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- Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:49 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Berlin - NYC Flights - DL Ahead Of CO
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7928
RE: New Berlin - NYC Flights - DL Ahead Of CO
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Jump to post- Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:34 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Peaking Of World Oil Production - A Crisis?
- Replies: 302
- Views: 20860
RE: Peaking Of World Oil Production - A Crisis?
You gotta love the liberal agenda of this thread! Go Canada! Its not only the lumberjacks that wear flannel and like girls, its your women. Hubbert's Peak was found to be false in 1970, 1995 and today. Even after this "research" and more theories-- one can conject that again the supposed theorists a...
Jump to post- Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:24 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Berlin - NYC Flights - DL Ahead Of CO
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7928
RE: New Berlin - NYC Flights - DL Ahead Of CO
CO made the Concorde crash, DL did not.
Berliners will fly LH then DL.
Case closed.
- Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:35 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Fastest Plane-to-street Arrival?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 8465
RE: Fastest Plane-to-street Arrival?
TXL -- 6 minutes. Riding coach, hopped off plane, baggage turnstile at the gate, customs at the gate, walked right out of customs to the street in a matter of seconds. <a href="http://www.berlin-airport.de/PubDeutsch/PubTegel/PubImages/terminalplan.gif" target=_blank>http://www.berlin-airport.de/Pub...
Jump to post- Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:29 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Shannon Is NOT A City In Ireland?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 11316
RE: Shannon Is NOT A City In Ireland?
SNN makes perfect sense... Ireland can be traversed in 2-3 hrs. by car, coast to coast. With the frequency of tours and tourist destinations, it only makes sense. The splitting of the routes creates a link for both coasts for tourists to be closer to the beginning of their vacation. I flew into <acr...
Jump to post- Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:27 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Morgue On The A-380? Really?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 17337
RE: Morgue On The A-380? Really?
I believe that this is an interesting topic, however this has been discussed ad naseum.
Perhaps the airlines should start building morgues for themselves.
"In the long-run, we're all dead." -John Maynard Keynes
- Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:42 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: American Looking To Expand St Louis
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6295
RE: American Looking To Expand St Louis
While this may all be good news for spotters, it seems no one here has any business sense what-so-ever. <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym> from <acronym title="St. Louis - Lambert-St. Louis International (STL / KSTL), USA - Mi...
Jump to post- Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:36 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Who Will Save United If They Go Bankrupt?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 7651
RE: Who Will Save United If They Go Bankrupt?
<b> Nothing will correct over-capacity and it's something that happens in just about every single industry in the world. Reducing market capacity wouldn't do anything for <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> if another carrier were to go away. It's just a fact of life that must be dea...
Jump to post- Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:44 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Who Will Save United If They Go Bankrupt?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 7651
RE: Who Will Save United If They Go Bankrupt?
Ideally, working within a free market system, it would be wise to have United go completely out of business. The employees are not specialized, the equipment could be sold to a plethora of other companies. It is the best way to alieviate some of the problems with over capacity, pricing and hub domin...
Jump to post- Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:51 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Blatent Photo Mistakes Making Database?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1914
Blatent Photo Mistakes Making Database?
Clearly this isn't a Transaharan 727... <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/707783/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/707783/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/3/8/7/707783.jpg" ALT="Click here for...
Jump to post- Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:35 am
- Forum: Site Related
- Topic: RSVP: New T-shirt Survey!
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11861
RE: RSVP: New T-shirt Survey!
I have to agree with Sian. It is quite nasty. I bought the white polo of the old design and I like that better than anything that looks like a jean/denim-jacket color. I am not a woman, just someone with some taste. This isn't anything I would wear, and I am already out on a limb with some airliners...
Jump to post- Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:49 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: HA To Apply For Shanghai - HNL
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6886
RE: HA To Apply For Shanghai - HNL
Jet-lagged and Lu are right. The Chinese as a whole are becoming rich. With a population 4x the US, you don't need a large percentage to be rich to have a need for tourist destinations. Laxintl, I suggest you read about the development in China. Shanghai is one of the richest cities in Asia, it draw...
Jump to post- Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:29 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Continental......today's PAN Am
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5476
RE: Continental......today's PAN Am
Northwest will become the next great International Carrier of the Future. It will put down <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>, <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>, and <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> like the dead deer on the side of the road th...
Jump to post- Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:37 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Song Gets The Day Off
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5709
- Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:16 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: 744 Fly-by Near SAN
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2284
RE: 744 Fly-by Near SAN
Its not every day you see 744s in SAN...
well at least not any more, thanks BA.
Thanks for the info guys.
- Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:40 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: 744 Fly-by Near SAN
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2284
744 Fly-by Near SAN
I was 30 min. north of <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym> today taking a break from work when between 1200-1300 a 744 flew overhead. Guessing FL5 heading south to north. Does anyone know what this could have been? I couldn't get ...
