Try and get a flight that lands anywhere from between 1145 and 1315. If you're flying into terminal 3, you should literally be able to blow through customs in about 2 minutes.
Jump to postSo I'm assuming Ship 141 is a 75?
Any more info as to specifically why the plane went MX?
I distinctly remember <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> having an engine blow on one of their triples during the takeoff roll of a flight out of <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym> earlier this year. CO84 <acronym title=...
Jump to postI'm used to doing the hook around Lake Houston being dropped on to the 26s from the east whenever I fly in there. The last time I flew there, though, they brought us straight onto 8R. I remember a couple of times taking off from the 33s, but never landing. That's still a helluva taxi, particularly i...
Jump to postWho uses the callsign "Five Star"? Heard that on Channel 9 on a recent UA flight out of OAK.
Jump to postWow. I have always had the fantasy of running my own airline, have even written down ideas about fleets and routes and schedules and stuff on paper. Even had a website planned out on paper. All in good fun, of course. But this is SO. NEXT. LEVEL. I'm simply amazed. And he got people to PAY him, too?...
Jump to postUnited needs to get this new product in their triples with the quickness...the C cabins in those birds are RAG-GED-Y. I just about plopped into the lap of the guy behind me on a trip in C two days ago on climbout.
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Jump to postWOOOOOOWWWW. The 77W looks absolutely HOT in QR colors! What a handsome looking plane. I'd say even more so than their A346s!
Jump to postOkay, let's be real. <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>'s a dive, especially if you have to use Terminal 3. Customs is a dungeon (so <acronym title="St. Denis - Gillot / Roland Garros (RUN / FMEE), Reunion">RUN</acronym> off your airplane when it arrives - ...
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Jump to postAre these the only two flights of the day? I love how they leave within 15 minutes of each other
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Jump to postHey, if you think SleazyJet is bad, try Vueling! I had to buy a ticket <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>-<acronym title="Barcelona (- El Prat) (BCN / LEBL), Spain">BCN</acronym> earlier this year while visiting Europe because SleazyJet told me the...
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Jump to postHow much fuel savings are they expecting with the twins over the quads?
I was in HEL a few weeks ago and had a chance to get a few pics of their big dog MDs. They're gonna have such a boring fleet when the Airbi come in (MHO).
I don't know how anybody can ever forget a day like that. I remember how I was woken up. I remember what I saw when I turned on the <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym>. I remember sitting there, dumbfounded, astounded. I remember the CNN website headline. "AMERICA UNDER ATTACK" I ...
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Jump to postI bet he'll be saying "Sierra Foxtrot Charlie" next time.
Jump to postI'm assuming that most of these ops happen very late at night when there's a lot of action out of the International terminal. When I have an early morning flight out of <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>, I often stay at a friend's house in Sa...
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Jump to postUnited needs to fix up the raggedy 772s that they have in their active fleet (I can say this from personal experience, having ridden in 4 of them in the last 3 weeks) before they consider pulling any out of the desert!
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Jump to postI've said this before...I just wish they'd SSSS everybody. No, it's not a reflection on the kind of person you are, or because you look like whatever potential threat to society that some government sees these days. But it's the fact that society has these kinds of rushes to judgment about certain g...
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Jump to postYow. I guess I ducked into the wrong room. I dunno...I sit here 20 EQM short of Premier Exec for '07 and I don't really see why it's all that big a deal. I certainly didn't have any problems upgrading to C earlier this year, at the height of the travel season. Nor do I see myself having any problem ...
Jump to postSo it looks like United's yearly (I believe it is) "Double Your EQM/EQS" promo period is back, but the price has skyrocketed this year. It was $200 last year, but if you want to double your EQM/EQS earned in the last quarter of '06, you're gonna have to come with 5 bills this time. <img border...
Jump to postAnd thus, the "When will NW retire the DC-10s" threads begin...
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Jump to postNot to totally hijack this thread or anything - okay, yes, I'm hijacking it - but I've noticed a lot of hotheads in Civ Av who don't take jokes or cotton well to people who make mistakes about aviation. When I saw the title of the thread my immediate reaction was "Wow, when did <acronym title="Lufth...
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Jump to postHey, whenever I fly and am sitting window, I always watch to see the flaps drop and the spoilers flip up. I probably would have done the same thing (called and asked). But it's also nice to know that some planes don't need flaps to get airborne...I'll remember that the next time I'm on an A306.
Jump to postToo long? It wasn't long enough, my friend!
Thanks for the kickass report...it reminds me why I signed up for a.net. I think I'm going to start spending more time in this forum rather than walk around getting my head chewed off in Civ Av.
ESPN's saying that it's Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle.
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Jump to postI flew one of <acronym title="Air Botnia (Finland)">KF</acronym>'s Mad Dogs <acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym>-<acronym title="Helsinki - Vantaa (HEL / EFHK), Finland">HEL</acronym> earlier this summer. Agree, even though they charge for Pepsi, the overall exp...
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Jump to postHey, I gave em $400 of my money in August, and I'd do it again. I missed the Widget. I'll use 'em for transcons for sure.
Jump to postI can't believe nobody's made a "snakes on a plane" joke yet.
I would, but I can't think of anything that rhymes.
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Jump to postHm, not sure how I feel about this. Obviously I'm not affected by it as I'm <acronym title="Air Europe Italy">PE</acronym>, but if I were * Gold on another airline it'd probably make me mad. As it stands if I'm really honest with myself, Y+ doesn't truly offer that much more over Y in my experience ...
Jump to postI just flew the Widget again last week after a long hiatus, and I was incredibly entertained with the IFE that was on the 75 I took SFOATL (DL1648 on 9/8, for those who can use that info to get the tail number -- was that one of the ex-Song 75s?) I'd definitely start banking Skymiles again for domes...
Jump to postThe Atlanta Falcons used a Delta 763 to get to and from their game in Charlotte yesterday. I know, because there was a bunch of screaming fans at our gate when the players got off and went to their buses.
That 763 then became DL1029 ATLSFO.