• Near Future

Posted: **Sun Apr 25, 2004 7:58 pm**

Any ideas where JetsGO new route will be?

I travel often YEG-YLW, YEG-YXE, YEG-YUL.

I woul love to see a direct flight to Nanaimo.

Posted: **Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:05 pm**

hopefullysomething canadian. theyre a good airline though i was a passanger on jetsgo on a flight to the dominican. the planes are really cramped though. md-80.

Posted: **Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:57 pm**

Check the "press release" section of the website for all the latest destinations being added. I think the last one was L.A. 3 times a week from YYZ....

Posted: **Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:11 pm**

jetsgo is getting big quickly. theyre all doing well financially. maybe they will eclipse air canada soon?

Posted: **Sat May 01, 2004 7:43 pm**

Thought I heard about the Crew getting into coffin corner not long ago, and the plane lost control...
After hearing what kind of experience some of the crews have, I'm not sure I'd like to have any of my family onboard.

Posted: **Sun May 02, 2004 2:00 pm**

Hmmm.......that's a hard one to believe don't you think? I'm no MD 83 expert here, but modern FMS systems and AT's make it near impossible to exceed the range of your High and Low speed buffet's.
I do know for a fact that their Op's Spec's specify that of the two pilot's there will always be a minimum level of experience. With a mix of ex-Air Canada, ex-Canadian, ex- Cathay Pacific and so on I think they'll do quite well once they iron out the kinks of opperating a new airline.
We're all working in the same industry here......give your fellow aviators the credit and support they deserve as PROFESSIONALS......

Posted: **Sun May 02, 2004 2:01 pm**

Hmmm.......that's a hard one to believe don't you think? I'm no MD 83 expert here, but modern FMS systems and AT's make it near impossible to exceed the range of your High and Low speed buffet's.
I do know for a fact that their Op's Spec's specify that of the two pilot's there will always be a minimum level of experience. With a mix of ex-Air Canada, ex-Canadian, ex- Cathay Pacific and so on I think they'll do quite well once they iron out the kinks of opperating a new airline.
We're all working in the same industry here......give your fellow aviators the credit and support they deserve as PROFESSIONALS......

Posted: **Sun May 02, 2004 8:51 pm**

I don't know the MD83 either. Can someone advise on whether they have FMS A/T etc.

I, too, have heard of several incidents which, if true, would be very concerning.

It was mentioned above that they are financially doing well. How does one know? They are privately held and one only knows what ML tells everybody. Not sure I would believe alot of what he has to say.

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2004 9:53 am**

I'd have to agree with the posts above; if a a beech can almost hit a fuel truck (something that isn't that uncommon) and make the Canwest Global 6pm news I'd think something as serious as a high speed buffet would be all over the press. There'd be lawsuits from traumatizied pax looking for money for mental anguish.

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2004 9:56 pm**

twinprop wrote:jetsgo is getting big quickly. theyre all doing well financially. maybe they will eclipse air canada soon?

Either you're kidding, or you're going to need to look for a new career because you are rediculously stupid. Yup a few MD-80's have got aircanada sunk. Please tell me it's a joke.

Posted: **Sat May 15, 2004 3:52 pm**

they are adding fokker 100s to their fleet now anywways.

Posted: **Sat May 15, 2004 7:45 pm**

Twinprops

Are you honestly being serious, because that is possibly the dumbest thing I have ever heard!!

Posted: **Sat May 15, 2004 9:39 pm**

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Posted: **Sat May 15, 2004 10:15 pm**

hmmmmmm

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2004 10:32 am**

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Posted: **Mon May 17, 2004 12:32 pm**

Ever read Handling the Big Jets? Written from the 70s... talks all about stick pushers. Anything with artificial feel needs something like a shaker or a pusher.
I've done some looking through databases but can't seem to find anything but this.
http://www.md80.net/yabbse/index.php?bo ... readid=143

I don't know if this link will work, but read it and scroll down to the section about the jetsgo post being deleted.
Since you seem to know something about this, can you post a link that proves this is more than a rumour?

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2004 3:45 pm**

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Posted: **Mon May 17, 2004 8:04 pm**

Pushers, shakers, ehh... never flown a MD-80 something so in truth, wouldn't really know.

But in any case, do you have proof the incidents you mentioned happened?

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2004 8:07 pm**

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Posted: **Tue May 18, 2004 12:31 am**

It might be old technology but it is pretty good. On departure not only does it have a stick shaker and pusher..it also will lower the slats from the mid range to the full range it if senses an impending stall.

Pika...tell me who was fired and who was demoted and for what reason...I am all ears!!!

Ps the Mmo is .84 and at 26,400 we are still in IAS in which case the maximum speed is 340.

Posted: **Tue May 18, 2004 6:42 am**

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Posted: **Tue May 18, 2004 7:27 am**

Pika you come across as a fear monger.

Posted: **Tue May 18, 2004 8:19 am**

Should I be scared that this incident happened, or so impressed that there seems to be no record of note. No incident reports in several databases (with one even calling the source unreliable) or no newspaper stories...no angry passengers demanding to be compensated for mental anguish. If they've really pulled that off they should be giving lessons to the US army on PR.
Either show an article or knock it off already.

Posted: **Tue May 18, 2004 9:52 am**

Since I seem to be a JG driver?? Well done psychic boy. "If I don't believe a mach tuck occurred..." no actually I don't, well I haven't heard anything about it anyways. I do know that no one was fired or demoted, which proves you are talking out of your ass. Mach tucks are actually fairly hard to get into. Just before any part of the aircraft goes super sonic immense drag builds up which would need immense power to overcome...so I doubt it happened.