open the door and load pallets? ;)

(Written on 2020年07月03日)(Permalink)

or a hotel. park it adjacent to a taxiway.

(Written on 2019年08月23日)(Permalink)

"broke the Keel beam" eek

(Written on 2019年08月23日)(Permalink)

"sit on it and de- ... " (sorry - need to practice using my indoor voice)

(Written on 2019年08月23日)(Permalink)

a significant portion of the 707's built were involved in some sort of hull-destruction incident. collisions (on-ground and in-air), hard landing, CFIT, runway over-/under-runs, etc. to be fair, none of those were caused by design/build flaws, but rather by shortcomings in the infrastructure.

(Written on 2019年08月23日)(Permalink)

gusting crosswinds and windshear at the airport that day. would not be talking about this if winds were steady.

(Written on 2019年08月23日)(Permalink)

not on 76-'s. that's happened on earlier-generation 73's, caused by wear in the hydraulic system (IIRC...)

(Written on 2019年03月01日)(Permalink)

the last two reported positions are telling. 2nd to last, he descended 3,000 ft in ~30 sec. final report was only 5 sec., during which he lost virtually all of his remaining 3,000 ft of altitude. 3,000 ft in ~5 sec = an average descent rate slightly under 400 kts. "Average".

(Written on 2019年03月01日)(Permalink)

Seems to me to be too large a debris field to have been intact at impact. NTSB investigation will tell more.

(Written on 2019年02月25日)(Permalink)

Selling off 717's a bad idea? I don't think so, and here's why: Southwest's business model has proven that ONE aircraft type, with identical training requirements for all pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, etc. is most efficient. It's one of the things that keeps their overall overhead low and gives them the breathing room to serve otherwise-expensive airports. If Southwest keeps the 717's, then their pilots, F/A's, mechanics, etc. will all have to be trained (and regularly re-trained), certified (and re-certified) for TWO mostly-unrelated aircraft types. Also, spares for two aircraft types have to be stocked at every medium-to-large airport Southwest serves. Those requirements impose costs which will have to be borne by every Southwest customer.

(Written on 2011年09月09日)(Permalink)