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RE: Landing Too Fast!

The plane flew a sharp "S" pattern on its approach, I think maybe to reduce its speed No, flying S-turns is a maneuver often requested by air traffic control for spacing reasons... the aircraft flying the S-patterns increases its flight path distance to the airport. But compare to all o...

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RE: Plane Hits Vehicle At ORD

And UAL Bagsmasher should be posting this information? Sounds like if he was the one doing all of those things he describes, it'd be pretty easy for his company to track him. Somebody may want to think about editing/deleting some posts.

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RE: US Airways Point To Point

Currently the <acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym>-<acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> run is done with a E170 – Run the Flt instead from <acronym title="Philadelphia - Internation...

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RE: 47 Die In Airliner Crash In China

Normally there would be 3 crew members for a CRJ flight. In all likelihood there was a deadheading crew of 3 in the cabin as passengers. If you'd bother to read the earlier posts, you'd see the crew was actually 6. Three in the cockpit (probably second officer in the jumpseat), two cabin cr...

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RE: Respect For Your Fellow Members

But don't just get rid of it because you don't like it. I don't have any use for TechOps, or other things, but there's no reason why they should be shut down, either. Yeah, but this is an aviation site, and Tech/Ops is part of that. This isn't a political site. Staying out of non-aviation i...

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RE: Delta 737 Fuel Emergency Into LGA

Prior to take-off, the pilots will know if they have sufficient fuel for their planned route of flight. Completely irresponsible to knowingly take off without enough fuel for the route and alternate reserve.

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RE: Independence Air To Leave LAN In January!

Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said he doesn't know if the airline will increase its schedule of four flights a day to Dulles. He said he could not comment on future fare changes.

How long until they drop Lansing to Dulles as well?

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RE: Duplicate Threads Are Irritating

That's a good idea. I always search before starting a new thread (which is rare), but depending on your search terms, you may not even find a recent thread on the same topic. I think people make their searches too specific. It would help if people didn't keep bumping duplicate threads to the top, th...

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RE: Respect For Your Fellow Members

I'd be happy to delete other users that are part of the small group that are ruining this discussion forum and then blaming it all on the moderators. I think that both the users and the moderators are responsible, but you cannot shift blame completely on users when some of your own personal...

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RE: Respect For Your Fellow Members

I notice the username of a rather outspoken person who almost exists on this site solely in non-aviation is no longer valid. The first part of the housecleaning?

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RE: Respect For Your Fellow Members

How about the supreme test. Get rid of all the moderators, hire a whole line of new ones by whatever method you chose and see what happens. Same shit, different mods. don;t make it personal against the moderators. WHy can't people realize its an aviation site where we can enjoy the hobby without...

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RE: Safety Cards Trade List

MADtoCAE:
I believe I've already purchased all I can use from him.

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RE: Question About PSA And USAir Merger

Could any seasoned Airliners.net fans fill me in on what happened? Essentially competition. The cost structure of USAir (via PSA) and American (via AirCal) couldn't compete well against Southwest who had invaded the west coast at that point, in addition to expansion by America West, Alaska,...

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RE: Safety Cards Trade List

Which ones do you need? I am primarily after cards that fall into these categories: -ATR 42/72 -US Air/US Airways -American/TWA -any U.S.-based commuter/regional carrier -select small U.S.-based airlines (Frontier, Air South, Eastwind, etc) -Midwest Express/Midwest Airlines Other things I ta...

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RE: Respect For Your Fellow Members

Don't like having your posts deleted for the above reasons? I have very few posts deleted. The ones that are deleted, I don't really have a problem with (except for one, which was done just to gauge moderator reaction) the reasons. It is your responsibility to enforce the "rules" however tr...

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RE: How About An "Away Status" In The Live Chat

Naturally I do care but I have great trust in the abilities of the chat crew to sort out problems without me intervening. Your chat crew argues amonst themselves and often gives out conflicting information. Such as most recently: One chat moderator stated that private messages fall under th...

