Unless everyone is wearing a pressure suit, if there is ever any explosive decompression, you are dead Going Mach 9 at 170,000ft I’d imagine pretty much any malfunction would be deadly. at 170K ft? a pressurization problem would give you less than 10 seconds to live. why do you think commercial air...
Jump to postAfter 40 years of USAF AD maintenance, none of them are in the best shape. were the airplanes to go through a civilian D-ck they could have all the SB and AD notes complied with for civilian registration and the particular Military comm gear could be leased from the Air Force when the need arises. ...
Jump to postrj777 wrote:Will the plane be able to fly again? How much repair work will need to be done?
We see the plans that United has for Denver with it's expansion plans. But where is the plans to grow IAH, or are they downsizing. I would not be surprised to see more stagnation at IAH. The clubs at IAH feel outdated. The club in E really needs to be redone, but United does not seem to be investin...
Jump to postThe USAF doesn’t need transport aircraft at all really. It’s much cheaper for Transcom to contract out cargo to civilian airliners. That might work in peacetime, but commercial providers might not want to fly into conflict zones with unhardened and unprotected aircraft. You couldn't force them and ...
Jump to postEventually the war in Ukraine will end and Russian airlines will be allowed to fly to europe, USA etc. Be it in 5 years or 10 years, the exact timing isn't the important part here. Slots that were once held by Russian airlines have been redistrubted to other airlines. Take LHR and Aeroflot for exam...
Jump to postThis is ironic to me. They literally just said no plans for a Polaris Lounge in DEN in February. Now they shift direction. Im curious to know what went on behind the scenes... Maybe they just didn’t want to make the official announcement. Kirby made it sound like he was spilling the beans ahead of ...
Jump to postwhat makes you think UAL would or would Want to fly to ICN at a loss? they used to interline with Asianana in SEL and they still fly to ICN Non stop and have flown 1 stop via NRT. as that's how I last got to ICN to go suit shopping in Seoul. I don’t think that, that’s why UA wouldn’t want seven dai...
Jump to postSemi related United fleet question: If one day United did decide to add the 777X to the fleet I would assume that would end any hope for the A350? I recall Kirby saying that “they are very expensive”, but I could envision a future 10+ years from now where UA’s network would support both the size an...
Jump to postWhy would you want to go to management. Don’t let the prestige of the title fool you. You are put on salary. You can be terminated just because. You will be married to your iPhone. You won’t have set hours. No swapping shifts so you can take 3 or 4 day trips. You do want to take advantage of flight...
Jump to postNot the same. Not exactly the same, but similar. DL has shown that they don’t need seven HND flights a day, especially without a JV partner, just as UA and AA don’t need seven ICN flights a day. The slots are almost irrelevant if DL can’t run seven flights a day profitably. At this point they just ...
Jump to postCan someone smarter than me address why UA is not buying the lightly used AS 321neos? Would allow them to retire the next few A320s faster... https://onemileatatime.com/news/alaska-airlines-retiring-airbus-a321neo/ with the CFM 1. Alaska's A321NEOs have the classic door configuration, while UA's A3...
Jump to postDon’t recall if I saw this on this thread or a different one, but someone said all of JetBlue’s Europe flights are losing money, is that true? And if so, why are they so keen to expand? Because when you don't know? You don't Know! But? They will find out when and if the money loss drives them to an...
Jump to postIn a nut shell...two airlines that rigorously compete against each other don't form an alliance. And two airlines that do form an alliance will have embarked on an inevitable downhill trend to compete less and less with each other all the while distorting the competitive dynamic for the remaining p...
Jump to postThat kinda reminds me of the DRJ (Dassault Regional Jet….my name for it), the Falcon 30. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_30 It does seem like there might be room for a Cessna/Beech 50 seat really efficient RJ to replace the CRJs/145s/135s. Maybe the efficiency could make up for the ...
Jump to posthttps://leehamnews.com/2023/01/31/pontifications-new-rolls-royce-ceo-paints-a-dire-picture-all-scenarios-on-table-at-airbus/ Lots to think about for airbus and RR Such a vicious circle: ⋅ T1000 crisis is a huge money sink, fixes must be delivered under warranty so are a huge cash outflow...
