Maybe they'll just change that "Proudly All Boeing" tag to "Proudly All Airplane" tag. I worked for QX on the ramp years back. During the winter, several times the Wenatchee flights would get cancelled and they'd bring a charter bus on the ramp to where the plane was supposed to ...
Jump to postI have a solution for you. As a "nicotine user" (that term that AS loves to call us) I rarely smoke. Instead, I use one of the following products: Marlboro Snus Skoal Snus Camel Snus (I will seek out the first two brands before this one, as it is the weakest and not my favorite). They are ...
Jump to postI used to work for Food and Beverage at <acronym title="Horizon Air (USA)">QX</acronym>. Although it was a few years ago, let me give you some first hand insight: Q400s have sinks but they are inop. Instead, they get some generic sub-par quality hand sanitizer bottles next to the faucet. (Same thing...
Jump to postYet another reason why folks should be flying on Delta out o f SEA...
Jump to postAfter doing some schedule checking for this summer and in the fall, I was wondering: Is United starting to reduce service in Seattle? Skywest's EMB-120 service to and from Portland is going away. And of course, <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acr...
Jump to postIf I have a choice between flying Delta and Alaska on the same route, it's Delta every time. Several reasons behind this, but the most notable one is that I do not agree with the <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> anti-nicotine "user" policy that they have in place when it comes to ...
Jump to postSaw this yesterday: <a href="http://dmn.delta.com/ace_plrs/seattledouble/?mkcpgn=SM_FCBK_RT_ALL_RT_TR_140304_SEADBLMI" target="_blank">http://dmn.delta.com/ace_plrs/seattl..._FCBK_RT_ALL_RT_TR_140304_SEADBLMI</a> Apparently through December 31st 2014, get double miles on any segment to/from Seattle ...
Jump to postThe question was, what does JAL fly domestically? Answer: 737-800 767-300/300ER 777-200 777-300 Unsure about how they use the 787, I'll have to check their flight schedule timetable book that they put out every few months. Compare with ANA: A320 737-700 737-800 747-400D (as mentioned above, only a f...
Jump to postSo when should we expect Delta (nee Northwest) to order 200 or so of them?
Jump to postOk, consider this: In March of 2002, I was flying Houston to Tokyo/Narita on a Continental 777-200. We had to make an emergency landing about an hour and a half after departing <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> because a passenger passed ...
Jump to postI used to work at <acronym title="Horizon Air (USA)">QX</acronym>. While Pinneo is no longer CEO, I can say, based on my knowledge and experience, that while all of this speculation is interesting, I highly doubt that <acronym title="Horizon Air (USA)">QX</acronym> will be used in any form other tha...
Jump to postI've noticed this, too. I think a few weeks ago I had to do a double take when I saw one departing. If it's any consolation I also see Southwest and Alaska fly in, presumably for maintenance as well.
Jump to postI worked at <acronym title="Horizon Air (USA)">QX</acronym> when it was announced that these planes would be coming in from China, and they made a really big deal about it and their 25th anniversary. If memory serves me correctly, they were configured differently from the other Q4s. Not surprised th...
Jump to postBack in the day, NWA used to operate it on a 742 with UAL on a 772 as well as <acronym title="Aalborg (AAL / EKYT), Denmark">AAL</acronym> on 772. Demand has always been high, and once more folks learn about the Haneda option, that flight will be just as full. For me and my wife, we would fly to <ac...
Jump to postI just wish that <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>-<acronym title="Honolulu - International / Pearl Harbor-Hickam JB (Hickam AFB) (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym>-<acronym title="Fukuoka (Itazuke) (FUK / RJFF), Japan"...
Jump to postHey Ben, The route of flight was <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>-<acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold-Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acronym>-<acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - Intern...
Jump to postI plan my travel based on airline as the first criteria, with Northwest being my former first choice, now Delta, and aircraft type as the second choice. I'm kinda OCD about this--I prefer Airbus for almost all my travel, and a few years ago, I booked a specific flight to coordinate a vacation with o...
Jump to postSEA-<acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> is United's territory? From what I recall, Northwest was the one that started the route years ago...and until the early 2000s, that route used to be served by a 747-200. Now that it's going back to a 747,...
Jump to postMy money is on announcing a SEA-FUK nonstop on DL using A332 metal.
Jump to postThis story made ABC national news last night on <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym>, too. They reported that "it could take weeks to determine which plane/carrier that the part came from." Um, wouldn't they be able to notice this during the next preflight inspection..."Oops, looks...
Jump to postI used to work for Horizon about seven years ago. In the winter when the weather got bad, we would often see busses brought onto the ramp to board passengers for Wenatchee and Bellingham flights that were cancelled due to snow/visibility. One some days, most of the evening departures were all busses...
Jump to postNo more 734's for JAL...if anything you'll be seeing more 738's. I have a friend who works for JAL in <acronym title="Fukuoka (Itazuke) (FUK / RJFF), Japan">FUK</acronym>, and yes, the MD90s are going slowly, A300s are gone, MD80s are gone, and except for their commuter operations, the fleet basical...
Jump to postIt's a longshot... New west-coast routes from Seattle or Portland to Fukuoka. I know, I know...that would be perfect for me, BUT Delta did operate an <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 from <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym>-<acronym title...
Jump to postHmmm...Frank Lorenzo got bored with his office job and decided to play his hand at airlines once more?
