News and notes from around the interweb:
- Worker uses coat hanger to clean cockpit window in Philadelphia
- What to Expect Inside Korean Air’s New Top Secret Business Suite
Reader BK shares about the United Club at London Heathrow, “Lounge is not at capacity; plenty of open seats. Plenty of staff at front and inside; at entrance two chatting while one scans. No wait for showers.”
The frequency with which they refuse access to day passes – which they sell, and promote as a benefit of the credit card – has long struck me as problematic. Meanwhile Delta no longer sells Sky Club day passes anymore, except to co-Brand SkyMiles Platinum credit card customers.
- Global Airlines & Laurent Perrier Launch Partnership: Go Home, You’re Drunk
- Bear escapes Iraqi Airways Boeing 737
Iraq's Prime Minister orders investigation into how a bear escaped from a crate in the cargo hold of an Iraqi Airways 737 at Dubai International Airport. pic.twitter.com/yoS4OWjsD5
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) August 7, 2023
- I missed this last month. (HT: TheZvi)
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— Covfefe Anon (@CovfefeAnon) July 7, 2023
- Things learned from travel.
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Things that travelling a lot taught me:
We have more stamina and we are more flexible than we think.
Some of your thoughts, moods, and selves are “non-geographical” — they exists everywhere. You only find out what parts of your inner world are independent of the…
— Anna Gát 🧭 (@TheAnnaGat) July 29, 2023
What I’ve learned from traveling: “If airplane safety videos have taught me anything, David, it’s that a mother puts her own mask on first.”
Actually that is a brilliant innovation as the paper towels stay attached using the pant clip.
Just another idiot looking for attention by mocking others with negativity.
Whomever ‘Nibbler’ is on Twitter, X….whatever the hell the platform is called now….is absolute nuts.
So, the latest “government” (nee FAA) conspiracy theory is predicated on a change in approach profiles to certain airports? Newflash – or, rather, non-newflash: these so-called “Optimized” approach procedures have been in use for several years in the terminal approach environment in several of the busier ATC regions (i.e. SoCal (LAX), DFW, etc.).
Should said approach occur through an area of KNOWN turbulence, there are limited mitigations that can be taken (i.e, altitude changes, speed reductions. With ATC approval, possible approach procedure deviations, or perhaps route deviations.).
But more importantly, when it’s time to begin a descent for arrival, it’s time to get down, whether there be turbulent air or not. At cruise (FL290 and above), descent typically begins roughly 75 to 90 miles from the destination airport. It’s time to get down….damn the descent profile used.