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Your example is pretty reasonable. It would require an assessment from engineers, the manufacturer, the regulator. Not something that happens quickly.

It won't be an MEL in that case. There is another level though. Called an "authority to proceed". It's something that's approved on a one off basis, and needs input from a number of areas, not just the local engineer. And the Captain is still has the final say. And they're very rare. I can...

You don't generally go straight to security. You speak to the local company agent. They'll have all of the necessary contacts. Very rare for things to elevate to this sort of level though. Perhaps certain nationalities, and football fans, are the most prone to it.....

Being unable to climb would result in a greater fuel burn, though it would be partially offset by a slower speed (automatically calculated by the FMC). At first glance I'd have expected enough fat in the fuel plan to cover this...perhaps not. The aircraft would have two airconditioning packs...

The US will always do their own thing, irrespective of the rest of the world.

Interesting flight path. It has descended from F350 early in the flight, and then maintained F310 for the vast majority of the remainder. It's generally not hard to get a climb in that part of the world, so that would imply that they didn't want it. It's not an emergency, as they had a number of...

Sensationalism, much. Or just ignorance. Flight with one or both winglets removed is allowed on pretty much everything that has them installed. There is a very slight fuel burn penalty.

As AV has answered, it was pretty rare, and I've certainly never had anything as bad as some of the situations that are shown on youtube (mostly from the USA). In my experience, about 99% of the time, the cabin crew would be successful in managing a problem passenger. I recall having people...

Which I suspect means that they found pilots in Brisbane, but not cabin crew.

Well obviously the wifi made it too heavy/large to fit on the bay. To be really honest, it's an aircraft I don't care for, and avoid.

Many. Cabin. Toilets. Holds. Unusual. No plumbing, or some sort of issue and it's not working. There probably aren't all that many gates that are 380 capable, so any issue might not offer easy solutions. About 220,000 kgs. True, assuming they had a choice. Anyway, it's not something airline...

I expect they get a load of meals that they can cook up themselves. Believe it or not, tossing a meal in the oven and setting a timer isn't beyond most pilots. On long haul ferry flights we'd have one or two cabin crew. Whilst part of their job was to look after the coughpit, they were mainly...

The boss decided to sell our (her) Range Rover Sport a couple of months ago, and replaced it with a Golf GTI. I’m now considering selling the Jaguar XE, and getting a VW T-Roc R. TBA on that at the moment.

Not very fast. 300 KIAS perhaps. It looks like a terrible bit of flying though. He shouldn’t have generated that downhill vector.

I suspect that the pilots didn't know, and didn't notice anything different. You could probably lose an entire panel. The FBW would compensate for any uncommanded roll input...within reason anyway. The panels are individually big, but as a portion of the wing, quite small. Which F18?

I'm considering at trip to Athens later in 2026, and am considering a mix of SQ and Scoot. Am I able to link the tickets, or check luggage through, if I leave Melbourne on SQ and then fly Singapore Athens on Scoot?

Pluribus.

Interesting. Never came across any mention of this in my time on the aircraft. But, a slat panel should be simple enough to replace….as long as you have one.

Everything that I've flown since 1989. 747-400, 767, A380. They sometimes need some help, particularly with speedbrake, but they can all hit multiple speed and height gates on an arrival. Keeping an eye on how they're doing is pretty basic. The 767 was very clean, and had the most trouble, but...

Never heard of her either, but as I haven't heard of 99.99% of celebrities, then that's no surprise. Assuming it actually did lose something, panels are easily fitted....and are not unknown to part company with the aircraft. Any aircraft. They generally have zero affect on the flight...