How long does it take for a plane ticket payment to go through?

I pruchased two plane tickets from Southwest about four to five days ago and the payment hasn't gone through yet. The money hadn't been taken out of my bank account yet. I got a ticketless conformation e-mail from the site with a receipt for the pruchase, but how long should it take for the money to go through?|||To be honest, electronic payment should be almost instant, although it's possible your bank has yet to clear the funds from your account, but that they have been allocated.

What plane crash do you find the most interesting?

Kind of a morbid question but I've been watching a lot of plane crash videos from seconds to disaster and found some of them quite interesting to listen to.|||My personal favorite is the United 232 flight. The reason is the absolutely incredible/unbelievable job the pilots did in figuring out how to control a completely uncontrollable airplane. Unfortunately there were 111 deaths but they did save the lives of 295 others. Al Haynes, the pilot in command,died a few years ago from cancer but he gets my vote for pilot of the century.|||There are lots I used when teaching Human Factors: Eastern 409, Palm 90, UAL 811, Saudi 169 (I think that's the number).|||Dear Jordan, a plane crash is never interesting. Sorry to say that, though. It is simply because human lives are not / cannot be equated to dollar amounts. It is also because planes are expensive. A b/n 747 jumbo costs around US$50 million, not to mention the training and skills of the pilots going to naught. Maybe, we can say the most horrible ones, in terms of casualties, or the plane(s) lost, as explosions, or in collisions in mid-air, which happen sometimes.|||Howard L brings up an interesting point. While all accidents are sad, there is always something to be learned from them. Having studied many accidents, United 232 stands out in my mind. Up until that point in time, the Captain was thought of as a "god". You didn't question the Captain. It was his way or the highway. United 232 brought Crew Resource Management (CRM) into the spotlight. CRM is all about teamwork. It is about using all of your resources and working as a team to manage every aspect of the flight. The Captain is still in command, but he/she is more like a coach, not a dictator. Captain AL Haynes and his crew (including an off duty pilot that was riding as a passenger) worked together to come up with the best possible outcome given the condition they were dealing with. As an airline pilot and Captain, I can't stress the importance of CRM...and it doesn't just apply to the pilots. The flight attendants are very much involved in CRM also.





While United 232 was tragic, it helped bring Commercial Aviation out of the "Captain is god" mindset. In the long run, it has probably saved countless lives because of what it did to the aviation industry.

How can I get a really cheap plane ticket?

I'm trying to find a really cheap plane ticket from detroit to munich and I don't seem to have any luck.





Anyone know of any websites that you've been successful with in this regard?





I'm already aware of kayak, vayama, bt-store and the more general orbitz, hotwire, etc.





Please help!|||Expedia.com


Ebookers.com (only if you connect in England)





Try Airline Websites:





Ba.com


Ua.com


Aa.com


Lufthansa.com





Good luck!|||There are actually quite a few more that you probably aren't aware of. I work in the travel industry, and I always refer my clients and my friends to the website BookMe. You can compare prices on all the major travel websites and save lots of money. Good luck, and check out the link below.|||Try Tripsetc at www.tripsetc.com . They have more reasonably priced tickets in comparison with those you checked.|||See http://www.travelbargainsites.com for great, cheap travel sites.|||Watch the gas prices. When they're low, airplane tickets are probably low, too. Then check a search site like expedia.com or priceline|||I suggest comparing prices, try this website: www.everydaytravelconnections.com

In Movies With Planes, Do They Use a Real Plane? And How Do They Make It Look As If Its Flying?

Like In Snakes on a Plane and Knight and Day.|||they don't use whole planes, more like parts of a plane. it's kind of like pirates of the Caribbean. the people built a ship and put it on giant hydraulics to move the ship around. like up and down or tip it to the side. in snakes on a plane, they used parts of a plane to film the people walking, screaming, and freaking out. then put it on the ground and just had the people acting like their moving around, and i think they even shook the camera to give it the effect of movement. like all the turbulence the plane went through. hope that helped!|||typically they will either use a set that looks like an airplane-- often only half a planefor as long as they need for their scenes





for situations where they need to mimic turbulance etc they have a machine called a 'gimble' which has hyrdaruic underneath in like 9 or more points allowing them to move the set like a mechanical bull-- often a gimble will actually have a piece of real airplane as the airplane part with only enough seats remived to make room for the cameras





as far as clouds/rain they just surround teh gimble by a Green screen , an dadd the effects in post production





for gremlins on the wing (Twilight Zone FTW) they'd simply add a wing piece to the outside of the gimble and either through practical or digital effects put the creature outside

How can someone under 16 buy a plane ticket?

