Hate to say I told you so-but when the service to/from Reno was announced months ago I predicted it would fail miserably. But then again, many years ago I thought Madonna would be a 'one hit wonder' so what do I know!
"...so the Austin-Vail route is one of the first from a legacy carrier that doesn't allow passengers to connect at a major hub airport to go to/from their ski vacations."
Allow passengers to connect at a major hub? Shouldn't that read 'force' passengers to connect at a major hub?
Who actually checks the airworthiness certificates before allowing an aircraft to enter an airspace? It seems like a part could be replaced and conceivably no one would know it for awhile.
It would seem that these static ports on the engines are related to engine performance and are not part of the Air Data System for the flight instruments, thus their being covered would not be as critical as covered fuselage static ports.
I thought the 1500 hour regulation was an overkill response to a single incident. That opinion has not changed and now the industry is paying the price.
It's 'duct tape' not 'tuck tape'.
Is it possible the crew used that window to exit the aircraft and FD taped it later to avoid spraying form into the cockpit?
My first reaction was to check the date and see if this was an April 1st story. Ugliest livery scheme I have ever seen...makes you wonder what choices were rejected as being too gaudy?
