The bar was set low when Obama won one. That was the closest thing to a participation trophy on the political stage if I ever saw one.
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Is it true SWA management is trying to get the mechanics to allow them to outsource their heavy maintenance? If what I’ve heard is true, this is essentially a mechanics “scope” fight.
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Delta’s OpsSpecs tell us to essentially disregard the charted CAT III A & B minimums. What’s controlling are the minimum RVR values in said document. Most of our aircraft are authorized to Autoland in as little as 600 RVR. The 737s we have are the only one with a HUD which allows it to be manual...
Jump to postThere are no more airframes being added. This in no way impacts scope negotiations and the United pilots will not cave. The sooner Kirby realizes this he can get a deal completed. Yes it does as. It sends a message to pilots that they will work around the scope clause and add premium regional capac...
Jump to postjalarner wrote:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gojet-to-fly-50-bombardier-crj550-aircraft-for-united-airlines-300790427.html
No official announcement, anyone have an idea how many jets it could be for?
I see a configuration that will never fly or be quickly switched to 70 seats. This is a great way to lose money. My guess is this is an negotiation tactic with the pilots to relax the scope clause. There are no more airframes being added. This in no way impacts scope negotiations and the United pil...
Jump to postIt’s not a new, clean-sheet model requiring a launch customer. Bombardier will be converting currently operated 70 seaters into these 50 seaters. Bombardier is not getting new orders from this.
Jump to posthttp://newsinflight.com/2019/02/03/emir ... ia-routes/
If proven completely true, I could see other governments beginning investigations into these carriers.
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STL: AA flew STL-LGW for a few years after the merger with TW. SJC: AA flew SJC-NRT until 2006. AA also started SJC-CDG and TPE in 2001 but it ended right after 9/11. I flew LGW-STL on a TWA 747 one year to the day prior to flight 800 going down. I even have a picture of the plane looking at the no...
Jump to post777Mech wrote:No confirmation yet, but it looks like DL will be running extra sections on the ATL-AMS route until further notice due to a lack of aircraft available. They will be flown with A330 aircraft.
The Best and Worst U.S. Airlines of 2018 Delta shines in a ranking of measures including delays, mishandled baggage and complaints, while American lags behind its largest competitors, its basically a measure of how airlines perform operationally. 7 categories, 1 overall winner. 1st category, On Tim...
Jump to postProfit Sharing is 14%. Wow. I believe that's notably higher than last year. If you listen carefully you can hear the muffled sounds of AA, UA, WN, and AS employees screaming into their pillows with jealousy. As already pointed out, the non-contract employees are getting more PS for 2018 vs 2017. Th...
Jump to postHow did you calculate their indicated air speeds? You’d have to know winds and temps aloft. Extreme temps and pressure can have huge impacts on TAS. Add in big tailwinds it all can add up to high ground speeds.
Are you sure your calculations didn’t produce ground speeds?
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The bigger question is if the crew had the engines stabilized prior to hitting TOGA. If not, the 737 can have uneven engine acceleration and there are lots of documented incidents of this. Add in the slippery conditions and this looks like this will be the case.
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Would they retain the ejection seats?!
Jump to postGround call is a pretty standard function these days. It is used when someone in the cockpit needs to talk to someone on the ground. It does have other functions as in when ground power power is shut down and the Adiru reverts to battery when AC power is lost when power ground power is shut down wi...
Jump to postYes, IIRC, the ground call "horn" (GND or GND CALL) is like a car horn and is LOUD, but momentary. The warble tone is a cooling system failure, and continues until cleared. The 737 ground horn is a fast repeating hi-lo sound that can be manually made with the button as you see in the phot...
Jump to postWouldn't they carry passengers anyway like other airlines use to do it? BA's A380 flights to FRA or AY's A350 flights within Europe come to mind. Right now it’s check airmen only onboard. As they get closer to 31Jan they will probably have employees onboard as faux passengers to help put FAs throug...
Jump to postSensors being installed on new aircraft are the future of turbulence reporting.
Here’s a peak at Delta’s proprietary Flight Weather Viewer app we use on the flight deck.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/this-is-t ... a-flights/
Wouldn't they carry passengers anyway like other airlines use to do it? BA's A380 flights to FRA or AY's A350 flights within Europe come to mind. Right now it’s check airmen only onboard. As they get closer to 31Jan they will probably have employees onboard as faux passengers to help put FAs throug...
Jump to postIf the light is as bright as you make it seem to be, how could any human stare at it for 5 seconds? The natural reaction would be to shut your eyes or turn your head.
This does sound a little fishy.
peterinlisbon wrote:ilovelamp wrote:scbriml wrote:For cod's sake, enough with all the fish puns. I know some of you are doing it just for the halibut.
Sometimes it's easy to feel like you're just a prawn in the game of life.
