Sentence examples for operating the plane from inspiring English sources

United Airlines is currently the only American carrier operating the plane, and now has six 787s in its fleet.

The issue of undue deference to the pilot operating the plane is a question for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is looking into whether there was an "authority gradient" between the pilot at the controls of the Asiana plane and the pilot who was supposed to be monitoring him and a third pilot in the jump seat, neither of whom intervened.

The continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft after the disasters in Indonesia and Ethiopia will also reduce capacity for Lufthansa competitors operating the plane, such as Turkish Airlines and Tui, and could eventually delay expansion at Ryanair, which has 135 of the Max models on order.

In the meantime, the joint program office -- which is not similarly constrained -- says the projected cost of operating the plane is falling due to a better understanding of fuel consumption, maintenance needs, labor rates and the like.

It stayed there for a week, and the tests included operating the plane on the ground and in the air in temperatures as low as -28C (-18F) and performing thrust-reversed tests with snow – basically, the effects of sudden braking that you might find on an aborted take-off.

That average cost to buy the plane doesn't cover the costs of operating the plane, and so on and so forth.

The military is also desperately trying to figure out how to reduce the long-term costs of operating the planes, now projected at $1.1 trillion.

Volunteer guardsmen have been operating the planes since Aug. 7. Colonel Tom, as the unit's commander was called all day, is a 43-year-old former Air Force pilot in Vietnam.

In an interview, Shahani dismissed the lawsuit, calling Encompass an unhappy partner that did a poor job operating the planes and was therefore replaced.

So far, airlines that operate the plane have stood by Boeing.

"Mostly we fly boxes, not chickens," said Ken Couche, division manager for Ameriflight, the company that operated the plane.