if delta thinks these max 737s are suitable for their operation, then i may change the tenor of my anti-boeing/faa speech, for delta is a premier operation, has been for years, except for cabin cleanliness.Delta has scads of 737-900's and some other 737s too. Guess they will be operating a hundred or more max's soon.

(Written on 2020年 11月 24日)(Permalink)

all the hyperbole of the set up to this squawk notwithstanding, every pilot of the A-10 is clear on the structural integrity of the airframe and brass balls are not a consideration of the ingrained instinct to trust the construction of the airframe, to trust the ability of said airframe to withstand a few hundred feet of concrete runway gear-up, and the certainty in each and every A-10 pilot that their aircraft will survive a landing without all three landing gear, without both engines running, with parts of the superstructure missing, and the air danceing through their hair, except the pilot will be wearing his flight helmet as he lands the thunderbolt. Just the facts please, about this magnificant close air support machine, and silly emotional exagerations are not called for.

(Written on 2020年 11月 22日)(Permalink)

proud to be a bluffoon and am in good company. We buffoons, so-called, have a strong preservation streak and reflex, and a general distrust of untrustworthy federal agencies and companies they conspire with to defraud us all. Any prospective passenger in one of these Boeing Bucking Bronco's who is not just a tad antsy has not been paying attention, or has been attending outdoor rallies without protective masks.

(Written on 2020年 11月 21日)(Permalink)

i wonder if these hardy survivors had a pilot onboard who was capable of a sucessful forced landing on a road or highway or a cleared field, or was their first choice was to depoly their parachute? A question of piloting skills not answered here.

(Written on 2020年 11月 20日)(Permalink)

Holy molley- the house has stirred, an authentic problem , having been identified, with a little help from the bad publicity around nearly 400 needless deaths, now they are "reforming the FAA's certification process".. How about a few new felony laws to identify and punish undue influence by manufacturers on safety questions? There's a start. How about not permitting designee inspectors? Make the FAA the first and final authority on airworthiness, without out allowing undue influence-as much as that can be curtailed_

(Written on 2020年 11月 18日)(Permalink)

intellectually we could think with all the testing and scrutiny this bastard child of boeing aerospace has undergone, that it would be "safe" I prefer to think of it like a house that a mass murder had taken place in, that had been repainted, new furniture, new windows, new floors-but still was the residence where bad things took place. A bit overdramatic perhaps, but boeing is the one with the odor in the room, the bad events that took place in their product. Their silly corporate happy-speak and hand-holding with the FAA notwithstanding...If you don't know the history of either the aircraft Max or that fictional house, well you just might like what you see. Not so much if you are aware of hstory....

(Written on 2020年 11月 18日)(Permalink)

business fliers constitute a big percentage of revenue passengers, and ought to be brighter than most ordinary passengers. However, the increase in booking just after vaccine announcements is all wrong, for the vaccines will not be offered for many months- perhaps the middle of 2021, so the reflexive bookings are premature. You want to book out 6 months or more, then that might make some small sense.

(Written on 2020年 11月 17日)(Permalink)

by some accounts, about half of prospective 737 max passengers are reluctant to board that aircraft. Very little American airlines or Boeing can do in the short term to alter those perceptions.

(Written on 2020年 11月 17日)(Permalink)

korean government is the lender of last resort in this most tenuous situation. I applaud them for stepping up to do the right thing for all concerned. NOthing prevents the government from extracting a slight premium upon leaving the agreement when normal returns in a year or two. No losers in such an arrangement...

(Written on 2020年 11月 17日)(Permalink)

that delta had to find a creative (sneaky, but admirable) sidestep to an idiotic ruling from both sides of the atlantic, says to me at least that enough is enough- fix the stupidity together and lets get back to mutual commerce. Delta can and probably will establish crew bases and aircraft basing in europe to evade these tariffs, and god bless them for that.

(Written on 2020年 11月 17日)(Permalink)