Jump to postHow did the airline commuter partner concept begin in the USA? Was it American Eagle? Did American buy an independent commuter and start putting its code on the flights from places like Abilene to DFW or was it Delta doing something like that in Atlanta, United in ORD, Continental in IAH or somebod...
Jump to postIn order for DL to go “all-mainline”, they would have to get rid of OO and YX—or somehow bring all of that flying in-house, as well. Both of those are extremely difficult—and costly—propositions. Those carriers represent more than half of DL’s regional capacity, including all of their E-Jets, which...
Jump to post...United sought loans to shore up the pension fund. after the loans were denied as they were challenged by American and Continental who sought to have United sell them the Pacific division routes in a move of treachery? Where you'd hear that? I don't recall that at all. Do you have a link to a sou...
Jump to postZero shot this happens. There'd be too many hurdles to clear if both parties actually wanted it to begin with. What Hurdles? I do not think the endeavor pilots would object But? would endeavor Management and maintenance object? and what's in it for them other than a possible pay increase?? As a Mec...
Jump to postThis looks to be purely ALPA making a statement, nothing from either DL or EDV management. Delta will shut Endevour down before that ever happens. Remember Comair? As I've said before I don't think Delta will bring the Endeavor and mainline groups together. If though they did and were going to oper...
Jump to postI flew LGA-PIT on Allegheny and then on to State College PA on Allegheny Commuter back around 1977 or 1978. Yet, I didn't even think about them being the first. Thanks. I heard about the commuter /major tie up when I worked at Goldeen Gate airlines in 1980 when United proposed it to Golden Gate Air...
Jump to postThere’s allegedly an ALPA newsletter floating around about Endeavor and Delta pilots signing a joint resolution supporting the incorporation of Endeavor’s operations into mainline DL. This was posted on the AeroCrew News Facebook page. Is there anything official out there? If this does happen, I ca...
Jump to postAll the outsourcing is still biting Boeing on the behind. They never should have outsourced their security departments. When security was still in house, this would have never happened. Boeing security (outsourced) handles facilities security only. They do not handle personel clearances and other a...
Jump to postthe Range that Boeing projected it would fly and what it has flown on the city pairs they fly it to? are close if not beyond the projections in most cases. the 787-10 with the same wing as the -9 will of course not fly as far, BUT? I'll bet NOBODY knows the true range of the airplane. and? Would it ...
Jump to postThe feeling among "experts" (like us) was that this "disposable French airplane would never last as long as a Boeing". Indeed! I read a very old topic on airliners.net some times ago. Almost all posters were saying that A300 and A320 were built to serve around 20 years, at a max...
Jump to postWhat ever happened with the slot waiver extensions for HND that were requested a few months back? Assuming they got issued as DL isn't operating all their HND slots, but UA confused me, because the loads in IAD-HND for example look pretty bad, so why would they be operating a route like that if the...
Jump to posthttps://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/0329/1366976-ryanair-boss-on-summer-outlook/ O'Leary says Boeing approached them. Don't know to believe or not. 100 order plus 100 option as described in article is what I expected regarding order size...i.e. enough to keep them ticking over. they might have ap...
Jump to postAlso, this probably helps with Widebody utilization. No kidding. It's the perfect route for them to run a plane coming in from a redeye or early morning arrival into a daytime there and back at SJU and still can operate a red-eye that night. For instance today's widebody flight is a 767-400 (N66056...
Jump to postI have never seen so much quibbling over ASM (or RPM) being only "one metric" when it has been the industry standard metric. Sure there are lots of other metrics, for instance, Cape Air flies more flights a day, on more planes, to more destinations than Virgin Atlantic. Does that make the...
Jump to postI think that ever since UA merged with Continental, UA is basically done with PW. Now, they prefer GE/CFMI planes. Aside from 3 ex-HA 767 (which is just for commality with other 763), UA has not taken a single PW powered plane after merging. In fact, if you look at fleets like their 757-200 fleets,...
Jump to postMy first trip to Chicago in 2019, to see the man who is now my husband, was with United. The flight home ORD-LHR was worked by a London based crew. It really surprised me that UA still have (had?) a crew base in London. I don't remember any American accents from the cabin crew on that flight. They ...
Jump to postSCFlyer wrote:So I would assume the passengers are pretty much a 'bonus' income if a cargo contract dictates for widebodies on a route that generally only has passenger demand for 738/739s.