How can someone under 16 buy a plane ticket and go through Dulles Airport? I need to get from Manasses to Lewisville,TX. I don't have a credit card.|||If you're determined to do this, here goes:





Buy your ticket online (which is going to be impossible without at least a debit card). Then use the self-service check-in; you might want to check at the airport to see what airlines have self-service check in your location. If you don't have any checked baggage, and you plan to leave when the airport is busy, and if you're close to 16, you'll probably make it through.





If you need more clothes and stuff than you can pack into a carry-on bag, send them to your destination via parcel post or UPS before you leave. This will keep you from having to drop off your bags at the counter (and this also means that the airline won't lose your luggage, either).





You might also check the airlines' websites to see what their unaccompanied minor policies are. Some make a big deal about it, and some don't, and the airlines vary as to what age requires an accompanying adult, and which ones don't.





Also, it might be a good idea to print out maps of the airports you'll be going through, so you can find your way on your own. The whole idea here would be to blend in as much as possible. If you do get lost, ask an employee at one of the shops in the airport--and especially not employees of the airline you're flying on (unless you're old enough to fly unaccompanied on that airline). Even then, if you're en route and have left the airport where you started from, they'll send you on through to your destination, most likely with a 'friendly' flight attendant to hold your hand like you were 6 years old the rest of the way.





Take extra money; the airlines generally don't provide any meals anymore, and they're getting stingy with the peanuts and sodas. Bringing one of those Lunchables meals with you is a good idea.|||are you running away?|||You cant.|||buy, probably...





use, probably not...|||charter a private jet. As long as you pay them hundreds of thousands i'm sure they will make an exception for your little butt|||have an adult by it for you|||It won't happen. Talk to your parents, or someone else you can trust, they would want to know what's going on with you.|||airport websites or getting a friend to buy it for you








or you can set up a bank account at bank of america and get their visa debit card that works for any place that takes credit cards|||A minor can buy a ticket with their own money, but a parent or guardian has to be there to sign consent. There's no reason for you to anywhere without them knowing anyway. And speaking as a parent, they, or someone else a little older, should be going with you.|||You must be an adult!|||you can't.


thats why God made parents.

How does a pilot become certified to fly a new plane like the Boeing 787?

Since it's a new plane, I'm wondering how one becomes type-rated on a completely new type of aircraft. I know there are similarities to the Boeing 767 and other planes but the 787 is a different aircraft entirely.|||Boeing says it expects its 787 will handle so like a 777, and the cockpit interfaces will be so similar and intuitive, that a five-day differences course and some time in a fixed-base, touchscreen simulator will suffice for converting 777 pilots to airline operations in the new aircraft.





Speaking at the UK Royal Aeronautical Society, Boeing's 787 training director Capt Al Nader revealed for the first time the company's training programme for the new aircraft that is being submitted to the US Federal Aviation Administration for approval.





Nader says that Boeing is making a case to transfer 777 pilots to the 787 without training time in a level D full-flight simulator, but he admits the FAA may not agree to that.





Pilots from non-Boeing types would need a 20-day course to win their type rating, including time in a FFS, the company estimates, whereas pilots from Boeing types other than the 777 would need a 13-day course.





Nader says Boeing is flying a leased American Airlines 777 "wired up" to fly like the 787. This is being used to develop the 787 control software to ensure handling commonality between the two types is so similar as to make a common type rating possible.





Working with Boeing's training company Alteon, Nader says the company has already defined the pilot training requirements for the 787, and is close to finalising the syllabus - what it calls its pilot qualification plan. Meanwhile it is designing a computer-based training system that will make the whole training course paperless and fully interactive.





A key tool in Boeing's 787 training inventory is the Thales-built training suite used to prepare pilots for the simulator at a relatively low cost.





It consists of a flat-panel fixed-base simulator developed jointly by Thales and Boeing, but it is more than a procedures trainer because its flight and engine controls are physically the same as they will be in the aircraft.





As well as the systems being fully interactive via its touchscreen interfaces, the mechanical controls allow the simulator to be "flown" using a traditional Boeing control yoke, rudder pedals, power levers, flap and spoiler levers as they will be in the 787, and an autopilot mode control panel with conventional knobs and switches as planned for the 787.





The simulator includes Class 3 electronic flight bag displays outboard of each pilot's main flight displays.





The external visual display is limited, however, to a pair of small screens, one located above the cockpit coaming in front of each pilot's position. Boeing concedes that these are really intended only to enable pilots to train for the head-up display that will be standard on 787s. But this is the machine from which Boeing hopes 777 pilots can graduate direct onto the 787 in line service.





Thales's market director civil simulation Mark Dransfield says more than 80% of the software in its simulator is the same as in the aeroplane itself and the full flight simulator, with software updates being only about three days behind the latest developments for the real aircraft.





