Boeing 747 retirement: Farewell to the 'Queen of the Skies'

In article , Graham Harrison says...

On Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:00:05 -0600, "Byker" wrote:

"Miloch" wrote in message news

more at
http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/de...ght/index.html

The last of the airline's 16 jumbo Boeing 747-400s flew to a desert
retirement, ending operations by passenger airlines in the United States.

They'll soldier on for at least twenty more years in the Third World, where
maintenance costs (and lives) are cheap:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015...sturbing-truth

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-d..._b_252090.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEv0OFwZZw
https://psmag.com/economics/are-some...us-to-fly-3460

Anyone dying during the Hajj goes straight to Allah's bosom:
http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=480575
http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19910711-0

http://www.traveller.com.au/aircraft...-planes-goxrc7

Pic: "The report notes that 'the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority did not
know of the closure of the runway...nor was it aware of the NOTAM until the
accident ...'"

Also:
http://www.traveller.com.au/worlds-b...-awards-gwv9t3


There is a problem with those articles.

If, for whatever reason, you are going to visit a point on the network
of an airline with a dubious safety record do you refuse to fly on
that airline? The obvious answer from those articles may well be
"yes" but what is the alternative to flying? Whilst the accident
rate of the airline may be higher than "good" carriers the accident
rate on the roads to your destination is likely to be pretty
horrendous and the risk is probably higher than flying. And that
assumes there is a road. 40 years ago I was in Nepal and the place I
was visiting was a 2 day walk from the nearest road. Even today the
road is only described as "jeepable", There's an airfield; little
more than an area of grass on a peninsular overlooking a river and
still 4 hours walk to the village. I walked in and would have flown
out but the flight was cancelled so I walked out!

Are you talking about Lukla? I did the Everest trek in 1977...walked in from
Lamosago eventually getting to 20,000' at Kalapatthar. It took about four
weeks...walked out until I got to Lukla and caught the last plane out for two
weeks!

Good times...was in my thirties...when I was in the best shape I've ever been.




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On 8 Jan 2018 16:37:18 -0800, Miloch
wrote:

In article , Graham Harrison says...

On Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:00:05 -0600, "Byker" wrote:

"Miloch" wrote in message news
more at
http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/de...ght/index.html

The last of the airline's 16 jumbo Boeing 747-400s flew to a desert
retirement, ending operations by passenger airlines in the United States.

They'll soldier on for at least twenty more years in the Third World, where
maintenance costs (and lives) are cheap:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015...sturbing-truth

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-d..._b_252090.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEv0OFwZZw
https://psmag.com/economics/are-some...us-to-fly-3460

Anyone dying during the Hajj goes straight to Allah's bosom:
http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=480575
http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19910711-0

http://www.traveller.com.au/aircraft...-planes-goxrc7

Pic: "The report notes that 'the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority did not
know of the closure of the runway...nor was it aware of the NOTAM until the
accident ...'"

Also:
http://www.traveller.com.au/worlds-b...-awards-gwv9t3


There is a problem with those articles.

If, for whatever reason, you are going to visit a point on the network
of an airline with a dubious safety record do you refuse to fly on
that airline? The obvious answer from those articles may well be
"yes" but what is the alternative to flying? Whilst the accident
rate of the airline may be higher than "good" carriers the accident
rate on the roads to your destination is likely to be pretty
horrendous and the risk is probably higher than flying. And that
assumes there is a road. 40 years ago I was in Nepal and the place I
was visiting was a 2 day walk from the nearest road. Even today the
road is only described as "jeepable", There's an airfield; little
more than an area of grass on a peninsular overlooking a river and
still 4 hours walk to the village. I walked in and would have flown
out but the flight was cancelled so I walked out!

Are you talking about Lukla? I did the Everest trek in 1977...walked in from
Lamosago eventually getting to 20,000' at Kalapatthar. It took about four
weeks...walked out until I got to Lukla and caught the last plane out for two
weeks!

Good times...was in my thirties...when I was in the best shape I've ever been.




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No, western Nepal - Baglung.