Jump to post- Thu Jun 10, 2004 4:59 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Where To Find City/city Distances
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2889
RE: Where To Find City/city Distances
Consultation from a link- not necessary.
1. False
2. True
Thanks, good trivia
- Thu Jun 10, 2004 4:56 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Southwest Interactive Route Map
- Replies: 37
- Views: 13092
RE: Southwest Interactive Route Map
This is excellent. I remember when you could open up the Flight magazine for any airline and the lines would connect the destinations. They have gotten away with it, and just put stars, squares, circles, black dots, blue dots, red dots- indicating some level of service. The definition ROUTE MAP, imp...
Jump to post- Thu Jun 10, 2004 4:49 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: AA Not Intl. Enough
- Replies: 68
- Views: 8600
RE: AA Not Intl. Enough
Before we begin to blame a certain southern carrier with widgets on its tails for having a hub in a meterologically challenged region, lets not forget about a certain carrier mentioned in the topic of this thread and its choice of hub. Not to mention the other carrier with a recent livery change bas...
Jump to post- Thu Jun 10, 2004 4:38 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Applauding After Landing?
- Replies: 135
- Views: 14922
RE: Applauding After Landing?
I have noticed that on most of my flights within Europe that its the Euros clap, more so than Americans. I cannot speak for (excuse generality here) Latin Americans, Asians, or Africans on their domestic flights. I think it has spread from the Euros to America. Its not warranted usually, but I can u...
Jump to post- Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:43 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Delta: Hong Kong-Atlanta Nonstop?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11348
RE: Delta: Hong Kong-Atlanta Nonstop?
Don't look for Delta to begin starting up more Asian flights when they are in the business of trimming them down. They have decreased their presence at <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym>, reduced flights to Japan, and haven't been too keen on expanding...
Jump to post- Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:46 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: VirginUSA - SFO The Winner; NYC For Admin Only
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7425
RE: VirginUSA - SFO The Winner; NYC For Admin Only
SAN should be part of the game plan for Virgin.
Jump to post- Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:36 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Profile: Delta/Continental Fantasy Merger
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4864
RE: Profile: Delta/Continental Fantasy Merger
"Really fun for the spotters...
I am glad you aren't serious."
Spotters? Are you serious? Since when did spotters matter to the overall scheme a business? Douche yourself of this mindset.
- Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:59 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: USA 2 Canada & Mexico: Routes Overpriced & Un'svd?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2961
RE: USA 2 Canada & Mexico: Routes Overpriced & Un'svd?
I don't know about underserved, but overpriced, that much is true. e.g. <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym>-<acronym title="Mexico City - Licenciado Benito Juarez International (MEX / MMMX), Mexico">MEX</acronym> $295 r/t I am sur...
Jump to post- Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:54 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Aeroflot Closer To Joining Skyteam!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3693
RE: Aeroflot Closer To Joining Skyteam!
This is excellent news! Now we will be one step closer to having an alliance tail! <br><table align=center border=0 width=500><tr><td><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/553392/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/553392/M/" ta...
Jump to post- Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:41 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: CO- Access To LHR With Their Metal & VS Flight #?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5164
RE: CO- Access To LHR With Their Metal & VS Flight #?
No need for extra crew bases. Think about it. <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> pilots don't need to be certified to fly the 777, <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> pilots who are contracted by <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United...
Jump to post- Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:31 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Regurgitated News Here!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1355
Regurgitated News Here!
Many of the airliners.net topics are started by people trying to get the break on a news story that just hit the wires... why is this? Sure it is a discussion board and you are just trying to get something going, but every time something involving the word, "plane" "air" "airplane" "airline" or othe...
Jump to post- Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:26 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: 7E7 Recives Second Order.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5871
RE: 7E7 Recives Second Order.
Just what the Dr. ordered.
Finally an airline that isn't ordering too many planes than it can handle.
BD
- Mon May 31, 2004 7:40 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: British Airways Flight From LHR-RST (Rochester, MN
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5245
- Mon May 31, 2004 7:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Delta Airlines Hires Bankruptcy Law Firm
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5803
RE: Delta Airlines Hires Bankruptcy Law Firm
Let's look at something for a minute. 1. These airplanes are flying themselves. 2. Safety has increased significantly recently with the new breed of airliners. There used to be 3-4 pilots/flight engineers on any given widebody for the longest time. Technology makes the pilots job easier- the only ti...
Jump to post- Thu May 27, 2004 11:08 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: IFly Has Record Cost Before Taking Off!
- Replies: 99
- Views: 7883
RE: IFly Has Record Cost Before Taking Off!
Forget about the numbers and gain/loss for one second. The goal of any company is to stay alive... profit will come down the line. If the airline makes $500 a flight, or loses $500 a flight. It will all equal out, their loss-making routes will be covered by the positive. The present route structure ...
