Wish it was that easy, 757 was always my favorite Boeing jet. Geniuses there destroyed all the tooling so they'd basically be starting from scratch, no doubt more expensive than a "new" 737. There was/is supposed to be a NMA 757 type replacement but between the Max debacle and now wu-tang flu who knows if it will ever happen.

(Written on 25/06/2020)(Permalink)

Whatchu talkin bout Willis? The 757 never needed MCAS or anything like it.

(Written on 25/06/2020)(Permalink)

Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?

(Written on 22/06/2020)(Permalink)

Funny how history repeats itself. McCarran led the charge for immigration reform in the interest of national security. He was mainly concerned with Communist infiltration, but his reform also made it easier to reject immigrants who were deemed to not be loyal to the US or who had criminal histories. Oddly enough he was a Democrat, and the final bill that went through was a combination of his and one by Rep. Francis Walter, also a Dem. And somehow that is "xenophobic and racist". Sounds oddly familiar...

(Written on 22/06/2020)(Permalink)

Mr. Madison, what you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.

(Written on 17/06/2020)(Permalink)

Are you going to stop flying the Airbus 320 too? Because it won't let you lower the gear at too high speed, then lets you belly land with no gear damaging the engines, and then lets you climb out only to have both engines fail from the damage and crashing. Or you can realize that no airplane is uncrashable, especially when operated by poorly trained crews at poorly run airlines.

(Written on 15/06/2020)(Permalink)

Well, I fly the 737. Have flown the Max, will fly the Max again as soon as it returns. This grounding that should have been a few months at most has dragged out due to political theater and public pressure. I guess it's just more fun to keep playing the evil greedy corporation game.

(Written on 15/06/2020)(Permalink)

For the love of Pete, whoever that is, it's been over a year! They've picked apart this thing with a fine tooth comb. No airplane in history has ever had this kind of scrutiny. Boeing made a mistake, they've identified it, but the regulators are so afraid of their own shadow no one wants to be the first to re-certify it so they keep finding more stuff to fix. This notion that it's a flying death trap and all Boeing cares about is money is getting pretty old. People don't hesitate to get in a car and drive a 3000 pound death mobile in a crowd of other 3000 pound death mobiles driven by people who can barely tie their own shoes, but whine about the minuscule risk of getting on a commercial airliner, particularly when it's operated by first-world airlines. Just makes no sense to me.

(Written on 14/06/2020)(Permalink)

All these big CEOs taking salary cuts reminds me of the Cheers episode where Sam made a bet with Robin Colcord for one week's salary. Sam won but turns out Robin only paid himself 1 cent a week. These bigwigs all make their real money with bonuses and stock options, their salary is just icing on the cake.

(Written on 25/05/2020)(Permalink)

Now that stuff is starting to open people have a reason to travel. Ticket price is pretty meaningless when theme parks, casinos, hotels, etc are closed and you can't visit Grandma without a cavity search and a hazmat suit.

(Written on 21/05/2020)(Permalink)