Re: Boeing announces Board and Management Changes

Yeah you are right, why would a company that is in the business of developing products that cost tens of Billions to develop have couple of billions in their war chest…? :/ Because they were generating more than enough every year to fund that as well. No real need to save up for it as development t...

Re: Airbus CFO: We're not happy with the issues at Boeing

I'm pretty sure Airbus is doing everything it can to ramp up production. What I suspect is happening behind the scenes (and the linked interview supports this), is that they are being extremely careful not to engage in a "rush to production", but rather to ensure that the manufacturing pr...

Re: 2024 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

Mike31 wrote:

The problems occurred when Horner was using his private parts as a brain.

Re: 2024 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

Horner isn’t the most important person for Verstappen @RBR. That’s Helmut Marko, who gave Verstappen a contract and car @Toro Rosso. This is not about Horner vs female employee. The macho world Formula 1 was, and predominantly still is, these "issues" are at almost every team. All the mon...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

During yesterday's speech at the #UN about the Russian ambassador's presentation: Kiev is not a client of the West. Kiev is fighting for independence, and Ukraine has a democratically elected government and is not a criminal regime. It was Russia that tried to exterminate Ukraine, and it wasn't the...

Re: Airbus Looking for Potential Delivery Spots for United

Sending a signal/making a point to Boeing? For what? Is it within Kirby's job description. Is going down the drain not a big enough signal to Boeing? Kirby has a large airline to run. He went there to see what Airbus could do for them. This is above a US based sales team. IMHO. Half of a CEO’s job ...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

I think some of you need your #avgeek cards taken away! The "cost savings" by Boeing was not building 2 different fuselages for the 737-900 & -9 Max like they did with the 757, and 3 for the 767. With the 757, airlines could chose between 2 overwing exits and a solid, no-break passeng...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Let’s talk about the missing 4 bolts folks. Calhoun knew early on that they were not reinstalled and that is why he took the blame early on—class act nonetheless. But now they must know who specifically screwed up and how many people were involved. They need to announce that they have fired people ...

Re: Boeing 777X Testing / Production - 2024

Boeing now resuming production of 777X.
How many have been rolled out to date?

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

The failure that resulted in the crashes was 100% Boeing's fault. However, with more competent pilots and better training, the Egypt Air crash could have been (and should have been) avoided. An Emergency Airworthiness Directive detailed the steps to take and made pilots aware of MCAS after the Lion...

Re: Airbus Looking for Potential Delivery Spots for United

UA CEO also clearly said they are not cancelling the order, so I'm not sure what to think.. I am intrigued that when UA say they're not cancelling the A350 order we know exactly what to think, but when it comes to saying they're not cancelling the MAX-10 order we're suddenly confused. Not aimed at ...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

I would suspect that the Boeing 737MAX sagas will be part of Business School case studies for decades to come. Hopefully business schools will start teaching the downside of financial-only focus and short term thinking. Unfortunately I don't think they'll do that. At least not the business schools ...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Intersting piece in the New York Times today (may be behind a paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/opinion/boeing-737max-alaska-airlines.html Oh boy, brilliant phrase though . . . : . . . . Since the mid-1990s, the company has bought out McDonnell Douglas, a domestic rival, moved its headqu...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Southwest 737 engine blows up, partially sucking passenger out, who then dies, no grounding. Delta MD-88 engine blows up in PNS in the 90s, killing a few, no grounding. BA RR-powered 777 belly flops at LHR due to fuel icing, no grounding. 767 thrust reversers deploy in flight in the 90s, killing hu...

Re: Atlas Air 747-8 - Engine fire, returns to MIA

CargoMerijn wrote:

If there was already an AD then there are 2 questions:
Did they follow inspection intervals?
Will the inspection intervals be reduced?

Might be become a problem for GE?

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

FWIW, there's another photo I've not seen shared here - covered by leaves/branches but I think it could be the clearest photo of the inside of the door plug so far? I may be wrong on this. Here's another photo posted by the NTSB after they received the door panel. https://twitter.com/NTSB_Newsroom/...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Wait so Boeing has Ryanair engineers help certification? Isnt that more of a conflict of interest as well? Boeing has four check levels of manufacturing checks/oversights. From lowest to highest: * Mechanic checks and signs of his own work * Second mechanic checks and signs off first mechanics work...

