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My understanding is that the Citations don't have auto-throttle, and that precludes them from an automatic descent system. I also believe that this type of aircraft is required to undergo inspections, but not annually - instead after certain periods of time have passed. A very rough scroll through ADSBX shows it isn't used frequently, maybe once or twice a month. If it's acquiring hours slowly, it may have been a long while since the pressurization system was inspected. Wombot fucked around with this message at 09:19 on Jun 6, 2023 |
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Wombot posted:My understanding is that the Citations don't have auto-throttle, and that precludes them from an automatic descent system. I'm assuming you mean the single-pilot Citations because the Latitude and Longitude both have auto throttle. They also have G5000 avionics so adding the Garmin auto-land could be pretty easy. But the CJ4... yeah that would be a difficult retrofit.
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Platystemon posted:Colorado and California were in Hadlock’s original proposal. I’ve not had a good couple of weeks! I missed a social event at work last night because I misread the announcement email yesterday morning. 
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Regarding autopilots automatically descending when the pilots are inactive - my dinky little Cirrus has this feature, it’s like a screensaver, if there’s no buttons pushed, or other inputs at altitude it’ll display an idle warning, and a few minutes after that it’ll descend. Max altitude is only 17500 (Turbo will get to 25k). It doesn’t have a pressurized cabin you’re just supposed to wear masks.
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idk how you go through everything it takes to be a jet pilot and not wear the oxygen mask all the time. id wear that mfer to bed. how else is everyone gonna know im a jet pilot
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OMGVBFLOL posted:idk how you go through everything it takes to be a jet pilot and not wear the oxygen mask all the time. id wear that mfer to bed. how else is everyone gonna know im a jet pilot Your epaulets
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Safety Dance posted:Your epaulets 
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the double ties is what always gets me
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I can't wait to play the lottery of "Who gets to fart in my face for this flight?" https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/chaise-longue-double-level-airplane-seat-returns/index.html 
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OMGVBFLOL posted:idk how you go through everything it takes to be a jet pilot and not wear the oxygen mask all the time. id wear that mfer to bed. how else is everyone gonna know im a jet pilot You have to wear it to bed if the FAA says you’re fat.
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Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg posted:I can't wait to play the lottery of "Who gets to fart in my face for this flight?" All this poo poo is some designers way of getting their name up on a bunch of news articles. I can't see how something like this would pass either evacuation standards or crash standards (yay for the upper row chopping the lower row in half for a crash.) They're never serious concepts.
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For sure, I just love the rehashing of "wouldn't this be great if..." that typically results in someone getting hot boxed at best, turned into chunky marinara at worst.
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bull3964 posted:All this poo poo is some designers way of getting their name up on a bunch of news articles. "rear end in your face" should get you laughed out of the room before it's more than a sketch.
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Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg posted:I can't wait to play the lottery of "Who gets to fart in my face for this flight?" I’d sign on for this if only because it would force the airlines to start checking bags for free again, as Juan Trippe intended.
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Jun 6, 2023 18:51
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I'd take a butt in my face for 21" seat width in economy.
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MrYenko posted:I’d sign on for this if only because it would force the airlines to start checking bags for free again, as Juan Trippe intended. You.... don't actually believe that, do you?
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The person in front of you farts in your face, and the person behind you has taken their shoes off.
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Safety Dance posted:I'd take a butt in my face for 21" seat width in economy. Something between economy+ and business would be real nice Just not being seated next to someone 7' tall with 30" wide shoulders would be nice
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I would rather fly in the cargo hold than in that configuration.
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Is this better or worse than the bike seat concept from a couple of years ago?
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Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg posted:I can't wait to play the lottery of "Who gets to fart in my face for this flight?" Wet Leg lied to me.
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Hadlock posted:Something between economy+ and business would be real nice That’s premium economy.
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hobbesmaster posted:That’s premium economy. Yeah but I want it on a 737. I pretty much never fly widebody
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Hadlock posted:Yeah but I want it on a 737. I pretty much never fly widebody That’s called first class.
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5-across in a 737 would make a world of difference to pax comfort and provides more seats to sell than F. I would love to see it happen.
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SlapActionJackson posted:5-across in a 737 would make a world of difference to pax comfort and provides more seats to sell than F. I would love to see it happen. But at what premium? Yield is ostensibly a more important metric than ASMs.
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safety can't be an undivided concern, or all the seats would face backwards wouldn't they?
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SlapActionJackson posted:5-across in a 737 would make a world of difference to pax comfort and provides more seats to sell than F. I would love to see it happen. Yeah I was thinking, "I'd pay 20% more for this goldilocks class" going to 5 across would be roughly that. Would you need 4-2 in economy for the drink cart to still go down the aisle
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New seating concept: Shrink wrap me and put me in a tube, make an unboxing video when we land!
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Beef Of Ages posted:But at what premium? Yield is ostensibly a more important metric than ASMs. 1st order estimate says they only need a 20% price premium to make these seats revenue-neutral. I'll bet every carrier in the US market has data on paid extra-legroom seats on which they could base an extra-shoulderroom price model.
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:New seating concept: Shrink wrap me and put me in a tube, make an unboxing video when we land! I vaguely recall reading some sci fi story years ago where economy gets shaved and has to get an enema before they go into cryo on interstellar space lights
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SlapActionJackson posted:5-across in a 737 would make a world of difference to pax comfort and provides more seats to sell than F. I would love to see it happen. The 707 briefly had 2-3 economy: If that even made it to revenue service pan-am quickly switched to the classic Boeing narrowbody 3-3. (707, 727, 737, 757 all have the same cabin width)
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Freaquency posted:Is this better or worse than the bike seat concept from a couple of years ago? 
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Freaquency posted:Is this better or worse than the bike seat concept from a couple of years ago? This one?  CNN posted:The catch? The seats are so far upright that they'll be pretty much standing up. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/standing-up-airplane-seat/index.html
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This would result if a nonzero amount of new infertility.
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Once my car is capable of driving across the country while I nap in the back seat I'm never going to fly domestically again. I'm not saying that's gonna happen next year, but I expect it to be feasible within my lifetime.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Once my car is capable of driving across the country while I nap in the back seat I'm never going to fly domestically again. still not worth it in terms of time, gently caress that poo poo
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Well, this is going to suck, and I'm sure it's not going to become ~a thing~, at least for the passengers with Russian-unfriendly passports: https://onemileatatime.com/news/air-india-777-stranded-russia/
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Spirit could put those seats in, drop the ticket price $2, and people would still line up to have the gate agent spit in their mouth because it's $10 cheaper than someone else. The customers play a part in this by accepting it.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Once my car is capable of driving across the country while I nap in the back seat I'm never going to fly domestically again. that's a train, you're talking about trains
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