Originally Posted by forgot to bid

BA Plane 'On Fire' Over Central London

I think they said one engine failed and the one running was on fire?

Child's play for an MD-88.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

Both engines shed their cowling covers on this BA emergency today with smoke in the cabin. Look at the smoke coming from the engine, too. Going to be interesting to see what caused this one.

Originally Posted by Gearjerk

My suggestion, stay FAR, FAR, ...............FAR AWAY from USAA Mortgage Services!!

I recently purchased a property through USAA Mortgage & it was, by far, the worst experience I've ever encountered! If I wasn't pushing the expiration if the contract, by almost missing the closing date, I would've dropped USAA like a hot lava rock in Hawaii.

There are also at least two threads in the "military" section of this forum on how horrible they are, & how people have discontinued their business with USAA after XX years. I still have my banking & insurance through USAA, but only because I haven't taken the time to transfer my accounts to another bank.

I'd recommend, & plan on doing the same when I purchase an additional property, is to go through your local hometown bank. Yes, they're still bound by the Federal Banking regulations, but it's so much nicer to be able to talk with someone in-person about a question either they or the underwriter's have, versus having to try and explain it to "one of a thousand" call center representatives, who are just trying to make sure you have a "pleasant experience during your phone call today, sir/ma'am".

Just my $0.02. Good luck.

GJ

Originally Posted by georgetg

That's easy...

contract maintenance

seriously though, both engines shedding the cowls is most likely caused by improperly latched cowls...

Not hard for a departing cowl to tear an oil or hydraulic line...

Normally when improperly latched, they tear off and all is well:



Cheers
George

Originally Posted by forgot to bid

I'm sure there will be a plethora on the open market and probably cheap by then. The only question is how expensive are these NEOs in bulk?

Originally Posted by Wasatch Phantom

I dunno Ten...

(Disclaimer: I've never borrowed from my 401K)

From what I've read (on the Internet, so it must be true, right?) borrowing from one's 401K is a last resort. For example:

8 Reasons To Never Borrow From Your 401(k)

Thinking of Borrowing Against Your 401k? Here's What You Need to Know | DailyPerk

401(k) Loans - Nine Things to Know About Borrowing from Your 401(k)

Perhaps I'm missing something (likely) but I don't see the advantage...

Suppose I borrow $50K and I pay myself 4% interest. That money is "growing" at 4% per year.

In the period 1928 to 2010, stocks earned an average of 11.3 percent, according to U.S. News and World Report.

So assuming average long term returns, I'm losing a net 7.3% on that 50K loan.

This strikes me as a bad deal. Please tell me what I'm missing.

Originally Posted by Elvis90

Wow...I'm using USAA at the moment but Wings will be my backup if they give me any problems.