The amount of language censorship, especially in US media, is anyway mind boggling for someone growing up in the German language sphere where the use of certain language was never a problem. There were guide lines of what language should be used during day time on TV but there was no censorship if a...
Jump to postI do not know how it works in the US but here I have to pay for the waste treatment. So from that point of view they will get the base product plus money. This will be very interesting to follow because unlike traditional jet fuel where the price is depending on the price of crude oil, the crap jet ...
Jump to postWhich part of " demoralized staff who not even necessarily know, what's "the right thing" or how to come about learning, how to do "the right thing" do you insist on missing? Of course workers who do poor quality work are no heroes. And of course "every quality issue t...
Jump to postI guess this is how it goes. Predictable outcome. Top 9 will be two RB, two Ferrari, two Merc, two Mclaren, one AM, only thing up for grabs is the details of the order. 10th up for grabs because the rich guy's kid can't get much out of the other AM. The only time things get shaken up a bit is if Ma...
Jump to postWould this incident be considered something 'dangerous'? No, especially with the outcome. I mean I probably wouldn't want to be under it If you look at EL AL 1862, detached engine parts (or whole engines in that case) can damage the control surfaces of the wing. If they did land with 0 flaps as spe...
Jump to postIs anybody arguing that 753s have lower CASM than 321neos? The niche, then, is very congested airports where the incremental seat count is needed at certain times of day. Sorry to tell you, but that just isn't a market in the U.S. Even UA at EWR has the flexibility to spread capacity out a bit. We ...
Jump to postThis is more than just 'online meetings'. This is about relationships. You don't always win contracts by having the best product. You often times win contracts by friendships and relationships. From a pure objective business perspective, 2020 Revenue (in millions) Commercial Aircraft: $16,162 (27.7...
Jump to postDo you have a preferred garage/car repair shop at the moment? If so, ask one of the mechanics to go test drive the car with you. They normally have a pretty good sense of value and also see the flaws. Then use them against the dealer. The repair guy will get a good customer in you and you will get a...
Jump to postCan only speak for LX here, but even before the A220, they operated the ARJ as they needed to fill two specific roles: A jet airliner that is small enough to be profitable on routes that do not have all the time a lot of passengers. To keep frequency up to provide a certain service it was necessary ...
Jump to postBoeing Corporate HQ is in currently in Arlington, Virginia. In 2001, it moved Corporate HQ from Seattle to Chicago. In 2022, it moved again from Chicago, IL to Arlington, VA. Boeing Commercial Aircrafts' HQ is in Puget Sound, WA, per: https://www.boeing.com/company/about-bca Which is what should co...
Jump to postSay it with me lads; General Average! Some cargo owners might be in for a nasty surprise. :lol: That’s shocking. Thankfully it's not true. P&I clubs exist for a reason. Having seen much self-insurance elsewhere, please educate me (us) on “P&I clubs”. Many jurisdictions do not allow liabilit...
Jump to postElectric motor driven MLG wheels, perovskite film on the fuselage to generate electricity, advanced aerodynamic features to reduce drag, etc... Using perovskite as solar cells is not even fully developed for terrestrial use due to many factors including short and long term stability, contamination ...
Jump to postThe insurance will pay to their limit, if there was no reason to cut their payout. There are two questions here to be asked: How much liability insurance did the company buy and was there any violation of the policy. If the company took all the necessary precautions and followed protocol it will be...
Jump to postIs insurance going to cover the cost of an entire bridge in the USA? I do know that the ship was flagged in Singapore. But I can't see an insurance company shelling out billions of dollars for a single incident. The insurance will pay to their limit, if there was no reason to cut their payout. Ther...
Jump to postNot a seaman here, so I'm just asking. If they'd dropped anchor the moment they realised something had gone wrong, would it have helped? It'd have pivoted and swung around the anchor point (depending on the current) but could it have avoided hitting the pylon? How deep is the water at that point an...
Jump to postPersonally I see a postponement of the new 737 line coming in Q2 or Q3 by a few months because suppliers wont be ready to deliver the parts. I see a postponement because the FAA wont certify the line until Boeing have dealt with the MAX safety audit and bedded in the required changes on other lines...
Jump to postI don't know if this has been posted before, but there's an interview with the Ryanair CEO O'Leary about the situation at Boeing. Fair use excerpts: “Boeing needs leadership. Stan [Deal] needs to get his finger out. He needs to sit in Seattle on a daily basis producing aircraft. They don’t need sal...
