Anybody who has ever worked with any business ever in a vendor/customer relationship, or even with colleagues who work there, knows they are the absolute worst people to work with. Nobody is good at Accounts Payable. You're generally dealing with pure paper-pushers, to put it politely. Somebody pro...
Jump to postAnybody who has ever worked with any business ever in a vendor/customer relationship, or even with colleagues who work there, knows they are the absolute worst people to work with. Nobody is good at Accounts Payable. You're generally dealing with pure paper-pushers, to put it politely. Somebody pro...
Jump to postMy question is… how long is this consumption of Jet-A sustainable? I see the hundreds of widebodies crossing the Atlantic back and forth to Europe every night (for example), and I wonder, how can the Earth keep supporting this? What is the very very long term plan for aviation, regarding fuel, with...
Jump to postGosh whats up with engine manufacturers these days?! Isn't it because we're at the end of a major engine design architecture. AKA engine manufacturers are trying to extrapolate as much performer as possible from an older platform, which can cause issues..? No, not really. The GEnx is a third-genera...
Jump to postThe thread is "Could the A350 do the 789's ULH?"... My answer was for that. Any a359 at and above 268t can do all the ulh routes the 789 does and do it with a better payload. DL has a whole bunch of 268t A350s, yet their longest route with those A350s is ATL-ICN, barely over 7100sm, I hav...
Jump to postArticle said he tripped the smoke alarm. As a result of this, does an airline HAVE to emergency land---even if they know its just a cigarette (and that that cigarette has been extinguished)? If not, I think it is very lame and inappropriate of WN to emergency land and inconvenience everyone. By eme...
Jump to postIt was a policy decision based upon the multitude of constraints. And, as is always the case with freeways, any expansion would buy you 5-10 years.You can't build your way out of sprawl-driven congestion. You can absolutely build your way out. Every other system of production in society is able to ...
Jump to postThe A310's superior lighter wing and slightly lighter landing gear could have been fitted to the A300 with a newer engine such as the Trent 1500. This was a proposed development of the Trent 500 used on the A340-500. It no doubt would have sold well after the market recovered following 9/11. That's...
Jump to postCompany statement: New uniform program update In partnership with our front-line uniform design committee, the AFA and our designers at Tracy Reese and Brooks Brothers, we are continuing the collaborative process to create brand-new uniforms for our employees. Last week we hosted a session with our...
Jump to postIn places like california, a millionaire is what you call a homeowner. If you cannot discern between net worth and income, then your economic knowledge is in even worse shape than I feared. Sure. In general, we say that a millionaire is a measure of net worth and not income. In general, your abilit...
Jump to postThe communist party is alive and well in China. I can't help but think how unbelieveably modern, liberal and progressive China would be had it not gone red in the late 40's. Communist...in name only. Communisim... in name, and censorship, and political prisons, and forced labor, and mandatory abort...
Jump to postWhilst I haven’t read through the full patent my guess is that it’s disguising something either in the claims to effectively patent something by stealth (maybe like a specific mounting system) to prevent someone else using it for a different application. “How do we disguise the fact that we are try...
Jump to postThings would be stable, our international repuation would be secure, we would be on good terms with Iran and Cuba, LGBTQ rights would be safe, and the US perhaps would be starting to catch up to Canada and Europe. Hillary wasn't the best candidate but she is what America needed to survive. I can't ...
Jump to postIts neither pompous nor nonsense. What "more valuable infrastructure projects" have actually been undertaken in the US (particularly outside of the Northeast) with all that un-sucked money? All I can identify are fairly local "pork barrel" projects carved out by legislators in r...
Jump to postIt's a shame that there is high speed infrastructure in place to serve those areas, avoiding pollution and congestion to be spread around with the current "only car/only plane" mindset that is anchoring US infrastructure in general into the XIX-XX century. As an American taxpayer, I am gl...