Re: 2023 was warmest year on record!

Warming AND Cooling Records being broken in places... So, Global Warming AND Global Cooling ! ! ! " in places " vs " Global " It never stops to amaze me how people think that what happens "Locally" is in any way representative for Global-average . . . It also never sto...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

1) Is it known for certain now, who was the last person, who worked on the door plug? 2) Was it still on Boeings premises on the final assembly line or did someone else work on the plugged exit afterwards, after the a/c had left Boeings direct responsibility? 3) It is high likely, that no one touch...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

The key question in my mind is did Alaska Airlines or one of their contractors open or work on that plug after Boeing delivered the aircraft? The same question applies to the loose bolts found on the United planes. Did United or one of their contractors work on the affected plugs after Boeing deliv...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Tristarsteve wrote:

It is unfortunate that this door is called a plug. It is not a door, and it is not a plug type door.

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

It appears that not the lock bolts (Vertical Movement Arrestor Bolts) may be the problem, but the bolts that hold the Hinge Guide Fitting to the Plug frame beam. If that Hinge Guide Fitting becomes loose and wobbling (relative to the Plug frame), then the four lock bolts will have little meaning, as...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

“Mayday mayday mayday”. It’s not hard to say and removes all ambiguity from the situation. Change frequency and precede your call sign with Mayday. Lots of people find this hard to understand. I don’t know why. I completely agree. It's vital for all communication on the frequency to everyone listen...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

This would also be my best failure assumption. The "final bolt tightening" was not performed and it happened as described. However, in this case: shouldn't the Safety process in Renton require a "sign or stamp" of each safety operation. I remember this from car assembly lines th...

Re: Interference with traffic through the Red Sea

Divert adds about 10 days. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67879640 Which is highly dependent on where you're coming from, where you're going, weather, and many other factors. But, yeah, "one month extra" is not likely regardless of factors unless the vessel has to stop for some reaso...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Not sure if you’re pilot, but, as a pilot, I’d never blindly accept the tower’s assurance the runway’s clear and safe for landing. I look, now there are conditions where my ability to see the runway could be so restricted I would have to blindly trust the tower. But, with good visibility, day or ni...

Re: AMS putting a limit on international passenger traffic through the airport

PatrickZ80 wrote:

It's final now, JetBlue is allowed to keep flying to AMS.

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

All evidence suggests the evacuation took too long. I appreciate that there’s processes and checks that need to be followed before doors are opened and slides are deployed but 18 minutes is far too long and is unacceptable. All involved were very fortunate that this situation wasn’t a lot worse. Ad...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

... At the time of full evac in progress, ARFF was covering the wings and parts of the fuselage with foam. At least three trucks were at the Airbus at that time. Haneda probably has 7-9 trucks with some kind of high capacity water/foam cannon. Which to send where is the job of the fire commander. O...

Re: Agreement at EU level to link Long Distance Train to Airports with more than 12Million passengers.

For AMS, the long term goal that seems to be developing now is that relocating the pax from a couple of dozens/hundreds of short haul flights towards rail service, would open many valuable slots for medium and long haul traffic, without growing the number of flights (perhaps even reducing them), an...

Re: Agreement at EU level to link Long Distance Train to Airports with more than 12Million passengers.

Somewhat ironic given the position the Dutch government is taking on AMS operations. What’s the point of beefing up services when fewer people are going to be using the airport? The Netherlands is such a small country geographically that “long distance rail” isn’t going to benefit Dutch passengers ...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

. . . Directing 6-7 of those to a Dash 8 seems ridiculous. Those trucks didn't seem to be in the mood to put out any fires anyway, at least not initially. We were trained to get a DC9 under control in 60 seconds after arrival... with two trucks! I never had to prove that skill, though... . . . I st...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Is it normal for HND to operate runway(s) in mixed-mode?

The only time I was there (granted, 15 years ago) I do remember that take-off and landings were segregated on the 16/34 complex, with no mixed mode operations going on.
No idea if that was/is the standard.

