Danke, do something

A United Airlines plane skidded off the runway after its tyres burst as it landed at an airport near New York.
Some passengers suffered minor injuries when Flight 627 slid off the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Saturday afternoon.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the Boeing 757-200’s left main landing gear was “stuck in a grassy area” following the incident at 1pm.
“The aircraft will be towed off the airfield after passengers leave the aircraft via stairs,” it added in a statement.
No injuries were reported to the FAA but United said some passengers had refused treatment for minor injuries. The airline did not say how many people were hurt.
The pilot told those on board the plane had blown two tyres as it landed, according to passenger Caroline Craddock. She said at least one person hit their head and another suffered an elbow injury.
Arrivals and departures were suspended at Newark following the incident. Flights resumed after passengers were “safely deplaned”, the airport tweeted.
The FAA said it was sending officials to the airport to begin an investigation.

https://news.yahoo.com/united-airlines-plane-skids-off-204857845.html
 
Airbus is ready for pilotless jets - are you?

https://apnews.com/d8d911a9f1844df1a314a42c346e74a4

By ANGELA CHARLTON

FILE - In this Friday, June 14, 2019 file photo, Chief Commercial Officer of Airbus, Christian Scherer, speaks to the media during a briefing ahead of the Paris Air Show in Paris. The chief salesman for Airbus says his company already has the technology to fly passenger planes without pilots at all - and is working on winning over regulators and travelers to the idea. Scherer also said in an interview Monday, June 17 that Airbus hopes to be selling hybrid or electric passenger jets by around 2035. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)
LE BOURGET, France (AP) — The chief salesman for Airbus says his company already has the technology to fly passenger planes without pilots at all — and is working on winning over regulators and travelers to the idea.

Christian Scherer also said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday that Airbus hopes to be selling hybrid or electric passenger jets by around 2035.

While the company is still far from ready to churn out battery-operated jumbo jets, Scherer said Airbus already has “the technology for autonomous flying” and for planes flown by just one pilot.

“This is not a matter of technology — it’s a matter of interaction with the regulators, the perception in the traveling public,” he told The Associated Press.


“When can we introduce it in large commercial aircraft? That is a matter we are discussing with regulators and customers, but technology-wise, we don’t see a hurdle.”

Several manufacturers are presenting unmanned aircraft at the Paris Air Show, primarily for military purposes — and some are also proposing pilotless “air taxis” of the future.

When it comes to autonomous passenger jets, safety is an obvious concern. It’s an issue that is on many minds after two deadly crashes of the Boeing 737 Max jet that have implicated problematic anti-stall software.

Scherer said the crashes “highlighted and underlined the need for absolute, uncompromising safety in this industry, whether from Airbus, Boeing or any other plane.”

While he said Airbus’ sales streategy hasn’t changed as a result of the crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, “there is a capacity need that materialized as a result of this, and naturally you have airlines that are frustrated over capacity, that are looking for answers.”

Airbus announced several orders Monday as the air show kicked off, while Boeing had an anemic day as it works to win back trust from customers.

Scherer forecast continued growth in the aviation industry after several boom years, predicting the world will need at least 37,000 new aircraft in the next 20 years, especially in Asia — and that eventually the whole industry will stop creating emissions and “decarbonize.”
 
A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight was diverted to Oklahoma City about 20 minutes before landing at its destination Sunday because of an intoxicated passenger who became so belligerent, passengers applauded when police removed him from the plane.
Brandon Ganus, 32, forced the flight from Pittsburg to Dallas to make an emergency landing at Will Rogers World Airport after he started yelling obscenities and threatening others, according to reports.


According to FOX 25, Ganus had to be physically restrained by crew and passengers with a plastic zip cuff and duct tape.
Once the flight landed, police boarded the plane and removed Ganus from the flight to the applause of the other passengers. In released bodycam video of the incident, police are directed to the man by another passenger saying, “Go get him.”

