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The norm it is not The only aircraft you will regularly see top 40k are the A380, A330, and Boeing 788. The reason these aircraft feature so prominently at those altitudes is because they have relatively lower wing loadings. Occasionally, towards the end of a sector or on a domestic, a 767...

Emirates doesn't fly to Quetta.

The thing is, if PIA ups their prices to be in line with those of Qatar, Etihad, Emirates, Turkish et al, they have to have competitive offerings which they don't. If you're flying to Pak, if the prices are the same are you going to put your family on a PIA flight or one of the competitors? If...

Emirates has vastly lower flying costs (the metric used in the industry is CASM or cost per average seat mile) than PIA. Same for Saudia. Besides, with Emirates, their 777s are configured in a 10 abreast 3-4-3 arrangement in economy compared to a 9 abreast 3-3-3 arrangement for PIA which...

Load factor (% of seats filled) is not a reliable indicator of how a route is performing. As an example, British Airways had a load factor close to 95% for their London Heathrow-Dhaka flights, yet they were still losing money on the route and as a result they cancelled it. New York - Pakistan...

Age is not an indicator of reliability The USAF operates a large B52 fleet and will continue to do so until around 2040. The last B52 left the assembly line over 40 years ago. There needs to be more transparency where such accidents are concerned and the reports openly published.

PIA is a business, not a taxi service. Politicians and citizens of Pakistan need to heed this. Hopefully, other loss sustaining routes to the Mid-East, EU, Asia and North America (JFK) will be cut soon.

Boeing doesn't have a final assembly line in China. Airbus does in Tianjin for the A320 family. The Airbus FAL is setup and operated in the same way as the Toulouse, Hamburg and soon the Mobile, Alabama FAL. Airbus employees in Tianjin follow the same manufacturing and strict QC procedures...

I don't think he is babbling nonsense. You on the other hand......

It's not difficult. Just take a look at the high altitude airways in China. A kid with a pencil and ruler randomly drawing straight lines on a map of China would probably represent more efficient routings than the ones the Chinese come up with. If you're in the unfortunate position that you...

Tell me China, how is the ARJ-21 working out?

You should heed your own advice first. A couple of English idioms: People living in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, or if you prefer, pot kettle black. That should be 'lest it fries', and that sentence should be followed by a question mark. I can't be bothered with the rest of your...

Footage from 3min58 seconds is the post V1 engine failure from Airbus A350 testing. Enjoy.

They should have thrown him into the furnace. With all the hot air that family is full of, it would have taken care of China's energy needs for decades to come.

I should clarify my post #86 as it is factually wrong. is incorrect. Of course, whilst one engine out and VMCG/VMCA testing is done in tandem, VMCG/VMCA is always below V1. You wouldn't want a situation where V1 is below VMCG/VMCA. If you were to suffer an engine failure in such an...

Perhaps they should.

Thousands more Indians are killed on India's roads than by Pakistani backed terrorism. If he was serious about preventing further bloodshed, he would concentrate on road safety.

Sorry this doesn't make sense. 'no matter how much you push the yaw' - This needs clarifying. I will repeat what I said earlier. The same aircraft has been certified by the Ukrainian and Russian civil aviation authorities. The flight tests an aircraft would have to go through to achieve...

Yes it is. Have a look at the FAA reading material for the pilot training syallabus. The first act the event of an engine failure on a multi engine aircraft is to counteract the yaw due to the asymmetric thrust condition. Doesn't matter if you're in a 6 ton beechcraft or a 569 ton Airbus...

The Laws of Physics are the same for a high wing turboprop as they are for a jetliner. ATR42/72, Dash8 family, Saab family, Embraer and even the Super kingair I have experience in are all capable of taking off at MTOW with a post V1 engine failure. Furthermore, you will find the Pratt and...