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When searching for flights using the likes of Lastminute,
there are various options that can refine the order of the
results; price being the main one.
There should be an additional info field offered under the
title of "Aircraft Model". This would enable passengers to
decide on whether or
not they wanted to risk taking to the
air in one of Boeing's flying coffins (the 737 Max), or opt
for a safer model such as an Airbus or even a 70 year old
Dakota, if it was available.
Given the likelyhood of it dropping from the sky, with you
on it of course, perhaps the Boeing 737 Max plane is the
much cheaper option, so you can knowingly avail of that
and take your chances, fully aware of the odds. (note -
other 'adventurous' aircraft are available, such as the
entire Aeroflot range)
Boeing 737 rudder issues
https://en.m.wikipe...g_737_rudder_issues
[bs0u0155, Jul 22 2019]
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Yes, I know it's the 737. |
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I'd actually like the option to choose the aircraft type.
Although that can get a little fine-grained, there are
lots of general aircraft types, 737,747,757 etc. But
there's a big difference between a 747-200 or 747-
800. Nevertheless, I'd like to avoid a transatlantic
flight on any 757, while for a short trip I'd love to
select a more interesting option. I'd also like a trip on
a 747 before they're all retired. |
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I would have thought that one's private secretary's office should be able to specify at least the model, if not the specific aircraft, when they lease the aeroplane for you. |
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The last time I flew anywhere, the only aeroplane on that route was a De Havilland Twin Otter - quite an exciting flight. |
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Excellent, and far safer than a dive bombing Boeing. I know someone who was once forced by circumstances to take an Aeroflot instead of her planned Pan Am flight..... the Pan Am subsequently exploded over Locherbie |
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[xen], do us a favour - please append "E&OE" to your idea. That will save us having to post an extremely long and detailed critique, pointing out in merciless detail all the things you've got wrong. |
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Wants to see if Concorde is still on the list |
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[8th], [xen] is an artist. There is no such thing as a fact. |
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Yes, we understand that, but in this case even the fiction is wrong ... |
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Incidentally, the Intercalary says the appendectomy you did
didn't work (he still has the itch), and he wants to know if he
can remove the cone-collar yet? It's digging into his
shoulders. |
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//There is no such thing as a fact// They keep
changing, depending on who owns them. |
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<Obligatory Zero Wing reference/> |
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"All your fact are belong to us" |
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// he wants to know if he can remove the cone-collar yet? // |
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By all means; just remind him not to lick the affected area. We are puzzled that the operation hasn't worked - we watched the YouTube "How To" video twice so we consider ourselves fully qualified. |
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By the way, have you by any chance seen a Bahco 300mm adjustable spanner anywhere ? It's nearly new, and will be expensive to replace. |
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//By the way, have you by any chance seen a...// Yes, you
left it in the Intercalary |
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Interesting that the Max branding has not been damaged, as
witnessed by HBO Max |
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MaxCo is remarkably resilient, despite being the holding company for a number of internationally known and reviled organizations ... |
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An additional additional info field could be "Aircraft Model
You Would Like To Land In", should one desire to take off and
ride in a low-fare aircraft (perhaps one with adequate in-
flight snacks as well) but land in a model having a better
track record for preservation of human life. |
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MaxCo is remarkably resilient, despite being the holding company for a number of internationally known and reviled organisms ... |
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So I'll be able to fly on a simulated plane to go on a
simulated holiday? |
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//Apparently Boeing did a deep dive into the failure
modes of the 737 engine upgrades// |
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Did they restrict it to engines because otherwise
they'd find that rudder issue they never really fixed? |
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Shhhhh. That's not an "issue", it's a "feature" ... |
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This must be the only aircraft in aviation history
that would benefit from water filled ballast tanks
running the entire length of the plane, with a
series of manually controlled valves to enable the
weight to be shifted around, and counter the
action of the computers when they go bonkers. |
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Differences in cabin styles and luxuries offered on different models may also change ticket values. |
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[xen] That would have been in World War II, right? |
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//benefit from water filled ballast tanks running the
entire length of the plane,// |
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you could just use fuel, a totally baked version for
managing center of gravity/center of lift mismatches. It
was baked on Concorde to manage the big shift in center
of lift while transitioning to supersonic flight. The 737
can't do this however, because it's fuel is all in or
between the wings. |
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The 737 shouldn't be certified to do what it does now.
The 737 was originally <100 ft long and meant for 50-60
short haul passengers, the Max 10 would be > 50ft longer
with triple the passengers flying long haul over oceans. It
doesn't have the features of a long haul aircraft, it can't
dump fuel, it lacks redundancy in major systems (AOA,
rudder), it doesn't even have proper wheel fairings. |
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It's a little strange that the 757 isn't being made, but the
older 737 was gradually being stretched into the same
approx. size/role. Maybe time to build a new aircraft, if
stretching no longer works, maybe a 3/5th scale 787
would have the features they need. |
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... but, being made mostly of plastic, burn ever so much better when the Li-ion batteries catch fire ... |
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All products go through three stages of development: |
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1. Work out how to make something that works. (Wright flyer) |
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2. Learn how to make something that works really well (Electra, C-130). |
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3. Learn how to make something that works adequately, but is cheap enough for the mass market. (7n7, Airbus, etc.). |
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Contemporary airliners have now reached Step 3. |
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Contemporary helicopters are still stuck at Step 1. |
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The Flying Coffins have just been given their license to get airborne again! I'm now thinking there should be a new oganisation that anyone who has survived a flight in a 737 can join, like The Mile High Club. It could be advertised with a suitable song, like Staying Alive by the Bee Gees. |
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Intriguingly, they haven't bothered to address the same intrinsic fault in the 787's ... |
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Free 737 flights for all Trump supporters! |
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//All products go through three stages of development: |
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1. Work out how to make something that works.
(Wright flyer) |
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2. Learn how to make something that works really
well (Electra, C-130). |
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3. Learn how to make something that works
adequately, but is cheap enough for the mass market.
(7n7, Airbus, etc.). // |
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Moving between #2&3 is where the magic happens,
especially if the whole organization is moving in the same
direction at the same time. Proper technical expertise is
replaced by the dark arts of "value engineering" and the
ratio of salary recipients shifts from BSc to BA as the
marketing dept. expands. Worrying further developments
include shipping in "leadership*" and worst of all, listening
to the customers. They asked what the customers
wanted, and they wanted a faster horse/bigger 737. |
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//they haven't bothered to address the same intrinsic
fault in the 787's// |
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There's an MCAS issue with the 787? I thought the
horizontal stab issues were a tolerance/carbon fiber
problem? |
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Incidentally, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a problem
over winter with stored aircraft and batteries
undervolting in the cold, leading to a big change in
internal resistance & capacity, exactly what you don't
want in a last-resort system. |
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*self promotional narcissists who bring broad expertise
from other fields/aren't tolerated in their old field. |
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// There's an MCAS issue with the 787? // |
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Check up on "RDC stale data" and "counter rollover" and the FAA Airworthiness Directive about powerdown ... |
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That's what's in the public domain. Their are bigger, deeper, darker problems. If you truly desire a Nietzschian Abyss to stare into (be warned, it stares back) thern our email address is on our profile ... |
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