Alteon says Boeing already has a Thales 787 FFS at Seattle, which is being developed in parallel with the aircraft's preparation for its test flying programme, and will deploy a second to its training base at Miami complete with the full pilot qualification plan suite by 2010.|||From the cockpit mock-ups of the 787 that I have seen, it looks nothing like the cockpit of a 777. Further the systems differ significantly so I agree with you that the 787 is a different aircraft entirely. However, I麓m sure that ultimately the FAA will bend to the wishes of the airlines and allow these two fleets to be flown by a single group of pilots saving the airlines millions in staffing and training costs.





As for the type rating, usually the first group of pilots go to Boeing for type-ratings using Boeing simulators which are sufficiently sophisticated to allow pilots to obtain type ratings without ever having actually to fly the physical aircraft.|||Great Question!!!





I think that you are asking how does the first pilot get the first type rating. Sort of a chicken and egg question.





Don't know for certain, but will take a stab.





1) While the airplane is in flight testing, before certification, it is probably flown on an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate. The test pilot(s) have letters from the FAA authorizing them to fly the aircraft.





2) All during the process that I mention in number 1 above, they are being closely watched by a team of FAA Inspectors (Ops and Mx), and pilots and mechanics from their launch customer(s).





3) When the airplane receives its Type Certificate, there are a whole host of pilots, mechanics, and FAA Inspectors who are experts on the airplane. At the same time, another, probably fairly large team, is creating and testing a simulator for that aircraft. When the simulator is ready, the FAA will issue a Letter of Authority (LOA) for the simulator and its use.





4) I'd bet money that, when the time comes for the first type rating, the FAA issues a Letter of Authority (LOA) to one of their inspectors authorizing that person to perform Practical Tests in, for instance, B787 type aircraft. I'd almost bet that the actual first type rating is actually done in the simulator.





5) At the same time, a team is in the process of approving Boeing's FAR 142 school, its syllabus, etc.





6) Once there is a cadre of pilots who are type rated, and the 142 school is approved for the airplane, then they, the type rated pilots, can be authorized to issue type certificates for that aircraft to graduates of the 142 school.





I may have the ordering wrong, and I may have made some incorrect assumptions, but I'd bet that the gist is reasonably accurate.





BTW, I hear the Boeing is trying to get the B777 and B787 to be a common type rating; but also hear that it will be a real uphill battle for them.|||the 787 is basically a 767 with new engines, hull and wings. the 787 would probably handle differently from the 767 but they're about the same size.


to fly a new aircraft like that would probably need some kind of experence and training on the 787. other than that, i cant really think of anything else that would restrict you from flying a 787 besides a flying licence.|||simulator time and then seat time in aircraft

What happen if your flight is late and your transition plane isnt?

Say you have to make a transition to another place. The first plane your on is late, does the 2nd plane wait for you, if not what happens? Do they put you on a nother flight?|||The airline will put you on another flight if you miss a connecting flight.





The pain is not necessarily missing a flight outright. (which I prefer)





I hate thinking I have a 45 minute layover (time to decompress...get something to eat...etc), but a late plane has me dashing through the airport to make a connection in 5 minutes.|||yes thats right,the secend plane doesn't wait,they just leave and put you on another flight|||If the first flight is late getting into your layover, the 2nd flight wil leave on time. Airlines cannot delay flights for one passenger. I do know of cases where if the 1st flight has landed and you are running to the gate, they will sometimes delay the 2nd flight by 5 minutes or so. If you do miss your 2nd flight, you will be put on standby for the next flight. If this flight 100% full and confirmed AND everyone shows up, then you will be moved to the next flight. Some airlines work together so that you could get moved between carriers to get you to your final destination too. Of course, this increases the chance your luggage will go into the black hole of teh airport. Another things is if your first flight is just a little late, but you miss your flight, your luggage may not! (Or vice versa)|||That depends... say both of your flights are of the same airline or of the same alliance (Star Alliance, etc..) they might wait or delay the flight a bit, say 20 mins. But if it was of two different airlines then they (the 2nd) flight would probably not delay the flight and you'd have to catc the next plane, provided that it is not full.|||It depends.





If there are 50 other people also connecting on your flight, they will probably hold the connection.





If there are five other flights to your desination, probably not.





I flew international long haul and we waited countless times but most of my flights were once-daily's so we stayed put for them most of the time.





How full they are also counts.





The ground agents decide and often, very late, like as you're landing. Please don't bug the F/A's 10,000 with that question during the flight. They honestly don't know and usually can't find out.





When you arrive, listen carefully for an announcement for your connection. Don't be distracted by getting your stuff, even if you're in a hurry. If unclear, talk to a ground agent before taking off to find your next gate. Often, you are escorted over there as a group so no one gets lost.





Fingers crossed for the bags!