Fluke you!
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That joke is offensive to people that believe in Cod.
scbriml wrote:For cod's sake, enough with all the fish puns. I know some of you are doing it just for the halibut.
Sometimes it's easy to feel like you're just a prawn in the game of life.
Revelation wrote:ilovelamp wrote:This didn’t seem to go over swimmingly.
Yep, it all went belly up.
Apparent condescension aside, yes, I am completely aware of that. However, this is about thrust, or more specifically, the lack of it. The 737’s wing-mounted engines creates increases in pitch as thrust increases. As a result, lower thrust settings even with properly set pitch trim creates the need ...
Jump to postAlso, on some aircraft, the more the engines are derated for takeoff, the more back pressure is required during rotation. I’m not exactly weak in the arms department and I find a fully derated 737 requiring a decent amount of strength to rotate at times. But, again, the two hand technique just make...
Jump to postI've brought this up before: So many YouTube videos from the cockpit during takeoff show the PF using 2 hands on the Yoke during rotation. I've never understood this. Makes me wonder if certain aircraft are indeed "heavier" on the controls. Or maybe (as a previous instructor once told me)...
Jump to postJust read a Tennessean article online, a Nashville city council woman is proposing to rename BNA The Oprah Winfrey Nashville International Airport. Hmm.... HELL no. Better yet, save the controversy of picking the wrong name and potentially offending half the city’s residents and just leave it as it...
Jump to postAfter the 88s/90s, the 717s will most likely be the next fleet phased out. My guess is after that, the older 737/8s and 320s will start to go. Time frame is probably 2025-30.
Jump to postAll of Delta's current B737-900ER's are all being delivered with Split Scimitar winglets, do we know when the -700's and -800's will be retrofitted with then or are they going to be retrofitted at all? Not all -900ER I found, actually 70% -900ER already retrofitted. And technically, they don’t come...
Jump to postTTailedTiger wrote:Is Delta planning some kind of expansion or are these to replace the 772ER?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/14/reuters ... urces.html
Hopefully this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Prost wrote:ilovelamp wrote:The latest rumor is an order of upwards of 50 A339NEOs (firm/options combined) by Delta as Airbus seems to be holding the line on 350 prices.
Where have you heard this rumor?
The latest rumor is an order of upwards of 50 A339NEOs (firm/options combined) by Delta as Airbus seems to be holding the line on 350 prices.
Jump to postMakes me wonder if there is something to do with the somewhat new aircraft type, knowing the MAX has newer instrumentation than the NG models. Perhaps crew were not used to the new instruments in the MAX, especially with the airline's poor track record in training, resulting in chaos and confusion ...
Jump to postKICT wrote:I've seen DCA take off on 01, land 19. This was with poor visibility.
No plans to install them on anything other than the -900ERs. The modification of remaining fleet of that model won’t be completed until 2020 at the earliest. So the rest of the 900ers are getting them? When are they starting that? TechOps has only purchased a limited number to retro fit the older 9...
Jump to postWall Street is being a bunch sullen moody bastards at the moment. Nothing going on in the markets make much sense right now. Oil has started down again on record numbers in US supply seemingly every new report. There is no justifiable reason it should be over 55 a barrel for WTI. Canada is selling ...
Jump to postWall Street doesn’t like it. The stock opened up down almost 9%.
Jump to postNo plans to install them on anything other than the -900ERs. The modification of remaining fleet of that model won’t be completed until 2020 at the earliest.
Jump to postAnyone know when the 737-700s will be getting 2Ku, or why they haven't yet? These aircraft are all still operating with the original Gogo ATG equipment, not even ATG-4. What's the deal? The prototype was supposed to start modifications November of last year. Now it looks like the prototype, 3601, g...
Jump to postAs an aftermath, spoilers now automatically retract when giving max power. Not on all airliners; however, it became required procedure to verify speedbrakes are stowed for go-arounds, and TCAS and wind shear escape maneuvers. I think there was a service bulletin to change the logic so spoilers auto...
Jump to postGianiDC wrote:As an aftermath, spoilers now automatically retract when giving max power.
DEN also uses this type of scenario, but those runways are miles apart.
Jump to postLeveraging technology to reduce your interactions with humans. In other words, lower costs. That’s the only way this survives. I think he knows that but is spinning it as a positive. Lower costs and prevent an accumulation of jobs that require all the people expenses. Other airlines make you work t...
Jump to postIt will also be a company making a profit for a few years with a crop of zero seniority/bottom of the pay scale new hires in a industry where time based seniority is everything. And when the labor costs inevitably go up with time, he will sell. (speed up this timeline 2x if the pilots/FAs unionize ...
Jump to postLeveraging technology to reduce your interactions with humans. In other words, lower costs. That’s the only way this survives. I think he knows that but is spinning it as a positive.
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