More at: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/american-airlines-crew-duct-tape-cuff-passenger
 
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...


The flying saddle: Would you give it a try?

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/The-flying-saddle-would-you-give-it-a-try-14015191.php

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Say goodbye to whatever personal space you had left.

Chris McGinnis, Tim Jue Updated 10:47 am PDT, Wednesday, June 19, 2019

PARIS — Airlines are squeezing as many passengers as they can onto their jets, but one seat manufacturer believes its product can help carriers push capacity to the absolute limit. And it may help push down fares.

Say goodbye to whatever personal space you had left.

At this week's Paris Air Show, lots of curious convention-goers eagerly wanted to try out Avio Interior's "SkyRider" saddle-like airplane seat, but that's probably not the reception it would get if people found it installed on their next flight. See it in the slideshow at the top of this post.

SkyRider passengers would lean on a bicycle-seat type cushion that sits higher than your traditional airline seat. Legs sort of hang off the saddle, as they would if you were riding a horse. The seat back sits straight up, forcing good posture. A knee cut-out provides another precious few inches of legroom.

You're neither sitting nor standing — you're sort of leaning.

The SkyRider seat has been around for nearly a decade and has undergone several improvements. The next generation of the product will come with some built-in recline — but not much. The seat maker is also pondering an under seat "shelf" where kids and shorter passengers can rest their feet so they're not dangling for the duration of the flight.

With just 23-inches of pitch (most airlines offer around 31 inches), there's not a lot of wiggle room in front of you, and it's definitely not for the large or claustrophobic flyer.

Yet it was interesting to hear the backstory of why Avio Interiors, an Italian company with decades of experience in the airline seat business, devised something that looked so uncomfortable.

As airlines cram as many people as they can onto their jets, the SkyRider is viewed as another class of service that can help an airline reach a jet's certified maximum passenger capacity. On a Boeing 737-800, it's 189 seats.

An Avio Interiors spokesperson said the saddle-seat can be installed alongside traditional first, extra-legroom economy, and standard economy seats. With a much lower price point, carriers can offer the seat to budget travelers who wouldn't mind it for the duration of a flight. Talk about basic economy!

And here's what you've been waiting for: It's important to note no airline has actually purchased the seats and installed them — Avio Interiors is still looking for its first buyer of the SkyRider, and has been for nearly 10 years. It's also unclear whether the seat would meet government safety standards for emergencies (it has not been certified by the FAA yet either.)

Then there's the question of which airlines would be brave enough to sell the seat on its planes — all it takes is one, and the rest will likely follow. And another question: Who would be willing to pay for such a seat, or how much of a discount would it take to entice passengers?
 
What are you as a paying passenger willing to pay? United has started offering 4 different classes. What one do you are willing to pay for?

Seems pretty silly, the market has decided. It is a response to that.

Don't want a human at the controls to save a few bucks, good luck with that.
 
Anti Federalist said:
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...


The flying saddle: Would you give it a try?

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/The-flying-saddle-would-you-give-it-a-try-14015191.php

920x920.jpg


Say goodbye to whatever personal space you had left.

Chris McGinnis, Tim Jue Updated 10:47 am PDT, Wednesday, June 19, 2019

PARIS — Airlines are squeezing as many passengers as they can onto their jets, but one seat manufacturer believes its product can help carriers push capacity to the absolute limit. And it may help push down fares.

Say goodbye to whatever personal space you had left.

At this week's Paris Air Show, lots of curious convention-goers eagerly wanted to try out Avio Interior's "SkyRider" saddle-like airplane seat, but that's probably not the reception it would get if people found it installed on their next flight. See it in the slideshow at the top of this post.

SkyRider passengers would lean on a bicycle-seat type cushion that sits higher than your traditional airline seat. Legs sort of hang off the saddle, as they would if you were riding a horse. The seat back sits straight up, forcing good posture. A knee cut-out provides another precious few inches of legroom.

