Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Yes, some new middle management needs a talking to, but they may learn or quit and the procedures, processes and procedures limit their damage.. The CEO and exec leadership set the culture of the company. They determine what is important. This gets communicated down to the divisional heads and so o...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

It is so fashionable on these forums to bash management. Yes they lost focus but at the end of the day on the incident aircraft (N704AL) at least 2 line employees did not do their job and did not put 4 bolts on the door and another person did not catch it. Congrats to Spirit Airlines who publicly a...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Its the old story, there are 3 parts to any job - Cost, Time and Quality. Senior leadership set the culture that leads the company to find the right balance in this equation You can have a good job done quickly but it will not be cheap You can have a good job done cheaply, but it will not be quick Y...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

sUAisDL wrote:

How long are people going to continue to blame MCD for Boeings modern problems? 2030? 2040?

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

shamrocka330 wrote:

How is the 747-8 too long for the hanger when it’s the same length as all other 747 models?

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

EIDWDUB wrote:

Has a cargo -8 never even landed in Dublin before ? I'm under the impression here that this is the first one to visit.

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

Because it is poor brand image and presentation? Why bother having a livery at all as it has zero impact on the operation by that logic. . I am not sure EI decision makers share your value of brand image. I suspect it’s like the loyalty program, they have one because they feel that’s the thing to d...

Re: JetBlue CEO resigns.

Doubt its any specific health issue, this is the normal spin for situations like this, mutual parting of ways if you will. Being kept on as a special advisor is a payoff for going gracefully. Otherwise he would have remained on the board. I have zero confidence in his successor. B6 ops is a dumpster...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

I’d expect a BOS-LIS on B6 as the next transatlantic dot. It’s been heavily rumored for some time, along with DUB which came to fruition recently. As long as TP and B6 as still codesharing I don't see that happening. TP funnels a lot of connections thru BOS onto B6 flights. I suspect that's an agre...

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

I cannot recall but didn’t BD fly MAN to the sub-continent?

I think EI would need to be significantly cheaper than the majority of the Asian carriers to make DUB-Asia work as EI quality is much lower.

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

A single stop route to AU/NZ that doesn't require going through a theocracy, a dictatorship, or both; or without the huge stage length of LHR-PER, would be great. For AKL, you can fly via JFK, ORD, SFO or LAX on EI, and connect on to AKL on NZ. All of these routings are actually shorter in distance...

Re: New long-distance slots at DCA - DL and Congress vs. MWAA

How much will the airlines accommodate the demands of Congress, even if flights run at a loss, so get favorable treatment as to regulations from the politicians that rule them. If go too far (as UA did with the then Chairperson of the PANYNJ a number of years ago) you may be seen as bribing them. T...

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

DL are hyper aggressive when it comes to their fortress hubs. I doubt MSP can support 11x flights but I would expect DL to prevail and EI to redeploy to a easier route

DL is much better than EI in Y, even if they have slipped a bit since Covid

Re: Thai Airways Explores Major Aircraft Order, Focusing on Boeing 787 Widebodies

Sooner or later someone will call a halt to this madness. TG do not need 80 787.
Thailand is mostly a leisure destination and plenty will take a one-stop option to save money.
They will do well to hold what they have given all the new competition that is coming from airlines with much deeper pockets

Re: Thai Airways Explores Major Aircraft Order, Focusing on Boeing 787 Widebodies

We are talking about Thai Airways so the breakdown should be as following: - 10x 788 - 10x 789 - 10x 78X - 10x 778 - 10x 779 - 10x A359 - 10x A359 ULR - 5x A35K - 5x A35K Sunrise .......and within that will be sub-fleets, different engines, with/without crew rests etc All to ensure there are no mor...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2023

Returned back home from HYD-DOH-BOS. BOY, this is my second experience on QR J class and this A-350 Q-suite experience is too good. I may have taken the same ~ 1 year back too but this time the experience was even more fabulous. Hamad International airport experience that includes the lounge, clean...

Re: Passenger runs onto to tarmac in attempt to get on flight she was late for

Apparently she did not even have a ticket for the flight in question......what she did have was cannabis, so I suspect that helps explain things

Re: Boston Aviation - 2023

My concern for B6 mainly centers around their pursuit of NK. That is going to be a disaster to integrate that workforce. I tend to agree. Current B6 operational performance is woeful and it will only get worse if they have to try to integrate NK. Perhaps if there was a management clear out it (merg...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

For NYC, if B6 have a hit then they might add a flight, otherwise EI A321 day flight. Maybe even Norse but just do not see US3, especially not AA.

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

I would be surprised if the US authorities agreed to CBP-cleared passengers being bussed out to their aircraft because of the potential for non-cleared pax to join once they left the sterile area in the terminal. More likely that flights leaving bus gates would have to clear CBP in the US. I recall...

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

shamrock350 wrote:

Interesting to note these flights (and EDI) will use a non-LR A321neo, featuring 16 Mint seats rather than their A321LR with 24 Mint suites.

JAL A350 new cabins