There are over 350 Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes in fleets worldwide, although a growing number of airlines and nationsdecided to ground themin the wake of the second crash. President Trump said Wednesday that theFAA is grounding them in the U.S.as well. ...
Boeing 737-800NG– this has 6 Extra Legroom Seats in economy class in row 50. The forward zone seats are in rows 41-45. Note Singapore Airlines has a strict no refunds policy for Extra Legroom Seats if a passenger cancels the flight. Also, Extra Legroom Seats are non-transferable – ...
An antenna is placed on the underside of an airplane’s body so that it is positioned to receive and transmit signals to/from these cell towers. As the airplane’s journey progresses, these signals move from one available cell tower to the next. The limitation of ATG is the lack of cell...
Airbus' guide on safe refueling states that "bonding ensures electrical continuity between the aircraft and the refueling vehicle, preventing any spark to appear when the ground operator connects the refueling hose to the aircraft coupling." Bonding is a critical part of the refueling process as it...
“Safe, Secure, or Survivable.” Which means that, 1, Reliability thus, 2, Availability. Are both about as close to zero as you can get without it being totally obvious to all There are three effects people need to understand about infrastructure, ...
According to Boeing’s 2023-2042 Pilot & Technician Outlook, 649,000 new pilots will be needed globally over the next 20 years. With a high rate of retirements and increased air travel, the demand for new airline pilots is stronger than ever. 2. Lucrative Salary Potential Pilots are among...
And when I'm in the passenger cabin, I want to grab the captain and remind him, it's not "service," it'sflight.It's not the ground-loving term "equipment," but a jet thatwepilot, with which we make the barely sub-sonic magic of safe passage with a hundred or more people aboard...
The crux of the matter is that, in designing the MCAS and its associated sensor hardware, the manufacturer had ignored a basic maxim that aircraft designers are expected to adhere to, like the Hippocratic Oath for medical doctors: Boeing had not designed the MCAS to “fail safe”. That is,...
British Airtours Boeing 737 at Naples airport (NAP) arrival from London Gatwick in 1987 contact an airline directlyto ask for your flights taken. In Europe under GDPR legislation people can request their data held by a company. For example, here is the privacy policy page forEasyjet– it is...
“We can’t change the loss of 346 souls, but we can honor them (by making the aircraft safe),” added Olund. Upon arrival into Tulsa, we observed the 737 MAX fleet spread out all over the airfield, where the aircraft were lying in wait for their turn to be readied to return to...