UA N777UA delivered May 1995 and first flight June 1995 should be in a United Museum. First 777 delivered to an airline, number 7 built. First 777 built is at Pima in Tucson. .... Unor when the Blue Angelsited needs a museum, to showcase the History, Legacy and Pride of that great airline. Look at ...
Jump to postseeing as to how Bermuda doesn't have a Home airline? I would think it could support 1-3 737's or Airbus airplanes in passenger or Cargo configuration. since British airways and Bahamasair were there the last time I was there.
Jump to postI would guess United has the oldest 777 fleet, given that they were the launch customer. As long as proper maintenance is performed, these planes can fly a very long time. Keep in mind that they were grounded for a period of time when the kerfuffles related to the PW engines occurred, so there was ...
Jump to postNot sure about now, but when I started in 2019 I would see a few former PA flight attendants in SFO. I was with United when the Pan Am Pacific division ame to United and I got to meet quite a few of the Pan Am people who came with the airplanes some were L1011-500 types and quite a few were 747 typ...
Jump to postHas PHL ever had service to Asia? It must be one of the biggest markets in the US with no service. I would think a JAL connection at Tokyo would be an obvious connection opportunity, even if only for the PHL market! No, never. However, USAirways did announce PHL- NRT at some point and were planning...
Jump to post1qtr RPMs had UA ahead of AA by a hair and farther ahead of DL - UA"s first quarter is its worst. It's impressive, but note that RPMs are only one metric even if it's the grandaddy of airline metrics. FWIW, both AA and DL operate more flights (and have more physical seats) so leading in RPMs i...
Jump to postAgain when opening the pandora box AA could wrestle MSP and/or PDX slots away from DL and could add service from SEA with AS feed or BOS with the NE Alliance feed. Delta has no lock on adding HND from BOS. For all of the excuses to even make this request let me quote the great Dallas Cowboy Quarter...
Jump to postERJ170 wrote:I’m assuming additional ATL, SEA, and LAX…
[quote="LAXPolari, Uniteds"]What ever happened with the slot waiver extensions for HND that were requested a few months back? Assuming they got issued as DL isn't operating all their HND slots, but UA confused me, because the loads in IAD-HND for example look pretty bad, so why would they ...
Jump to post[quote="intotheair"]^^^ I could be wrong, but I believe UA management has said that they're done with buying used aircraft for now. We saw that when they decided to not induct the CFM-powered A319s that they bought in favor of more 737 MAXes, specifically the white tail 737 MAX8s. I think ...
Jump to postThis reminds me of Interjet in Mexico whom ordered/received 30 Superjet 100 Russian aircraft.have been hampered by the The airline is now bankrupt with the whole fleet grounded with spiderwebs all over them. No buyers. If China can splurge on tech support/spare parts/tech reps and so on it might wo...
Jump to postIf you want to, do it. Honestly not trying to be rude, but you’re obsessed with this so why ask others to do the work? As Kanban noted, these rework periods will be highly variable. The plane interior needs to be removed from the join area, lots of measurements taken. Specific design tasks develope...
Jump to postIf one airline of the airlines were to cut it though, who would it most likely be? Just guessing: AA. The UA/NZ JV is established in the market and has domestic connectivity on both ends. AA is only seasonal for 10 weeks anyway, so if it's not successful it simply won't be back next year. Yeah, the...
Jump to postSorta. It's really only the addition of AA and DL. NZ is dropping from 10X weekly and UA 4X is picking it back up. Essentially the UA/NZ joint venture is replacing a NZ airframe with a UA one. Furthermore, AA is only seasonal. If anything, the whole thing is reflective of the USA/NZ demand trend th...
Jump to post757pencilnose wrote:United has been picking some white tails up recently
When AA did the extra legroom seats in the 90s, how much did it cost them to update the seating? I imagine you also had to update the placement of the reading lights, air vents, call buttons, etc. So there might be more than just seat cost. Did they reinstall the old seats back when they put the la...
Jump to postWith their desire for a cheap, reliable, long endurance, modern aircraft and (as I've read many times) the benefits to 4 engines in the operations they do... wouldn't the A340-200/300 have been a good choice? could you see NASA flying an Airbus? NASA knows good and well? That wouldn't get to "...
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