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Why? What do you mean?

I can imagine some real issues with getting yourself out of the seat belt, when left hanging upside down. Thinking about, it, it might be lucky that there aren’t more reported injuries, just from the fall from the seat. I can’t imagine people being able to open the lockers, but I guess items...

This needs context. What is the normal “on speed” pitch angle for the CRJ? Whilst 9º sounds like a lot, I’ve flown aircraft that used 12º on approach. The elevators at full deflection tells a story, but you’re not going to get much of a pitch rate at approach speed. The sink rate is somewhat...

There’s quite a bit of history for this sort of outcome. DC-10/MD-11s had a bit of a habit…

One element of the media would appear to have reached a new low… “The CNN expert guest has explained to the audience that the wings came off, because they are designed to: "They have explosive bolts...".

There are entire chapters in the manuals on cold weather procedures. They are practiced in the sim exercises (predictably in the sessions just prior to northern winter for us). There are limitations on the condition of the runway, allowed contamination on the aircraft, de-icing requirements...

I'll bet the issue comes back to dearest leader closing down the QF engine shop, and outsourcing the engine overhauls. When you aren't doing it yourself, you have zero priority.

The cabin crew don't have to wait for the pilots before they can board. Procedures may well differ with other airlines, and airports, customs, and security can throw their own rules into the mix. Probably best if we don't discuss the doors.

You’d be surprised. Many people seem to think the crew arrive and the aircraft can go 30 seconds later.

Curfews themselves can generally be worked around. But inflexible, rigid ones are problematic. A big problem is the interaction between destination and departure point, when they both have a curfew. That can have the effect of making only a fraction of the available open hours useful for any...

I think you overstate his capability.

Haven't had much cause to use it lately, but I was a heavy user in years past...

Free first class tickets, in unlimited number, on demand, for all flights.

And that's exactly what I would have expected to happen too.

It will happen, in the same time frame that all the passengers are also replaced by AI.

Sadly they will still be unreadable gibberish.

I fill Alan Joyce’s details, for any of these. I hear he’s hard up, and needs the help they offer.

Won’t happen. The 767 had much more of a claim to preservation, and they just disappeared, and have been forgotten by almost everyone.

In larger aircraft, the holding line will be below the bottom of the windscreen, and I suspect it comes back to not being happy about that. But, as I said, it’s easy to see the marking out of a side window, or a camera. It’s not at all safe though, as it often puts the tail of the aircraft over...

I did eventually follow up about the lack of condition clearances at Melbourne, via our Fleet Manager. It was causing some quite considerable take off delays, as gaps that we could easily have fitted in were seemingly being wasted. I don't have the actual email any more (again, from the FM when...