Let's keep it classy. The passengers may have been war criminals, but the pilots were probably just pilots.
Jump to postSorry, I should have been more specific. I am wondering why I can't see seat availability before entering names? I am booking for a family of 3, and would like to see which flight options have 3 seats next to each other before entering passenger info. I have selected a number of flights so far, the...
Jump to postHm, I don't really know what you mean. I just made a random dummy booking on LH's website. Searched for a random route, selected a flight time with the cheapest Y category without a seat on page 1, entered my name and mail address on the page 2 and then page 3 allows me to select extra services, in...
Jump to postIs this a Euro thing? I can't get my head around why an airline would hide one of the most important factors in making a flight booking decision. United seems to implement seat maps the best, but AA and Delta have them readily available too, all are visible while comparing prices and schedules. So, ...
Jump to postWhat are airlines like United going to do?
They lean heavily on 757’s and 767’s for their US-Europe flights.
having a very senior manager in the room to help remove blockages, cut through red tape, make difficult operational decisions, approve external resources or get senior governmental officials on the phone is extremely helpful. It’s also good for morale. Keanu Reeves helped his film crew carry heavy ...
Jump to postThis is grounds for the board to terminate him.
If you demonstrate a lack of basic leadership skills in a time of crisis, then they’re going to make room for someone who has them.
DEN really kills me sometimes. They build this outdoor area at Terminal A, which is a great idea. But the ground is cheap concrete, and it looks filthier than a gas station bathroom. The furniture all pools and collects water, so everyone is just standing, with nowhere to sit. Both of these issues w...
Jump to postAlways wondered, is there enough space between A and B terminals to put another terminal ? No. The efficiency of DEN is that both concourses can push while two way traffic is also moving. Widebody gates and international gates seem to already be short even with A west opening. Is DL going to have a...
Jump to postIn short-haul there is very little real product differentiation between European "full-service" carriers and LCCs. "Business class" is just a blocked middle seat and the seat pitch is often the same as the LCCs or very nearly so. Generally speaking, Europe & the UK are cluel...
Jump to postReuters article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-arrests-man-with-explosive-device-luggage-pennsylvania-airport-2023-03-01/ A few outlets are reporting that it was an Allegiant flight bound for SFB: https://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/2023/03/01/bomb-explosives-on-florida-orlando-allegi...
Jump to postSenator Rubio speaking today after a classified press conference on the UAP's: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5057562/user-clip-senator-rubio-speaks-shot-uap Essentially, we have no idea what these things are, where they came from, and the government is not releasing whatever details they do have. R...
Jump to postWithout getting too deep into political rhetoric, there has been criticism of the Biden administrations attitude and stance toward China by his opponents. The original balloon was politically embarrassing, so it seems logical now that his administration will over compensate, and make a big show of b...
Jump to postLetter from SWA's Chris Johnson to Ramp Agents at DEN on 12/21.
As one commenter noted, "In these situations you give people the carrot, not the whip. Give folks double pay, overtime, whatever they want."
https://twitter.com/ruthschmidt/status/ ... 5861988352
This isn’t, or shouldn’t be, news. The tropics can have nasty, unexpected turbulence. Wear your seatbelt. Not hard. 36 people injured on an airline flight isn't news? Wow. This is what's called a "Why is this news?" troll. One of the most ancient types of internet troll: https://mashable....
Jump to postWhat sort of improvements to baggage claim are being worked on as part of the $2B renovation project? Just did my 30th arrival in Denver for 2022 – it’s a minimum of 90 minutes from touchdown to baggage arrival each time. By far the worst of the major US airports. Even Newark has them out in 30 mins...
Jump to postUA just started running daily DEN-EWR on a 787-9 this month. The flights all look to be almost completely booked, including almost all Polaris seats (not upgrades). This must be a profitable route for them to dedicate a 787-9 to? Or perhaps they are just getting ready to retire the 757's? Either way...
Jump to postThere's been years of talk of lie-flats on both MAXs and some 321neos. Why do you think NEITHER of those will occur? Well, the 763 I flew on was 28 years old and the 752 was 26. Given how many years it took UA to implement the new Polaris, it seems like there will be a significant multi-year gap be...
Jump to postStill no signs of cabin retrofits on the narrowbody planes… (sighs in sadness) I was fortunate to fly Polaris on the 752 and 763 domestically this week. The experience compared to first class on a 737 is night and day. You feel so much more relaxed and rested on arrival, even if it’s just a 3-4 hou...
Jump to postFitch was handing out AAA ratings to subprime mortgage lenders leading up to the 2008 financial crises. So I wouldn't exactly put any stock in their ratings today.
Jump to postAnyone have insight into what happened to Denver's 777 & 787 flights to EWR, IAH, ORD, IAD, etc.? I have a lot of work trips coming up, and I can't find anything besides 737 flights to these hubs. But I would regularly fly on wide bodies in the past, simply because it gave me a better chance of ...
Jump to postThe richest person in the world values their privacy at $5,000. Should tell you a lot about how much he values your privacy.
Jump to postThere is no way I'd fly a WN 73-anything from DEN-HNL. Heck, DEN-PDX or DEN-anywhere more than 2.5 hours n WN metal is brutal enough. Their new seats suck and their crews aren't, shall we say, friendly, as in years past. I'd gladly pay extra to fly UA or connect on DL out of SLC. Couldn’t agree mor...
Jump to postAll the design changes in the world still aren’t going to get me to fly on a 737 for 5+ hours.
