Re: Airport codes different from where you expect them to be

I’ve encountered several people on CLT-CHA flights who are confused that CHA is Chattanooga, not Charlotte.

Re: Washington, DC (BWI / DCA / IAD) Aviation - 2024

This probably belongs in a Virginia thread, but how much RIC traffic bleeds over to IAD? Fairly little. That can be a brutal drive because you have to go significantly west and the DC Beltway is the most direct way to do it. Plus UA does fly RIC-IAD, so you can already get into their international ...

Re: Are commercial airline pilots the highest paid profession in the USA?

Among the highest paid, but plenty of cardiac and neuro surgeons making similar money. Plenty of plaintiff lawyers are millionaires on annual billings. Theres something like 11,000 law firms in DC, I’d het the senior partners are $500,000+ annually. People underestimate the number of $350,000+ hous...

Re: Washington, DC (BWI / DCA / IAD) Aviation - 2024

It would be interesting to hear from the pilots on here as to what parameters are permissible for departures on 4/22 and 15/33. Obviously aircraft type, temperature, wind direction, runway condition (wet etc), all are the major factors. But obviously it appears that the flight crews appear to be as...

Re: Air Peace Demands Heathrow

Time to get the CEO of Peace Air, this Oyema kid, to pound sand, I guess there's enough of that in Nigeria. Without him the world will become a more peaceful place :taekwondo: He's 60 years old. It seems the bluff was called. Now everyone can go do what they must. LGW might not be the worst result ...

Re: GOL files for Chapter 11 in US

a lot of airlines are teetering on the brink ... we will see a lot more of this Turns out that relying on the ability to infinitely refinance debt cheaply into even more debt isn't a great strategy. When money was basically free, it was a smart strategy. Now that borrowing money has a cost, it isn’...

Re: GOL files for Chapter 11 in US

crjflyboy wrote:

a lot of airlines are teetering on the brink ... we will see a lot more of this

Re: Is Southwest having another meltdown? 1/15/2024

Why are you blaming Southwest for the meltdown? You have no idea about the weather issues at the Dallas hub of Southwest. You have no idea what's going on. Stop being paranoid and blaming the airline for the cancellations. It is not Southwest's intention to cancel flights to inconvenience pilots or...

Re: Is Southwest having another meltdown? 1/15/2024

Why are you blaming Southwest for the meltdown? You have no idea about the weather issues at the Dallas hub of Southwest. You have no idea what's going on. Stop being paranoid and blaming the airline for the cancellations. It is not Southwest's intention to cancel flights to inconvenience pilots or...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX

I will admit that I have not read every single post on every page, but I am surprised that no one seems to think the build quality or lack thereof had anything to do with over 100+ pax being returned to earth safely. I’m not sure returning to earth safely is quite the recommendation of build qualit...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX

I will admit that I have not read every single post on every page, but I am surprised that no one seems to think the build quality or lack thereof had anything to do with over 100+ pax being returned to earth safely. I’m not sure returning to earth safely is quite the recommendation of build qualit...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX

I would really not like to be the person who installed that plug showing up for his or her next shift.

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Maybe that question was already asked before but the thread is very long so I couldn't find the info yet. Wouldn't it be possible to install some form of infrared cameras on planes able to scan at 360° if there's an obstacle invisible to the pilot and alert him/her accordingly soon enough to allow ...

Re: Farthest Airports from Namesake City?

It seems there's a meaningful distinction to be made here between cities where the primary airport (or primary for some purpose, like domestic or international travel specifically) is far away versus one where an airport to which a city's name is appended only for marketing reasons to attract a carr...

Re: Pittsburgh Aviation - 2023

I would expect to see a flight to somewhere like Ontario, CA for Amazon before I saw one to Cincinnati. Right now the closest Prime flight out of CVG is to ABE but that's more of a hub to hub route for them. Pittsburgh to Cincinnati is a four and a half hour drive so I imagine it's much cheaper to ...

Re: FedEx 757 lands at Chattanooga, TN Airport with landing gear failure

For those who are interested, the aircraft is still on the FX ramp at CHA but the titles have now been painted over.

Re: The Rest of Tennessee Aviation - 2023

The CHA construction is coming along nicely. Security area is done, gates 1 and 2 aren’t a mess anymore, and the only remaining phase is the new hall and gate areas (which are behind clear plastic sheeting and are clearly progressing). We’ve also had two of the Erickson Mad Dog water bombers based h...

