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[BrainDrain]

They talked about a "nose down" override of pilot input on the new 737 MAX. That is bad. At take off, some planes are required to climb rapidly for environmental, geological (UA crashed into the SF hill side), traffic control reasons and others. To have a "nose down" is bad as I would assume a stall warning would go off first..

When they say the feature does a "nose down" that's relative to the current angle of attack. So if the aircraft is on it's way to stalling, it pushes forward to reduce the rate of climb. Pilots can override it, two of them (so far) just forget how.

Meanwhile on the subject of flight attendants. For me they are always chatty, tell me lots, are polite, might add me on wechat but I can never pin them down.

Best I had was a check-in agent.

Oh well, one day.

BD.

[Niteluvr]

Don't know about you Westie, but I'd fuck 'em.

I'm very partial to them and I think they're overall the hottest flight attendants I've ever seen. Yes, many have had their noses / eyes done, but that's so common in Korea with most ladies. Had a lady friend years ago who used to work for KAL. Competition was so fierce to get a job there was a "casting couch" of sorts that was used as a determining factor. She banged a few frequent fliers over the years as they would lavish gifts on her. She made a lot of money but KAL tends to force them out once they get old (over 30).

[Bushes]

I was referring to 737. But Bloomberg had this. Out of 322 737 MAX delivered:

31 Southwest.

24 American.

14 United.

For 69 roughly in the US.

They talked about a "nose down" override of pilot input on the new 737 MAX. That is bad. At take off, some planes are required to climb rapidly for environmental, geological (UA crashed into the SF hill side), traffic control reasons and others. To have a "nose down" is bad as I would assume a stall warning would go off first.

I hate the tiny Brazilian models and puddle jumpers.

To say that US domestic is full of these planes is a bit of a stretch. In the two years the 737 MAX has been in production, 350 have been delivered worldwide. To inject some proportion, the Big 3 US airlines { Delta, American and United } all have total fleets well in excess of 1000. Southwest has a fleet of approximately twice the number of total deliveries, all of which are Boeing 737 family. This is not a long haul aircraft, unless you consider US transcontinental, California-Hawaii or the western fringe of Europe to the northeast US as longhaul.

[SaltyPete]

I think a lot of them are still on the job. LOL.

You beat me too it! The grandmas working the flights today are the very same Party Stews from the 70's and 80's!

[SaltyPete]

The 737 family has been a domestic mainstay in the US for decades, facing competition from the A-319/20 for a decade. They are similar mid-distance aircraft in the US (both domestic and internationally to central America, the Caribbean). Southwest has their entire fleet of 737's (over 700).

True. But the only model affected by the grounding is the latest MAX model. If I recall, SWA has 34, American has 24 and United has just a handful. In any case, they comprise just a small percentage of the fleet. But with Spring Break in full swing, the grounding comes at an inopportune time.

If the Ethiopian loss was caused by the same malfunction as the Lion Air, then the pilots and / or company (for failing to train their pilots) are at fault as well as Boeing, IMHO. There have been established procedures for stopping the plane from automatically pitching down, required to be recalled from memory without referencing any manual, that have been in effect since I flew the 737 in the 90's. Although the cause may be different in the latest models, the procedure remains the same.

[Shining Wit]

Any airplane with two aisles is wide-bodied. Cathay's fleet of A330, A350 and 777 is all wide-bodied. They opted for the A350 instead of the 787.

Whoops! Old age is causing confusion. Mea culpa.

[Albert9989]

Thanks to all answers received on this topic.

All of you seems to be on the same page, a girl travelling outside phil for 1st time have very few chances, if not one, to be authorized to cross the border at airport.

Thats was also my feeling after reading your posts about these topics.

So, either we travel inside the country, as I did last January, or I come there and fly with her to another country with all advices you give about the best way to cross border, photos, money, back ticket, proof of knowledge on chats, etc.

Its still a bit strange for me why a Fil girl cannot be free to travel, but that could be also understandable due to the context there, may be.

Thanks anyway for your answers once again.

[WestCoast1]

Like the girls think serving customers at 35 K feet while still looking pretty is cool, some rich blokes might think picking up a chick at 35 K feet is cool, no matter how she looks without all the make up.

A rich man f*cks 8's, dates 9's and 10's, and marries what he dates. No need to punch (or marry) down.

