Yeah, no for me in the central US. For less than 3 hours, I drive and for more than 3 hours, I fly. I fly smaller commuter aircraft nonstop to places too. It's all about convenience and my precious time. I don't think about the environment at all. If we were really serious about the environment, we ...
Jump to postWhat do you mean "end around taxiway?" Pretty sure that isn't a technical airport design term. Anyway, do you mean taxiways that loop around past the end of a runway? Lots of airports have them. SFO has them at the departure end of the 28s and the approach end of the 1s, and that is an ai...
Jump to postHow many airports have End around taxiways, where aircraft that have already landed don't have to cross active runways and simply go around the end of the runway? I know DFW has one on the north side of the airport, and pretty sure ATL has them too. Anymore? Obviously airports that don't have as muc...
Jump to postOne more aspect of the days of smoking seats in the aft cabin in the rear: You had more than a few airplane crashes where the only survivors were the smokers in the back...like Delta 191 at DFW. Or Japan Airlines 123 or Air Florida 90. Matter of fact, I remember the LA Times even publishing an artic...
Jump to postOk, so good to know. Most people here always want to come back to arrogance or being impatient. Fine, that is some people's feeling on it, and turning it into some non-existent social engineering or some made up sob stories. It's all that and I will pay no mind. What's interesting in this little qui...
Jump to postI fully realize the OP is just here to wind us up, but I'll take the bait... If there is ever a situation where one person (or family) getting in line ahead of you makes you miss a flight, you might want to reconsider your airport arrival times. My experience (as non-Pre riffraff) is when both Prec...
Jump to postAh, of course, the class warfare point of view rears its head. Of course the amen corner who agrees with him at Airliners. It's ok to cheat because that person MAY be poor or going to a funeral? They cheat in line, because they are "oppressed" by working for Scrooge McDuck and they get mi...
Jump to post"I’ve seen rants here. I’ve seen entitled, elitist rants here. But this one is way up the list. Every person who cuts them and winks, and every TSA agent who makes them wait for the normies, and every person who is too slow for their liking, I say keep up the good work!" Ha ha man. Attaboy...
Jump to postAh, of course, the class warfare point of view rears its head. Of course the amen corner who agrees with him at Airliners. It's ok to cheat because that person MAY be poor or going to a funeral? They cheat in line, because they are "oppressed" by working for Scrooge McDuck and they get min...
Jump to postNo they don't. I don't see that anywhere and I got global traveller when it first became available (side note: its way better than TSA Pre, but equivalent for the purposes of this discussion) TSA Pre means I go before any regular person and those 10 people need to cool their heels. Yes it does mean...
Jump to postIt is just amazing how many people "pretend" to not know the rules and enter the TSA line when they are not TSA. They either claim poor English comprehension when they can or just claim ignorance. It's all to poke the busy agent to just let them through. It also happens at the gate itself...
Jump to postI disagree--I think most passengers who get in the Pre-Check lane, which I assume is what you are referring to since it's all run by TSA, are just confused and/or don't read. As a borderline "road warrior" who considers himself a pretty savvy traveler, I still have moments where I get con...
Jump to postAs a side note, anyone else encounter the TSA agent who ignores TSA pre people and lets several regular people go through and make you cool you heels? Man, I get to the front with my TSA card, I want to be called immediately. That regular line needs to come to an abrupt halt to let the TSA crowd th...
Jump to postIt is just amazing how many people "pretend" to not know the rules and enter the TSA line when they are not TSA. They either claim poor English comprehension when they can or just claim ignorance. It's all to poke the busy agent to just let them through. It also happens at the gate itself,...
Jump to postI wouldn’t under estimate the significant amount of people who don’t want to buy one. Many people believe that our EV technology is far too premature to adapt on a widespread level. Many parts of the world have a strong car culture. EVs have yet to appeal to anyone who is mechanically inclined. Man...
Jump to postWhy aren't they showing his face or name? Yes, because he's juvenile....but it also maybe due to ......??
Jump to postVery much off topic, but when will anyone, especially American, offer DFW-MUC? Isn't this a big European gap for DFW? Sorry for the diversion, but just curious...
Jump to postAs a historical question, the 15,000 ft runway at the KSC.... From what I understand, the runway was 15/33, single runway. How many of the shuttle landings were done in each direction? Did the winds shift much, or was it like SAN/LAX, where it is majority one way all year? What is used for now? Priv...
Jump to postI like the new design and colors. My big problem with it is that it still has the Hindi language on one side. C'mon, its Modern India 2023, where we don't have favoritism for Hindi and just put our common language of English all around. For some of us, especially a well-known Tamil patriot like me, ...
Jump to postHello Anet! I've been scanning in old family photos, the majority of which have been very well-organized by my father and grandfather... except for some. This photo (link below) was taken in DFW, in the 1980s. But I was wondering if someone out there keen on some AA fleet history and perhaps EA rou...