Re: UK. NATS increase charges, airlines furious.

£17 can add up. £17 is alot for a easyJet flight to Reykjavik or a Norse Atlantic flight to the US. Suddenly these added costs could make a more southerly route that doesn’t use NATS airspace more cost efficient and then you’re increasing aircraft emissions. It’s not £17 per passenger. It’s per air...

Re: UK. NATS increase charges, airlines furious.

Am I missing something against all the other costs that putting on flight: Plane lease costs Fuel Landing charges staffing costs etc These are tiny sums - £17 per flight extra. Yes the SNAFU was inexcusable and their system should not of collapsed based on bad data but airlines should have other th...

Re: Horizon E175 diverts after ‘Authorized’ Person in Cockpit Tries to Shut Down Engines

One could draw a parallel to the ASAP reporting system; it's the gold standard in aviation safety self-reporting because voluntarily disclosed data is de-identified and restricted from use in disciplinary or punitive actions from both the company and the FAA. One can dream that some sort of similar...

Re: Horizon E175 diverts after ‘Authorized’ Person in Cockpit Tries to Shut Down Engines

But he isn’t wrong is he? I'm not entirely on board with his point, no. Jumpseats are critical on 100% full flights. If they didn't exist, people and airlines would adjust. They're a program that allows carriers to base personnel in high cost of living areas without having to fully compensate them ...

Re: FedEx 757 lands at Chattanooga, TN Airport with landing gear failure

HPRamper wrote:

It is now showing parked at one of the FX gates.

Re: United Boeing 737-9 MAX rejected takeoff

United Boeing 737-9 MAX rejected takeoff A United Boeing 737-9 MAX, registration N37560 performing flight UA-329 from Denver,CO to Boston,MA (USA), was accelerating for takeoff from Denver’s runway 16R when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed, in response to the radio transmission tower reporte...

Re: FedEx 757 lands at Chattanooga, TN Airport with landing gear failure

Referencing the Delta app this morning: Oct 4 DL2327 2255 ATL-CHA canceled Oct 5 DL2786 0540 CHA-ATL canceled DL2124 0646 CHA ATL delayed 5 hrs 2327 actually took off and just headed back to ATL. 2786 is just the return journey of the same plane, which is an A319 that RONs every night. 2124 was a b...

Re: RA-02795 Wagner Legacy 600 (Prigozhin's Jet) Crashes

Wing and landing gear from the plane ! https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1695013896870903819?s=20 Funny how the two men throw carelessly potential pieces of evidence onto the wing in order not to carry it. I guess the NTSB doesn't work like this... Are the Russian authorities planning to i...

Re: RA-02795 Wagner Legacy 600 (Prigozhin's Jet) Crashes

Why do they even create a passenger manifest, let alone a real one? This is a private plane and they can tell the Russian air controllers whatever they want, especially under the extreme security they need. What would it matter if they did try to falsify it? It’s not like Prigozhin hasn’t been unde...

Re: Are new aircraft more effeicnt than their predessors even with the additional emmisons from building the new aircraf

Keep in mind that just about every part of a scrapped aircraft can be recycled, it finds it's way into a new aircraft. Sometimes as an intact part, sometimes as scrap material that is being used to generate new parts. But anyway, in short, new aircraft are being made out of old aircraft. This means...

Re: UA's Scott Kirby Rides Private Jet Rather Than UA

I can't believe this is a story. Seriously. Who cares? CEOs fly private all day, every day of the year and it's nothing new or surprising. Not CEOs of airlines. And especially not CEOs of airlines that are at the time failing to get their customers to their destinations. This is a grade-A jerk move.

Re: Why does AA serve so few European cities vs. DL/UA?

myki wrote:

AA has a joint venture including BA and I believe AY and IB too so it is metal-neutral. That, plus the connections provided on the Europe side from their hubs may habe something to do with it.

Re: Washington, DC Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) - 2023

They used a pad in the remote parking area and had Kloaders and their own ground equipment. Their ground crew used to come in when the flight arrived and left right after it departed. Was great watching that 757 climb out in the early morning with a light load to IAD Found this video on YouTube.. I...

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

If this is the case, they were likely dead long before the crash. If the plane had a pressurization issue then entire time, and the light-only warning system, the 15-minute no-contact observation would go a long way to explaining why depressurization wasn't noticed in the first place and why there ...

Re: Saudi Arabia presents Riyadh Air