Deliberate actions by the pilot(s) shouldn't be ruled out, but at this point we don't know enough to say it is the mostly likely cause. Is there a pattern as to the phase of flight in which suicidal/mass-murdering ATP pilots typically do this? Not this soon after take off. I mean why? It wasn’t tha...
Jump to postSerious question, in a case like this do Alaskans make good use of the bear meat? I mean why waste it right?
Jump to postNo more A380 for AF?!? Well that was a big waste of money. Smh
Jump to postPan Am had at least 18 slot pairs at Heathrow, in terms of passengers Pan Am was number 2 behind British Airways. In 1990 Pan Am's peak long haul schedule was 9 daily transatlantic flights, the other 9 flights where feeder flights, including services to Germany such as Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich...
Jump to postHow many times has United made this same announcement? Obviously the livelihoods of the affected carriers employees don’t mean squat. Ask anyone who was at ACA how this goes. I get that the current situation dictates changes, but the ‘Hunger Games’ style of choosing the surviving carrier is no less...
Jump to post20 years ago today, AF4590, a Concorde, crashed at CDG. The cause of the crash was a tire puncture rupturing the fuel tank and causing a fire. 113 people lost their lives that day, which included 4 people on the ground. The tire puncture that caused the crash was due to a Continental Airlines DC-10...
Jump to postF27500 wrote:.. The police .. shooting at the plane. Classy place.
Most airlines and most routes will come back with suppressed demand, at least for a while. It's reasonable to think the A380 won't be back AF and LH Air France definitely. But the A380 was practically made for Lufthansa. Their entire business model is a hub and spoke airline. Hmmm, did you forget a...
Jump to postBeing in controlled airspace they still need a clearance of some kind, it's just that clearance would be along the lines of "do whatever you want within this block", so not every single turn needs approval. Test flights are often performed in the same way. Enlighten us as to what aircraft...
Jump to postbabastud wrote:UA MIA-SFO NOV 0.9>0[1.0]
Does this mean that it's gone through the winter season? Why can't UA sustain a single daily SFO-MIA Flight?
Pre merger UA 772 (A+E) were originaly delivered in 1995-2002. Until year 2000, UA still recived 744s actualy. 22 further (from CO) joined the fleet in 2010. The 77Ws were orderd in 2014/2015 because of delays in the supplying the 787-9 to UA (if I remember correctly), aside from the retirement of ...
Jump to postThis has to be a joke. Why put airports in there that can’t even handle an A380? People are so gullible.
Jump to postDecent little airline that had it going on. Unfortunately got absorbed into a messy “major”. Sounds familiar....CO anyone?,
Jump to postCRJ900 wrote:With 331 seats, the A350-1000 will boost capacity on YYZ, though...?
If a little airline named Emirates didn’t exist and grow the way they did, how many A380s would have sold?
A380 was as much as a success as Concorde. Enough said.
I wonder if the pilots had known they had physically lost the engine from the wing, would the have just kept it on the ground? I know they were at takeoff speed but they didn’t have a chance in hell with the engine falling off.
Jump to postAlthough it did have a bit of a sensationalist tone to it at times, I wouldn’t label it as such. They presented facts and testimonials that supported it.
Jump to postI hope this isn’t true on so many levels. We don’t need another brand ruined like Virgin was.
Jump to postCointrin330 wrote:Long Island MacArthur 1998
New York/LGA 2009
Newark 2010
Last Tuesday (April 3rd, 2019), two of my family members were traveling on Qatar airways flight QR537 from Kozhikode, India (CCJ) to DOH, which was operated by an A320 (A7-AHJ) According to my mother, about half way through the 4 hour flight, somewhere over the Arabian sea, the plane started swingi...
Jump to postAnd why would you assume that those particular countries know more than what they are telling everyone! I probably won't be able to reply as I'm sure that this thread will be locked by the moderators as this forum is getting totally overwhelmed with pointless threads being started regarding the 737...
Jump to postYea it was kind of a let down. Realistically the wing could never fold the way it was initially shown due to the fuel tanks. It reminds me of prototype cars that have all the W-O-W figure. But when the actual car is launched it’s meh.
Jump to postTwo of its newest models have face being grounded. First the 787 with the batteries and now the Max. These two airplanes have been the newest and greatest from Boeing yet have come with controversy. Thoughts?
