New interview by the CEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5YWV0wh3es That interview made me nervous. I feel like if the airline is profitable and you're asked "are you profitable?", you'd happily answer yes. If not, you'd give an answer like he just did. Driving the "we are bringing affordable tra...

The thing is, Flair is in a unique situation, much different from the basic financial structure of the other failed small airlines. Simply put, they won't go under because they've run out of startup capital, the business will just continue to operate on a loss and 777 will continue to pay the bills...

They are communicating…just not to people like you on this forum. They explained the reasons for the focus on sun destinations during the winter months via several town halls and despite a significant amount of cancellations and delays due weather and maintenance over the holiday the loads have bee...

Fear the rural folk who love their country, who are the first ones that would sign up for service to fight and die for their country to protect the freedoms it appears many are ungrateful for. Vaccinated or not, rural folk are some of the most stand up, genuine, generous hard working people I know....

They used to say that about Jap cars, too….

I’ve been doing some reading that BA’s focus on meeting DEI targets, to the exclusion of proper management hiring and oversight is the cause of some of their problems. I believe it. No different than at Harvard except Harvard’s disgrace isn’t likely to kill anyone. Its infected the FAA. Today, the ...

godsrcrazy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:51 pm Truly amazes me how insensitive people are on this forum. Not even 24 hours and people are being armchair investigators.

Makes me sick.

Agreed.

Same sort of people backing up the QEW when there is a nasty accident on the other side.

Phones out their windows. Lets get some video!

I’ve been doing some reading that BA’s focus on meeting DEI targets, to the exclusion of proper management hiring and oversight is the cause of some of their problems. I believe it. No different than at Harvard except Harvard’s disgrace isn’t likely to kill anyone. Its infected the FAA. Today, the F...

I made mine a multi day, over 1500 NM trip (one way radius) , 40 hours, entirely in the US, small and large airports, (to the far SW). Learned a ton, planned it carefully, got a little chunk of mountain, and high altitude takeoff experience too. Good for you. I always highly encourage prospective C...

I made mine a multi day, over 1500 NM trip (one way radius) , 40 hours, entirely in the US, small and large airports, (to the far SW). Learned a ton, planned it carefully, got a little chunk of mountain, and high altitude takeoff experience too.

Ice ingested in the engine? I was more thinking about pre-departure top of the wing contamination compounded with maybe some ice collected on the leading edges once moving fast enough. It's really just a supposition out of many. Yup. I was curious if the inertial separator was deployed. That’s what...

Ice ingested in the engine?

I took the first 2 vax doses, which made a lot of sense to me at the time on a risk / reward basis (I’ve had respiratory issues). Boosters, have made far less sense to me. I think there is a strong case (not a fan of flu shots either) that too many vaccines, and too many doses of antibiotics, aren’t...

fish4life wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:50 am It’s not SFO’s fault the Lufthansa pilots don’t know how to look outside and fly the plane.

They would rather not line up with a taxiway.

I found this scenario interesting, SFO (seems a challenging place) was running only night visual approaches, Lufthansa 380 appears and their SOP’s won’t allow visuals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rdapQfJDAM&t=206s

I was wondering the same. Anyone know more about their staffing levels? They say its demand, FWIW Put it this way let’s say you have 20 metro captains and you can make $xxxx per hour flying them on a perimeter route or you can make $xx per hour flying a lower yield bearskin route. Which route are y...

goingnowherefast wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:28 am

fish4life wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:33 pm Bearskin cutting routes might have just as much to do with the lack of pilots as their is a lack of passengers.

I was wondering the same. Anyone know more about their staffing levels?

They say its demand, FWIW

Tracking the industry.

Spirit Airlines, following the collapse of the merger with Jetblue


https://www.reuters.com/business/aerosp ... 024-01-17/

goingnowherefast wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:08 pm Dryden used to have jet service! Interesting how things change

Its a nice little airport.