02-17-2019, 08:57 AM
Yeah the reliability has improved greatly.
However, there are still a lot of systems on airplanes that require old fashioned maintenance.
On topic,SWA landed in Hilo yesterday.The flight was scheduled to fly from OAK to HNL but diverted into Hilo.Don't know if it was an exercise or a real problem.Plane was on the ground for 3 hours and then flew to HNL.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA8.../KOAK/PHNL
It descended pretty rapidly to 10,000 feet so it may have been a pressurization problem or it may have been a test by the FAA.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA8...O/tracklog
However, there are still a lot of systems on airplanes that require old fashioned maintenance.
On topic,SWA landed in Hilo yesterday.The flight was scheduled to fly from OAK to HNL but diverted into Hilo.Don't know if it was an exercise or a real problem.Plane was on the ground for 3 hours and then flew to HNL.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA8.../KOAK/PHNL
It descended pretty rapidly to 10,000 feet so it may have been a pressurization problem or it may have been a test by the FAA.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA8...O/tracklog