You're neither sitting nor standing — you're sort of leaning.

The SkyRider seat has been around for nearly a decade and has undergone several improvements. The next generation of the product will come with some built-in recline — but not much. The seat maker is also pondering an under seat "shelf" where kids and shorter passengers can rest their feet so they're not dangling for the duration of the flight.

With just 23-inches of pitch (most airlines offer around 31 inches), there's not a lot of wiggle room in front of you, and it's definitely not for the large or claustrophobic flyer.

Yet it was interesting to hear the backstory of why Avio Interiors, an Italian company with decades of experience in the airline seat business, devised something that looked so uncomfortable.

As airlines cram as many people as they can onto their jets, the SkyRider is viewed as another class of service that can help an airline reach a jet's certified maximum passenger capacity. On a Boeing 737-800, it's 189 seats.

An Avio Interiors spokesperson said the saddle-seat can be installed alongside traditional first, extra-legroom economy, and standard economy seats. With a much lower price point, carriers can offer the seat to budget travelers who wouldn't mind it for the duration of a flight. Talk about basic economy!

And here's what you've been waiting for: It's important to note no airline has actually purchased the seats and installed them — Avio Interiors is still looking for its first buyer of the SkyRider, and has been for nearly 10 years. It's also unclear whether the seat would meet government safety standards for emergencies (it has not been certified by the FAA yet either.)

Then there's the question of which airlines would be brave enough to sell the seat on its planes — all it takes is one, and the rest will likely follow. And another question: Who would be willing to pay for such a seat, or how much of a discount would it take to entice passengers?
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Danke said:
What are you as a paying passenger willing to pay? United has started offering 4 different classes. What one do you are willing to pay for?

Seems pretty silly, the market has decided. It is a response to that.

Don't want a human at the controls to save a few bucks, good luck with that.
Click to expand...

 
A United Airlines flight arriving at Newark International Airport in New Jersey, had to be taken out of service after ants spilled out of a carry-on bag and into the cabin, according to CBS Philadelphia.
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One passenger on the flight, from Venice to Newark, described the situation by saying: “The guy in front pulls down his case (which btw isn’t zipped shut, as middle aisle guy notes to me in an aside) and ants ants ants spill out, running in every which direction.”
The guy in front pulls down his case (which btw isn't zipped shut, as middle aisle guy notes to me in an aside) and ants ants ants spill out, running in every which direction. This is absolutely heeby-jeeby-goose-bumpy-get-me-a-gin-gross
— charlotte burns (@charlieburns) June 17, 2019​
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The passenger had documented her discovery of the ants on the plane on her Twitter account.
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A spokesperson for United said that the plane was sidelined to be cleaned and exterminated. The spokesperson also said that the airline notified "airport customs and agriculture personnel".
The spokesperson didn't comment on whether or not the airline charged the ants additional baggage fees.


https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019...-out-service-after-ants-spill-out-carry-bag-0
 
Make flying as inconvenient as possible and then you can get rid of airplanes all together because no one will want to do it.
 
Danke said:
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"That's a negative Ghostrider...pattern is full."




Man Strips Naked At Detroit Metro Airport's McNamara Terminal

https://wwjnewsradio.radio.com/articles/man-strips-naked-detroit-metro-airport-mcnamara-terminal

JUNE 21, 2019 - 9:07 AM

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ROMULUS (WWJ) - A traveler caused quite a stir at Detroit Metro Airport when he stripped naked and tried to pass through security at the McNamara Terminal.

Airport officials say the man walked up to a checkpoint around 6:30 a.m. Friday, removed all of his clothing, disconnected a stanchion and approached a metal detector. TSA agents did not allow him to pass through the checkpoint.

"The Wayne County Airport Authority's police and fire departments responded and determined the man did not pose a security threat," Erica Donerson, a spokesperson for the Wayne County Airport Authority.

Donerson said the man was transported to an area hospital.

No injuries were reported, but several people witnessed the incident.
 
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