People seem surprised that an aircraft designed in the 1980s uses technology from the 1980s.

(Written on 2020年 08月 12日)(Permalink)

Some of my first airline flights as a child were on Delta 727s. Many fond memories.

(Written on 2020年 08月 11日)(Permalink)

At first glance I thought this was about prohibiting airlines from providing passengers with blankets.

(Written on 2020年 07月 06日)(Permalink)

Interesting part of the video starts around 8:11

(Written on 2020年 06月 20日)(Permalink)

This concept reminds me of "the stacks" from the book "Ready Player One."

(Written on 2020年 04月 23日)(Permalink)

Patrick Smith is a pilot, but he's also the author of a New York Time best-selling book: https://www.askthepilot.com/cockpitconfidential/

(Written on 2020年 04月 03日)(Permalink)

OK, an action like this is clearly unforgivable, given the circumstances. I am curious, though, what type of aircraft is was. A 737 is going a lot more flexibility in spreading passengers around than, say, a regional jet. Could the crew have gotten overly concerned about weight and balance requirements (seems unlikely to me, but I'm not a pilot), or was it just a case of "blind obedience to corporate policy?" Either way, it seems highly irresponsible to me.

(Written on 2020年 04月 03日)(Permalink)

I'm OK with this. It was already getting harder and harder to tell the difference between airports and shopping malls :)

(Written on 2020年 03月 31日)(Permalink)

I was wondering what the meaning of "જીપ" was, so I entered it into it Microsoft Translator, which just returned "(a)." I'm still wondering :)

(Written on 2020年 02月 16日)(Permalink)

How long did they have to sit on the ramp after landing because the gate wasn't available yet?

(Written on 2020年 02月 10日)(Permalink)