Alaska offered a woefully inferior product on the route. Their downgrade on the product offered by Virgin America finally bit them. How long before they end JFK - SFO? Frankly, I have always found Alaska's first class product to be lacking, no matter the market.

(Written on 2021年06月28日)(Permalink)

Amazing! I'm glad to read the -30 is still flying.

(Written on 2021年06月15日)(Permalink)

Yawn.

(Written on 2021年06月03日)(Permalink)

Doubtful. Delta has 111 757-200 needing replacement. The 737 MAX doesn't compete with the A321 NEO and is a poor replacement for the 757. Prior to Boeing stupidly taking a swipe at Delta over the BCS, DL had made a huge order for both the A321 CEO and NEO with the NEO purchase including options for 100 aircraft. This order maintains the 100 options.

(Written on 2021年04月23日)(Permalink)

This is hysterical. I live in Las Vegas and this has been murmured about for years. The excuse they used was that nobody knew where McCarran International Airport was because "Las Vegas" is not in the title. They said it should be "Las Vegas International Airport". Now they have decided to rename it "Harry Reid International Airport." I guess that somehow tells people it is in Las Vegas. Personally, I think its a bad idea to name something after someone who is living. You never know what they are going to do.

(Written on 2021年02月16日)(Permalink)

I actually got to fly on a DC-2 once back in the 90's. It was a restored bird owned by the Douglas Historical Foundation. What a thrill.

(Written on 2021年02月09日)(Permalink)

Weirdly, I miss the DC-8, but don't at all miss the 707. I don't know why. I thought it was a more elegant plane. The DC-8 stretches that seemed to be a city block long were just beautiful.

(Written on 2021年02月08日)(Permalink)

For some reason I was looking at air traffic in the Southeast yesterday (mostly Florida and Georgia) and was wondering why traffic looked so weirdly light. I now know!

(Written on 2021年01月05日)(Permalink)

They have purchased very well-maintained aircraft

(Written on 2021年01月01日)(Permalink)

"Torrid" is an odd adjective to use, since it means "hot and dry". I would use "opportunistic" instead.

(Written on 2020年12月16日)(Permalink)