Oftentimes when organizations make quota goals and are not able to attain the numbers they need to meet them, these organizations consider and enact changes to attain what they publicly are trying to achieve. By compromising and "loosening" hiring standards, merit, and even safety to meet a quota, it spells big trouble for United and even more its customers.

(Written on 2021年04月09日)(Permalink)

The reduced production of US oil reserves, as a result of the recent Executive Orders, results in higher demand for other oil sources like the Middle East. Higher demand means higher prices, including those in Europe. Basic supply-demand economics.

(Written on 2021年03月12日)(Permalink)

Not a pilot but a frequent flyer, I would much prefer a wide body aircraft for a longhaul than a narrow body. Adding extra fuel tanks in the fuselage doesn't seem to me something I want to fly. Years ago KLM tried flying 737's across the Atlantic from Schipol. Even in business class it was not a pleasant flight and I only flew it once.

(Written on 2021年03月05日)(Permalink)

When I used to fly regularly and quite a bit on international flights, the "word" was to choose an airline that was serviced by Lufthansa mechanics as they were supposedly maintained consistently better than other contract service mechanics.

(Written on 2021年01月01日)(Permalink)

Two year olds can be very obstinate and tantrum driven. Remember the "terrible two's"? Everyone who as had children know this. I always hope not to fly on planes that have these toddlers onboard. They can be pretty bad trying to keep them in their seat even without masks. That said, the airlines were wrong.

(Written on 2020年12月18日)(Permalink)

KLM used to fly 747 combi's daily from Houston to Amsterdam and back. I don't know if they still do but the times I flew it the aircraft were not very clean and the service was mediocre.

(Written on 2020年10月09日)(Permalink)

My main Pc is a 2015 27 in. iMac and I've been been running XPlane 11.41. It's Ok but when Apple went to 64 bit Catalina OS, a lot of add-ons no longer worked properly and the sim didn't always work. Two months ago, I purchased a loaded Dell G5 gaming desktop (Core i9. 64GB Ram, Geforce RTX2080, etc...) mostly for the purposes of running the new MS flight sim. and and enough power to support VR. While waiting, I run Xplane and FSX Steam on the PC and the performance is outstanding! The iMac doesn't have the power and a new iMac rig is just way too expensive compared to the Dell. I've run MSFS since the old "green screen" days so it's good to be coming back.

(Written on 2020年07月17日)(Permalink)

It's my understanding MSFS 2020 supports VR. Like all software, the initial performance may be limited, but we'll see.

(Written on 2020年07月17日)(Permalink)

A little sensitive about your VW's? You should be. They're junk and their motor design is ridiculous.

(Written on 2020年07月03日)(Permalink)

Watch the news tonight or tomorrow. The truth of the origin of the Corona "Wuhan" virus is now starting to become public. It is NOT a conspiracy theory that it came from a bio-lab and the CCP tried to hide the evidence.

(Written on 2020年04月15日)(Permalink)