Whiskey DeltaIs it working now or is the feature still down?
Whiskey DeltaVery cool. I like the mist a lot.
Do you build the sceneries or develop the scenery tools? I guess what I’m asking is to you mainly decide where the trees go or do you build the trees? … or do you do both? Just curious.
Whiskey DeltaRe: Superman: The Movie Counter Spinning the Earth……
Originally posted by ad0nis
what would be the velocity you would have to be travelling before you could halt the Earth on its Axis?????? and then get it going again…
It wouldn’t be a matter of your speed just your ability to stop a multi-million ton (or is it billion?) planet spinning at 1000 mph. If you could do that then everyone/thing on it’s surface would be thrown into space as the planet stopped rotating. Imagine riding on a train traveling at 1000 mph and having it stop. You would need one heck of a harness to keep you from smashing your face. I guess you could just decelerate it slowly enough that it wouldn’t jar the inhabitants here but Superman did it in a matter of seconds.
A note about the 1000 mph speed: That is only at the equator so if you could pile everyone one up at the poles we wouldn’t be affected by the spin deceleration or acceleration. 🙂
Whiskey DeltaRe: Superman: The Movie Counter Spinning the Earth……
Originally posted by ad0nis
what would be the velocity you would have to be travelling before you could halt the Earth on its Axis?????? and then get it going again…
It wouldn’t be a matter of your speed just your ability to stop a multi-million ton (or is it billion?) planet spinning at 1000 mph. If you could do that then everyone/thing on it’s surface would be thrown into space as the planet stopped rotating. Imagine riding on a train traveling at 1000 mph and having it stop. You would need one heck of a harness to keep you from smashing your face. I guess you could just decelerate it slowly enough that it wouldn’t jar the inhabitants here but Superman did it in a matter of seconds.
A note about the 1000 mph speed: That is only at the equator so if you could pile everyone one up at the poles we wouldn’t be affected by the spin deceleration or acceleration. 🙂
Whiskey DeltaJurassic Jet? 🙂
Whiskey DeltaOriginally posted by PhantomII
So does American Eagle operate any ERJ-145’s or is it just ERJ-140’s and ERJ-135’s?
I believe they operate all 3 types, the EMB-135, 140 and 145.
Also, what is the difference between American Eagle and American Connection.
When American bought TWA, those feeders that were once TWA Express carriers became American Connection. American Eagle is the wholly owned regional carrier of American Airlines. The noticeable difference from a distance is the Eagle on the tail is all blue versus the blue and red on American Eagle aircraft.
Chautauqua Airlines and Trans States Airlines are the 2 that I can think of that fell under the American Connection banner when TWA was bought.
Also, what dictates the routes that the ERJ-135, Saab 340, and ATR-42/72 are used on?
I believe that TSA also operates the J41’s out of St. Louis for American Connection too. Who knows what is the deciding factor. It can’t be segment length as RJ’s are used for short flights as well as long flights. It gets even more confusing since the operate all the different versions of the EMB series. I think that airlines are starting to regret buying the EMB-135 and 140 since it costs just as much to operate a 145 and you can squeeze on another 6-13 passengers if they show up.
Nearly every other carrier is retiring their prop fleet (especially the large feeder carriers) and replaceing them with the CRJ and ERJ’s. Eagle and the Connection carriers will probably be following suit once the economy turns around.
Whiskey DeltaThanks, I’ll keep that in mind. 🙂
Whiskey DeltaIs there a point in Megapixels where photographers consider the product to be “photoquality?” The MP are continuing to go up but at some point it will be a moot point as we won’t notice a difference in print quality. I’m wondering if 8,9 or 10 MP will be the magic number where anything after that will be improvement in glass or features.
Whiskey DeltaTrue, but hopefully in a year we’ll have numerous models to chose from rather than just the first one or 2 that hit the market. Plus as with all computer technology as soon as you purchase something the next day it’s cheaper and faster.
Whiskey DeltaI saw an article about this in the paper this morning. This is the first step to more and more quality SLR camera’s being priced for the amature user. The question is get one now or wait a year and see what’s available then?
Whiskey DeltaOriginally posted by martin_EGTK
A book I’ve been reading about pilot recruitment says the in the US, females and minority groups are almost guaranteed an interview as more are wanted in the industry.
United Airlines was the most active at hiring women with lower qualifications for quite a while. I flew with a female captain who had less than 3 months in the left seat before she was hired at Delta a few years ago. The industry minimum for PIC (captain) flight time is 1000 hours to get hired by a major. She got hired with less than 100 hours. Different standard to say the least.
Getting hired at the airlines has more to do with who you know at times than anything else. Not that there is anything wrong with that though. If a captain flys with a kid on the side and sees that he works hard and is a good pilot why shouldn’t he get a little help getting hired over an unknown pilot? But it stings a bit to see someone get hired for no other reason other than they have a different chromosome makeup. For most pilots, your ability to get hired at a company has a lot to do with your experience and ability to work with others. Someones genes are a good resume.
Some have said that women need “help” to accelerate their careers, that there aren’t enough women flying professionally. First, it’s a slap in the face of female pilots as it lessens the value of those things they have worked hard to accomplish without the help of others. Second, a big reason why we don’t see a lot of female airline pilots is because the pilot lifestyle isn’t advantageous for most women who want to have a family. They would rather have a job that lets them stay home or at least be home every night instead of being on the road 5 days a week.
