oops! E145 crash in South America

[regionaltard]

So that's why they call them Jungle Jets. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Fltlvls]

About 3/4 of the Trans States fleet relies only on the brakes to stop. Super fun in winter....

Also due to lack of weight back there the planes a nose heavy so we have to move pax from the 1st 3 rows to the last 3 rows on about 95% of the flights.

So either your load factor sucks 95% of the time or no one brings bags anymore or both.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

So either your load factor sucks 95% of the time or no one brings bags anymore or both.

See those rubber weights on the baggage cart? Yeah...that's what they are for. Fun times.

 

[great cornholio]

So either your load factor sucks 95% of the time or no one brings bags anymore or both.

I wish load factor sucked...that would make commuting much nicer. The gate agents/computer/United books the planes front heavy leaving empty seats if any in the back. Typically speaking any more than about 3 or 4 empty seats in the last few rows and we have to move people.

On a handful of times we have full flights and have to get ballast... Noticed a decline in checked bags after the fees started. It got so bad that the company installed (screwed to the floor) a couple hundred pounds of rubber bricks. That helps some but still move people or get ballast a lot of the time.

 

[Baronman]

Yeah I noticed the UAL booking system throws everyone in the front?? WTF? The first 6 rows are full, the back 12 are empty? Not gonna work.

 

[Dornier 335]

Reading HK on the plane cracked me up! I had forgotten for a sec that it's Columbia's country identifier. Makes me wounder if Uncle H owns the aviation industry down there. You never know ...

 

[skidbuggy]

Reading HK on the plane cracked me up! I had forgotten for a sec that it's Columbia's country identifier. Makes me wounder if Uncle H owns the aviation industry down there. You never know ...

If you notice the aircraft has two registrations; a civilian one and a military one. Satena is essentialy a civil air line run by the Colombian Air Force.

 

[V1cutsrfun]

It's just a scratch! It'll buff right out....

Hope nobody ws hurt....

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