Well said Ian McDonell. Without the help the well-experienced co-pilot, I fear the outcome could have been worse. Kinda lucky and unlucky on the same day.

(Written on 2019年 03月 23日)(Permalink)

Relax. Everything is fine now. Breath deep into your paper bag(s). The airlines are only loosing millions of USD per day. Nothing to see here. Move on. 200-hour plus co-pilot? Keep moving. 28-year old "Senior" Captain? Keep moving. Crap digital data transition from analogue data to digital information from the "Angle of Attack" input to the flight director? Nothing to see here. Move on... Keep moving.

(Written on 2019年 03月 17日)(Permalink)

Did Ukraine International Airlines consider the Airbus A220-100? Embraer probably offered a better deal.

(Written on 2019年 03月 15日)(Permalink)

Lufthansa launched Boeing 737-100 service on 10th February, 1968. "...early Cold War"? Cold War officially was from 1947 to 1991. Additionally, the article states "Ground crews hand-lifted heavy luggage into the cargo holds in those days, long before motorized belt loaders were widely available."? Motorized belt luggage loaders were common place in 1958. The integral air-stair performed well in surface temperatures as low as -38C. Otherwise, a fair news article.

(Written on 2019年 03月 15日)(Permalink)

Profit Sharing is good. Mellow out. What relevance is a 36-year old imperial/metric fuel conversion incident relevant to Delta Airlines Profit Sharing in 2019?

(Written on 2019年 03月 01日)(Permalink)

The idiocy of superstition masquerading as a cultural imperative.

(Written on 2019年 03月 01日)(Permalink)

Probably a Chinese diplomatic reaction to New Zealand banning Huawei 5G infrastructure.

(Written on 2019年 02月 10日)(Permalink)

Basically an article describing Vancouver International Airport, with only a vague description of the airline's routes. Probably just another economy-class tourist airline to Veradero and Cancun. If not, please elaborate.

(Written on 2019年 02月 10日)(Permalink)

The author claims SQ22, (NWK-SIN) flight route flew over the North Pole. According to Flight Tracker, SQ22 doesn't go near the geographic North Pole, nor the North Magnetic Pole, nor even the Alaskan town of North Pole.

(Written on 2018年 10月 16日)(Permalink)

Pilot fatigue may have been a factor. Canadian crews can legally fly a few hours longer per day than U.S. crews.

(Written on 2018年 09月 28日)(Permalink)