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

How would a Russian military ship reach Black Sea from Iran? I was thinking that Turkey did not allow (Russian) military marine traffic passing Bosporus into Black Sea? Could be mistaken though. Perhaps by ship from Iran across Sea pf Azov to a Russian port then across land to another Russian port ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

F-16s flying out of Odessa carrying Harpoons will make it imposible for Russian light vessels to operate in the Black Sea If the conflict is frozen, there will be no reason to hold up sending the Australian and the Finnish F-18s when those get replaced by F-35s. Note that during an active conflict,...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Initially as the now identified LST, when the news broke it was thought that another cargo vessel might have been hit; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJYG1u6bzQ I think the confusion regarding LST/cargo ship is because the LST was carrying cargo (Irianian drones) according to CNN. Oleshchuk, the ...

Re: First transatlantic flight using 100% green fuel.

Serve beans, in flight range extender . . .

Re: AMS putting a limit on international passenger traffic through the airport

Yes, my link was to the EU open skies. :) Either way, I believe that 1. Yes, AMS can reduce slots 2. JetBlue does have a right to competitive slots. I'm not sure 2) holds. I'm sure that the open skies deal promotes "equal access", but not necessarily unlimited access. How one country deci...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Interesting angle by Anders Puck Nielsen on the Russian human meat wave tactics, and how they (again) achieve the opposite of their intended goals . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ZPbnVqHrY

Re: Electric Vehicles - AMA

My main concern with electric vehicles are with range, since charging takes quite a while. Considering the budget, any electric car would have to be second hand, so battery life is also a concern. So with that said: ⋅ Is there any noticable wear on the battery (affecting range and/or char...

Re: FAA starts rule process to require 25 hours of black box data

That is precisely the reason why more time is necessary: it’s not about accidents, but about the huge number of close calls (runway incursions, etc) where things proceed and the data is overwritten. I have yet to see a compelling argument against retaining more data. Much of the data is already dow...

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments - 2022

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized its environmental assessment of SpaceX’s new water deluge system, concluding that it’s no more dangerous than a seasonal rain shower. With that assessment out of the way, and with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also satisfied with its own ...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

They are driving at 250km/h, you don't have the time to really know what happened. It was his fault but still a racing incident. The stewards could issue a grid penalty to him for COTA. Well, I know this is not how stewards operates, but in my mind the stewards of the race should stay out of team m...

Re: COMAC C919 Development and Production - 2023

Based on the success that Chinese companies are having with rate of production in the EV market , I don't see reason why the same success won't be achieved with C919 production rate ramp up. Much simpler industry and they have had 3-4 decades of experience in producing cars and only now start with ...

Re: Transfer passengers to pay 52 EUR at Schiphol Airport

If you flew VNO-AMS-BCN and VLC-AMS-VNO earlier this year (ie 2023) and flew on: A) Connecting ticket with KLM (ie you made a single booking with KLM to go from Vilnius to Spain and back) - then you paid ZERO Dutch tax. This could increase to 52.86 euros roundtrip per person in the future for a rou...

Re: Ural Airlines A320 emergency landing in a field in Siberia due to hydraulic problems

That's what we call a Field Service Team!

Re: AF/KL Shopping for 50+ Widebodies

The whole 787-10 thing on A-Net would make for a really funny meme: TATL? 787-10 TPAC? 787-10 Polar? 787-10 Europe-Africa? 787-10 North America-South America? 787-10 New Zealand? 787-10 Aussie-Asia? 787-10 The answer is always 787-10! It reminds me of the Miata memes on the r/cars in Reddit :bigthu...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

bikerthai wrote:

Truly, I believe Russia has a better chance of retaining the Dombas, than Crimea.
bt

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Yes, with a demographic advantage of 4 to 1, Russia has no worries about soldiers. In this war of attrition, they're irreplaceable for Ukraine alone. Added to this are the higher losses on attack compared to the lower losses on defense. First, I don't think Russia can afford such attrition, nor wil...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

. . . the loss of a significant number of irreplaceable soldiers in exchange for a mere 0.3% of occupied territory can only be described as a disaster Russia's plan B - to win the Donbass and a land connection to Crimea - seems to be going well. Do you see the problem here? Trying to hold on to &qu...