Giving the "America first" mentality is harming anyone who isn't a 100% America company, they made a smart move moving away from US-made engines. God know when a president will just forbid you from buying the engines due to "national security reasons". Political issues aside, really hope someone can stand up to the Airbus dominance in the narrow body market, especially after Boeing shot themselves in the foot... Both Russian and Chinese haven't proven themselves yet, and Bombardier and Embraer were bought up by Boeing and Airbus...

(Written on 2020/08/07)(Permalink)

Why not just install clip-on rows of UV lights? They can be hooked and suspended on over head bin handles? To me, for each axle, one row of UV lights hung above and one row of UV lights on the floor will have similar effect to that "game changer" You really don't need robotic arms... That said, UV lights won't really help with deeper grimes collected in aircraft carpet for years...

(Written on 2020/04/14)(Permalink)

Looks like there are more holes on Boeing's slice of cheese... Kinda feels bad for Boeing... I don't 100% agree with Boeing's "it ain't broken, don't fix it" mentality... After all it is "broken" due to not adhering to latest safety regulations... On the other hand... I do agree sometimes the fire-proofing standards are a bit too vigilant... So...

(Written on 2020/02/17)(Permalink)

Right, the only solution to reduce carbon emission is not breathing then...

(Written on 2020/02/17)(Permalink)

Har Har, like those Chinese jets will sell like hot cakes... it ain't gonna happen. U.S. gov should make Boeing to get their own shit together so Chinese airlines (by extension Europeans) have no choice but buy US planes... No one will want your stuff when you stuff is s**t... *cough* 737 Max *cough cough*

(Written on 2020/02/17)(Permalink)

Or more likely, switch to RR or CFM

(Written on 2020/02/17)(Permalink)

Meanwhile in Seattle... I mean in Chicago...

(Written on 2020/02/17)(Permalink)

Bravo for Delta commiting to this challenge, considering they have one of the oldest fleets (many many MD-88s) among the three legacy airlines...

(Written on 2020/02/17)(Permalink)

The man almost sparked a war with Iran, I am not surprised he nukes China tomorrow. That said, it does look quite nice, although I would prefer a B-52 flyover over VC-25 any day... After all it is still just a 747, nowhere near as threatening as B-52...

(Written on 2020/02/17)(Permalink)

Relax People, it is not peak travel season (in fact, just ended), so not that many people needed to fly. Plus the virus naturally deter travelers, so the airlines will hemorrhage profit if they decide to keep the flights flying, even might start lose money on flights... Remember an airline can lose money on a short haul flight with as little as 5 unfilled seats. Next peak travel season is Spring break (March/April), then May 1st (Chinese-week-long holiday) which will also kick start summer travel season with thousand of students needed to fly. By then the virus will likely get contained, and potentially vaccine on the horizon. Next Chinese school/public holiday is in April, but it is three-day-long long-weekend, most family won't choose to travel abroad. Some airlines naturally doesn't have flights during February-May

(Written on 2020/02/10)(Permalink)