markonline1

LAX has had a good couple of days LOL

MidAtlantic

Looks like Boeing are now having problems with their 777XXX certification: https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...certification/

Within the FAA, the person said, “there’s a general feeling that Boeing has kind of lost a step,” referring to the slide away from a historic reputation for engineering prowess.

steveq

Just an ordinary old chap.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-engla...shire-57600677

scrubbedexpat142

Fabulous!

scrubbedexpat091

1 pilot in critical condition and the other in serious condition after their aircraft went down off the coast of Hawaii early morning, Boeing 737-275C(A) (MSN 21116), delivered first in 1975 to Pacific Western Airlines and been in service with Transair since 2014. Engine issue shortly after departure, they crashed as they attempted to return back to the airport.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/pilots-ali...ry?id=78604621

You Tube

markonline1

Great job by the controller!

scrubbedexpat142

Yes!

scrubbedexpat091

Jetblue doing a proving run this evening to LHR

steveq

Waiting for delivery of a new HP VR headset for my Xplane setup. I have difficulty getting the rudder action on my sim to behave remotely like the Warrior I fly.....

Steve

civilservant

That is one thing I don't really understand... I love a goof flight sim, and enjoy jumping in and doing short hops in an airline or using something aerobatic to see the sights in different, places but I don't see what's fun about flying a long haul route any more than I do with being an actual pilot flying a long haul route. Or you're doing is monitoring (in this case the computer simulating the aircraft, in reality the aircraft)

If you are on another computer, performing another task, are you really playing? No, you're waiting for something to happen. I don't see the fun.

But that's just me.

A ditching is a controlled landing on the water. A 'crash' is an uncommanded intersection with the surface of the Earth.

Steerpike

What does this mean?

steveq

JBU - Jetblue
scheduled flight 9400
equipment Airbus A21N ?

lansbury

Airbus 321neo

https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/pass...y/a321neo.html

Steerpike

My question was about the use of the term 'proving run'.

Update - OK, so it was a proving run for a new engine option? What's the implication here of 'scheduled flight' - was this a passenger-carrying scheduled flight?

scrubbedexpat091

It's basically a simulated commercial flight but without fare paying passengers (usually airline employees playing the role of passenger.) that an airline has to do when they receive a completely new aircraft type, going to begin ETOPS operations or something new they have not done before, so they can get approval for new aircraft type, ETOPS or such.

When Southwest was working on getting ETOPS approved to fly to Hawaii they had to do the same, since they were not ETOPS approved nor had they ever operated long over ocean flights at that point. Southwest, Jetblue before they expanded to include over ocean flights, they had no need for ETOPS as they never ventured far enough form land to need it.