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RE: Safety Cards Trade List

MADtoCAE:
I'm sorry but I don't presently need that card. If you are interested in purchasing any of the cards you want, please e-mail me through the link in my profile and we'll discuss it.

AIR MALTA:
I'm sorry but I didn't find any cards out of your extras that I presently need.

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RE: How About An "Away Status" In The Live Chat

There is no rule against being idle in the channel, just stay in as long as you like Then please state this in your rules. Presently the rules are not very clear and leave a lot to subjective review. The chat moderators know they can do whatever they want, because, they know that you really...

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RE: Respect For Your Fellow Members

However, why do you need the moderators to wet nurse the forums and clean up after you? That's what you signed up to do. Don't like it, stop doing it. It's not like it's a paying job. You and the others' excuse seems to be that you don't have time to do everything or shouldn't be forced to....

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RE: How About An "Away Status" In The Live Chat

If it would help the problem, why don't the ops actually do something for a change and set a policy. They all have their own policies now. I have been kicked several times in the past by WGW2707 for "being idle too long." Funny how that was an operator policy just for a couple of users, but...

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RE: How Much To Tip In The USA?

But if you were to take your change home and collect it for a while, you'd be amazed at how much extraneous cash that is spent. I typically use my debit card or credit card for just about everything to collect points/miles (I track the use of the credit card like I would a bank account and ...

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RE: Respect For Your Fellow Members

Seeing as you are a notorious liar, I'm sure we all put our faith in what you say. That post of yours is a perfect example of what he was saying. What exactly would you call your sarcastic and derogatory remarks and picture-posting on a near daily basis in the non-aviation forum? Compliment...

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RE: Respect For Your Fellow Members

Unconstructive posts like those by Captoveur, B747-437B, WellHung and Aa61hvy in this thread should be weeded out of the discussion forum. While I completely agree with you Johan, your crew for the most part isn't exactly a shining example of innocence. I think the non-aviation forum is mos...

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RE: JAX-ATL Help

or cover the F/O's hourly salary

Or the amount of extra insurance I'd take out if I flew AirTran.

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RE: What About A Ground Equipment/Ops For Photos?

This is the specific type of photography that most airlines don't like... taking pictures of equipment, personnel, and procedures.

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RE: AA Loses Pillows On MD80's

My only usage of pillows on an <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80 has been to wedge one underneath the bottom of the First Class headrest on aircraft where the back seat cushion hasn't been replaced with the new, thicker ones. Again,...

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RE: JAX-ATL Help

Thanks for participating in my little experiment.

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RE: AA Loses Pillows On MD80's

What is your source?

Who would want to use airline pillows anyway? Do you know how often they are cleaned (as well as blankets)? Only when visibly soiled.

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JAX-ATL Help

I need to book a flight for <acronym title="Jacksonville - International (JAX / KJAX), USA - Florida">JAX</acronym>-<acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym> for any date in October 2005. I can't find a fare below...

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RE: Respect For Your Fellow Members

This warning encompasses such remarks as You're dim/an idiot/you do know shit/ what a load of shit (c**p) etc and in addition berating handicapped members. So when will KROC be removed from his crew position and suspended? If we are to follow his "excellent" example of proper behavior, the fo...

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RE: Safety Cards Trade List

Martinair,
Sorry but I don't need either of those cards. However, I am willing to sell those two safety cards that you want. Please e-mail me through my profile and we'll talk.

Thanks.

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RE: MAN-ORD-ATL-ORD-MAN On BD/UA - Detailed/Pics

Where are the pictures? All I see are photos taken by other people in the database.

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Safety Cards Trade List

Hi all Below is my newly updated trade list for safety cards. If you are interested in anything, please post a reply here or e-mail to me through my profile. Some select cards are also for sale. Aer Lingus B737-500 (5/94) Aeroflot Soviet Airlines <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acron...

