My initial thought was that the passengers should be forced to pay the cost of the diversion, but considering the maturity level they displayed a more age-appropriate punishment would be making them stand in the corner for an hour and then send them to bed without dessert: <a href="http://finance.ya...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SOBHI51" class="quote" target="_blank">SOBHI51</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>BTW there is a flight ban under 3000 feet ov...
Jump to postIt must be awkward driving these cars in Britain, as they have left-hand drive. Not to mention that many of them are low-slung with limited visibility.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AAMDanny" class="quote" target="_blank">AAMDanny</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>Am I correct in thinking that before <ac...
Jump to postIt seems pretty rare for an evacuation NOT to involve injuries. I wonder if there's some way to redesign the slides to make them safer while still allowing for a quick evacuation.
Jump to postThe funniest part of the video is near the end, where a little girl covers her ears to shut out all the bellowing
Jump to postThere is a possible case at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. So far all that's been released is that the patient recently arrived from a country in West Africa. With such lack of specificity there's no way to know what flight he may have been on.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/airportugal310" class="quote" target="_blank">airportugal310</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>"You can't be a real country u...
Jump to postAA and B6 provide such extensive service there probably isn't much of a practical need for a flag carrier.
Jump to postThe caption says <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>, and given the license plate and the airlines, I'd say that's the likely choice. Other than <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> and <acro...
Jump to postSome prosthetic legs can cost in excess of $50,000. Not something you'd just want to toss around a cabin.
Jump to postThere are some hills in the background of the CV990 picture, does that fit the terrain at <acronym title="Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH / KCMH), USA - Ohio">CMH</acronym>? When I saw the picture I immediately thought of <acronym title="Windsor Locks (Hartford / Springfield) - Bradley I...
Jump to postHTO is not just a few miles from MTP. It's close to 25 miles, and in summer traffic can be an hour's drive.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Miami" class="quote" target="_blank">Miami</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Quoting travelin man (Thread starter): To: <acro...
Jump to postIt's irrelevant as far as the first officer is concerned, as he has retired.
Jump to postIt's also quite close to PBI, which is not at capacity and which also caters to the premium market.
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Jump to postAllegedly, the only place in Great Britain where Elvis ever set foot, when his flight made an extended refueling stop on the way back from his Army service in Germany. I added the "allegedly" because there is some reason to believe that he made a day trip to London on a day off.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/type-rated" class="quote" target="_blank">type-rated</a> (<a href="#26" class="quote">Reply 26</a>):<br/><i>So I take it that nobody from Elvis'...
Jump to postA company known as Authentic Brands Group now owns most of Elvis Presley Enterprises (among much else, including Juicy Couture, Prince tennis racquets, Hart Schaffner and Marx suits, and the licensing rights to Marilyn Monroe). Its concerns with Graceland undoubtedly are less sentimental and more do...
Jump to postThe A340 family is on the "Passenger Aircraft" section of the site, along with the A320/330/350/380, while the A300 and A310 are on the "Out of Production" section.
Jump to postI don't see KLM's minor bit of humor as any reason whatsoever to take offense. People shouldn't be so thin-skinned. Not long ago, in fact it might still happen, when a British team from a heavily Jewish part of London played away matches in Liverpool, the Liverpool fans would make a hissing sound .....
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Skydrol" class="quote" target="_blank">Skydrol</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>What happens when first in the line of 15 pa...
Jump to postBuilding lots in this neighborhood are very small. It's remarkable that the aircraft did not hit any houses. It's also amazing how it so completely disintegrated.
Jump to postMaybe if PenAir had advertised its BOS service it might have done better.
Jump to postI am surprised that FCO is such a seasonal destination. People go to Rome to visit all the historic sights, which isn't weather-dependent, and in any event winter weather in Rome is hardly unpleasant.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/FWAERJ" class="quote" target="_blank">FWAERJ</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Spirit Airlines (USA)">NK</a...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/silentbob" class="quote" target="_blank">silentbob</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>I think <acronym title="Islip - Long I...
Jump to postThree of the foreign airlines in <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym> - Aer Lingus, SATA, and TACV - are there mainly for cultural/ethnic reasons that wouldn't apply in <acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/777Jet" class="quote" target="_blank">777Jet</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>I doubt this will reach the 2010 Eyjafjallajök...
Jump to postOn Wednesday and Thursday of last week I drove two round-trips to <acronym title="New York - La Guardia (LGA / KLGA), USA - New York">LGA</acronym> from a point that was about five miles to the east of <acronym title="Islip - Long Island MacArthur (ISP / KISP), USA - New York">ISP</acronym>. With on...
Jump to postI'm surprised there isn't more of a market for <acronym title="Islip - Long Island MacArthur (ISP / KISP), USA - New York">ISP</acronym>-<acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym>. Boston is the sort of destination that attra...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SXDFC" class="quote" target="_blank">SXDFC</a> (<a href="#186" class="quote">Reply 186</a>):<br/><i>out here on the island you can take the ferr...
Jump to postMark 787:
That's a very bold idea, and might work in some cities, but New York's quite a different matter. You're talking about a city that's been trying to build a desperately needed subway on Second Avenue since the 1920's without success.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BOACCunard" class="quote" target="_blank">BOACCunard</a> (<a href="#170" class="quote">Reply 170</a>):<br/><i> Ryanair floats these kind of "lon...
Jump to postIt looks like it actually might be worthwhile, though an inconvenience for people in adjacent seats:
http://www.psfk.com/2014/05/airplane-privacy-device.html#!Obdlw
I remember the Ryanair plans. As I recall, they were more in the form of wishful thinking than anything serious.
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BOACCunard" class="quote" target="_blank">BOACCunard</a> (<a href="#134" class="quote">Reply 134</a>):<br/><i>It's just <acronym title="Baltimor...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/777stl" class="quote" target="_blank">777stl</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>Hillary is sort of a special case because sh...
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Jump to postWhile the U-2 is a pretty amazing aircraft, the procedure for landing one is really off the charts.
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