Something else to keep in mind, this link is from an article that was written 4 years ago, so the dollars and cents here would be those of 4 years ago. It mentions Jet-A costs of $1.21 a gallon. Jet-A is currently $5.25 per gallon but I'm fairly certain when you are Qantas or American Airlines buying thousands of gallons at once a pretty big discount is likely in order.

(Written on 2019/10/29)(Permalink)

He had been on a Southwest flight before and was looking for the smoking section...

(Written on 2018/01/04)(Permalink)

I don’t understand why this squak is being voted down.

(Written on 2017/12/08)(Permalink)

How do the Squaks and Ejects work? Why does this have a -4 at this moment? I'm not understanding how this works.

(Written on 2017/12/07)(Permalink)

I was just commenting on this somewhere else yesterday. Take a look at the many versions of Border Security: xxx on Netflix. CBP agents routinely search bags, cars, cell phones, even your person if it comes to that. If you have undeclared cash over $10,000 and cannot prove where it came from they seize it and fine you. Law is much different at border crossings.

(Written on 2017/03/17)(Permalink)

Uh, yeah, I would say since the engine stopped, for whatever reason, since he landed on asphalt, and everyone walked away, and nobody in the plane or on the ground died, it was a good landing. There is one sure thing. You never ever have to take off. However, once you do, you have to land. He did. Everyone lived, and he didn't bend the airplane.

(Written on 2016/08/23)(Permalink)

R.I.P. I'm really going to miss his insight here......

(Written on 2015/11/20)(Permalink)

(Duplicate Squawk Submitted) Egyptian rescue team at scene of plane crash -aviation ministry CAIRO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday, the Egyptian prime minister's office and civil aviation ministry said. The Airbus A-321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia with registration number KGL-9268, was flying from the Sinai coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg in Russia when it went down in a desolate mountainous area of central Sinai soon after daybreak, the aviation ministry said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Egyptian security sources said there was no indication that the plane had been shot down. Islamist militants are active in parts of Sinai. Sergei Isvolsky, a spokesman for Russian aviation authority Rosaviatia, told Interfax news agency that the plane took off from Sharm el-Sheikh at 6:51 a.m.(0351 GMT) and ground contact with it was lost with it about 25

(Written on 2015/10/31)(Permalink)

Many thoughts and prayers going out to the pilots family. A second thought, while an extremely heavy workload, landing a commercial jet in an emergency like this as it must have been, a "co-pilot" is NO less qualified than the pilot is. The "CO" should not be seen as being lesser of a pilot. In some cases, there are even FO's that have more flying hours than the other pilot in the cockpit. Some might choose to be FO. Furthermore, if the guy in the right seat is the Pilot Flying, the guy in the Left Seat would be the "CO-pilot".

(Written on 2015/10/05)(Permalink)

(Duplicate Squawk Submitted) German Airbus A320 plane crashes in French Alps A passenger plane for the airline Germanwings flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf has crashed in southern France, officials have confirmed. The Airbus A320 making the flight for Lufthansa’s lowcost arm, Germanwings, crashed near the small mountain village of Barcelonette in the southern Alps. It had made a distress call at 10.47am then disappeared off the radar at around 11.20am, Le Figaro reported. The French TV station iTele said there had been at least 142 passengers and six crew-members on board. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/24/german-a320-airbus-plane-crashes-french-alps

(Written on 2015/03/24)(Permalink)