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Submitted: Friday (05/09) 06:53PM EDT by cbw
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(www.digitalspy.co.uk) Title pretty much sums it up, but the content in the article is what disturbs me. Opinions....
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Submitted: Wednesday (05/07) 01:46AM EDT by ryjones
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(www.youtube.com) Guy lands downwind, 10-15 knots tailwind, on a short runway.
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Submitted: Tuesday (05/13) 12:24PM EDT by mduell
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(www.flightglobal.com) Boeing has officially launched the package for 777-200/200ER/300 models (dubbed "Classics") with orders for 139 aircraft from "at least seven" carriers, including launch customers Air New Zealand, Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Boeing also confirms that Austrian Airlines, El Al and KLM have ordered upgrades for their 777 Classics.
The combined improvement is aimed at reducing annual fuel consumption per aircraft by as much as 454,000kg (one million lb), the company says. Such savings should reduce an airline's annual spending on fuel by $300,000 per aircraft, according to Boeing estimates. Drooping the 777's outboard ailerons on both wings generates a 0.4% fuel efficiency improvement. Another 0.4% improvement comes from installing the ram air system.
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Submitted: Tuesday (05/13) 12:23PM EDT by mduell
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(www.flightglobal.com) Airbus is estimating that ramp-up snags with the A380 will postpone deliveries by two-and-a-half to three months, which the airframer is attributing to delays in adapting to new serial production techniques.
It follows the disclosure today that Airbus will deliver 12, rather than 13, A380s this year and 21 instead of 25 in 2009.
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Submitted: Wednesday (05/07) 02:55PM EDT by karl
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(reason.tv) Former Department of Transportaton Inspector General Mary Sciavo appears on CNBC with Reason Foundation Director of Government Affairs Mike Flynn to discuss "airline misery" (video)
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Submitted: Thursday (05/08) 09:01AM EDT by dbaker
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(online.wsj.com) More planes are flying than ever before, but the number of people who do everything from piloting them to fixing them isn't keeping pace. The growing shortage is raising fresh concerns about air safety.
Industry and government experts are worried that a looming dearth of pilots, aircraft inspectors and air-traffic controllers around the world could place new strains on maintaining some of the advances in airline safety of the past two decades.
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Submitted: Tuesday (05/13) 12:22PM EDT by mduell
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(www.flightglobal.com) IATA’s bid to slash the commercial air transport accident rate for Western-built aircraft has suffered a setback after losses in Indonesia and Africa drove the figure up by 15% last year.
The organisation set a target to reduce the 2006 figure of 0.65 hull losses per million flights to just 0.49 in 2008.
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Submitted: Tuesday (05/13) 11:43AM EDT by dbaker
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(www.nypost.com) The pilot called him to the front and "advised the plaintiff that he would have to give his seat up" to the flight attendant, the suit says.
The pilot told him the "flight attendant wanted to be more comfortable and that the 'jump seat' was not comfortable for her."
A stunned Mutlu asked whether that meant he was supposed to sit in the jump seat for the rest of the five-hour flight, but the pilot told him that would be against regulations, Akin said.
The pilot told him to "hang out" in the bathroom," the suit says, adding the stewardess took Mutlu's seat, "closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
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Submitted: Thursday (05/08) 03:22PM EDT by dbaker
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(www.aopa.org) DayJet has grounded all but 12 of its 28 Eclipse 500 jets used in its Florida-based air taxi service and has laid off 100 of its 260 employees after failing to find an additional $40 million in operating capital this year.
The company will defer deliveries of what a spokeswoman termed “dozens” of new Eclipse 500 jets planned for this year. However, DayJet official Vicky Harris said that will result in other Eclipse customers moving up in the line ahead of DayJet and getting their aircraft sooner than expected. No deliveries to DayJet are anticipated for the rest of the year.
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Submitted: Friday (05/02) 12:58PM EDT by bovineone
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(ap.google.com) Southwest, Northwest, United, and JetBlue are just some of the airlines extending their flights by one to three minutes.
It's not a big change for travelers, but the numbers say otherwise. Southwest projects savings up to $42 million this year.
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Submitted: Tuesday (05/13) 05:14PM EDT by nugget
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