Oh Boeing, again, again...

GroundPilot said:
And

www.koin.com

More concerns as Alaska Airlines flight arrives at PDX gate with open cargo door

Alaska Airlines is facing another round of safety concerns after a flight arrived at the gates at Portland International Airport with its cargo door slightly ajar.
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Well and this one too last night, but wanna keep this week's bad press focused on UA

www.kptv.com

Alaska Airlines plane returns to PDX after passengers smell ‘fumes’ in cabin

An Alaska Airlines aircraft turned back to Portland International Airport shortly after takeoff Wednesday due to potential fumes in the cabin, according to a spokesperson for Port of Portland.
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The Aviation Herald

Aviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation
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At what point does the finger get pointed at XYZ operator's maintenance, operations people, etc rather than Boeing? I'm not saying Boeing is innocent here, but it reminds me of several GA manufacturers being held liable 20+ years on something after the plane rolled off the assembly line.
 
KLB said:
Well it's already being blamed on DEI on PJP so....
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I mean do these morons realize the chance is pretty high that if it was maintenance related it is much more likely it was done by a middle aged angry white dude like themselves?
 
I'm lazy and not motivated enough by any loyalty to Boeing (because I don't have any) to look up the data, but have Airbus airliners been somehow miraculously defect free during this current period of scrutiny on Boeing products? I highly doubt it, but whatever bleeds leads as far as the MSM is concerned and right now Boeing is a wounded blue whale with a bunch of great whites trying to kill them. If they succeed the whale dies and the majority of the whale ends up at the bottom of the sea after each shark took just enough of a bite to keep them satiated and then swim away to find the next victim. It's an odd analogy but it seems very appropriate in the modern world. Look at Bud Light.
 
cmac88 said:
I mean do these morons realize the chance is pretty high that if it was maintenance related it is much more likely it was done by a middle aged angry white dude like themselves?
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Have you ever worked on airplanes? At the last few places I've been employed your uninformed ideological based opinion is far from reality. Young, old, any color, any gender, none of it matters because it's a meritocracy. All that matters is if a person can do the job effectively and take complete responsibility for their work. If you're a passenger or a pilot are you concerned more about who did the work or whether it was done correctly?
 
Pavement looks wet. Those Runway Threshold white stripes abeam the taxiway get very slippery when wet. The Mad11 was very susceptible to this just simply taxiing onto the runway for takeoff at a slow speed as the front tires struggled for traction. Basically had to treat it as an icy/cluttered condition with differential braking and thrust.

Once in SDF after landing in the A300 I tried to exit a high speed at a somewhat “spirited” speed trying to help the guy behind us. Everything seemed fine until the tower asked if we needed assistance? We asked what he meant and he told us he saw a lot of white smoke from the nose tires as we exited….oops! Lesson learned.
 
A300Capt said:
Pavement looks wet. Those Runway Threshold white stripes abeam the taxiway get very slippery when wet. The Mad11 was very susceptible to this just simply taxiing onto the runway for takeoff at a slow speed as the front tires struggled for traction. Basically had to treat it as an icy/cluttered condition with differential braking and thrust.

Once in SDF after landing in the A300 I tried to exit a high speed at a somewhat “spirited” speed trying to help the guy behind us. Everything seemed fine until the tower asked if we needed assistance? We asked what he meant and he told us he saw a lot of white smoke from the nose tires as we exited….oops! Lesson learned.
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Doesn't help it when it landing almost 200k under design limit. Or taking off under 200k, for that matter.
 
inigo88 said:
He clarifies in this one that his recording missed the initial ATC instruction to keep their speed up until the end. Looks like they missed the high speed. It has video of the turn, not just the aftermath.


View: https://youtu.be/ryS6w9b6OlE?si=Wm3gh9eOW1OAvkvK
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Looks like they queried tower if they could roll to the end, presumably for a quicker gate arrival? Tower approved it if they could keep their speed up, likely for minimum time on the runway.
 
A300Capt said:
Pavement looks wet. Those Runway Threshold white stripes abeam the taxiway get very slippery when wet. The Mad11 was very susceptible to this just simply taxiing onto the runway for takeoff at a slow speed as the front TIRE struggled for traction. Basically had to treat it as an icy/cluttered condition with differential braking and thrust.
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Fixed it for ya!

Remember, in a tight turn, one of the nose wheel tires is actually off the ground.
 
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