Salem, OR, is less than 90 minutes from both PDX (Portland, OR) and EUG (Eugene, OR); both of which have existing service. Once the money runs out, Avelo will pull out of there; this is a waste of public funds IMHO. Flaming starts in 3... 2... 1... Maybe Salem does flop, but PVU to SLC is 45 minute...
Jump to postSalem, OR, is less than 90 minutes from both PDX (Portland, OR) and EUG (Eugene, OR); both of which have existing service.
Once the money runs out, Avelo will pull out of there; this is a waste of public funds IMHO.
Flaming starts in 3... 2... 1...
Wow, impressive fire. One question (and yes, it's easy to ask from behind a keyboard): given the fire was from the front of the GSE (appears from the engine), wouldn't it be worth trying to push it with a tug or a truck so it gets away from the aircraft, limiting damage to the latter and potential ...
Jump to postWow, impressive fire. One question (and yes, it's easy to ask from behind a keyboard): given the fire was from the front of the GSE (appears from the engine), wouldn't it be worth trying to push it with a tug or a truck so it gets away from the aircraft, limiting damage to the latter and potential b...
Jump to postPeople they ride in private jets are rich I fly private aircraft all day, every day. 92% of our dispatched flights are medevac and organ donation/harvest. Don't paint everything with a broad brush, you lose detail and nuance that way. This. The myth of the fat cat CEO being the only private jet cus...
Jump to postNo one has suggested the MAX10 has the range of the XLR. The “battle” is between the A321neo generally and the MAX10. I love how people are acting like this is some major blow to Boeing. Boeing doesn’t have a product in this segment. It is a big blow to Boeing, because it confirms they missed the c...
Jump to postI love how people are acting like this is some major blow to Boeing. Boeing doesn’t have a product in this segment. Boeing also didn't have an A220 sized aircraft either, but yet used every legal means to try and stop it. The 737 MAX 7 is similar to the A223, so, yes it does. Regardless, that was m...
Jump to postNo one has suggested the MAX10 has the range of the XLR. The “battle” is between the A321neo generally and the MAX10. I love how people are acting like this is some major blow to Boeing. Boeing doesn’t have a product in this segment. It is a big blow to Boeing, because it confirms they missed the c...
Jump to postNo one has suggested the MAX10 has the range of the XLR. The “battle” is between the A321neo generally and the MAX10. I love how people are acting like this is some major blow to Boeing. Boeing doesn’t have a product in this segment. It is a big blow to Boeing, because it confirms they missed the c...
Jump to posta friend of mine who is a DL mech told me they were hot garbage with low dispatch reliability when they got them. This supports someone's accretion they were pretty clapped out when they got from from PA. My understanding is that the A300s & A310s required a different type of troubleshooting th...
Jump to postI think the A310 was canned because 1) The A310 in 1991 had no other aircraft family it can claim commonality with should Delta want to order into a family of aircraft. It already had that with 767-200/300 and perhaps Boeing design assurance for the 400 2) Perhaps pilot seniority and integration is...
Jump to postDoes an airtag work in Russia. putting one of them in the packaging of components going to suspected unapproved middlemen might be useful. You are making the assumption that the company producing the parts actually wants to prevent them from being smuggled into Russia. They have plausible deniabili...
Jump to postYou obviously knew what I was referring to Absolutely not. Cause, what's RA??? Has me stumped too. Perhaps he means RA in the same way that he could say he can’t wait to fly QF to VH, NZ to ZK, AC to C, BA to G, LH to D, EK to A6, SQ to 9V, UA to N, etc? Would certainly be the first time I’ve heard...
Jump to postI think the A310 was canned because 1) The A310 in 1991 had no other aircraft family it can claim commonality with should Delta want to order into a family of aircraft. It already had that with 767-200/300 and perhaps Boeing design assurance for the 400 2) Perhaps pilot seniority and integration is...
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:It’d be interesting to compare inflation adjusted RPM.
2032 is 9 years away; ain't "soon" by any mean. I don't know. When new procurement can be a 5-6 great process, and no aircraft is available close to a 1-1 replacement, nine years is just around the corner. 5-6 great process??? Regardless, 9 years is nowhere near "soon"; it's in ...
Jump to postHello everybody, Given that Emirates will soon retire their A380 I been wondering. Why didn't Emirates order the 747-400 or even the 747-8 since the 747-8 is almost as large as the A380. Given that few airlines ordered the 747-8. Emirates wouldn't even need to wait too long to get them delivered sh...
