Aviation Appreciation Station v2

[Frequitude]

Could the air traffic controller flight throttling in the states impact Canada-Mexico flights for us (or other international flights that fly over the US)?

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Frequitude

Could the air traffic controller flight throttling in the states impact Canada-Mexico flights for us (or other international flights that fly over the US)?

Unlikely, it would have to reach a fairly dire state for enroute overflights to be significantly impacted. They might restrict planes to certain airways like the old days or present-day China, or stagger planes going through a certain area so that one guy can monitor a lager area.

[Acey]

Entire UPS MD-11 fleet grounded indefinitely. 27 frames.

[Frequitude]

AA191 is one of my most memorable Mayday episodes because of the camera view passengers had out front. Eerily similar.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Acey

Entire UPS MD-11 fleet grounded indefinitely. 27 frames.

I live close to Boeing field and see them frequently. That's a lot of freight capacity sitting on the ground.

[Bigtime]

FedEx has suspended their MD-11 flights too, Western Global expected to follow suit.

https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/a...spend-flights/

[btimbit]

Grounding recommended by Boeing, cynical side of me says it's just that they finally found a reason to push operators into retiring them

[btimbit]

FAA directive now for US carriers to ground the MD11. Have to think this will be the final nail in the coffin for Western Global Airlines

https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/w..._Emergency.pdf

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Frequitude

Could the air traffic controller flight throttling in the states impact Canada-Mexico flights for us (or other international flights that fly over the US)?

It's starting to get ugly now, mostly out of Toronto. It's getting tough to find a route to the Carribean that ATC can handle. Out of YYC to Mexico we're still hanging on.

[surferguy]

I’m flying to Central America tonight. Forsee any issues?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by surferguy

I’m flying to Central America tonight. Forsee any issues?

"Don't fly in anything with a Capissen 38 Mark II engine - they fall right out of the sky!"

[Acey]

Originally Posted by surferguy

I’m flying to Central America tonight. Forsee any issues?

From Calgary, probably not. But we're struggling.