Re: The Final Push Part 2: UK DEL-MAA-DEL in Economy

Ha! I just came on here to check if there were any trip reports on the QR mini qsuite which I’m flying on Thursday from MAA and came across this right at the top which made me laugh as I’m doing UK837 today! Nice report and interesting about the luggage weight. I think I might be over the 15kg but w...

Re: Art vs. the conterversial artist

Why is it that whenever Banksy paints on a public wall/signboard, it is considered art but if anyone else does it, it is called graffiti? That’s probably part of the “art”. I would t be surprised if Banksy has painted “normal” graffiti just to see. If I were her/him I would make a note of all the g...

Re: “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé

But if she feels like a country girl and says shes a country girl and identifies as a country girl then she must actually be a country girl no?

Fred

Re: Tiny Holes Inside LEAP-1B Inlet

TinPecker wrote:

It is approximately 0.04-inch.

Re: Tiny Holes Inside LEAP-1B Inlet

The Trent XWB has the same. A darker section inside the inlet with lots of tiny holes. Looks and feels like carbon fibre but I'm not exactly sure what it's made of. https://mcstarlite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Airbus-A350.jpg It’s still Ti as far as I’m aware, the ‘new’ feature being added for...

Re: British Airways Routes with the A350-1000

I’ve flown it to/from YYZ, ORD, BOM in the past. Not sure if it’s current status on those routes.

Fred

Re: “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé

Not interested at all, but from a musical standpoint, US country and rap music have the same roots: rural English and Irish folk music. Any country song can be a rap song, and vice versa. It’s basically the same genre anyway. They also use the same accent - again, from rural England. As someone bor...

Re: Art vs. the conterversial artist

Depends, in Scotland there is a new law that might protect from things people find offensive (unless it’s because you are a woman). The issue with offence is that something cannot be definitively offensive, only that someone finds it offensive. It’s also worth noting that law doesn’t necessarily equ...

Re: Tiny Holes Inside LEAP-1B Inlet

I think they are for acoustic dampening. I used to make them for RR Trent engines back when I had hair. A sheet of perforated Ti about 150mm wide and 300mm long on either side of a piece of either plastic coated paper or Al honeycomb bonded to form a sandwich. The little holes help dampen certain fr...

Re: A350 backlog shifting towards A350-1000/F

Feels like Airbus might be getting on the right side of the Production volume/cost curve. As the higher demand picks up for the aforementioned aircraft the model specific costs associated with tem will drop and as such it becomes more attractive as airbus can reasonably offer them at a lower price. ...

Re: NA Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

The head office of the company I work for is right in the line of totality in NB, My manager who is based there was debating whether he would come to India with me that week, I told him he wasn't allowed as the eclipse is clearly more exciting! I'm very jealous!

Fred

Re: Boeing announces Board and Management Changes

Well I'll be glued to the news for the day then, as others I will be interested to see the parachutes and the reaction to them. I'm afraid I am the same as the standard public these days and as interested in the reaction to the news as to the news itself. Props to a.net for being ~12 minutes faster ...

Re: Emirates A350 9 or 10 abreast in economy?

DFW17L wrote:

“Flight Waitress, may I have a shoe horn? I need to take my seat.”

“Here you are. And here’s the Cisco shortening.”

Re: Emirates A350 9 or 10 abreast in economy?

I for one have avoided EK since my one and only long haul experience on an EK 77W in 10 abreast, and an awful business class experience on the same a/c. I wish all the best to those who think this is okay for long haul flights. Thankfully, there are plenty of other options available. There is a ton...

Re: Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Council agrees 125-year lease for closed airport site

having flown out of there a number of times it was a great little airport and fundamentally better than LBA. The big challenge was/is realistically peel, they aren't really there to help but to milk money real estate values, Good luck DSA!

Fred

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Boeing Whistleblower Warned Family Friend 'It's Not Suicide' Before Death John Barnett, the 62-year-old Boeing whistleblower discovered dead with a gunshot wound in South Carolina Saturday, had previously told a family friend not to believe what authorities would say if he was found dead, according...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

New details emerge in case of Alaska Airlines plane where door plug blew out The NTSB said Boeing is blocking it from getting all the information it needs. https://abcnews.go.com/US/boeing-overwrote-surveillance-footage-door-plug-repair-ntsb/story?id=108084196 No, Boeing says the information the NT...

Re: Business class for travel

1. lie-flat seat 2. More privacy on board 3. Better food and drinks 4. Priority check in 5. Earlier boarding 6. Earlier deplaning 7. Better baggage allowance 8. Amenity kit that I can slightly curate and give to unsuspecting female relatives at christmas. 9. Lounge access (although I get that with s...

Re: Airliners.net Data Breach

OK, Thankyou. I thought best to let you know.

Fred

Re: Airliners.net Data Breach

I Signed out and back in again and it came up again.



me know if you need more info.

Fred

Re: Airliners.net Data Breach

Hi Guys, not to leave you in the dark but today and yesterday google chrome didn't give me the same warnings so not sure why. If it happens I will surely take a shot for you.

