Here is a couple of new pictures.

Pic No1 clearly shows that both engines are running, and the RAT is NOT deployed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509646&in_page_id=1770

The timings of the PFO and MLA flights are horrendous. You won’t see me going anywhere near them thats for sure! 😮

On one of the Malta flights, there is like a 3hr turn-around time???

What happens to the crew for 3 hours? or are they night stopping?

Well i dont want to predict what will happen but….

They only stop trading shares if….

1. They have run out of money and can no longer continue….the next step would be an announcement from a Company person to say everything is ok befor the final bell etc etc

2. They have been approached by another party to take over the airline.

my guess is option #1, they went to there investors a few months back to ask for more capital to prop them up.
If i was a gambling man, you wont see MAXJET much beyond January 2008!

I’ve flown a few times on a Saab340 with the now defunt Kendall airlines in Australia on the Melbourne-Devonport route.

This was Pre 9/11 but Kendall always seem to use the jump/bench seat in the flight deck for an extra revenue passenger, and got the chance to do this. almost surreal with the Captain giving you a pair of David Clarke headsets so you could listen in and talk to them.

i dont want to pee on anyones parade….but hasn’t this merger still got to get the competition authorities blessing before its a done deal?

I like it.. in an arty way it comes over as dynamic and fresh!!

Stoooopid question time.

Why can’t they use Virgin Blue name on flights outside of Australia?

Actually, Easyjet bought Go for £374m in 2002? 😎

After a Management buyout had bought it off BA for £100m only a few months previously

I don’t think you really want to go there. The programs are not even remotely comparable. The A380 program had been a disaster and almost 2 years late and way over budget. That’s a far cry from the well run Dreamliner program. Don’t even get me started on the differences in new materials and technology between the two programs.

Ok…………..

i’m neither Boeing or Airbus but…………

You shoot yourself in the foot with your own question….Yes the Dreamliner has new technologies such as the CFRP barrels……new technologies will bring problems as it unproven in previous projects on such a scale.

Airbus is a consortium of different countries that are contracted to supply different parts I.E. Wings from England, Rudder and tail components from Germany!!! etc etc etc…. It is a proven supply chain that has worked very well on all Airbus projects.

Boeing has chosen to risk share alot more components for the 787 to far more countries than it has done in previous projects, leading to comments like the “787 only Assembled in Seattle”. When you have a global supply chain and some suppliers are singing from a different page on the hymm sheet, then delays will happen!!!.

Now i’m sure Boeing wasn’t stupid enough to realise that everything would run on time and they built in buffer zones…but these have become eradicated and now its leading to a 6 month delay.

If memory serves me correctly, the 777 was 6 months late in to entry due issues with suppliers and so was the 747-400 for other reasons.

As for the A380 being a disaster all the airlines that have ordered 165* planes can’t be wrong!!!!

* Airbus figures from September