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[Junglejim]

Is that a surprise? Using Qantas for an example, Pilots are on 150-450K, Cabin Crew on 60-80K. One mob are mostly well set up, the other living pay to pay.

Well right now people are trying to keep their jobs, but going around talking bout your benefits and when they can choose their flights again,... which is a perk when everybody is going for pay cuts, sounds very insensitive. A 50% pay cut is more drastic for pilots who live a with bigger expenses that mostly come with a higher salary. Right now, the pilots in my Airline, not the sister airline is seeing about an 80% pay cut.

 

[muck]

Boeing discontinues production of the 747. (Source, English)

Frustrating.

 

[Gaz]

Sadly it probably wasn't unexpected - I don't believe they've delivered any to anyone other than UPS or Volga-Dnepr for a few years now. There hasn't been a passenger version delivered since 2017.

 

[colin traveller]

 

[snowmanca]

A early prototype of SpaceX's next gen massive rocket took off and landed today. Though around 100 feet tall (~30 meters) this is basically just the fuel tanks of the second stage and a single engine (both the first and second stage will have more on later versions), this is testing materials, design and production methods. Most of these same concepts/components will also be used in the larger first stage that will go under this.

A version with the nose cone / payload section on top, and the first stage is under it, will be around 400 feet tall (120 meters)

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[Telmar]

A early prototype of SpaceX's next gen massive rocket took off and landed today. Though around 100 feet tall (~30 meters) this is basically just the fuel tanks of the second stage and a single engine (both the first and second stage will have more on later versions), this is testing materials, design and production methods. Most of these same concepts/components will also be used in the larger first stage that will go under this.

A version with the nose cone / payload section on top, and the first stage is under it, will be around 400 feet tall (120 meters)

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Was' nt expecting that in civilian aviation but in a space thread...BUT this event has a "Wright Brothers" moment to it.

Hard to imagine it coming true: 100 passenger space ships.

The 747 of the solar system!

 

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[colin traveller]

Coronavirus: Virgin Atlantic to cut another 1,000 jobs after £1.2bn rescue

The carrier plans to cut more jobs after seeing demand recover more slowly than initially anticipated, Sky News learns.

news.sky.com

 

[Junglejim]

Well since it is more or less out, it has happened my airline will be cutting about 21%-38% of the job force across all organization. So we are just waiting the list to find out which one of us will be on that list.

 

[colin traveller]

8 grounded Boeing 787s were built last year; more jets may need reworking

The eight in-service 787 Dreamliner jets that Boeing grounded last month for inspection and repair due to manufacturing quality flaws at its South Carolina plant were from a batch that came off the production line more than a year ago.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[Picanha]

Meet Captain Sully and the DC-7

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SKIATHOS 2019 - LOWEST LANDING EVER? The EUROPEAN ST. MAARTEN

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[Ivan le Fou]

https://twitter.com/i/events/1306161473433956352?s=09

 

[Picanha]

Another classic

Flight onboard The Flying Bulls DC-6B N996DM from Berlin (SXF) to Salzburg

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[colin traveller]

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[colin traveller]

Flybe set to fly again after brand is rescued

The deal could see the regional carrier restart operations as soon as next year.

www.bbc.co.uk

Flybe could be back flying next yr

 

[colin traveller]

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[1645556315]

Today Volga-Dnepr airlines An-124 expirienced engine failure and emergency landed few minutes after take off.
This happend in Tolmachevo airport in Novosibirsk (my home city btw) that often used by cargo planes for refueling on the China-Europe way.

Heavy loaded plane overrun runway. Note heavily damaged engine:

Flied engine parts done quite brutal hull damage:

That part fall from the plane and punched through the roof of the warehouse near the airport:

 

[1645556315]

Video from the control tower:

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[muck]

Sheesh. That was a close call. Props to the pilot.