When we last saw “The Cardinal” he commented on Virgin America, stirring up a lot of emotions in the process. This time he tackles something I bet will be less controversial — today The Cardinal proposes that Delta CEO Richard Anderson should buy Alaska (the airline, not the state) as soon as it...
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2009/05/video-boeing-787---za001---eng.html
It's a smoky thing. Guess it was burning out some sort of solvent or engine storage goop.
Like the frog in the video...
EVERETT, Wash., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA continued...
This is a copy of an interesting blog post by Holly Hegemon, made more interesting by SWA's memo which now is in the public domain.
(My guess is that her guess is wrong about the NTSB. The New York Times and WSJ are very plugged in to NYC Plaintiff law firms who call the papers hoping for free...
Delta Shuttle to be flown by Republic/Chautauqua/Shuttle America with "RJ's"
MD88's getting pulled out of LGA-DCA, being replaced with new (76 seat) E175's.
Mainline to be completely phased out from January 5th to March 28th.
Brief report to help explain the traffic changes and how they are affecting Major and LCC in the US market.
http://www.aviationplanning.com/images/CapacityReviewNovember.pdf
Delta thus far appears to be bucking the trend, but I hear rumors their managers are also concerned about the picture in...
Interesting reading, particularly for those interested in design, certification and industrial engineering.
http://www.planebusiness.com/buzz/airbus2.pdf
The Early News on Obama's DOT & FAA picks
Boyd's HotFlash ....
http://www.aviationplanning.com/asrc1.htm
He writes that former Clinton appointees are coming back, notably Frederica Pena and Jane Garvey. Also, he points out the default position for our President Elect is "how'd Bill run this...
Somebody correct me if I'm reading this wrong, but it appears with a bad IRU telling the airplane it is in a stall, the fly by wire takes over and the crew has no control over the jet. In this case, the jet did a negative G push over injuring passengers. In August 2005 a 777 did a pitch up for...
A little Flight Info resolution:
Whereas Northwest Airlines and their pilots agreed to outsource their small jet flying.
Whereas Delta Air Lines Pilots voted affirmatively to endorse NWA's outsourcing scheme.
Whereas neither Delta, nor Northwest pilots, want to be anywhere near the bottom...
Just a thread to compare notes on what we are reading from the hearings. This is just my interpretation of the hearings and could be incorrect. Does anyone know of a source for the actual exhibit documents?
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Pilot staffing:
Beginning on a baseline of July 2008, Delta’s pilot...
Just curious if anyone here operates in that system.
What are the trips like?
Where are you based?
Hearing any rumors about SEA and the 767ER?
Can DAL pilots J/S NRT to Asian destinations?
How senior is it?
What is the mix of aircraft operating out of NRT?
How are the loads?
How do they staff...
Hot Flash - Monday, September 29, 2008
DL/NW Merger Update
In the media din surrounding the shareholders' approval of the Delta acquisition of Northwest, there's been some amateur supposition that the deal might harm small community air service. Let's talk...
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