Saw this on a couple of news segments last night and this morning. maybe this should go in the gear grinder thread but it drives me nuts as to how poorly the news media cover events, or perhaps I should say how poorly they fact check or proof read.
From this morning:
news ticker on the morning news " Westjet shows off newest plane - the Beoing 737"
From last night:
Same news outlet runs the segment beginning with a Westjet logo and a picture of a 4 engine widebody.
Maybe my other gear grinder would be if I am understanding Acey correctly and they are selling the middle segment of seats as 'preferred' with more legroom. I really hate that airlines have moved this way, it's nothing more than nickle and diming and at least for me is making air travel less affordable. I'm a big guy and the 'regular' seats are just too small for anything longer than short haul, and I cannot justify the extra cost to pay more for extra legroom that used to be standard a couple of years ago. When it's a family travelling it's not only the cost of a single seat, it's upgrading 4 seats and that is what is pushing air travel out reach at least for us.
To clarify, the first couple rows are Plus seats where the middle seat is not sold. The seats aft of those with white headrests are not Plus, meaning all 6 seats across are sold, but there is a couple inches more legroom than the seats without white headrests aft of those.
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To clarify, the first couple rows are Plus seats where the middle seat is not sold. The seats aft of those with white headrests are not Plus, meaning all 6 seats across are sold, but there is a couple inches more legroom than the seats without white headrests aft of those.
Thanks Acey. So they've sort of gone to three class seating which I assume will be priced accordingly. Do we know the seat pitch on those two sets of seats (the two that are not Plus).
Thanks Acey. So they've sort of gone to three class seating which I assume will be priced accordingly. Do we know the seat pitch on those two sets of seats (the two that are not Plus).
I believe he said either 32" or 34". I'd be surprised if it was 34". I think they'll just be sold as preferred, which is what the exit row was before.
I always got the impression that when landing in a crab, the drag on the tires, combined with forward momentum, would be the main things straightening out the nose. On this one, he kicked the rudder over before there was any grip on the wheels, which really couldn't do anything other than swing the tail end around. Layman's view, of course....
I looked at it quickly in the middle of vacation, and I didn't notice that big rudder input at the end of the flare as they tried to quickly straighten it prior to touchdown. Way too aggressive there.
If that's what you were referring to Bigtime, I totally agree.
Whats most amazing about commercial aircraft like the the 737 and up is that they are designed to haul a full load of passengers and baggage to their maximum range. With smaller AC you typically can have full seats, or full range, but few can do both.
Some very expensive, i.e. $1,000,000 light and medium AC can fly maximum range with only 2-4 passengers. Including many light jets.
