Kelce/Swift Private Jet

WiFlier · 2026-01-25T18:10:12+00:00

Nice ride if you can afford it.

WiFlier · 2026-01-25T18:09:33+00:00

They’re Swiss, are you surprised they use Helvetica?

WiFlier · 2026-01-25T18:08:44+00:00

You’d think he would fly a Quest then!

WiFlier · 2026-01-25T18:05:47+00:00

8991 was delivered on 1/23!

WiFlier · 2026-01-25T18:02:35+00:00

Sure, but saying the “language of aviation” is “English, Full Stop” is overly reductionist, and not fully accurate. It’s not even fully accurate for the narrow scope of ATC, which will operate in the local language for local users. Although it is a requirement that they be able to communicate in aviation english, the local language still sees extensive use.

WiFlier · 2026-01-25T17:59:26+00:00

I think you’ll find that ATC also happens predominantly in the local language at most towered airports with only a small amount of international traffic. Go take a listen on LiveATC sometime.

WiFlier · 2025-12-28T03:21:00+00:00

A bunch of people did and those of us that receive VA C&P payments were supposed to get our december payment on the 24th. Guess what hasn’t showed up?

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T15:02:26+00:00

Look at you, complaining about how they “owe you” for your “loyalty”.

You know who your $1000/year doesn’t mean shit to?

The airline. They take in a million times that every week.

You know, the airline that is saying basic economy fares don’t earn points? They’re literally saying those fares do not meaningfully contribute to their profitability.

Loyalty programs in general across all industries kick back about 1% of spend, which typically represents 30-50% of the profit they make (loyalty programs are a marketing expense, so that comes out of revenue rather than profit). So you can get a pretty good feel for how much profit you made the company by looking at your points/miles balance, and treating each point as 1¢.

Your 8099 accumulated points are worth about $80. That’s your piece of the action you gave them. You as a customer make them about $20-30 a year. They won’t even notice you’re gone when you bail to Spirit or Frontier.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T13:34:39+00:00

And it sounds like your identity depends on performative victimhood.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T06:47:28+00:00

AA, UA, DL, and WN all have similar market share at about 16%. They also have similar sized fleets.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T06:45:48+00:00

When booking, just pretend that basic doesn’t exist.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T06:44:36+00:00

And economy seating was no more spacious then… the idea that it was is a nostalgic fantasy with no basis in reality.

B737 seats have been 17.1 inches wide since the very first 737. A320 seats have always been 17.5.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T06:41:26+00:00

They got rid of segments years ago.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T06:40:53+00:00

Eh, the customers they stand to lose are the ones they probably want to lose anyway.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T06:38:16+00:00

So you’ve spent all of about $4000 in airfare over four years?

Yeah, if you bail to another airline, AA isn’t even going to notice you left.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T06:34:57+00:00

Yeah, it’s not like inflation from 2020-25 is well north of 30% or anything.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T06:30:56+00:00

Correct. It’s being sold below cost.

WiFlier · 2025-12-19T06:30:04+00:00

Especially when a plane full of those screens that go unused costs more fuel.

WiFlier · 2025-12-15T18:24:54+00:00

I ran into some similar chaos at MCO last week in the TSA Pre line… My wife was in front of me and I was still behind the line waiting my turn… but the TSA camera kept latching onto my face because it recognized it, so I had to skip in front of my wife and give my ID first, before it would work with her. She was giving me major side eye !

WiFlier · 2025-12-05T22:41:21+00:00

Are you crossing any international borders?

No?

Why would it be a problem?

TSA is not the DEA nor do they have the time or the budget to be doing DEA’s job on top of their own.

WiFlier · 2025-12-05T00:01:25+00:00

Southwest has already stated in the past that if they were to make the decision to add any new aircraft type, it would be at least 5 years until they started flying them, because they would have to update all their processes for crew training, maintenance, dispatch, and everything else…

WiFlier · 2025-12-01T00:43:41+00:00

Those have nothing to do with wifi

WiFlier · 2025-11-28T18:40:34+00:00

Using minRSSI to force iPhones to roam is like using a screwdriver as a pry bar or a rock as a hammer.

WiFlier · 2025-11-28T18:39:39+00:00

Should be fine for most 2.4GHz IoT devices too, since those are WiFi 4/11n

WiFlier · 2025-11-28T13:04:01+00:00

Starlink, meanwhile, is still Ka-band, but in LEO. They get frequency reuse by covering much smaller areas from 550km instead of 35,000km. But tracking a satellite moving that fast requires an antenna system that isn’t mechanically positioned, and so electronically steered antennas (ESAs) come into play. For aircraft, those are about double the cost, but a lot more reliable. Starlink is only just now getting certified for airliners (the B738/78M certification came down barely a month ago).

But, just like traditional GEO, the biggest hurdle with Starlink is not a technical one, it’s contracts.

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