Re: The Travel Thread
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:23 am
“Hey baby, are you a 737?
Cuz you’ve got a few screws loose and you look like you’d suck me off.”
Cuz you’ve got a few screws loose and you look like you’d suck me off.”
But, SOUL Trains are the funnest
https://youtu.be/lODBVM802H8?si=FPmu8eELFiIS7Qf_Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:31 pmBut, SOUL Trains are the funnestTDub wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:44 pmthe steam trains are super coolKUTradition wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:26 pm
me too
the wife and i took the old steam train from Hill City to Keystone a couple years ago and it was fantastic
This latest kerfuffle isn’t a Boeing problem. It’s an airlines problem, specifically US carriers. This is not like the MAX autopilot issue.TDub wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:34 pmis it though?Shirley wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:26 amWTAF?ousdahl wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:36 am Boeing 737 loses external panel mid-flight, lands safely in Oregon in latest plane incident
https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/us-news/b ... id-flight/
The frightening mishap marks at least the seventh incident involving a Boeing plane in the last two weeks.
It's impossible to keep up. (Not kidding!)
Boeing going down the tubes isn't an option, it's too vital. But...
if they scaled down focused on quality like they used to, and provided high quality products to the military and to vital operations to keep transportation of goods and what not moving. But, significantly scaled back the planes available for commercial flights....would that be all bad?
We generally don't need to fly as an absolute necessity.
Wow, a family of over-achievers! (Speaking for myself, I always find intelligence in females very winsome, until or unless it isn't.)zsn wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:15 amThis latest kerfuffle isn’t a Boeing problem. It’s an airlines problem, specifically US carriers. This is not like the MAX autopilot issue.TDub wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:34 pmis it though?
if they scaled down focused on quality like they used to, and provided high quality products to the military and to vital operations to keep transportation of goods and what not moving. But, significantly scaled back the planes available for commercial flights....would that be all bad?
We generally don't need to fly as an absolute necessity.
I have flown over a million miles all told (I’m about a hundred thousand miles short of Million Miler status on United and have had 1K status continuously since 2015) and my wife is trained as an aircraft maintenance engineer, although her specialty is helicopters. So I have somewhat of a different perspective.
Most of the world’s operators fly predominantly Boeing fleet and the only ones with issues are United, Alaska etc. Southwest is an all-Boeing fleet but no significant issues. Panels aren’t falling off Lufthansa or Qantas planes. This one isn’t a manufacturing problem. It’s a maintenance problem. I wouldn’t venture a guess as to the reason but airlines need to look inward.
Btw, I love all trains - steam to high speed. I have been on TGV, Italo, thalys, IC, AVE, Shinkansen and just a few weeks ago, the China High Speed Rail at 310 kph.
I think thats all good information and perspective that I don't have. But, I still don't think it addresses my point of view, which is, we don't need to fly so much. We can scale back on commercial airline flights in general. How many flights fly half empty in order to Maintain their slots at airports? there's a lot of consumption and waste in the airline industry.zsn wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:15 amThis latest kerfuffle isn’t a Boeing problem. It’s an airlines problem, specifically US carriers. This is not like the MAX autopilot issue.TDub wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:34 pmis it though?
if they scaled down focused on quality like they used to, and provided high quality products to the military and to vital operations to keep transportation of goods and what not moving. But, significantly scaled back the planes available for commercial flights....would that be all bad?
We generally don't need to fly as an absolute necessity.
I have flown over a million miles all told (I’m about a hundred thousand miles short of Million Miler status on United and have had 1K status continuously since 2015) and my wife is trained as an aircraft maintenance engineer, although her specialty is helicopters. So I have somewhat of a different perspective.
Most of the world’s operators fly predominantly Boeing fleet and the only ones with issues are United, Alaska etc. Southwest is an all-Boeing fleet but no significant issues. Panels aren’t falling off Lufthansa or Qantas planes. This one isn’t a manufacturing problem. It’s a maintenance problem. I wouldn’t venture a guess as to the reason but airlines need to look inward.
Btw, I love all trains - steam to high speed. I have been on TGV, Italo, thalys, IC, AVE, Shinkansen and just a few weeks ago, the China High Speed Rail at 310 kph.
You’re always too kind! Never knew about Spirit AeroSystems! I should look into it more.Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:39 am Is the word you're looking for Spirit AeroSystems, perchance?
Did you know? Spirit AeroSystems’ headquarters in Wichita, Kan., spans more than 600 acres, with 12,000 employees in 150 separate buildings. As the world’s largest independent supplier of commercial and defense aerospace structures, we invite you to take a closer look at Where Flight Begins.
Well, I'm from Wichita back when it was Boeing's headquarters and had tens of thousands of employees, long before Boeing moved to Seattle and spun Spirit off. Of course, now they're in talks to buy it back, so they can control quality.zsn wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:33 amYou’re always too kind! Never knew about Spirit AeroSystems! I should look into it more.Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:39 am Is the word you're looking for Spirit AeroSystems, perchance?
Did you know? Spirit AeroSystems’ headquarters in Wichita, Kan., spans more than 600 acres, with 12,000 employees in 150 separate buildings. As the world’s largest independent supplier of commercial and defense aerospace structures, we invite you to take a closer look at Where Flight Begins.
Nailed it.Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:22 pm I barely missed them.
I can definitely picture Defix in those platform shoes…throwing down those delicious moves!
im more of a beechcraft guy myself. Grandfather had 45 years thereShirley wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:06 amWell, I'm from Wichita back when it was Boeing's headquarters and had tens of thousands of employees, long before Boeing moved to Seattle and spun Spirit off. Of course, now they're in talks to buy it back, so they can control quality.zsn wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:33 amYou’re always too kind! Never knew about Spirit AeroSystems! I should look into it more.Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:39 am Is the word you're looking for Spirit AeroSystems, perchance?
Did you know? Spirit AeroSystems’ headquarters in Wichita, Kan., spans more than 600 acres, with 12,000 employees in 150 separate buildings. As the world’s largest independent supplier of commercial and defense aerospace structures, we invite you to take a closer look at Where Flight Begins.
45 years. Hard to imagine, especially these days.TDub wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:15 pmim more of a beechcraft guy myself. Grandfather had 45 years there