Jump to postIt's a shame that there is high speed infrastructure in place to serve those areas, avoiding pollution and congestion to be spread around with the current "only car/only plane" mindset that is anchoring US infrastructure in general into the XIX-XX century. As an American taxpayer, I am gl...
Jump to postThis underscores the value to Boeing in growing the 787 fleet: more planes in service require more high-margin services like training and spare parts. Selling a razor is nice, selling lots of razor blades is even better.
Jump to postHow is any of what you cited different on a 757 or widebody twin from on a 737 or 320? While the larger aircraft have more range, carriers don’t fill up the tanks just for the sake of helping passengers sleep better at night. To the extent that uncontained engine failures are some sort of systemic ...
Jump to postFor what it's worth, the compensation plan for Boeing's senior executives is disclosed in the proxy statement. I don't think stock price plays into how much they make. Are you for real? https://www1.salary.com/BOEING-CO-Executive-Salaries.html You claimed executives want to inflate the stock price ...
Jump to postAF served DFW for a nanosecond in the days of DL's hub and parked at Terminal E. They pulled out most likely because SN's bankruptcy opened up a hole in Africa and gave an AF opportunity to compete for highly lucrative traffic. KL served DFW from 2008 to 2015 or 2016, initially starting yearly and ...
Jump to postYou do understand that international flights are catered locally? Delta isn't hauling apples overseas so they can serve American apples on the return trip They do? How do we as regular common folk know this? I know many carriers stock up their catering at the point of origin. So how do I know which...
Jump to postIt is disturbing so many people here think it’s okay a person gets a fine for bringing an apple that was handed out on a plane. Because that’s the rules. Fruit bought in the country of origin, I guess there’s a case. But handed out on the plane? Well, it’s the rules that are wrong! And I’m very int...
Jump to postIt's $500. Be an adult. Pay your fine. Move on.
Jump to postAesma wrote:Jump to postDIRECTFLT wrote:“Because we believe that those in positions of high authority should be treated the same as every other American, we want to be sure that the potential violations of law outlined below are vetted appropriately,” the lawmakers wrote.
Scooter Libby anyone ?
Yikes, yikes, yikes. Scary day for these passengers. The extraordinary statement of the fox news story is that it reported that the injured passenger was removed from the aircraft THROUGH THE WINDOW. Up thread it was reported that she was almost sucked out of the plane. I have to wonder whether she...
Jump to posthttps://leehamnews.com/2018/04/17/boeing-to-implement-structural-design-change-in-787-8-for-production-commonality/ Boeing is renewing the 787-8. The space for the proposed 797 in the Boeing line up shrinks to the area between the 737-10 and the 787-8. What influence will that have on the 797? Will...
Jump to postWhile you got to credit WN for their model and respect their remarkably quick turn arounds, no Economy Plus makes their product untenable for frequent flyers. Especially trips over 90 minutes. That's dead, dead wrong. WN has huge loyalty from frequent fliers because of their high frequencies, direc...
Jump to postWhile you got to credit WN for their model and respect their remarkably quick turn arounds, no Economy Plus makes their product untenable for frequent flyers. Especially trips over 90 minutes. That's dead, dead wrong. WN has huge loyalty from frequent fliers because of their high frequencies, direc...
Jump to postThe seat map for the upcoming 787-10 for United Airlines has been leaked. In total it will have 318 seats 44 Polaris seats 21 Premium Economy 45 Economy Plus 208 Regular Economy https://www.ausbt.com.au/united-s-boeing-787-10-to-get-polaris-business-class-premium-economy?utm_source=hero This is whe...
Jump to postThe 787 seems to have an efficiency disadvantage below 4000nm. This might be "man on the street" intuition, but it is anyway the truth. The capability to fly double as far takes its toll at some point. So what applies to the 787 (and any other mid or long plane) should not apply to the 79...
Jump to postTaxi645 wrote:A 7-abreast is an unusual choice. If it is ovoid it puts the floor in compression instead of the preferred tension and compromises cargo space.