Jump to postkjeld0d wrote:LaunchDetected wrote:richcandy wrote:
I don't know if this is true or not however I was once told by a dietitian that most rugby players have a BMI of more that 25.
So BMI based fares might be a bit difficult to enforce
Alex
Yes BMI is notoriously unreliable for athletes in general.
I thought they merged into BA?
There are many ways to define market share. Personally I only consider actual deliveries and exclude freighters and military models. It's entirely your choice, of course, but I cannot see the logic of excluding freighters and tankers. They are built on the same line, include mostly similar componen...
Jump to postThanks for the numbers. I think your data also shows a trend toward market fragmentation. As you said at one point the 747 was the best selling widebody. That was supplanted by the 777 and now the 787. The sweet spot has gone from 350 seats, to 300 seats, to 250-280 seats. The link in the OP pointe...
Jump to postHow bad is the A338 on shorter (TATL) type hops? The order numbers are abysmal, but does it have to be that bad? Does it do much better than a 2/3rds full (or less) A339? If it does it may make sense for DL to scoop some up anyway. Much like how the 764 and 753 made sense for DL years back despite ...
Jump to postUnless a gate is exclusive to one exact type of aircraft, the "no go" engine zone is impossible to define due to the variation of engine positioning; so, it would have to be more of a procedure to follow than a hard exclusion zone. Not at all. With current lighting tech, imagine a laser i...
Jump to postThe first wide body DL needs to replace are their 767's. The question is how best to do that. My guess is they look at all the available options, very, very carefully. Anything is possibe. Really putting your neck on the line, there. Thanks. I can speculate like everybody else but with DL you never...
Jump to postThat plane already exists and it has been in the market for decades, its called the A330. The A330 (and now A330neo) is bigger and much heavier with a longer range and much bigger wing than the A300/A310. The A300 (and to a lesser extend the A310) is more of a regional/mid-range aircraft; is there ...
Jump to postMaybe that market share could change if Airbus introduced the A300Neo / A310Neo. That plane already exists and it has been in the market for decades, its called the A330. The A330 (and now A330neo) is bigger and much heavier with a longer range and much bigger wing than the A300/A310. The A300 (and...
Jump to postI just find it amusing that many of the same people who insisted that it was completely unviable for a large, multi-hub airline like United to add A350s to their fleet have decided that the same apparently doesn't apply to Delta adding 787s. :lol: All that talk at the time about economies of scale!...
Jump to postFormer ramper here too. SkyWest, PSP. CRJ’s/brasilias and in season United A320’s mostly at the time. I do know on the ramp for the regional aircraft there were no indicators for props and I honestly cannot remember if the mainline gates had the “no go” engine area defined. My training was OJT from...
Jump to postOnly 2 JL -100SRs were built as SUDs (MSN 23390 & 23637) in 1986, out of 11 -100SRs FL operated. Because the SR was so specific, they kept calling it -100SR(SUD), vs -300 for the factory-built "-200(SUD)"; so, Boeing never factory built a -200(SUD) and UT's were retrofits, same as KL'...
Jump to postIt was something offered by Boeing. Aside from KLM (10 frames) UTA got it on a pair of 742s and JL on a pair of -100SRs. As to why, that’s easy: provide more passenger capacity. FYI the JL birds were built as such, not sure on the UT ones. Only 2 JL -100SRs were built as SUDs (MSN 23390 & 23637...
Jump to postI haven't been on the ramp in 15 years. I admit that I was guilty of taking shortcuts. But even with taking a shortcut, you must still pay attention. Wearing hearing protection or not, you can still hear an engine running and even more so, you can hear the distinct sound the engines make when the f...
Jump to postPolot wrote:It was something offered by Boeing. Aside from KLM (10 frames) UTA got it on a pair of 742s and JL on a pair of -100SRs.
As to why, that’s easy: provide more passenger capacity.
When did KLM carry out the SUD conversion on their 747s - was it a Boeing concept- was it offered to any other airline s? Why did KLM opt for it - capacity does not appear an issue at KLM? Google is a great help. This is a great article about it, and this article shows photos of the process carried...
Jump to postOnly if they developed new smaller widebody to replace A330neo. 8 Abreast widebody with composite materials the size of A310 and A330-200 would compliment A350. Other than that. I don't see any way they could actually compete with B787 and Boeing's monopoly in the widebody market. Monopoly??? It's ...
