Great to see my old employer back in the saddle! This reminds me of the Delta I worked for. They called it the 'Delta Family' back then. We all were taught the words of Delta's founder, C.E. Woolman - "Get just one more passengers". Way to go DL!

(Written on 2019/06/21)(Permalink)

Rapidwolve interesting observation. The article says there were wind gusts at the time of landing. Maybe one got the plane at a bad moment. That is the best case for the pilots. It is lucky UA has a parking lot of 757s to pick from, but this is a sad way for one to go to parts for sure. Still one tough bird.

(Written on 2019/06/21)(Permalink)

The nose gear stayed intact and straight on both landings. That is one tough airplane! My point was if the damage is consistent with the Delta event, United may be able to repair the damage. Depends on their evaluation of the cost versus losing the aircraft entirely.

(Written on 2019/06/18)(Permalink)

Delta had a Boeing 757-232 damaged very similar to this in 1993 at FLL during a hard landing. They sent a team from the Tech Ops center in Atlanta down for a few weeks and flew the plane home. After some tweaks by Boeing, the aircraft re-entered service. I think the aircraft was ship 678 (N678DL. There is a NTSB report on it.

(Written on 2019/06/17)(Permalink)

Hey, the Lockheed L-1011-1 that was used by Delta Air Lines and Eastern Air Lines for their domestic service had the main galley located in the forward cargo hold, forward of the main landing gear. It had 2 elevators that went to the mid-galley above, and a separate loading door for the catering truck on the right side of the fuselage. PSA, as mentioned elsewhere, turned this into a lounge on it's L-1011s. So the idea is not new by a long shot.

(Written on 2018/04/07)(Permalink)

Having spent 22 years with one of the majors in the U.S., and having worked at the gate, and in the system Operations Control Center, I can tell you that lack of information at the local level is a problem with ALL carriers. You may have 1 person in control of hundreds of decisions that impact a large number of flights that is trying to sort things out and therefore no one knows what is going on. When a delay is due to weather or late arrivals or other things that are easily determined, just tell the Agents and Crew and their passengers the truth. When it is something larger, the truth still is a good policy while decisions are being made. One thing everyone has to realize is that airlines do not have a bunch of aircraft sitting on the ground just waiting to be used as backups. If it is airworthy it is probably flying; if not, it should be out of service and on the ground. Communication is always the hardest thing, but should be the simplest.

(Written on 2018/01/26)(Permalink)

Good catch! Poor english grammer strikes the press yet again! I was beginning to wonder if they were carrying the engine in the bomb bay and someone let it go. I will be a 7 engine approach in a B-52 is as much fun as any other engine-out approach on a multi-engine jet. Glad everyone is safe.

(Written on 2017/01/06)(Permalink)