It is a good article and is true. I flew Southwest today from Phoenix to SJC on a completely full 737 800. Slightly delayed by 10 minutes. This flight came from Dallas as flight 197 and then under the same number as the PHX-SJC flight it went back to Austin Texas. Prior to Dallas, Flt 197 came from Charlotte and before this Baltimore. One can see how a few weather, air space control, mechanical or other problems can completely screw up the schedules when a flight zig zags its way across the US.

(Written on 2021年10月14日)(Permalink)

There was no such thing as a vaccine during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. Misinformation.

(Written on 2021年09月25日)(Permalink)

If masks don't work, how much influenza was there last year? Not a lot.

(Written on 2021年09月18日)(Permalink)

I also flew on SWA Max from PHX to SFO. Easy to tell it was a Max from looking at engines and seeing the continuous number of people boarding. I think it hold 185 passengers, maybe more than the 707s I used to fly on during the 1960s. Clean and comfortable with a well trained crew.

(Written on 2021年08月16日)(Permalink)

The mRNA vaccines have been in development for many years and the science behind it is not as new as you think. With new technology it takes a much shorter time to research and produce a medical product than 60 years ago when it took longer to create a polio vaccine. We live in different times now where discovery can happen quicker than in the past. It used to take 12 hours to cross the country by airplane and in less than a year it was a 5 hour journey with the advent of the jet airplane. Technology and science will shorten the timeline for lots of invention and progress.

(Written on 2021年08月15日)(Permalink)

A quote from Gordon Bethune " You can make a pizza so cheap that nobody wants to eat it. You can make an airline so cheap that nobody wants to fly on it."

(Written on 2021年08月15日)(Permalink)

Bad problem that combines human mistake with design problem. This should be a preventable accident with a design that does not allow a pin to be placed into a wrong bore located near the correct placement site. (You cannot put a diesel fuel nozzle in a gasoline tank because the nozzle size is too big to fit into a gasoline receptacle.) The bore size of the apex pin bore should be too small to allow the NLG pin to be accidentally placed. Take human error out of the equation.

(Written on 2021年07月17日)(Permalink)

BTW-- Have any of you seen photos of the Blue Origin rocket? What does it remind you of? I guess its fitting that Bezos will be aboard.

(Written on 2021年07月12日)(Permalink)

It is hard for me to believe (I am not an engineer) that you cannot keep a tried and tested airframe no matter how old the design is and replace fuel inefficient engines with new engines that pollute less and use less fuel. I am not sure why this could not be done since airlines have choices in which engines to purchase for a given aircraft. I like the 767 with 2 seats on the sides and a comfortable ride.

(Written on 2021年06月30日)(Permalink)

HIPPA is a regulation that prevents me as a Health care worker to divulge any health information about you without your permission. When you sign up for a health plan in the small print they are allowed access to your health information but cannot share it with others. A private company (once the vaccine moves from emergency use to approved) can require vaccination for employment and this does not violate HIPPA or discrimination law. My guess this could result in a lawsuit and work its way to the Supreme Court. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. It is a good thing that you had an uneventful recovery but 600,000 fellow citizens did not.

(Written on 2021年06月11日)(Permalink)