Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:16 pm

azgreg wrote:When it rains it pours.

.... pours airplanes from the sky.

Fix your fucking shit Boeing. I do not want to go down in one of your flying death canisters.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:01 pm

Chicat wrote:
azgreg wrote:When it rains it pours.
.... pours airplanes from the sky.

Fix your fucking shit Boeing. I do not want to go down in one of your flying death canisters.

Just to be clear non of the parts in question are parts I make.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:06 pm

azgreg wrote:
Chicat wrote:
azgreg wrote:When it rains it pours.
.... pours airplanes from the sky.

Fix your fucking shit Boeing. I do not want to go down in one of your flying death canisters.
Just to be clear non of the parts in question are parts I make.

If you make tray tables I still have a bone to pick with you.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:48 pm

azgreg wrote:
Chicat wrote:
azgreg wrote:When it rains it pours.
.... pours airplanes from the sky.

Fix your fucking shit Boeing. I do not want to go down in one of your flying death canisters.
Just to be clear non of the parts in question are parts I make.

I thought you were making parts for Space X?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:55 pm

84Cat wrote:
azgreg wrote:
Chicat wrote:
azgreg wrote:When it rains it pours.
.... pours airplanes from the sky.

Fix your fucking shit Boeing. I do not want to go down in one of your flying death canisters.
Just to be clear non of the parts in question are parts I make.
I thought you were making parts for Space X?

We do, along with Meggit, Securaplane, Northrop Grumman, Barnes Aerospace, etc. etc. Basically we make anything pertaining to the aerospace industry both on the sheet metal side and CNC.

We make the leading edge panels for the wing on this bad boy.

We also make a valve that is used in the parking brake system on the F22. We also make these small washers that are used in heart stints. We make those for W.L Gore.

We currently have about 950 part numbers in production on approx 1200 work orders and we just had our best month in sales in the history of the company $1.665 M.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:57 pm

Very cool Greg!

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 5:27 pm

azgreg wrote:
84Cat wrote:
azgreg wrote:
Chicat wrote:
azgreg wrote:When it rains it pours.
.... pours airplanes from the sky.

Fix your fucking shit Boeing. I do not want to go down in one of your flying death canisters.
Just to be clear non of the parts in question are parts I make.
I thought you were making parts for Space X?
We do, along with Meggit, Securaplane, Northrop Grumman, Barnes Aerospace, etc. etc. Basically we make anything pertaining to the aerospace industry both on the sheet metal side and CNC.

We make the leading edge panels for the wing on this bad boy.

We also make a valve that is used in the parking brake system on the F22. We also make these small washers that are used in heart stints. We make those for W.L Gore.

We currently have about 950 part numbers in production on approx 1200 work orders and we just had our best month in sales in the history of the company $1.665 M.

What is CNC?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 5:33 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote:What is CNC?

CNC stands for "computer numerical control". Computer controlled mills, lathes, etc.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:22 pm

azgreg wrote:
dovecanyoncat wrote:What is CNC?
CNC stands for "computer numerical control". Computer controlled mills, lathes, etc.

Thanks Greg, that was mesmerizing and elegant. Kind of industrial machine porn. If your company changes its name to SkyNet you might consider early retirement.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:14 am

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:52 pm

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:09 pm

God forbid the CEO make 22.4 million though instead of 23.4 million. Could've paid for 4 competent and well trained programmers for 2 years with a full benefits package for that million bucks.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:57 pm

If they listed all the parts of the airplane and what everyone was paid to make/maintain them, would anyone fly?

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:57 pm

I don’t think the max will ever fly again. And if it does no one will book to fly on one.

I sure as hell won’t. It’s a fundamentally flawed design.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:06 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:I don’t think the max will ever fly again. And if it does no one will book to fly on one.

I sure as hell won’t. It’s a fundamentally flawed design.

I'm really not even sure if it counts as "design." It's literally retro-synthesis.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:18 pm

Longhorned wrote:
CalStateTempe wrote:I don’t think the max will ever fly again. And if it does no one will book to fly on one.

I sure as hell won’t. It’s a fundamentally flawed design.
I'm really not even sure if it counts as "design." It's literally retro-synthesis.

Lol. Yeah, a chimera

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:19 pm

You're all a bunch of triggered snowflakes who hate freedom. If airframe manufacturers have to pay employees or subcontractors more to make defective models they will merely pass on the cost to consumers. The real solution, known to anyone who actually understands real-world economics, is to raise tariffs on Airbus so Boeing can sell more defective aiframes thus raising its stock price and compensating those who die in crashes. It's Econ 101, but do youse guys get it? Noooo.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 6:31 am

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 4:32 pm

Boeing takes $4.9B (B!) charge related to 737 max.