Jump to postI think a lot will hinge on the 777X. It's almost the elephant in the room. Everywhere I look I see different numbers of planes ordered but let's go with Boeing's own figures. https://www.boeing.com/commercial/#/orders-deliveries Including this month's order from Air India, they claim to have sold ...
Jump to postDo the regulators treat workplace fatalities (airline employees) different than passenger fatalities? That is one key difference I see with these recurring 121 deaths and the lack of of any regulatory actions that might ensure this never happens again. That is one thing I like about the NTSB/FAA pa...
Jump to postLooks like it's already over, so I'd say no impact. I don't believe for a second it's over for good. IMHO, it was one of the 2: - a test by Wagner or others to see if Poutine could be ousted; - the preliminary step from Poutine to identify those hostile to him. I think a coup, or worse civil war, i...
Jump to post^^ Exactly! I believe no civilian plane had ever been shot down by anyone intentionally. But the list of acidential victims is very long which means: avoid risk areas whenever you can. **cough cough** KE Flight 902 in 1978, KE Flight 007 in 1983, MH Flight 17 in 2014, PS Flight 752 in 2020**cough c...
Jump to postWell, it seems Prigojine will exile to Belarus, and that the Wagner team members won't be prosecuted... officially. It appears that the situation is officially over; but I doubt it is, and Poutine will use what was seen (people cheering to Wagner) and will retaliate. As far as aviation is concerned,...
Jump to postStatisticians could probably compare the number of “ingestion” catastrophes regarding wing mounted engines versus catastrophes involving tail mounted engines. I personally cannot recount any tail mounted tragedies like this. Can anyone? Condolences to the family of the victim and for G.. sake every...
Jump to postAll sorts of manoeuvres and tricks are possible. There is no guarantee that things will stay calm tonight. It is an ongoing open rebellion. You're right that we have no clue how the situation will be an hour from now, it might explode; however, between an hour ago and now, reports say the situation...
Jump to postLooks like the rebellion has ended and is winding down, so flight operations may continue as normal. You might be going a little fast here: it seems they have stopped their progression and are heading back to their camps. But I doubt it has ended altogether, Prigojine is akin to a mercenary and won...
Jump to postIt is quite normal to have deflated tires after a rejected take off at high weights and high speeds, airplane tires are design to do it, so they avoid a tire explosion when they have high temperatures, it's called fuse plugs, they just melt at certain temperature and deflate in a control manner. No...
Jump to postUnconfirmed rumours claim there might be a curfew in Moscow starting tonight. This might make it hard to impossible for crews and passengers to just get to the airport. "Anti-terrorist Protocol", or something to that effect, is in force in Moscow right now; it's basically curfew and then ...
Jump to postUS crew pay is by the minute, every one costs money. Scheduled minute, or actual one? If actual (which would makes sense), it doesn't really matter as the door will be closed (and the pay starts) X minutes before scheduled departure and opened Y minutes after actual arrival at the gate. If Y is 2 m...
Jump to postUS crew pay is by the minute, every one costs money. Scheduled minute, or actual one? If actual (which would makes sense), it doesn't really matter as the door will be closed (and the pay starts) X minutes before scheduled departure and opened Y minutes after actual arrival at the gate. If Y is 2 m...
Jump to postFrom the article - "The bespoke engine is optimised for sustainable supersonic flight and is designed to deliver 25% more time on wing and provide 10% operating cost savings to airline customers. Symphony’s technical specifications include: Two-spool, medium-bypass turbofan engine, no afterbur...
Jump to postd8s wrote:WayexTDI wrote:d8s wrote:
I can't wait to fly SU back to RA
Can't wait to fly Aeroflot to Royal Nepal? That don't make no sense.
What's RA? Abbreviations make no sense usually.
You obviously knew what I was referring to
Eventually the war in Ukraine will end and Russian airlines will be allowed to fly to europe, USA etc. Be it in 5 years or 10 years, the exact timing isn't the important part here. Slots that were once held by Russian airlines have been redistrubted to other airlines. There is also the question of ...
Jump to postVicenza wrote:flyingclrs727 wrote:I rather doubt NATO countries will allow war criminal pilots to operate commercial flights over their airspace.
A pilot flying for the Russian airforce would not, by itself, make him a war criminal.
Does anyone know why there are no 5 star US airlines? Because U.S Airlines have no concept of Customer Service. If you noticed, almost all the carriers who are 5 Stars are Asian and they are known for their stellar onboard service. On American Airlines, if you ask an FA for anything, they will scre...
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