Category Archives: Commercial Airlines

After a Trip To Washington

By Rory | Published: December 7, 2010
My wife and I recently took a trip to SEA TAC in Washington State. Let’s review all of the awesome aviation related attractions along with those that we did and did not see while we were there: Boeing Field – We did not see it. Boeing Factory Tour – We didn’t do that. Seattle Museum [...]
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747 Airshow over the Golden Gate Bridge

By Rory | Published: October 20, 2010
Here is a United 747 buzzing the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. You can see that they have the flaps and gear down to get that puppy as slow as possible right over the bridge. You have to admire the steep turn with the plane setup in landing configuration, and the size of the [...]
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Flying commercial, you’ll be needing two pilots, right?

By Rory | Published: September 8, 2010
Warning: This post is heavy in sarcasm, and may be considered PG-13 The kooky concepts behind the Irish airline Ryanair are well documented and discussed. For example, as a cost cutting measure, the CEO has proposed to add standing room only seats, or rather specialized ‘seat boards’ that force passengers to remain standing, yet buckled [...]
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Flight Attendant Helps Pilot Land Plane

By Rory | Published: July 6, 2010
Straight out of some 1970s aviation thrill-scare movie a Flight Attendant on an American Airlines flight just helped the captain land a 767 in Chicago. The flight attendant stepped in after the first officer became ill (cue Airplane! jokes) she also has a commercial pilot’s license, so there’s that. It is not as if she [...]
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British Airways Flight Crews on Strike

By Rory | Published: May 30, 2010
This headline has been in the news for the past few days.  This report from the Wall Street Journal is just the latest in a long line of news about the labor disagreement struggle. It seems that labor politics are built into all airlines including the state run British Airways. This must be especially inconvenient [...]
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