Re: Boeing 737MAX Production / Deliveries - 2024

WN has recently made cuts to its Summer 2024 flight schedules due to the plane shortages that WN is facing due to 737 MAX production issues, and this is being discussed over in the Southwest Airlines News and Discussion at https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1489963&start=60...

Re: AA Passenger Unable to Stow Bag in Overhead Bin - Gets Offloaded

[twoid][/twoid] Just out of curiosity what about all the passengers on the plane they all just sat there and watched this lady who needed assistance? If a fellow passenger asked me for help stowing a bag I wouldn't think twice. It seems as though there must be more to the story. I have too- in 'firs...

Re: Russian Aircraft Lease Return/Repo Thread

How long will it take before we see the first crash due to neglected maintenance?


You won't. Releasing state secrets to the foreign press is not allowed.

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Delivery Thread - 2021

it's up to Boeing to ensure that it gets fixed Presuming the parts are somewhere that can be fixed without disassembling the whole airplane. "spacers and clips" sound suspiciously like areas where there are composite to metal transitions. I wonder how many of these actually require replace...

Re: DL making media noise about purchasing 737MAX, again.

Corporations largely don't make decisions on CAPEX on patriotism unless they perceive a sales PR advantage. Most people know nothing about planes and would not make a flight decision based on the origin of the aircraft. That was one reason I was doubtful when I heard many people proclaiming they wou...

Re: Passenger converted bomber aircraft in civilian service - Stories, facts, interiors?

Most Boeing narrowbodies have the fuselage of the 707, which shares a common ancestor with the KC-135. It wasn't converted, but the two families are pretty close.

Re: Iran Air seeks to figure out the future on its Boeing order

They could buy a slew of parked 737NG and keep a portion for spares. With so many airlines on life support it would be an absolute buyers market. For the widebodies, A330 would probably make the most sense, and then do the same. They could build multiple airlines from what the leading edge airlines ...

Re: USAF looking for an E-4B replacement

Then they're runnng out of time to get a 748 as the line will close unless they get an order in soon. Unless they are going to take one or more of the white tails/ parked frames that are up for sale.

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounding, General Discussion Thread, January 2020

I think it's ridiculous to suggest that designing an airplane that is not able to aerodynamically fly without the input of automated controls (MCAS) is acceptable. Boeing's mistake was not that the automated system was malfunctioning, but rather than the plane itself cannot fly as it is expected to...

Re: Airbus And Boeing 2019 Deliveries

Summaries for 2019: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49386100852_c6bb57d4bd_n.jpg Obviously Boeing's numbers were massively impacted by the MAX grounding. Of note - a record number of deliveries for Airbus (8% up on 2018) and their 17th consecutive year of production increase. I'm well impressed...

Re: 737NG Pickle fork issue

Sorry, I did not phrase my question right....I am not very good at forums! Not looking to cancel my flight! Just wondering if I should change from a 737-800 to another type leaving at a similar time. Just concerned whether this is a big enough issue to make a change. Sorry again, thank you. No. Pro...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

OK, but still far from a "global aviation design engineer". I would argue that Boeing didn't have a fully successful project in more than a decade, since 773ER and its derivatives. So, out of latest Boeing projects: 787 - lemon. 748 - who cares 737 MAX - lemon 777X - TBD. Pretty grim pict...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

The bigger question right now is 'Where is the fix'? October has come and gone and there is no fix submitted. Is Boeing quietly going to drop a press release of Return to Flight 2020?

Re: Goodbye Tahiti- 343's leave 24 Sept

Do you have hard data? Or is it just a generalization? Yes have first-hand knowledge. I am part-time resident in FP. Well known how unreliable TN has become with A340. Island ran out of hotel rooms not too long ago when 2 A340s broke simultaneously. For tourists that could almost be an advantage 'O...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q3 2019

It's the 24th. Supposedly the fix is supposed to be submitted for approval? Are we expecting to hear something in the next couple of days?

Re: Airbus And Boeing 2019 Orders

How close are we to the lowest combined order total? If we combined the net order totals at mid-September we stand at -14? Hopefully Boeing can get back to positive numbers by end of year.

Re: American Airlines MD-80 Retirement Discussion Thread

exFWAOONW wrote:

ryanflyer wrote:

..... All Md80s will be sent to ROW on September 4th and will be arriving in ROW all afternoon...

And there will be a NW DC-9 waiting to ferry all those pilots back to DFW.

Re: Qatar Airways Upcoming Order - Any Details?