Jump to postStan Deal is an engineer. Is he a bad manager because he also has a MBA? I have no opinion on Stan Deal specifically, and that's not the part of MOL's comment I highlighted. What I can see is that there is a large disconnect between management and the production sites, which is something that is al...
Jump to postsure, but that still doesn't capture all the thinking behind. And of course if I document and submit every crazy thought for review and approval, nothing would ever get done as everyone would be too busy with reviews. If it is a crazy thought does it actually need critical review? And yes it should...
Jump to postPeople were doing knowledge concentration and distillation, while passing it down the line, for centuries, if not millennia. There are tons of textbooks on all subjects, research papers, application notes, datasheets and what not. You cannot capture everything that way. A very typical approach is t...
Jump to postPerhaps people 'put themselves over the greater good' because the company will happily kick them under a bus... And exactly that's how you ruin a company. If a worker thinks he can make himself more worth by knowing more than others instead of sharing this knowledge in the fear of being let go, bot...
Jump to postTrue enough! I also know Boeing gives each employee who hits 62 a retirement package that outlines their benefits if they take retirement then. If they retire, it changes the accounting for health benefits and reduces cost. I know a former Boeing employee who looked at it and said, "If they wi...
Jump to postEven after A320NEO was announced, Boeing was talking NSA with customers. Southwest especially did not want a 737 replacement; they wanted 737 re-engined. That became the MAX, and placement of the engines led to MCAS. MCAS properly programmed with redundancy on the AoA sensors would have been perfec...
Jump to postDespite the numerous challenges and setbacks with the 737MAX program it's still a low risk , high return project. Even with MAX 10/7 delays , Boeing still has the chance to make tons of cash with the program before the replacement comes online. Actually in retrospect its not. At the time it was, bu...
Jump to postI wonder what the consequences are for the production ramp up. This is what will really hurt in the long term. The findings can be fixed if addressed properly. Then the FAA will do another audit to see if the production is now in check, but when will that be? If there are new findings (I guess the F...
Jump to postHey it could have been worse, they passed 56 of the audits and the interviewed engineers scored 58%. Now there is a clear path forward for Boeing: Let the six engineers go, the FAA clearly interviewed only the worst of the pack and focus on the 56 things we did right, while the 33 failed audits were...
Jump to postWith roundabouts just be aware that they don't indicate on entering the roundabout, only when they are going to exit. So keep a close eye on that especially on smaller ones (not that there are many). And then you cross the border to a neighboring country and they do the opposite. It's nuts. I hate ...
Jump to postPart of the game... Depends upon whether the objective is to enable the top teams to play at the peak of their athletic abilities. Or just stage a spectacle. I am pretty sure its all about the money. Games only get cancelled if the teams can not get to the venue but if the storm hits while everyone...
Jump to postAnother strange situation is Qantas #55269 with an Airbus official delivery date as of 07/JAN/24 (by the way this is the first aircaft delivered in 2024 :D ) when the first flight occured on the 10/JAN/24 and the fly away flight YMX to CBR began on the 19/JAN/24 : does anyone has an explaination ? ...
Jump to postThe interesting question would be: Which products generate profit and which generate a loss? If only some products generate a loss, it is not a systemic issue and can be dealt with either selling said production lines or renegotiate on said contracts. On the other hand if all products (or most at le...
Jump to postIf a traffic jam occurs on a multi-lane road, preemptively move to the far left/far right to make room for potential rescue vehicles. Just copy what everybody else is doing. The first time I saw this in Germany, it confused the hell out of me. It's incredibly sensible and I really don't understand ...
Jump to postPS Where did you get the “excellent hot&high performance” numbers from? Are the large wings or the powerful GE9X engines not convincing enough? That's not all though, there is also a lot of weight to lift. So the 777-8 will be way more hot and high in comparison. The real question will be, can ...
Jump to postAlso, as someone who had to do the other way around a lot (so from right to left hand traffic), driving during the day is the easiest, as you are almost never alone, so just follow the car in front. Its a bit more tricky in the night when you are alone, especially when you turn onto a main road (or ...
Jump to postUnfortunately, this feels like the next cash cow Boeing is ruining. In theory it could still produce cash as of if the production cost is lower than the sales price, but the whole program could still not be profitable. They already wrote down some investment (as they do not see a way to recoup the ...