Since when is the Second Amendment more important (or the only) than the First Amendment? Who is making this claim? Where do you rank the importance on the Second Amendment relative to the First Amendment? More important, less important, or equally important? Righties and ammosexuals do. Look at al...
Jump to postFossil fuels are way too cheap anyway, lots of external costs aren't included in the price, pollution, earthquakes etc. Ah. Has the green economy accounted for the externalities like child labor used to extract all those rare earth elements used in solar PV and permanent magnet motors? Green techno...
Jump to postseb146 wrote:Since when is the Second Amendment more important (or the only) than the First Amendment?
colindm wrote:Does anyone else think that it is a bit ridiculous that EK has service to FLL daily but not even seasonal AUS service?
Fossil fuels are way too cheap anyway, lots of external costs aren't included in the price, pollution, earthquakes etc. Ah. Has the green economy accounted for the externalities like child labor used to extract all those rare earth elements used in solar PV and permanent magnet motors? Green techno...
Jump to postElroyJetson wrote:For what it's s worth I think Amazon locates its HQ2 headquarters to NOVA. The area is booming, there is highly educated population, and there is excellent infrastructure.
They already parked 5 more of the A320's last year and they have somewhere ~19 left that are around the same age as the 737's being parked. The older 737 HUD issue and the fact that they have at least 90 new narrowbodies scheduled for delivery between now and 2020 obviously gives them quite a bit o...
Jump to postKiwirob wrote:Why wouldn't they, the real question is why would anyone be stupid enough to sign up with UBER as a driver and lease a vehicle through them when it's painfully obvious what there end plan is for those drivers???
I think everyone can agree that the 2nd Amendment is poorly worded as there is no clear definition of what a "well-regulated militia" is or under what terms is it "necessary to the security of a free State" or which arms would fall under its scope. Nope. I'm quite happy the way ...
Jump to postI think everyone can agree that the 2nd Amendment is poorly worded as there is no clear definition of what a "well-regulated militia" is or under what terms is it "necessary to the security of a free State" or which arms would fall under its scope. Nope. I'm quite happy the way ...
Jump to postWow the bomber is literally anyone in the Trump administration: white, conservative Christian, hates everything that isn’t white conservative Christian. This is ridiculous statement. What is your point? So all conservatives hate minorities and want to kill them? You should think before you type, Hi...
Jump to postThere is no need for an ad-hoc militia; it is a false concept kept alive merely because it is mentioned in the Second Amendment. It is no longer "necessary to the security of a free State"; the National Guard will do just fine.... I'll make that decision myself. And I decide the National ...
Jump to postI think everyone can agree that the 2nd Amendment is poorly worded as there is no clear definition of what a "well-regulated militia" is or under what terms is it "necessary to the security of a free State" or which arms would fall under its scope. Nope. I'm quite happy the way ...
Jump to postJulie77W wrote:Wasn't it supposed to have three wheel bogies?
bob75013 wrote:I've seen several videos of new plane test flights. Many of those, like this one, show something attached to the top of the vertical stabilizer via string (cable?), and trailing the plane. It looks like a very small parachute type of thing.
What is it?
As much as I love animals they belong at home not on planes. If you have a genuine health issue and have a certified service dog that’s one thing. But household pets and “therapy animals” do not belong on planes period. This new generation of entitled wimps who have to have therapy pets is insane. ...
Jump to postI don't feel compelled to comment on who was right or wrong in this situation. I'll just say this:
We should stop allowing pets in the main cabin. We gave it a try. It has been terrible. End the policy.
There really isn't one practical location for a train to stop for most US airports focused on O&D. How about the planned APM stops at LAX as a practical location? Couldn't just a metro train stop there instead? It's a matter of use-case. The APM is primarily intended to move passengers offsite ...
Jump to post" Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! " Talk about damning with faint praise. :rotfl: What is remotely "damning" about this statement? That's an entirely innocuous well wish. Talk about TDS. Seriously , you've never heard the expression before? :shock: Damning with faint...
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