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Airline pilots and their extremely rigorous training
Rathke A few of you may have had the privilege of visiting the flight deck of a commercial airliner, and found yourself fascinated by the myriad levers, buttons, and other mechanisms surrounding the captain and co-pilot. After seeing that instrument panel, have you ever wondered what kind of training a pilot has? Of course, they must have a flight license, but how do you study for it? How long does it take? Are there other requirements along with flight training itself? Here's a quick…
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Emirates group to fly to the Caribbean & South America
A group from the United Arab Emirates just signed a lease for three (3) brand new 737-700s with Canadian travel industry veteran Glenn Logan who heads Siboney.
Mr. Logan, heading a conglomerate of travel experts in the industry, was formerly with Air Jamaica, Travelodge hotels and CEO of CARAVAC, Caribana’s travel arm.
The aircraft will be use for operations in the Caribbean and South America regions. More details will be forthcoming.
The Siboney experience is its professionals . . . . .
Contact: Magda de la Torre and/or Shaaron Lewis
Matiz Communications Inc. Tel. 416 784-5663 email: magda@matizamericas.com
How will this work ? Operationally ?
Say I am in 44J on a 747-400. Will they ask folks from say 21-50 with no Star next to their seat to keep sitting, and only folks with a Star get up, pick their overhead and head to the gate ?
I can understand tight connections, and I know from experience that inflight crew does make announcements to let pax with a flight to catch be allowed to proceed.
As soon as the plane stops at the gate; All the folks in the aisle get up and pop open the overhead bins.
There are some route-pairs which are notorious for ignoring any post landing instructions. Flights to MCO being the prime case in point.
Just read about an interesting new idea for a airline fee that many people might actually appreciate, as polled by one travel site:
"16% of respondents were willing to pay to be at the front of the line when their flight lands. Of that group, 10% would pay $10 and 3% would pay as much as $20."
Would you pay extra to avoid aggravation and better make tight connections by being able to get off a plane faster (sorry, I refuse to use that ridiculous airline jargon "deplane")?
Good questions, Anil. I don't have answers, of course, but there's one thing we both have: an overwhelming feeling of dismay.
This premium economy is not a new concept is it ? AA tried it a decade ago, adding few extra inches, BA did it, United tried it. From what I gather all mixed bag. If CDC were to be believed, We in the country have a crisis with obesity - Maybe airlines are banking on making monies off it ? In a full flight, the airlines are forced to move pax into those seats anyway without any revenue gain.
As long as frequent flyers who have status, and the airlines keep giving complimentary upgrades; who would pay extra for premium economy ?
We shall see, Anil. The airlines might like this idea, figuring it's another way for them to reinvent "Premium Economy" class. Boy, there's an oxymoron.
Airbus is just shooting the breeze. When was it that the airlines followed the schematics of what the Aircraft manufacturers proposed ? Pianos, Pub style bars, and what have you. There was and is nothing, preventing an airline from having wider seats in the back few rows of a larger aircraft, or one or two rows dedicated for oversized pax.
Me thinks, this another one of the DOA ideas.
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