[Blanquiceleste]

And, I know several people who have more money than brains.

To prove my point.

https://philippineslifestyle.com/jap...bbed-pampanga/

Of course, I don't know him!

[Blanquiceleste]

Was not aware that they would be prized by rich guys.

Like the girls think serving customers at 35 K feet while still looking pretty is cool, some rich blokes might think picking up a chick at 35 K feet is cool, no matter how she looks without all the make up.

And, I know several people who have more money than brains.

[WestCoast1]

To say that US domestic is full of these planes is a bit of a stretch. In the two years the 737 MAX has been in production, 350 have been delivered worldwide. To inject some proportion, the Big 3 US airlines all have total fleets well in excess of 1000. Southwest has a fleet of approximately twice the number of total deliveries, all of which are Boeing 737 family. This is not a long haul aircraft, unless you consider US transcontinental, California-Hawaii or the western fringe of Europe to the northeast US as longhaul.

The 737 family has been a domestic mainstay in the US for decades, facing competition from the A-319/20 for a decade. They are similar mid-distance aircraft in the US (both domestic and internationally to central America, the Caribbean). Southwest has their entire fleet of 737's (over 700).

Cathay is a poor example, as they fly zero wide-bodies, but maintain a {proportionally} quite large fleet of Boeing 777 and 787's.

I'm with ED. Have flown Cathay Pacific across the pond a number of times, always on wide-body aircraft, 747 and 777 twin-aisle aircraft. Have never flown across the Pacific on a single-aisle aircraft. Once, on a Cathay 747 across the Pacific, there were only about 25 customers. I was shocked that there were almost as many F-A's on the plane as customers. After the first meal, I asked a F-A why bother flying the plane with so few passengers, why not just cancel the flight (what a money-loser! She explained that even with no passengers, the plane must fly. Some regulation about the 'route is already paid'. Also, the plane was needed in Hong Kong to pick up the passengers there to fly back to the US.

Airbus also had problems with the introduction of the A320 neo {new engine option} approx. 12-18 months ago as the Pratt & Whitney engine version suffered a high rate of in-flight engine shutdowns.

I read recently that Cebu Pacific is picking up a new batch of A320 NEO's (think the article said 30+ aircraft), which will be flown outside of Philippines. The new engines are more fuel-efficient, saving pesos and flying the plane farther on a tank of gas.

[WestCoast1]

Don't know about you Westie, but I'd fuck 'em.

"we still got two out of three branches of the government workin' for us, and that ain't bad" - Jack Nicholson, movie Mars Attacks.

The three in front yes, the two in back, not. And I'm not picky (have posted a few chubsta pics). They are tall / thin, I will give it that. But for most KAL F-A's, in the back of my mind is that old joke about putting a bag over her head while banging her. All of the girls in that pic are pretty ED, but none of them rise to goddess level. Flew a fully loaded A380 recently, and of the 15-ish F-A's onboard, would have been glad to have 2/3 of them. Was not aware that they would be prized by rich guys. None of the girls in that pic (7's & 8's, nice!) rise to the level of the Google-searched K girls pics I posted (opinion). Is it because the F-A's hair is up, and the other pics the hair is down?

ED do you say that the F-A's are surgically cut? Just to get looks for the job?

[AussieGaigin]

40 years ago US airlines had glamourous stewardesses. .

I think a lot of them are still on the job. LOL.

[Engine Driver]

Cathay is a poor example, as they fly zero wide-bodies, but maintain a {proportionally} quite large fleet of Boeing 777 and 787's.

Any airplane with two aisles is wide-bodied. Cathay's fleet of A330, A350 and 777 is all wide-bodied. They opted for the A350 instead of the 787.

[Engine Driver]

Never heard that before. Are we talking about KAL Flight Attendants?

Never heard that before also. Have flown KAL many times. KAL F-A's all look the same: tall, thin, gawky, legs so long they bow inward at the knees, many are as tall as I am. Average-good faces. Over the years I keep having the same thought: Certainly KAL must able to find *some* lookers, right? I see better looking Korean girls (hotties, really) traipsing around Manila. All the KAL girls have such a similar look that I assume they are chosen based on body type (former tall high school or college basketball or volleyball players who were not able to make the cut at the next higher level).

Don't know about you Westie, but I'd fuck 'em.