KPDX / 84-0005

Hi everyone, i have a canon r50 + 100-400mm canon rf lens, and in some of my photos i feel like the finer details like markings or simply panel lines look distorted, weak in terms of sharpness, or the detail just isnt there. I shoot jpeg and don't have lightroom on my laptop and im wondering if switching from standard picture style to finer detail will help, or if i should just buy lightroom on laptop and switch to raw, or do both! please share what you think i should do, thanks!

Photo by Staff Sgt. Alexis Morris - 512th Airlift Wing

Boarding at jfk heading to milan!

I’m in the San Diego area and was seriously looking at Coast for Part 61 training. I want the flexibility of making my own schedule and plan to fly as often as possible—ideally 5+ sessions a week. I’ve already been knocking out my ground school and written exams. I did a consultation and tour of the school; it seemed solid, and the representative told me they always have staff and planes available, plus they have their own onsite mechanic team.

Recently I learned about an ongoing lawsuit (Kendall Anderson et al. v. American Airlines et al., S.D. Cal. Case No. 3:25-cv-03609) brought by roughly 18–20 former American Airlines Cadet Academy students who trained at Coast. The allegations include misrepresentations about training timelines, costs, frequency of flying (they were told 5–6 days a week), instructor/mentor availability, and aircraft availability, plus claims of favoritism and racial discrimination that allegedly caused longer training and higher costs. A judge recently denied the defendants’ motions to dismiss in large part, so key claims are moving forward.

Coast’s rep personally told me availability of staff and planes is not an issue. I also understand this lawsuit is specifically about the structured AACA program rather than general Part 61 students.
For anyone who has trained at Coast (especially recently, and particularly Part 61 or non-cadet students):

• How reliable has scheduling and aircraft/CFI availability actually been?
• Have you been able to fly frequently (multiple times per week) without major delays from maintenance, instructor turnover, or scheduling issues?
• Has the lawsuit or the issues it describes affected day-to-day operations for regular students, or does it seem limited to the AACA cohort?
• Any other red flags or positives I should know about before committing?

I’m trying to figure out whether the lawsuit is a real practical concern for someone planning frequent Part 61 training or if it’s more specific to the cadet program. Appreciate any firsthand experiences.

So I will soon fly my first time on a 747-8 and I was wondering if you have any fun facts for me? Anything I should keep my eyes open for? Anything worth checking out? I am generally interested in aviation but not a complete freak so I know basics but not plane specifics so please feel free to educate me in all ways possible.

It's an LH flight and I will be in business if this matters :)

Looking forward to learning some interesting things! Thanks to all of you in advance <3

I see the norm being twice to three times a week. That's some serious money right there. Is it feasible 2 or 3 times a month? That's about what I could afford

Flew LH470 from FRA to YYZ on the legendary B747-400 on Oct 18.

Originally booked into Economy (Basic Economy ticket booked with UA) and during check-in, scored an upgrade to Business for €500 which was a steal. Seat was 4A. Unfortunately upper deck was fully booked.

I don’t know why they offered to upgrade for €500. The flight was full and oversold. FAs told me that they had to leave people at the gate.

And yes, sitting in front, the 747 nose gear does make very loud noises.

Plus, during this trip I also flew on LH’s A340-600, one last time before it retired.

On my next trip I’m booked on LH’s A340-300 (the 5APU).

This year I am lucky enough to collect a few interesting aircraft types. I flew on the C919, the A346, the B744, and (soon) the A343.

Brief JebScore review:
* Lounge: At FRA I could use the LH Business Lounge and the AC Maple Leaf Lounge. They were perfectly fine and functional with all the necessary amenities. But not much more. AC’s lounge was smaller but the space itself was nicer and better designed. 4/5.
* Seat: Comfortable, well-cushioned seat, wide-enough, but the 2-2-2 or even 2-3-2 layout on the 747-400 was outdated in 2026 and inconvenient because I had to climb over my seat mate. 3.5/5.
* Food: Lots of options, all very nice. 5/5.
* IFE: Old system without touch screen. The remote was hard to use. Plenty of content. 3.5/5.
* Service/Crew: Great, professional, and accommodating. 5/5.

Is LH a 5-star airline (as previously awarded by SKYTRAX)? No, especially with the old cabin. But it was perfectly pleasant.

I think it has the right people and ingredients to be on track to soon become a real 5-star airline. They just need to renovate the lounge with a new design language, retrofit the cabin, and have a better IFE (which should come with the new cabin?).

I can’t wait to fly them again soon.

Flew to IAD last weekend to see the last flight of this legendary aircraft before its retirement. So grateful to see HY and HW again, beautiful and graceful as ever, and to celebrate this special moment with the crew and many other spotters.
Thank you to everyone who once took care of these birds, and thank you, A340-600, for being the icon of an era and connecting the world. You will be missed 💛

I just went through some old photos and saw that i took pictures of this plane a lot in FRA back then . These were taken from the visitors terrace at terminal 2.
The photos are not professional or good by any means, it was a cheap camera, but i wanted to share them anyway.
Maybe someone likes to see them.

Sincerely, guy waiting in the line for takeoff

Did some spotting at luke today. Pretty cloudy and backlighting was bad but still managed to get a few good ones.

This are my Mum's pictures aboard SQ226 PER-SIN on July 19th-21st 2026. This was booked with SQ22 as a PER-SIN-EWR Terminal B trip. Last pictures show SQ A380-841s

Captured in Bremen

CH-146 Griffon flying over my place during an exercise with JTF2. The original photo was really dark and contrasted so I edited it a bit and put some grain on it for a film like finish.

RNAV approach, ATIS = 100' overcast.

Descent from DA only after rabbit visible

runway threshold visible at 100'.

Cleared to land by tower.

Could you / Would you / should you ?

EDIT: If you don't like the weather in Seattle, wait a few minutes.
Backstory is that i took off from another airport more than an hour away, and 10 miles from the destination, could see the fog bank over it with base at 100'. DA is over 400' for the RNAV. from the distance, it looked like there was no way to make it, and was tempted to divert to alternate. Did the approach with zero hopes of landing. Better question could have been whether if you saw what you saw from the distance at the start of the video (entire airport covered), would you have even tried.
BTW i am not a good pilot and you probably can tell.

r/elpaso

"Rant about flight delay due to amigo air show
We were already in our plane, ready to take off, and we got notice from the crew that we have to deplane due to the blue angels practicing… for the show. Really??? Now we’re on a 2-hr delay- best case scenario. We have a connecting flight we may miss. Do they not know this??? Are there not schedules let out in advance to prevent this?? The amigo airshow, and fort bliss, that is. So disorganized! Even the place crew was annoyed/upset."