There needs to be some verbal clarity here. Maybe this is cleaner and clearer: "Trigger happy Iranian boobs shot down an unarmed civilian airliner." I hate articles that play with words like this Reuters dispatch."Illegal interference" is given as a direct quote from Yenin, a Ukrainian official. But Reuters for some reason was very timid in how they wrote this. The Ukrainians should hold the Iranian's feet to the fire on this seeking at least $20 million per dead passenger. The guys that were running the radar at the missile site and especially the one who gave the command to fire the missile should say goodbye to their families, smoke their last cigarette and decide if they want a blind fold or not. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has always tended to be a trigger happy bunch regardless of what their weapon is and who they think they are using it against. This is an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary FUBR of monumental proportions.

(Written on 01.08.2020)(Permalink)

What an absolute jackass. He needs his pilot's license revoked and needs to write a letter of apology to the controller. And yes, keep a close eye out for his Cessna being up for sale. Can you imagine the conversation if it had been Kennedy Steve in the Control Tower?

(Written on 26.06.2020)(Permalink)

Can't wait to fly on one of these new 777-X planes. Boeing is working hard in their certification program and I am hoping that this is going to be the plane to turn Boeing around.

(Written on 15.05.2020)(Permalink)

Title Insurance should be mandatory on boats and planes with titles being listed and cross referenced by aircraft serial number and current FAA registration. A seller would have to prevaldate any sale by offering the actual title for public inspection as part of any advertising he/she does to sell the plane.This might cut down on these kind of shenanigans. As always the buyer beware. Go see what your buying or hire an agent/broker to represent you if it's a long distance from your home.

(Written on 08.05.2020)(Permalink)

797 will be Boeing's future and the best way to redeem themselves after the MAX debacle. The program must go ahead.

(Written on 01.05.2020)(Permalink)

Well Bill Babis, this is a BIG TIME insurance buyout. Can't imagine how a grass fire caused such havoc except for gasoline tanks exploding literally adding fuel to the fire.

(Written on 10.04.2020)(Permalink)

Exploding gas tanks.

(Written on 10.04.2020)(Permalink)

Ms. Haley's leaving the Board only highlights the situation: "Is Boeing too big to fail?" Like the GM bailout a few years back, we are faced with the dilemma of possibly swallowing some very bad medicine. We all recognize from the MAX debacle that the culture of the company had changed where the bottom line was more important than creating a perfect plane that was 100% safe. On the defense side there are projects that we would not like to see fail for reasons of our national defense but at the same time have turned out to have major problems like the KC-46 with $300 million overrun. Maybe to approach Boeing as a over-sized company that needs to reorganize not unlike AT&T back in the 1980's. Boeing being spun into several different companies brings up issues like economies of scale they may realize in their current integrated state. However as a condition of getting a bailout, they need to be confronted to explore the possibilities of a radical breakup to make the operating units mor

(Written on 27.03.2020)(Permalink)

John Robinson is absolutely right not to automatically give in to bail them out. This is perhaps a time to invoke the "creative destruction of capital"- Schumpeter. We do have some bad airline and American is one of them. They deserve to fail just based on how they treat staff. The better airlines will rise to the surface and pick up the slack once the virus is under control. Markets undisturbed by the hairy hand of government work best. Remember Reagan's saying - the 10 scariest words in the language "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you." We need to be sure we get our monies worth with the companies we actively support during this virus mess.

(Written on 20.03.2020)(Permalink)

Hello again from Row 30! We all want the 757 back. I loved the plane as a passenger, loved watching it take off, the way it pitched up so confidentially from the run way. 757 with Rolls RB-211 engines like Trump's private jet before he became POTUS - a classic aircraft. If they were to upgrade the 757, just not to call it the 757 MAX! In reading all the comments here, I'd say we all need to be bugging the FAA director Steve Dickson to get in the left seat and take the 737 MAX for a spin. As a former Delta pilot qualified in 737 as well as other aircraft types, who better to give the thumbs up on the fixes to this variant of the 737 than he. And please do it soon.

(Written on 25.01.2020)(Permalink)