Fred

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Has Dave (or any of the other senior execs at Boeing) admitted that have a cultural problem? If they continue to deny when things are going wrong they can hardly expect others in the organisation to behave differently. The above post from the nuclear industry was absolute spot on, I’m less eloquent...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Has Dave (or any of the other senior execs at Boeing) admitted that have a cultural problem? If they continue to deny when things are going wrong they can hardly expect others in the organisation to behave differently. The above post from the nuclear industry was absolute spot on, I’m less eloquent....

Re: Airliners.net Data Breach

PanAm_DC10 wrote:

Hi Fred

Any chance you can send a screenshot of the notification Google is giving you to support[at]airliners.net?

Thank you

Paul

Airliners.net Data Breach

Google Keeps alerting me that A.net has had a data breach, is this true?

I cannot find how to change my password, is there a way to do this?

Thanks,

Fred

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

I watched and whilst it was funny( I have always loved John Oliver since back to his bugle days( only listen if you aren’t easily triggered)) it was also very well put together. It was as close to correct as we could reasonably see and much better than we see in most news outlets these day, it’s luc...

Re: French lawmakers make abortion a constitutional right

A good move, I see that it’s said that it’s not really required in France as the access to abortion is already good however it’s best not to wait till it rains before you fix your roof. I personally think though that all men should have a say in all abortions but should be limited to a 49% say in e...

Re: Driving in Germany and Austria for first time.

The time to be careful is when you come home. Back after my first time driving on the continent I went for a spin to recharge the battery. After a while I was low on juice, so pulled into a country garage for petrol. I got back into the car and promptly drove out onto the wrong side of the road. I’...

Re: French lawmakers make abortion a constitutional right

A good move, I see that it’s said that it’s not really required in France as the access to abortion is already good however it’s best not to wait till it rains before you fix your roof. I personally think though that all men should have a say in all abortions but should be limited to a 49% say in ea...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

If your question "why are people buying the 789 if the cost per seat is higher than a different aircraft" then. 1. Read the thread. 2. If that were the case then only 1 aircraft would ever sell. 3. To save you having to think or read. It is cheaper to operate! Its the same reason I drive ...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

Where You got those Numbers? What is the payload? Pax+cargo? It sem too low for both. They both seem slightly high to me. A35k burning 5850kg/hr for 8 hrs is a total fuel use of 49725kg. Based on this information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FebToTrmd2Y&t=109s TOW = 301.5t Trip fuel = 100.6t...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

I don't have figures for the A359 but the following may be of interest: B789 on a 8½ hour flight with a payload of 25 tonnes burns just under 5,000kg/hr. A350-1000 over the same length/distance but with 20 tonne payload burns 5,700kg/hr. To even out the payload over that distance with 25 tonnes the...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

An aircraft is lining up to takeoff and the first officer says to the captain “are you sure we have enough fuel to make it there?” The captain replies “ maybe not for this trip but it’s ok because we will on average”

Fred

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

One thing I was expecting in this graph was to not maintain the same gap at different range, espacially since it is non linear. For exemple, the CAPM difference should be larger at shorter range between an A359 and 781 and smaller (if not already inverted) at longer ones. I mean, there should be &q...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

I posted a link above indicating real world fuel burn for both types. Perhaps you missed it? Real world data for UA and AA 789's ranged from 5335 to 5600 kg per hour. The A359 for DL was 6400 kg per hour. I saw that number on DL's website myself, although I have seen other numbers for the A359 aver...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

Final chart shows the CAPM (Cost per Air Pax (nautical) Mile, this is in spec seating density. https://i.postimg.cc/MZrjMPWv/WBCAPM.jpg Fred One thing I was expecting in this graph was to not maintain the same gap at different range, espacially since it is non linear. For exemple, the CAPM differen...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

Fred, as always, I really like the information. The only thing that appears a bit off is the 789 in the bottom chart (cost per Air Pax). The 789 gets crushed by the 787-10, A359, and A35K. I realize it is a smaller capacity aircraft relative to the others, but the difference is dramatic. By various...

Re: Why does the B77W have so much thrust?

Where can I learn more about the 77W’s wings being “too small?” What makes them too small? Self gloss here but I did quite an involved thread on exactly this a few years back. I think its still relevant and might be worth a read. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1426609 The wing area...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

So today I modified the code that produces my Cost and payload range information so that it could include wind in the calculation. The top chart shows nil wind and assumed landing fuel of 5t (typical for QF.) https://i.postimg.cc/XJY09gVv/Happy-WBPR.jpg This chart shows average 50kt headwind and la...

Re: AA Aircraft Order Coming - Return of the A350?

Airbus will do everything it can to get the A350 in as it blocks another potential 777X customer from ordering this big new twin. And there are very few customers options for Boeing so it will be a big win for Airbus. The 787 is not a competitor to the A350. It all depends on if AA wants to upgauge...

Re: Why does the B77W have so much thrust?

Where can I learn more about the 77W’s wings being “too small?” What makes them too small? Self gloss here but I did quite an involved thread on exactly this a few years back. I think its still relevant and might be worth a read. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1426609 The wing area...

Re: First Time You Flew on an A320?

reynan wrote:

Oct'89. BOM-AMD - IA double bogey aircraft. Don't remember the registration number but it was brand new.

Re: AA Aircraft Order Coming - Return of the A350?