Jump to postThe US ie FAA won’t ground them until one falls from the sky in the US. That’s when it’ll become a safety concern. I’m glad others are being proactive instead of reactive. After all we are talking about people’s lives. Aaaaand the FAA grounded the MAX before one fell from the skies in the US. By th...
Jump to postToo much automation to remove human error becoming a problem? Hate to say it but he makes a valid point.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... x-fly.html
The US ie FAA won’t ground them until one falls from the sky in the US. That’s when it’ll become a safety concern. I’m glad others are being proactive instead of reactive. After all we are talking about people’s lives.
Jump to postCALMSP wrote:we went through a worldwide grounding of the 787, i would say something is coming soon for the MAX.
The other thing to consider is, well, LGA. Arriving in an all J class aircraft from overseas into LGA is like rolling into a slum in a Bentley. JFK leaves much to be desired, but it isnt a slum like LaGuardia. As a New Yorker I can tell you (please don't tell anyone, I want to keep this as a secret...
Jump to postNewly found video. Aircraft appears to be intact. https://www.khou.com/mobile/article/news/local/new-video-shows-cargo-plane-crashing-into-trinity-bay/285-995878a9-070b-48e6-b75b-e9ea9e9abbf6 Holy crap, that video is a LOT better. I could be wrong, but I swear I see that airplane slowly trying to p...
Jump to postsanti319 wrote:Europe is “imminent”.
santi319 wrote:Europe is “imminent”.
Bricktop wrote:It'll be a sad day when they announce the end of A380 production, but I will still have plenty of time to fly on one I hope. (Me not the A380 in-service).
Huge failure unless they can fill all those F seats with full fare F passengers......which is doubtful. Upgrades won’t cut it. United definitely knows which thin routes have the proper volume of business passagers to sustain these CRJ 550s. Including current CR9/E175 routes that would be better ser...
Jump to postHuge failure unless they can fill all those F seats with full fare F passengers......which is doubtful. Upgrades won’t cut it.
Jump to postWe know ORD sucks and is draing cash. Yet ET is increasing flights and cancelled LA. Posters here love to bash ORD and claim SFO is the holy grail for ET. I don’t claim this route is making money, but it connects more points west of ORD than west of SFO. I’m sure BOS and DTW would have been better ...
Jump to postMAH4546 wrote:FLL keeps getting more expensive to operate from while MIA has actually been lowering landing fees. As the gap narrows, FLL makes less sense.
Another failed state, like Mexico in the other thread. Now SAA can make a TV spot about how wonderful and cool Cape Town is. In Istanbul, it always surprises me to see people walking around on busy forms of public transport with expensive mobile telephones or their wallets poking out of their back ...
Jump to postHaha. Agree. They’re hideous looking! Wow ever heard about stereotyping. “ the gays”.....unreal. These uniforms look like what you’d find on the clearance rack at Sears....on finally markdown and still no takers. That isn't stereotyping. It's a benign epithet, used properly when you know you have t...
Jump to postMore so than expensive, the visa process was extensive and often getting an appointment took months. There will most definitely be an increase in traffic.
Jump to postThe male FA uniform looks like something Liberace would wear as a flight attendant. I’m sure The Gays are going to get a good chuckle out of seeing The Straights wearing that uniform. Gurl just needs to accessorize with a lavender boa and she’ll be ready for the Polaris Cocktail Service. Cosmos? Co...
Jump to postIf there’s one thing Singapore knows how to do is branding. Confident it won’t disappoint.
Jump to postWhy does Jetblue even bother? They could better utilize those plans on other routes. They can’t afford this. I think HAV has more than proven a huge failure.
Jump to post$88 for a short flight yet you found it not worth it? Unrealistic expectations anyone....sheesh.
Jump to postSo rewards for people just doing their jobs which is what they get paid for? Mind blowing.....
Jump to postMore runways! ;) This is just awesome. Direct flight from the mental capital of the world, TURKU, to London! It’s about bloody time! What do you mean? In US Jargon Mental=Insane FYSA. Mental=Intellectual, isn't that Boston with the record number of University students? Lightsaber Ok, I did not mean...
Jump to postThey should have done this when the first A380 was delivered! It's about bloody time that they ditch F. You missed the whole point, they aren’t ditching F. They just aren’t calling it F anymore. So all they are doing is ditching the name. It won't work though. The reality is that not many airlines ...
Jump to postTheFlyingDisk wrote:They should have done this when the first A380 was delivered!
It's about bloody time that they ditch F.