‘I’m Mystified’: Pilot Unsure How Exactly LATAM Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner Just Suddenly Nosedived On Monday, March 11, a 787 Dreamliner operated by LATAM Airlines (Flight #800) was flying between Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. LATAM is a multinational South American airline based… Johnny Jet , March 18, 2024
Former Boeing Manager: ‘I Would Absolutely Not Fly a Max Airplane’ Yesterday, I wrote a tip for travelers who are afraid to fly the 737 Max 9. This comes after the frightening January 5th incident that took place on Alaska Airlines… Johnny Jet , January 31, 2024
What to Do if You’re Booked on a 737 MAX 9 Jet On Friday, Alaska Airlines lost an auxiliary emergency door, also known as a plug door, shortly after taking off from Portland, Oregon (PDX). As you can imagine, it was a… Johnny Jet , January 7, 2024
BREAKING: Boeing 737 Max Has A New Issue and 16 Airlines Are Grounding It This is terrible news for Boeing and will probably cause disruption to thousands of travelers as a lot of flights will be canceled. Boeing just sent this news release out,… Johnny Jet , April 9, 2021
One Reason You Might Want to Fly United During COVID Last month, I did a conference call with Boeing executives and airline reporters about the Boeing Confident Travel Initiative. One of my big takeaways was that airplanes that are equipped… Johnny Jet , July 22, 2020
Boeing Talks COVID-19 on Planes: Should Passengers Point the Air Vent on Them to Create a Force Field? Yesterday morning I was on a 7am conference call with Boeing executives and airline reporters. The topic/theme of the call was “Boeing Confident Travel Initiative Briefing.” The call was probably… Johnny Jet , June 16, 2020
How I Feel About Flying on the 737 MAX Back in June, after we published this post, a reader tweeted at me asking how I felt about flying on the 737 MAX. With the plane still grounded (the certification… Johnny Jet , August 27, 2019
Video: Mother and Daughter Pilots Flying a Delta 757 Last week while I was going through my Twitter feed (I’m @JohnnyJet), an image caught my eye. It was of two female pilots, Captain Wendy Rexon and First Officer Kelly… Johnny Jet , March 26, 2019
What to Know If You’ll Be Flying a 737 MAX Following Yesterday’s Ethiopian Airlines Crash Update: The list of countries and airlines that have grounded the 737 MAX is growing. Per CGTN: Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the U.K., Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Eastar Jet, Ethiopian… Johnny Jet , March 11, 2019
First Look at Singapore Airlines’s New 787-10 I was fortunate to be in North Charleston, SC, this week to witness aviation history in the making. Singapore Airlines (SIA) took delivery of the very first Boeing 787-10 from Boeing… Johnny Jet , March 27, 2018
United’s Farewell Flight to Its Boeing 747 Aloha! If you’re following me on social (my handles are at the bottom), you know I had a whirlwind 24 hours on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. It began by taking… Johnny Jet , November 9, 2017
Video: A Fond Farewell to United’s Boeing 747 If you haven’t noticed by now, most airlines are retiring their old gas-guzzlers and replacing them with more technologically advanced aircraft that use a lot less gas. Sadly, that means… Johnny Jet , October 31, 2017
Video: How Boeing Sells Airlines on New Aircraft I’ve been fortunate to go up to the state of Washington to tour the Boeing plant on multiple occasions (like this time). I always find it fascinating to see how… Johnny Jet , July 5, 2017
Relive the Golden Age of Travel With the Pan Am Experience in LA A few years ago, I read about how an aviation geek (I’m one too) named Anthony Toth had created a mock of a Pan Am 747 in his garage… Johnny Jet , April 25, 2017
Video: Big Plane vs Little Plane (the Economics of Long-Haul Flights) Well, Wendover Productions is back at it, this time with “Big Plane vs Little Plane” and the economics of long-haul flights. As they describe it in the video, “Airbus made an… Johnny Jet , November 29, 2016