Jump to postThe best place, hands down, to catch a short haul on a heavy is in Japan. Flights between their major cities (Tokyo Narita-Haneda, Osaka-Itami and Kansai, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Okinawa, etc) have multiple flights daily on heavies. Expect to fly on 767-300s, 777-200s, 777-300s, on ANA, they st...
Jump to postI remember working at <acronym title="Horizon Air (USA)">QX</acronym> when that bird was revealed with the new scheme...remember working on Q400s at the C gates and they'd have that big silver fish parked right next to the old Horizon spot 13 and 14 from back in the day, and the sun would hit that 7...
Jump to postI always thought that this one was rather 1950-ish, short and sweet...perhaps a "true" airline theme song because it is the airline that is sung about, not a nation or a piece of music written by someone else... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPuR92W-III" target="_blank">http://www.youtube....
Jump to postFrom a customer standpoint, I avoid UAL like the plague. Having had several poor experiences with them and seeing how their ground handlers busted one of my suitcases on an <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> Jazz flight in <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Wa...
Jump to postAt the end of 2002, I flew from Vancouver to Honolulu on a 747-400, an ex-Canadian bird and I don't believe it was a combi...it was also used later on that same evening to go from Honolulu to Sydney. So that's one example of how some of those birds were used. I did fly <acronym title="Air Canada">AC...
Jump to postI wonder if giving CLT a try would be worth it...
Jump to postWas out on a smoke break at work here in the international district in Seattle, and saw the 748 in Cargolux colors on approach to <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> about an hour and a half ago. Had to do a double take--that was the bird, c...
Jump to postI think we should ban all Indian aircraft that depart Indian airspace, bound for other countries, on the basis of this: -If the aircraft departs from an Indian airfield. -If the aircraft carries passengers. -If the aircraft has engines. -If the aircraft has a pilot. -If the aircraft is airborne. Ban...
Jump to postThere is one <acronym title="Aeromexico">AM</acronym> and <acronym title="Tropic Air (Belize)">PM</acronym> departure to Fukuoka on ANA and JAL, but sometimes the evening bank of arrivals to <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> causes you to mis...
Jump to postJust wanted to put a little note here... Last night I just bought my first US to Haneda flight, rather than flying to Narita and going through that whole rat race. Flying on Delta (really want to say NORTHWEST, but you know...) from <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - Cal...
Jump to postThis is awesome, not only is Delta going to do this, but Hawaiian--which means, more of us who need to go to <acronym title="Fukuoka (Itazuke) (FUK / RJFF), Japan">FUK</acronym> will have two different options to avoid the mess in Narita and the poorly timed <acronym title="Tokyo - Haneda Internatio...
Jump to postYES YES YES this is great news, at least for me--I am so excited about this!!!
Jump to postThey could have used the DC-9 version instead...but maybe those JT8s guzzle more than what the 757 would use? Just a thought.
Jump to postI've got a license...and no degree. I went to college and all, just didn't finish for various reasons. Oh, but I don't fly for an airline, though. But I do have a license.
Jump to postDuring my lunchbreak I saw a silver B-17 on final (with blue tail markings) into PAE. Any idea what for, who's it is, and why?
Jump to postHmmm...How about a modified song? "The flaps on the 'bus go up and down, "Up and down, up and down, "The flaps on the 'bus go up and down, "Flying over town... "The flight attendant asks us 'Chicken or Beef?' "'Chicken or Beef?' 'Chicken or Beef?' "The flight attendant asks us 'Chicken or Beef?' "Fl...
Jump to postI think it's a band...you know...REO Speedwagon?
Jump to postIt's not what's dangerous about the carts...it's what's dangerous <acronym title="MAT Macedonian Airlines (Greece)">IN</acronym> the carts!!! Heh.. Ok, seriously, what do galley carts have to do with landing gear problems? I used to work for Horizon myself, and I left right before the two Chinese Q4...
Jump to postAnyone seen the Big Sky Logojet with the big "Skoal" logo plastered on the side?
Jump to postAs much as Horizon likes to say nice things about their Q4s, they're really breaking down every other day. One of their non-existent window shades must have gotten stuck for an Alaska MVP flyer... or maybe they ran out of hot water because Food & Beverage in Seattle forgot to check if it was full. W...
Jump to postI'm going to think outside of the box... Instead of making these beasties longer...why not just widen the fuselage to allow for one more seat so that the seating is at 2-3 instead of the already cramped 2-2? Sure, it'll allow commuters to experience the cabin of a DC-9, but it would cut down on maki...
Jump to postHow about just painting them green, then??? Braniff's got one:
https://www.airliners.net/open.file/0001701/L/
I'm sure that was pretty green back in the day...
Well, I've read most of this thread and I would like to throw in my two cents: 1.) Pilots are underpaid. I think some people would agree with that. Starting salaries and "odd jobs" at an FBO, for example suck. I'm currently working for a marketing company to make money to pay for the rest of my lice...
Jump to postAn earlier post said that JAL's 744s and 763s have it...
So do their 777s and most likely on other birds in their fleet. It seems to be a part of the JAL experience (or at least on domestic runs...I just flew JAL domestic two days ago) to offer the departure and landing view.
You can see the marshalers for Menzies in Seattle dance all the time...right under Gate C10/C12, they've got a table, a few chairs, and a boom box and they're just down there, dancing the day away while planes taxi in by themselves (I've seen this before).
Jump to postThis is reminding me of the book burning purges in Nazi Germany...pretty soon we'll only be allowed to read the following three titles on airplanes. Period: "The Life and Times of Don Knotts" "Martha Stewart Magazine" and the ever so popular... "How to Build your own Colostemy Bag" Between the <acro...
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