 1-2 stations being ground handled before! I didn’t realize that B6 handling ceased and did not realize that BOS wasn’t ever handled for HA by B6...
Jump to postI see that N516AS flew out today SNA-OKC. It has sat at SNA since the incident in August. Any idea what’s next for the plane? https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA9400 AS uses AAR for heavy MX at OKC. My guess is that they're going to finish servicing it and have it back in service end of Jan...
Jump to postThe only reason for this to make sense is if Alaska is looking to get rid of a competitor. Just like with Virgin America. This, I agree with 100%. This is textbook for eliminating a competitor, we all have seen this "movie" before with other airlines doing this. Keeping the brands separat...
Jump to postYou haven't followed the thread about Jetbluie losing its AMS slots..... As for European destinations, why would anyone fly Alaska to SEA from Europe (or vice versa)? If they aren't in any of the joint ventures across the Atlantic, they have a very big disadvantage. Jetblue can make it work because...
Jump to postThere are other OW hubs they can serve for a start: SYD/HKG/MAD/BCN (the latter 2 probably summer seasonal) without having to wait on QF/CX/IB to make a move. CDG is an interesting one too. TS gives them some access but sub-daily, and that's a destination that should support a daily flight, at leas...
Jump to postJetBlue got lucky at LHR. They were in the right place at the right time. Russian airlines got their slots taken and redistributed right when B6 was ready to launch. That was an unusually large number of slots to give away. The fact you can trade slots for cash in the UK also reduces the number of ...
Jump to postWell if JetBlue was able to get slots at airports like LHR and AMS, I assume Alaska could do. Now hopefully Alaska’s routes would perform better than JetBlue’s, but I think they would. Alaska has a good management team, and if you look at their earnings vs someone like JetBlue I think that is very ...
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