The bigliest most terrific order. The best airplanes. It's gonna be fantastic. Tremendous yuge order. Very nice. Rehashing some facts (they speak for themselves) now that Trump’s rehashing has been confirmed. The yuge order is the 5 777X. Ay la Madonna. Heck, the biggest headline might be the 777X ...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q2 2019

Just a question - with B ferrying aircraft after production to storage, would they take the opportunity to run the new software package for those flights to mitigate (if it gets approved) the upgrade scenario that needs to happen on the original grounded aircraft? Boeing isn't going to modify any p...

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

Any news on why LN688 is still in storage for more than a year? Was the plane damaged or something?

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q2 2019

I've seen a lot -a lot- of discussion, but where is Boeing and the Cert. Authorities in the process now? The last I heard was that Boeing had their proposed fix, and they had tested it, but where are they now?

Re: Stratolaunch‘s Carrier Aircraft Production

So what's next for this thing? It's been in the test phase for some time. With SpaceX going gangbusters, is there even a market for air launched rockets?

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

You can get a ppl today without ever having recovered from a spin. It’s not taught or required. It used to be a requirement. SMH. Lowering of standards and skills. It’s a snowball effect at all levels of aviation. One of the discussions I had with my flight inspector was about spins. He said he had...

Re: B737MAX Grounded Worldwide

Surely by now Boeing would have found a copy of their e-mail or hard correspondence detailing the increase from 0.6deg to 2.5deg, and showing a named person at the FAA who would have received it? That would definitely put the FAA on the spot. Showing that eMail conversation around could pop the lid...

Re: B737MAX Grounded Worldwide

Ferry flights are allowed. If the aircraft is genuinely unsafe it should not fly at all, because it poses a risk to the crew and to people on the ground. So is it unsafe? Or just partially unsafe? Or not sufficiently unsafe that airlines shouldn't be inconvenienced by having their fleet dispersed? ...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

Remember, the 737 is a Cyborg i.e. augmented manual control, not an Automatic i.e. directed robot (e.g. A320 maybe), so single sensor/single channel is not out of question as it already exists for the other systems. Any suggestion of adding additional sensors dual channel controls etc. defeats the ...

Re: USN carrier air wing 2040 suggestions

If done right, the drone carriers could be forward deployed to work with long range land based assets.
Perhaps a new role of the B-2 Spirit would be that of Forward edge drone strike management rather than dropping hardware itself.

Re: B737MAX Grounded Worldwide

I don't believe you understand the 737 manual that well. And the point is this goes well beyond a manual. If the trim is not working right, take control of it (and what MCAS was doing wasn't completely opposite of the procedures in the manual that will correct it). I have told you that the Lion Air...

Re: USN carrier air wing 2040 suggestions

Since we are looking not only at the air group component, but also the fleet structure, is there any reason not to consider an escort -type drone carrier? With militarily useful drones being available in much smaller sizes than manned aircraft, they could take ASW roles, and supply drone aircraft to...

Re: Southwest 737 slides off runway at BUR

While I understand that the airport has strict rules on approach for safety and noise limits, like the previous crash there it is likely this plane came in too high and fast and compounded by the wet conditions. As this was built in 1999 this is for sure going to scrap after the investigation. WN i...

Re: Southwest 737 slides off runway at BUR

While I understand that the airport has strict rules on approach for safety and noise limits, like the previous crash there it is likely this plane came in too high and fast and compounded by the wet conditions. As this was built in 1999 this is for sure going to scrap after the investigation. WN i...

Re: Boeing 797 Discussion Thread - 2018

We are old enough to have seen the huge interest in the 747Advanced, NSA, 737-7, 777X and 737-9. Thats more communication, creating enthousiasm. Still I think there is a significant demand, regardless how a medium aircraft would exactly look or what engines it would have. You forgot Sonic Cruiser. ...

Re: Britain Considers Boeing 737 AEW&C

India is looking if they can combine AEW and tanker capability in 1 platform. https://www.livefistdefence.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG20170214081944.jpg Maybe they can even top up fighters during a mission. That just makes just too much sense, not from here plus reduces platforms & jobs. ...

Re: Stratolaunch‘s Carrier Aircraft Production

It's been nine months since the low speed tests. Is this project moving to slow to succeed?

Re: Bloomberg Article on Second Lives of 747s

What do they mean sold out? As in Boeing is going to stick to the .5 per month, even if someone placed a large order? That doesn't make sense.

Re: China Southern & Kuwait Airways 77W's collide on the ground at JFK

Anyone know if JFK Steve was on that night? That recording would be gold...

Re: Russian Su-30 takes a peek inside a IL-76 over Syria

Would have stunk if a stuck pallet came off the rails.

Re: Ground attack aircraft entering the realm of Air to Air combat