I hope the f/a is recognised properly. He/She saved the day. The whole crew is supposed to perform as a team -- and they did. Good job!

(Written on 2021年03月04日)(Permalink)

Nah, it's those foreign pilots/training/maintenance yadda yadda yadda..

(Written on 2021年02月18日)(Permalink)

Groan, paywall! Nonetheless, it's time to reconsider (for the third time) resurrecting LORAN, now eLORAN. At least as a non-precision option, especially now that VOR's are dropping off the map. The buildings and towers are still standing and ready for new equipment.

(Written on 2021年01月25日)(Permalink)

Yes, it is unusual for an English language article to not simply say "Italy" instead of "Italia." That's how I'd read it. I would guess it's how Italians might prefer to refer to their own country in their own language. (Like Deutschland=Germany, I suppose.)

(Written on 2020年12月29日)(Permalink)

Ha, Love it! Despite the extra carbon footprint!

(Written on 2020年11月19日)(Permalink)

Yup! Socialism, don'tcha know? :)

(Written on 2020年10月30日)(Permalink)

Never flew in a Comet 4. Must have been cool. I was a passenger in several Caravelles -- such a beautiful and quiet airplane, with RR Avon engines. Flew 707's many times as a young man. The ones with Conways were screamers while the P&W's were thunderers. Loved them both.

(Written on 2020年10月28日)(Permalink)

Jeez, how bogus! This was an aerosol test. Cough aerosols are > 1.0 micron. The virus is 0.1 micron! Those blue (non-N95) masks might stop aerosols, but pretty useless to airborne viruses. Proof: At the super-spreader event at the White House Rose Garden (outdoors, mind you) the infected guests weren't all being coughed at! And if they were, well, unmasked was de rigeur.. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7224694/ That said, I'd admit that it's a mystery how cabin attendants have (mostly) dodged the bullets.

(Written on 2020年10月16日)(Permalink)

Assuming the crew also accurately know where the baggage and cargo arms and weights are..

(Written on 2020年10月12日)(Permalink)

Umm. Might check your facts! Congress has been pushing for this..

(Written on 2020年10月06日)(Permalink)