Very funny, but no.....not that Ken Pilot.Ken Pilot?
This Pilot who looks after his Crew.
PerJ. Crew Group Inc. has named Ken Pilot as CEO effective Sept. 9. He replaces Mark Sarvary, who left the company in May.
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Very funny, but no.....not that Ken Pilot.Ken Pilot?
PerJ. Crew Group Inc. has named Ken Pilot as CEO effective Sept. 9. He replaces Mark Sarvary, who left the company in May.
And as you, of course, know at least as well, one example out of a hundred may be insignificant, but one out of only five or so may of somewhat greater relevance. As Sir Winston Churchill would have said, you're a modest man with much to be modest about.I suspect you mean Gordon Bethune.Anyone? Anyone?
Anyway, it's always dangerous to extrapolate from one example, as you of course well know.
That may be, but Mr. Arpey only holds a PPL as I believe does Mr. Anderson, whereas Mr. Bethune holds a CPL with B757/767 type as well as an A & P.I'm not saying that either is doing a bang-up job, but it's worth noting that the CEOs of the two largest airlines in the US are both licensed pilots (American's Gerard Arpey and Delta's Richard Anderson).
We would have more aircraft with three and four engines and cockpits with 4 guys sitting inside.Thank goodness. As bad as things are in the industry, things would be a heck of a lot worse if pilots were in charge.I highly doubt any pilots would have picked that disaster of an airplane, but thank you for playing.
Qatar Airways Limps On With Airbus A340s
February 15, 2010
Emirates cancelled their order for A340-600s when it became apparent that is was a gas-guzzling monster whose future was about as clear as mud. Rival Qatar Airways has stuck by this delinquent and now pays the price.
And we’re not talking about the 25% higher fuel burn it has either – Qatar Airways has added more revenue seats to its A340-600s and removed the weighty cabin lounge furnishings as it attempts to better compete for high yield traffic with Emirates and Etihad Airways.
As my learned colleague Doug McVitie eloquently put it, the A340-600 “is a piece of spaghetti with wings.”
Almost a year ago, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, said "If I could, I would throw them away. These planes are not efficient at all."
A far cry from his 2006 comments saying that "We look forward to seeing passengers…on this [A340-600] wonderful aircraft."
Amazing how the same thing can be so awful in just three years.
With a backlog of just seven airplanes left, Airbus’ A340 has languished from the moment the 777 entered service. As Qatar Airways takes more 777 deliveries, and from next year 787s, the A340s will quickly be disposed of. Oil price rises, the chase for fuel efficiency and strong residual airplane value means that these A340s will be stood down never to return to active service.
It is clear that the investment made on this and sister ship A340-500 has produced nothing but a loss, however, now that Airbus has been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a long range, twin aisle, twin engine family in the A350XWB, the sales success so far of that airplane has won 25% more orders in contrast to the A340 before assembly of the first example has even been completed.
It may have taken Airbus a while to realise that twins, not quads are the way forward - the A340 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
Not quite the legacy Airbus had hoped for with its first quad-jet, but then its second quad-jet in the A380 hasn't set the world alight either.
Qatar Airways Limps On With Airbus A340s
February 15, 2010
Emirates cancelled their order for A340-600s when it became apparent that is was a gas-guzzling monster whose future was about as clear as mud. Rival Qatar Airways has stuck by this delinquent and now pays the price.
And we’re not talking about the 25% higher fuel burn it has either – Qatar Airways has added more revenue seats to its A340-600s and removed the weighty cabin lounge furnishings as it attempts to better compete for high yield traffic with Emirates and Etihad Airways.
As my learned colleague Doug McVitie eloquently put it, the A340-600 “is a piece of spaghetti with wings.”
Almost a year ago, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, said "If I could, I would throw them away. These planes are not efficient at all."
A far cry from his 2006 comments saying that "We look forward to seeing passengers…on this [A340-600] wonderful aircraft."
Amazing how the same thing can be so awful in just three years.
With a backlog of just seven airplanes left, Airbus’ A340 has languished from the moment the 777 entered service. As Qatar Airways takes more 777 deliveries, and from next year 787s, the A340s will quickly be disposed of. Oil price rises, the chase for fuel efficiency and strong residual airplane value means that these A340s will be stood down never to return to active service.
It is clear that the investment made on this and sister ship A340-500 has produced nothing but a loss, however, now that Airbus has been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a long range, twin aisle, twin engine family in the A350XWB, the sales success so far of that airplane has won 25% more orders in contrast to the A340 before assembly of the first example has even been completed.
It may have taken Airbus a while to realise that twins, not quads are the way forward - the A340 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
Not quite the legacy Airbus had hoped for with its first quad-jet, but then its second quad-jet in the A380 hasn't set the world alight either.
Up The Khyber?Carry on.
Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, does it? Emirates and Etihad are also operating a bunch of 345 and 346. If Qatar is at a disadvantage, then due to "weighty lounge furnishings", two few seats or using them on the wrong routes. Also, if their business model is to sell planes before they are five years old, it doesn't make sense to badmouth a model they still want to sell.Qatar Airways Limps On With Airbus A340s
And we’re not talking about the 25% higher fuel burn it has either – Qatar Airways has added more revenue seats to its A340-600s and removed the weighty cabin lounge furnishings as it attempts to better compete for high yield traffic with Emirates and Etihad Airways.
As my learned colleague Doug McVitie eloquently put it, the A340-600 “is a piece of spaghetti with wings.”
Almost a year ago, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, said "If I could, I would throw them away. These planes are not efficient at all."
Well, Aerolíneas Argentinas is switching from it's mixed wide-body fleet of 6 A340 and 3 B-747-400 to a single-type fleet of 13 A340.So now airlines that can't do ETOPS are stuck with 380s, 748s, and second hand 340s from Qatar?
Lan Chile have recently replaced the A340 on Santiago (SCL)-Auckland (AKL) with 787. There is a lot of water, and not a lot of alternates in the South Pacific Ocean.I guess airlines don't prefer 4 engines for the long haul after all.
Thai Airways retires Airbus A340-600s
Thai Airways International has formally retired the Airbus A340-600 aircraft from service.
The type operated its last flights on the Frankfurt-Bangkok, Singapore-Bangkok, and Zurich-Singapore routes on 28 March, information on FlightRadar24 shows.
Flghtglobal’s Ascend Fleets database shows that the Star Alliance carrier had operated six Airbus A340-600s. It took delivery of its first of the type (HS-TNA) in June 2005, and its last in October 2008 .
In response to queries from Flightglobal, the airline says these aircraft will be sold off accordingly. Services previously operated by the A340-600 has since been replaced with other aircraft types.
FlightRadar24 indicates that five of the six aircraft were moved from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International airport to Utapao International airport on 1 April.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... 0s-410839/
Yes, LH reported the cockpit was massively affected by smoke damage.The following video shows an LH at FRA this morning (June 11) with fire damage caused by a burning tug. The video states the 18-year-old plane was not occupied by passengers and the damage "seems limited." I suspect an A340 of this age with what looks like skin damage (and I assume damage to the avionics bay) is as the Germans say, KAPUT.
https://youtu.be/cvjHCrop6G0
Noted. Is that from two airline mechanic youtube videos or is it just your own opinion backed by decades of airliner repair experience?
If the first 30 ft of the plane can be economically cut clean and replaced, then it can be saved. So it can't.
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