They should name it after F. Scott Fitzgerald. In his later years he spent his afternoons at the Santa Ana racetrack.

(Written on 29-06-2020)(Permalink)

At least some of it is donated by Jack Ma and Alibaba's charitable arm according to the Financial Times which does not specifically mention the AN-225. It goes on to say that Alibaba is focusing on countries where Amazon is not dominant.

(Written on 29-04-2020)(Permalink)

Flights out of our airport that begin with 9 are repos. They have no passengers. Dispatch has decided the plane is needed elsewhere.

(Written on 19-04-2020)(Permalink)

It looks like the stock part of the agreement is so that the taxpayer can benefit from any windfall that the airlines experience following this emergency. Treasury is not getting airline stock it is getting warrants to buy stock. So, in the case of Delta Treasury is getting a warrant to buy Delta at 24.39 a share. Right now 4/17/2020 Delta is 24.02 a share. In other words the warrant is worthless. If someone truly thinks that the treasury is getting a good deal they can buy Delta today for 37 cents less then the Treasury. As far as them being private corporations Treasury is effectively routing money through them to their employees this way instead of paying unemployment insurance to them. It is a wash. And a substantial amount of Skywest income is EAS supplementation from the federal government so...

(Written on 17-04-2020)(Permalink)

Alfred Kahn who was the architect of airline deregulation under Carter donated a urinal to the local nonprofit theater here in Ithaca. I have suggested that the airport be named for him but the idea hasn't gotten any traction.

(Written on 03-04-2020)(Permalink)

It looks like the EVP and principle spokesman has expertise as an exit strategist: http://www.thebankrupter.com/

(Written on 19-02-2020)(Permalink)

I note that the NYC Building/Fire/Electrical Code forbids running signal cable in the same conduit as power cable. I suppose if an aircraft is not "fly-by-wire" this is not an issue.

(Written on 16-02-2020)(Permalink)

The last paragraph mentions this: "Airbus is almost certain to become a target for higher tariffs. I won’t rule out adding the Mobile (AL) final assembly line to sanctions despite Alabama being the No. 1 supporter of Trump. There is no way Alabama will vote for a Democratic challenger to Trump; it’s a completely safe state."

(Written on 06-01-2020)(Permalink)

Looks to be a single slide: https://www.boeing.com/resources/boeingdotcom/commercial/737max/assets/10-fundamental-changes.pdf Linked from here: https://www.boeing.com/737-max-updates/resources/

(Written on 15-12-2019)(Permalink)

Same thing but the other direction. I flew out of Philly during the blizzard of '77 and landed in Rota where it was warm and sunny. My previous duty station was NSGA Winter Harbor ME which reported to Brunswick. When I left Maine just before Christmas in '76 it had not yet snowed. January '77 made up for it, however.

(Written on 13-12-2019)(Permalink)