And now they know the answer to the question: should we go with the good but more expensive engineers or just hand this off to the $9/hour guys?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:28 pm

Oh Canada!

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:13 pm

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:17 pm

Ugh Southwest is such a Busch league airline.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:26 pm

"Thank you for flying Southwest flight 507 to Phoenix, where we have clear skies and a current temperature is 187 degrees."

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:27 am

legallykenny · Post by **legallykenny** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:06 am

People who complain about US airports must have never been through LHR.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:28 am

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:56 am

legallykenny wrote:People who complain about US airports must have never been through LHR.

People who complain about LHR have never been through Charles de Gaulle.

legallykenny · Post by **legallykenny** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:32 am

ByJoveByJingle wrote:
legallykenny wrote:People who complain about US airports must have never been through LHR.
People who complain about LHR have never been through Charles de Gaulle.

It’s been 15 years for me but I’m flying back through there later this week. Glad to hear it hasn’t improved.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 8:10 am

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 8:14 am

A cross country ticket 50 years ago also cost double the average American's salary so you get what you pay for haha

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 9:33 am

Also images like that are mostly fake or completely misrepresentative of air travel then. Coach flying was never like that and you had to deal with smoking and hijackings every other week.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 9:54 am

And gremlins out your window!

One nice thing of flying now outside of cigarette smoke is no longer having to dress up.

A couple things I missed out on was the piano bar on 747's.

The SST

and SWA hotpants!

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 10:37 am

That piano bar looks a bit like the business class bar on Emirates A380s. Free drinks made to order. I don’t drink while I’m flying, but nice to have the option.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:15 pm

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:17 pm

I assume the airport will pay for these shuttles and make them free?

legallykenny · Post by **legallykenny** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 6:23 am

ASUHATER! wrote:I assume the airport will pay for these shuttles and make them free?

I have to think it will be the same system as the current parking shuttles.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 8:54 pm

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sat Oct 05, 2019 12:09 pm

ByJoveByJingle wrote:
legallykenny wrote:People who complain about US airports must have never been through LHR.
People who complain about LHR have never been through Charles de Gaulle.

CDG is crazy and way worse of an experience than LHR. I've only been there 3 times, but the experience was pretty good. My son, 16 at the time, did a 4 hour layover alone at LHR with no problems. I would have never routed him through CDG alone!

I just flew through LGW twice and enjoyed 5 pound Guiness pints at 'Spoons. Gatwick has super cheap flights to Basel on EasyJet.

legallykenny · Post by **legallykenny** » Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:08 pm

wyo-cat wrote:
ByJoveByJingle wrote:
legallykenny wrote:People who complain about US airports must have never been through LHR.
People who complain about LHR have never been through Charles de Gaulle.
CDG is crazy and way worse of an experience than LHR. I've only been there 3 times, but the experience was pretty good. My son, 16 at the time, did a 4 hour layover alone at LHR with no problems. I would have never routed him through CDG alone!

I just flew through LGW twice and enjoyed 5 pound Guiness pints at 'Spoons. Gatwick has super cheap flights to Basel on EasyJet.

CDG didn't seem that bad to me but I hid in the AA lounge.

Now, definitely hard pass on ever flying Alitalia again.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:26 pm

legallykenny wrote:
wyo-cat wrote:
ByJoveByJingle wrote:
legallykenny wrote:People who complain about US airports must have never been through LHR.
People who complain about LHR have never been through Charles de Gaulle.
CDG is crazy and way worse of an experience than LHR. I've only been there 3 times, but the experience was pretty good. My son, 16 at the time, did a 4 hour layover alone at LHR with no problems. I would have never routed him through CDG alone!

I just flew through LGW twice and enjoyed 5 pound Guiness pints at 'Spoons. Gatwick has super cheap flights to Basel on EasyJet.
CDG didn't seem that bad to me but I hid in the AA lounge.

Now, definitely hard pass on ever flying Alitalia again.

Lol. What was it about Alitalia?

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:26 pm

That how I feel about Finnair. I don’t care how cheap it is.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:58 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 6:26 pm

Holy shit!!!

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:10 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:57 am

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:20 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Wed May 13, 2020 7:26 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:34 am

So glad the pandemic is over.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:36 am

Meanwhile my mom is going to be laid off this week by American after 21 years because they spent every cent they had laying around since like 2015 on stock buybacks and executive compensation.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 10:14 am

ASUHATER! wrote:Meanwhile my mom is going to be laid off this week by American after 21 years because they spent every cent they had laying around since like 2015 on stock buybacks and executive compensation.

I'm so sorry. Is her lay off certain?

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