787 — bucket of bolts
Nov 21, 2018, 10:42 pm
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Nov 23, 2018, 9:46 am
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Ended up on a 787 from ORD to CUN last Saturday. I was originally scheduled on a SAN-CLT-CUN routing, but a schedule change over the Summer months had us switched to a SAN-ORD-CUN itinerary. A few weeks later the SAN-CLT flight was reinstated, but in the interim, a 787 was substituted for the original 737 from ORD so I opted to stay on the ORD-CUN rote for the lie flat seats.
No major issues with the flight. It was snowing at ORD that morning (bit of a culture shock after coming in from SAN) so a slight delay for de-icing, but the major “drama” was that the business cabin ran out of sparkling wine by row 4 (luckily my wife and I were in 4D/F, so did get our Mimosas). One other thing of note was that the downwind leg over the sea was done at an altitude around 2900ft (if the IFE) can be trusted, the base turn and final turns did give a very good view of the closeness of the water. I don’t recall ever being that low over water unless we were on the actual final approach.
No major issues with the flight. It was snowing at ORD that morning (bit of a culture shock after coming in from SAN) so a slight delay for de-icing, but the major “drama” was that the business cabin ran out of sparkling wine by row 4 (luckily my wife and I were in 4D/F, so did get our Mimosas). One other thing of note was that the downwind leg over the sea was done at an altitude around 2900ft (if the IFE) can be trusted, the base turn and final turns did give a very good view of the closeness of the water. I don’t recall ever being that low over water unless we were on the actual final approach.
Nov 23, 2018, 1:22 pm
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One other thing of note was that the downwind leg over the sea was done at an altitude around 2900ft (if the IFE) can be trusted, the base turn and final turns did give a very good view of the closeness of the water. I don’t recall ever being that low over water unless we were on the actual final approach.
Nov 23, 2018, 2:00 pm
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Airlines also usually have a domestic route for their international equipment for regulatory and repair reasons. There are different requirements on what systems or components can be non-functional on a over-land versus over-water flight (which sounds weird. . .but when almost everything is double, if not triple redundant, having one redundancy down isn't major.)
Thus, if the only routes airlines had their heavies on were international and one of these allowable non-functional systems went down, the equipment would be totally out of use until repaired. Instead, they can be used domestically revenue generating until the parts are available or repairs are the most cost effective.
Thus, if the only routes airlines had their heavies on were international and one of these allowable non-functional systems went down, the equipment would be totally out of use until repaired. Instead, they can be used domestically revenue generating until the parts are available or repairs are the most cost effective.
Nov 23, 2018, 2:34 pm
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I've flown several times from Asia to the US and that is exactly what happens: FAs dim the windows and there's no way passengers can individually undo it. But it really doesn't bother me at all ... In fact, it's a non-issue to me.
Nov 23, 2018, 3:41 pm
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I flew on the 787 (I think -900) LAX-PVG on Wednesday-Thursday. I really like the AA version of the aircraft, with angled seats (seems like these are all based on the old US Airways Envoy seats). Anyway, one of the smoothest flights I've had, took off on time, seatbelt sign off and I can't recall it going on until we were landing. Great crew, with great service, and fantastic food. Hoping for similar on my return trip.
Nov 24, 2018, 5:23 am
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Ended up on a 787 from ORD to CUN last Saturday. I was originally scheduled on a SAN-CLT-CUN routing, but a schedule change over the Summer months had us switched to a SAN-ORD-CUN itinerary. A few weeks later the SAN-CLT flight was reinstated, but in the interim, a 787 was substituted for the original 737 from ORD so I opted to stay on the ORD-CUN rote for the lie flat seats.
Nov 25, 2018, 5:06 pm
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Nov 25, 2018, 5:43 pm
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Nov 28, 2018, 5:50 am
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Another first flight of the day maintenance issue.
Flying 1588 DFW to ORD this morning .Boarding time comes and goes and then the announcement that maintenance on board and we are delayed in boarding. Only about 10 min behind scheduled boarding time and they just let all the deadheads on board so hopefully not too bad.
Nov 28, 2018, 7:03 am
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My comment was more or less anecdotal. For all the high tech carbon and electronic wizardry the 787 is it's always gone mechanical (not to mention get canceled in SCL last year). All that high tech crap is good.....when it works. For all the low tech the MD-80 is it seems to be a far more reliable plane at the end of the day.
Moving forward I will not be flying that plane to O'hare and back ever again. AA's reliability with on time % of that plane must be horrible. If it's not then I guess I'm just plagued with bad luck.
Moving forward I will not be flying that plane to O'hare and back ever again. AA's reliability with on time % of that plane must be horrible. If it's not then I guess I'm just plagued with bad luck.