Jump to postBoeing made a deal with Ryan Air for them to buy any 737-10's that might be cancelled. https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/rryanair-boeing-737-max-10-dropped-orders I saw a TV news article where Boeing people were talking about flight planning. They seemed to be trying to figure out alternatives lik...
Jump to postGood for A380 fans but not good for the business case 777X. Should Boeing abandon it and stretch the 787 instead? Or start from scratch? Personally they will have to go ahead as they can not just offer anything else as compensation to the airlines that already ordered, an I guess it would be a lot ...
Jump to postI can only see a few airports where the A350 (-1000) would make sense. Heavy lifting to LHR, Australia and maybe HKG? All the rest can be done by 787s but if they need the cargo then A350 are better. 77X? I dont know the multi hub system in the USA really discourages that. Why use a 77X if you can j...
Jump to postLeaving aside yields, load factor etc: the (251T) A338 is a pretty heavy lifter, outranging even the 789 (brochure range at least), though not sure how it would fare with 9ab. My guess is that it could approach a full passenger load, but knowing for sure requires expertise that I simply don't have....
Jump to postCan the A338 do California, or they would need an A350 for that? Leaving aside yields, load factor etc: the (251T) A338 is a pretty heavy lifter, outranging even the 789 (brochure range at least), though not sure how it would fare with 9ab. My guess is that it could approach a full passenger load, ...
Jump to postHaas is very slow. Otherwise very large gaps between the two drivers within the same team, indicating different strategies tested.
Jump to postCouldn't the 787-10 be reengined with the GE9X, be stretched and double stretched and become the new T7? I would say it needs a new wing and gear for that (wing because the gear needs a new bay and a tripple bogey). Otherwise you cant rotate it and I am not sure the GE9X would fit under the wing ei...
Jump to postIn the end : - cost per flight 787-9<A350-900<787-10 - cost per seat 787-10<A350-900<787-9 - cost per payload A350-900<787-9<787-10 - cost to buy 787-9<A350-900<787-10 The 787-10 is great at what it does best, offering the best CASM of the market on (non LCC) flight under 4800nm (and even up to 640...
Jump to postThe airline whose stock is listed on a credible stock exchange and with the largest market capitalization in the world.... is Ryanair Air Canada - $4.9 bn (USD, not CAD) Alaska - $ 4.7 bn American - $9.6 bn Delta - $26.0 bn JetBlue - $2.4 bn Southwest - $20.3 bn Spirit - $0.7 bn United - $13.9 bn R...
Jump to postWouldn't the 787-10 the perfect "India and Asia" aircraft? High capacity for mid-range routes? I think it will be successful, just wait for India to order more widebodies. IMHO the "best" would probably be a 9AB A339. Look at CEBU. For intra-Asia, if you go from a pure stand of ...
Jump to postThere are so many other considerations, that you can not per se look at CASM and RASM and determine that way who is more successful. There is also the option to transport freight, which can generate revenue no matter the seating density (as long as there is enough payload available). Second are the ...
Jump to postNice. I'm happy to see ATR maintaining backlog. To be fair, they slowly become a monopolist, and they do this well. If you need a 40-70 seater for <1500m runways you have no real choice anymore. Soon they have the 42S so they can open up more markets where the competition is not existent (mostly ou...
Jump to postHow are the fuel pumps controlled? I mean there are not that many options to lose both engines, but no fuel in the engine (even if there was some in the tanks) is one option. No pumps no fuel, no thrust.
Jump to postI am not 100% sure here, but doesn't the -10 have the same MTOW as the -9 as it is a simple stretch? This of course does have some implications, as the OEW is going to be higher on the -10 than the -9. As a result, even though the -10 does have more volume than the -9 and approximately the same volu...
Jump to postI believe that some of Boeing's challenges can be attributed to layoffs, which executives refer to as cost reductions. Initially, many employees were let go when the production of the 737 MAX halted due to the MAX crashes, and later due to the impact of the pandemic. This resulted in a significant ...
Jump to postThe only reasonable solution I see is to abandon flight crew rests as separate cabins and have something like a sleeper chair or bunk bed right inside the cockpit. Like in the C-130 or the latest Dassault Falcons. So the second guy can have a cruise nap, but be ready anytime. It is still tricky to ...
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