I agree entirely with you...

(Written on 2018/12/27)(Permalink)

The authorities should be demanding answers as to why the crew decided to press on after two engine failures. Looks like commercial pressures at work again and the risk to passengers was increased. Lucky the engines didn't fail on final

(Written on 2018/12/27)(Permalink)

Not enough money equals reduced safety ...

(Written on 2018/12/27)(Permalink)

Hey people ... when an engine is on fire the passengers are in real danger. Full marks to Korean Airlines. The only sensible thing to do is evacuate all pax ASAP. - especially if I am one of them !!! I would do the same in a light aircraft. I have seen one case (B737) that was totally destroyed on the runway after an engine fire that progressed very very rapidly.

(Written on 2016/06/03)(Permalink)

What ever happened to genuine competition though??? Is this another "cosy" arrangement? Looks like those ancient Qantas B747s will run a bit longer now.

(Written on 2015/06/11)(Permalink)

I have often wondered what the travelling publics response would be if Qantas increased the seat pitch in economy to say 34 inches??? Maybe they are already getting high levels of passengers and don't need any more customers . Is there any real competition on that Pacific run to LAX??

(Written on 2015/06/11)(Permalink)

\GIVE ME THREE INCHES MORE ...All this talk about new airlines services and seats seems to ignore the fact that airline travel is now getting close to a form of torture. Maybe one day we will see criminals sentenced to a flight to Dallas form Sydney??? in economy of course. If only they could hive economy 3 inches more leg room.. it would make an enormous difference to comfort. Trouble is the airlines all use the obvious lack of room in economy as a way to make more money by selling Premium or Business class seats. I'd be happy to pay an extra $200 to LAX from SYD but the price of Premium Economy is a total rip off.

(Written on 2015/06/11)(Permalink)

Reminds me of Government departments who change their name ( but nothing else). The costs are massive. Did Virgin really need to go this far with their rebranding and full painting of planes? Perhaps they could have made a compromise. Seems a waste of money to me. Other factors are more important in selling seats. To me the most important thing is to give people a few inches more leg room so as to make Economy travel bearable... but do so without gouging travellers with massive increases in fares (eg premium economy or business class). The general approach now is "pay for an upgrade or suffer in economy". One armed midgets are the only people who travel on airlines with any real degree of comfort.

(Written on 2015/02/19)(Permalink)

A full braking effort applies enormous heat and pressures on tyres.. blowing tyres is not uncommon in that situation.

(Written on 2014/10/09)(Permalink)

There is an immutable rule in aviation ... A BAD APPROACH MAKES FOR A BAD LANDING. I have done "go rounds" many times when winds (or my errors) make the approach look bad.

(Written on 2014/10/09)(Permalink)