Jump to posthttps://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/business/southwest-ceo-covid/index.html Literally 2 days ago he was advocating for removing the mask mandate on planes, as he considers them a "safe" environment. His positive test shows why CEO's should NOT be giving health advice or making health related de...
Jump to post2 cars per day are being stolen from DIA and the surrounding area. Tons of people reporting their cars being chopped within DIA lots: https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/qprsks/do_not_park_at_dia_in_the_econmy_lots_dia_economy/ Why doesn’t doesn’t DIA have security at their own parking lots? Th...
Jump to postmanny wrote:UA adds a second daily flight to LHR.
For the boomers having trouble with the safety issue: Broadcasting political views in 2021 is idiotic. Especially to a crowd of people who’s taxes bailed you out and saved your job. Idiotic people shouldn’t be allowed to fly planes. Thus, the pilot has demonstrated an inability to make decisions and...
Jump to posthttps://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-pilot-tells-passengers-lets-go-brandon-in-flight-announcement-2021-10 If a pilot has such poor judgement to broadcast his politics to pax, should he be allowed to fly planes? Is Southwest this desperate for pilots that they have to hire unsafe, socially inep...
Jump to postWhat’s the scoop with Bergen, Norway?
Big business hub or something?
UA isn’t even doing DEN-LHR anymore, hard to believe they’d add a smaller European market.
Jump to postIAH is only ok, as they still fly the ancient 6-across biz class planes. Just curious, but which planes are 6-across in biz? I’m not totally up-to-date on the reconfigurations but I thought all international 777s are complete and more than half of the 787-9s, with the remaining ones going through r...
Jump to postThis pretty much describes what happened 178 Seconds To Live https://youtu.be/pc9xI4kpY4w Fascinating video, but can you help me understand what exactly is happening here? It sounds like airspeed is high, the pilot is pulling back on the controls, but altitude is dropping. What's happening here? I ...
Jump to postAnybody know why UA dropped DEN-LHR?
Having to go through IAD or EWR is not ideal. Those flights are too short and you can’t get enough sleep.
IAH is only ok, as they still fly the ancient 6-across biz class planes.
DEN was a sweet spot.
I can't think of worse PR than pilots refusing to keep their passengers safe.
Are Southwest pilots going to advocate that a couple drinks before flying is OK now too?
smokeybandit wrote:I didn't realize there was any tourism in Roatan other than cruise ships
B747forever wrote:While obviously not that important, I wonder though how they decide to fill their F/J cabins!
Why would the airlines get paid anything?
They got $15 billion in taxpayer bailout money last year, pretty sure they can afford to run a few lifesaving flights as a thank you.
Didn’t the FAA already clear the MAX a few years ago? And how many of the people responsible for causing hundreds of deaths were fired for not doing their jobs correctly? Because of that level of corruption, nobody is going to trust this plane, and the general public is not as dumb as many of you se...
Jump to postSomething eerie about this accident: I have Flightradar 24 on my iPhone, but just yesterday I enabled push notifications for when any aircraft sends out a distress signal. Today, I got a notification that this flight (4B902) had signaled an emergency. I opened the app, and watched him circle slowly ...
Jump to postJust a reminder to keep your posts relevant to Aviation, for all comments that are not aviation related, please continue discussion in the Non Aviation forum What is the point of even posting on this site? I just left a useful comment with a direct source linked to it, and it was deleted. But you h...
Jump to postPlease don't go if at all possible to avoid. Any non-essential travel is just irresponsible right now. I don't disagree with the sentiment here, but this just isn't realistic. I travel for work; I've got Miami, NYC, Denver, and Boston all on the agenda for the next 4 weeks. Unless banks are going t...
Jump to postDoes this seem like BS pandering to anyone else?
I can still fly nonstop between the US, China, and South Korea.
What’s the point of banning Poles, Finns, and Swiss, but allowing folks from the epicenter of the virus to come and go as they please?
Can anyone comment on why airlines aren't discounting tickets, even though demand is extraordinarily low? For example, Newark to Milan on United is going for $5000+ business class right now, but today's flight only had 30 pax. What's the advantage to keeping prices so high when demand is at a record...
Jump to postOne thing is clear: people advocating for locked seats simply don’t fly very often. Seat recline is one of the only remaining respites for frequent fliers, especially on long haul 737 or a320 flights, which are becoming extremely common. I fact, last year I was on more 737 & 757 long haul fight...
Jump to postOne thing is clear: people advocating for locked seats simply don’t fly very often. Seat recline is one of the only remaining respites for frequent fliers, especially on long haul 737 or a320 flights, which are becoming extremely common. I fact, last year I was on more 737 & 757 long haul fights...
Jump to postThe probability of a missile is still way overrated in this thread. Yes, it's a distinct possibility that the plane was shot down, but the likelyhood is far smaller than many here make it out to be. . The President of Iran literally threatened to blow up a plane less than 48 hours before a plane my...
Jump to postN14011 (787-10) passed through DEN just now on its first day of revenue flights. Perplexingly, this iteration is missing 21 premium seats compared to other United 787-10’s. 44 J seats, but it’s missing the Premium Plus section, and replaced it with more economy plus. Anyone care to speculate why thi...
Jump to postNo one here seems to have mentioned that 2 days ago, Iran’s president threatened to blow up a plane similar to the Lockerbie bombing. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10686727/iran-lockerbie-bombing-threat-troops-home-coffins/ Believe something written in the SCUM ? Then relate it to an a/c full of th...
Jump to postNo one here seems to have mentioned that 2 days ago, Iran’s president threatened to blow up a plane similar to the Lockerbie bombing.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10686727/ ... e-coffins/