Jump to post- Fri May 21, 2004 4:23 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: A345 Vs A346
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4874
RE: A345 Vs A346
The A345 will be able to operate the longest routes in the world due to the 4 engines. Unless the 772LR gets ETOPS rating of 330min., which it should. The added security of the 4 engines makes the A345 a more viable option for ULR flights over the Pacific/Indian Oceans. Its not just common sense, bu...
Jump to post- Sat May 08, 2004 4:17 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: 737 Vs. 777, Thought I Saw Them Here
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8567
RE: 737 Vs. 777, Thought I Saw Them Here
I know its not this one, but ... <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/194276/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/194276/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/6/7/2/194276.jpg" ALT="Click here for bigger...
Jump to post- Fri May 07, 2004 12:01 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Do You Prefer The A330 Or MD-11. The Final!
- Replies: 135
- Views: 15818
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:42 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Emissary From Arab World In Berlin
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2143
RE: Emissary From Arab World In Berlin
It was UAE 747SP-31. Don´t know what business is going on, but there were 4 BMW 7-Series on an escort from TXL to the city.
Jump to post- Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:39 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Emissary From Arab World In Berlin
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2143
Emissary From Arab World In Berlin
747SP touched down in TXL 45 min ago.
Who does it belong to?
From arab world.
- Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:15 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: What Airliner Are You?
- Replies: 330
- Views: 17867
RE: What Airliner Are You?
Booyah birthdays! Amerikana <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/091380/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/091380/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/0/8/3/091380.jpg" ALT="Click here for bigger phot...
Jump to post- Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:10 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Pictures Of Kam Air And Pamir?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3428
Pictures Of Kam Air And Pamir?
Does anyone have pictures of Kam Air or Pamir ? Operating out of Afghanistan and competing with Ariana.
Would be sweet to see.
- Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:09 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Where Can I Book RTW On-line?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3107
- Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:22 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Quiz - Airline Logos
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11554
RE: Quiz - Airline Logos
1. Blue and Red stylised paper kite.... MALAYSIAN
2. "Fried Egg".... EUROCYPRIA
3. Stylised Phoenix.... AIR CHINA
4. Compass... VARIG or EVA (same logo, diff colors)
5. Arabian Oryx.... QATAR
5. Traditional sheathed dagger.... OMAN AIR
6. Eskimo.... ALASKA
- Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:28 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: UA Doubles NRT-HNL Service
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5851
RE: UA Doubles NRT-HNL Service
You guys need to stop taking this too personally-- so one is a "raver boi" and the other a bottle of (used) Summer's Eve-- no one gives a rats ass here. Personally I don't care if you are the same person, which in most cases of this type of behavior it is, that or some sort of latent desire to ram t...
Jump to post- Sat Jan 03, 2004 2:57 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Slogans For Airlines
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4554
RE: Slogans For Airlines
AA/Iberia (Oneworld): 1 out of 10 Hispanics choose us over rafts into Miami.
Jump to post- Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:06 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Strange Snack Cart Servings?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1566
Strange Snack Cart Servings?
I heard a legend about a guy getting served a severed man-piece in his Bloody Mary mix... I heard it today when I was checking in my aunt at the Delta counter. Can anyone validate this?
Thanks.
- Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:20 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: US/BA Merger
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2508
RE: US/BA Merger
British Airways owned a 24.6% stake in USAir. Then <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> went into cahoots with <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> creating the monopoly-like conditions <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - ...
Jump to post- Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:13 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: What A Livery!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2988
RE: What A Livery!
sexy? Perhaps you should spend less time looking at a plane's APU...
Jump to post- Fri May 16, 2003 12:18 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Your Dream Airline Alliance
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3565
RE: Your Dream Airline Alliance
its the 'we just need to find a good flight to rio alliance'
jetBlue
Frontier
nwa
klm
virgin atlantic
emirates
qantas
singapore
saa
- Wed Apr 23, 2003 12:04 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Drunken AA Pilot Removed From Flight
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5121
- Mon Apr 21, 2003 12:49 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: U N I T E D....Rising
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4499
RE: U N I T E D....Rising
Companies should go bankrupt if they lose too much. Airlines are no exception. There should be no protection for the airlines that are failing. Their government friends should let the chips fall where they may, allow the weaker airlines to crash and let the stronger ones survive. the strong airlines...
Jump to post- Sat Feb 15, 2003 3:24 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New L1011 Operator / Hawaii – Mainland (Scam?)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4241
RE: New L1011 Operator / Hawaii – Mainland (Scam?)
oh yeah the infamous Celidah Celtic Airways or something else SCAM!
Jump to post- Wed Sep 11, 2002 4:00 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Airline With Most Creative Meals
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2999
RE: Airline With Most Creative Meals
On a recent flight from SAN-PIT on US, I received what I thought was a Chicken Salad. It had spongey chicken-like meat in it, and didn't taste too bad, but then again that may have been because it was the only free thing on the flight. $5 for movie, then you give back the headphones... not that anyo...
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