In my first class as a brand new pilot there were 2 women in the class of 40. I would say that ratio holds true in the airline industry as well here in the US. So from the bottom to the top the percentage of women involved is about the same. Preferencial hiring is attempting to correct a non-existant problem.
—- I’ll get off my soapbox now. 🙂
Whiskey DeltaOriginally posted by PhantomII
Whiskey can you elaborate a bit more on the ERJ-140? What was the point of creating it?
American Airlines pilot group had a scope clause with American Eagle that limited Eagle to jet aircraft with less than 45 seats (I’m not 100% sure of that exact seat number). Eagle was allowed a certain number of 50+ seat jets but those numbers were limited, the amount was unlimited for <45 seat aircraft. The intent was to keep the boom of 50 seat jets out of the hands of their feeder airlines and have them flown by the mainline pilot group. We’ll American Eagle then went to Embraer and asked to build a version of the EMB-145 that would come in under the 45 seat limit of the scope but maximize their passenger number. The existing EMB-135 only carries 37 passengers so Embraer designed the EMB-140 to provide an additional 7 pax.
At some point in the last few years the scope clause has changed allowing more 50 seat jets to be flown by the feeders but I don’t know the details of the change. The EMB-140 will be one of those odd footnotes in the American airline industry.
Whiskey DeltaOriginally posted by PhantomII
I thought the only two sizes were the ERJ-145 and ERJ-135 (not counting the newer ERJ-190).
The EMB-140 was created for American Eagle to get around the scope limits of American Airlines. I don’t know how many operate that version.
Originally posted by purser
The duo CRJ 200 and 700 also have a wardrobe for pax coats, there is no room for this on the EMB 145 (without removing seats of course).
The wardrobe closet is directly across from the main cabin door in the EMB-145.
Whiskey DeltaJFK and LGA both suffer from ground traffic issues due to the fact that neither are connected to the rail service in NYC. In the last 2 years EWR has been attached to the rail service of New Jersey and NYC which basically eliminates the need for alternate ground transportation. That alone has sold me on EWR for a New York airport. Last summer it took me less than 1.5 hours between the time my flight got to the gate and I was standing in my hotel in downtown Manhattan and it only cost me $16. LGA would have cost me a $50 taxi ride and just as much time if not more.
EWR has also had a boom of construction on the terminals in that time which has turned that airport around. The “old” EWR was a disgusting place in my opinion but that is only a distant memory now. LGA is a cramped old design that has outlived its original purpose and needs to be revamped. JFK is a gorgeous airport that isn’t nearly as bad as this guy makes it sounds.
I think it’s funny how a passenger blames the airport for mechanical or weather delays as well as blaming it for long lines at the customer service desk. Guess what, you have a 767 go down for maintenance or something and there is going to be a 200+ person line somewhere. You want short lines, fly small airplanes. 🙂
I think the one consistant complaint most common to nearly all large airports is regarding the line for the security checkpoints. Procedures are still a mess which only delays the screening process. The TSA needs to get off their fat butts and start stream lining their jobs.
This incident was a slap in the face to all airline employees everywhere:
She recalls the 1999 incident at Newark in which a passenger grew so irritated with a gate agent after waiting in a long line that he body-slammed him to the ground, breaking the airline employee’s neck. The incident happened in an area that airport workers call “the dungeon.” The employee survived, but the passenger prevailed in a resulting lawsuit filed by the airline against him. “I was there some months after the incident and could completely understand how it happened,” says Babcock, a Port Austin, Mich. accountant.
Basically if someone feels they are having a bad day they have the right to take it out on the nearest airline worker. I’ve been in some long lines in my day but I never have felt the urge to break a man’s neck over it. Just another incident showing that the decline of the average airline passenger. 🙁
Whiskey DeltaIt depends on your expectations I guess. A lot of people expect to see acres of open space in any commerical airliner they board but no RJ out there appears to be roomy from first impressions. Once you sit down the ride is no different than that in any larger airplane’s coach seating in my opinion. 5 years ago passengers were subjected to smaller turboprop aircraft on the same routes. Most carriers have switched to RJ’s which greatly shortens the flight time and improves the ride conditions for numerous reasons. An all around improvement noticed only by the most frequent passenger. Casual passengers show up for their first flight in 8 years, see a small plane and bitch and moan about the size, ride, etc. I guess we should all bring back the Ford Trimotors and DC-3’s and see if they appriciate the addition of the RJ to the industry. 🙂
I was on a 737 once when a boarding passenger loudly complained about the “small” airplane. Again, I wrote them off as an infrequent passenger whose impression of airline flying is a 777 on a 1 hour flight.
I think both the CRJ and ERJ are fine products and have greatly improved the <1000nm market. Today we have city pairings that never existed a few years ago that are being served several times daily with jet service. Without the RJ we would never have this happening. No airline would commit a 737 or DC-9 to such thin routes. Two or 3 leg flights on turboprops would be your only option.
Looking back at the earliest variations of the CRJ and ERJ, they were insufficient for the market they eventually created. Additional avionics, power upgrades and other mods have made both into great airplanes. The newest version of the ERJ is great and has corrected a lot of the issues/problems with the earlier aircraft. The CRJ come along as well from what I’ve been told albeit still underpowered. It climbs at a sluggish 500 fpm or less above FL300.
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