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RE: US Legacy Carriers: Ending The 'limbo'

Perhaps "reinveting itself" will mean: - Domestically, leaner, more efficient low cost carriers - Internationally, better service offerings and hopefully more profitable We did that once before here, when just certain carriers operated internationally with little domestic feed. It didn't ex...

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RE: ASA 529 Crash Re-creation On TV

Hey, is it worth the read..? There are several on Amazon.com Yes, I would say it is. It focuses mainly on the people though, versus the investigation. Comparing it to other crash books, like the one about USAir 427 (just finished that one), it isn't nearly as technical, but still covers the...

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RE: US Legacy Carriers: Ending The 'limbo'

In the United States, we actually have the unions to thank for some of the safety regulations put into place by the FAA about work rules and pilot duty time plus higher training standards. Overall, I think they've done some good for the industry.

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RE: ASA 529 Crash Re-creation On TV

There is an excellent book called "Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds" about this crash. From what I recall, only one or two people (one passenger plus the Captain) actually died in the wreckage. A lot of people had to walk through fire to get out and died outside of the aircraft. Some made it in the hosp...

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RE: US Legacy Carriers: Ending The 'limbo'

Actually, most legacy carriers in the U.S. have made EXCELLENT cuts in cost. Operations are more efficient and overall costs are lower than before. If it were not for the high oil prices, many analysts believe the U.S. airline industry would be well down the road to recovery. I don't think the U.S. ...

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RE: "The Terminal"

Maybe you'll trust these sources then, esteemed EMBQA: "16 Years on an Airport Bench, and 15 minutes of Fame." By: Smith, Craig S.. New York Times, 8/21/2004, Vol. 153 Issue 52948, pA4 "The true story that inspired 'The Terminal'" USA Today, 06/18/2004 "11 Year Caged in an Airport; Now He Fears to F...

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RE: Airliner World. Higher Prices, More Ads...

It costs about $10 USD here, which is outrageous for a monthly magazine especially when the others on topic are half that. Major book chains like Borders or Barnes & Noble (but mainly Borders) carry the magazine. I usually just sit in Borders and read it for a half hour rather than purchasing it.

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RE: Wanted Items

I've sent you an e-mail. I have several of the items on your list available.

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RE: "The Terminal"

And I thought EMBQA was NEVER wrong! Check this link: <a href="http://www.geektimes.com/michael/culture/reality/merhan-nasseri/stranded.html" target=_blank>http://www.geektimes.com/michael/culture/reality/merhan-nasseri/stranded.html</a> While an unofficial site, it does contain the article...

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RE: Smallest International Cities Served From The

Kwajalein is a U.S. military installation (or rather, defense contractors).

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RE: Overhead Bins Opened In Flight

Numerous airlines play videos while boarding or sitting on the ground, often accompanied by music of some sort.

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RE: Continental Airlines To Expand In The Western US?

I actually do my research on these things.

But did you take into account how connecting feed will be balanced at other points? With the removal of the Chicago O & D traffic, will enough connecting traffic exist to make flights to some cities worthwhile from your other connecting point?

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RE: True American Heroes

while Bush was in some bunker

Where do you expect Bush to have been? Out in plain sight for any other terrorist attacks that day? Last thing we needed that day was a presidential assassination to throw the government into even more chaos.

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RE: Additional MEM Flying?

Somebody please explain this to me.... A credible source posts that <acronym title="Memphis - International (MEM / KMEM), USA - Tennessee">MEM</acronym> flying may be increased as recalls will potentially be sent to that base. Why does everybody who has ever been through <acronym title="Memphis - In...

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RE: Scott Peterson Verdict: Guilty!

Too bad he isn't in Florida. We'd deep fry his ass.

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RE: Continental Airlines To Expand In The Western US?

Who in the hell would have a hub/focus city where pax aren't allowed to connect between flights?

SHUPirate (Virtual) Airlines?

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RE: NBC's "lax"

Wednesday's episode dealt with another worst-case senario....an airline shutting down just before Thanksgiving.

As at least one friend said to me after the episode, they jokingly entitled it "A Very US Airways Thanksgiving."

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