Jump to postAs someone who was here in these forums as far back as 2004, I can attest that moderators have always been leftist leaning and unfair. Its just the way it is, as most aviation fans are not just leftists, but hard core socialists who cannot get a sentence go by without wanting to arrest Donald Trump,...
Jump to post. And keep praying to your Internet bettor and savior, Billy Gates. I hope you own an Apple computer or the irony of this post is just too rich. I hope you get out and keep buying his products and make him more wealthy so he may own you some more. But hey, he helped bring down Trump so that makes G...
Jump to postI am hoping that both lose in this saga as they are both arrogant, white-savior limousine liberals with a nasty penchant for authoritarianism. So, what have you achieved in fighting poverty and the spread of diseases? Oh nothing more than giving free medical care for 20 years. As if I have to expla...
Jump to postI am hoping that both lose in this saga as they are both arrogant, white-savior limousine liberals with a nasty penchant for authoritarianism.
Jump to postAbsolutely none. I'm over 50 and grew up in the deep south. I'm South Indian, and darker than 90% of African Americans. Unlike said African Americans, I have a difficult name to pronounce, have a completely different eastern religion, and I am in no way culturally American EXCEPT when I speak with a...
Jump to postI have a solution. Why don't you get a better job or work a second job and get a bigger place to live? With that, your problem would be solved. Life is not a zero sum game. Improve it with more money=more apartment or house=plenty of space for both a dining table and a table tennis. Ok, Mr. Bourgeoi...
Jump to postWhat are or were the US airspace rules for Cubana flights?
Anything special?
Come together? Compromise? Are you serious? No matter who wins, the USA is already in a quasi/soft/cold civil war. Blue states VS. red states, urban vs. rural. People in America are becoming very tribal and insular. There is no going back and there is no putting the genie in the bottle. America will...
Jump to postOn a separate note, why were there two KAL 747s on their way to Seoul that evening in ANC, 15 minutes apart? For many years, Jesse Helms US senator wondered if it was a targeted assassination as he was on KAL 15 instead of 007. He did always tell a story about passengers from 007 and 15 mingled in t...
Jump to postThenoflyzone wrote:It didn’t happen pre-covid, and it’s sure as sh*t ain’t gonna happen post-covid.
I have another theory. I strongly believe all of the US3 will remove baggage fees and change fees permanently to get passengers back in the air and to stimulate demand . No change fees and/or fully refundable/changeable tickets should have been a requirement of any U.S. airline taking a bailout. He...
Jump to posthttps://www.yahoo.com/news/middle-pande ... 00407.html
Always wanted to see this UL flight but nice to see the
capability of Air Tahiti Nui to fly PPT-CDG in these extraordinary times.
AIr India’s use of the 772LR was the most comical or sad, depending on how you look at it. The 772LR with a competent airline based in India could have done many trips nonstops, like DFW or IAH to Delhi or BOM. Could have done EWR-MAA or HYD or west coast-BLR and done it 10 years ago!! They wasted t...
Jump to postThe only things I will add is these three points: Sheer bad luck. This weekend is clear and 75-80 degrees. Not a cloud in the sky kind of day in SoCal. Also, what if the practice was at 3 or 4 pm? The fog would have burned off some if Kobe left later. I wonder if anyone knows if the civilian helicop...
Jump to postHa ha all these Pakistan’s fan boys on this board. You guys need to get your Pom poms out. Guess what, no one on India cares...so what if some agitation by communists and pro Muslim groups happen. Modi is not going to change and the electorate support him in finally taking care of the majority Hindi...
Jump to postThe thing is he's simply surrounded himself with sycophants. He's fired anyone with a shred of decency the moment they've opposed him. We actually can do something. Call your Representative. Call your Senator. Three phone calls. Once call to your House member, two to your Senators. Tell them to all...
Jump to post~175 people died as a knock-on effect of Trump's early re-election campaigning. Case closed. They died because of an itchy trigger finger on the missile battery crew. Other planes flew that night, other missile batteries were in operation, the blame lies squarely on them. No it doesn't! The country...
Jump to postSad for the deaths of the innocents on PS 752. But it is midnight for the horrible theocratic mullahs and ayatollahs who have ruined Iran for 40 years and counting. They lost their bete noir thug Soleimani in a humiliating way. His pinkie ring was the identifier! They were impotent in their response...
Jump to postSad for the deaths of the innocents on PS 752. But it is midnight for the horrible theocratic mullahs and ayatollahs who have ruined Iran for 40 years and counting. They lost their bete noir thug Soleimani in a humiliating way. His pinkie ring was the identifier! They were impotent in their response...
Jump to postGreat bill. Great Prime Minister who finally gets it. No more Gandhis/Nehrus. For all this complaining, go cry me a river. India is the best thing in Southern Asia, and is fair. India is simply tired of Muslims harassing and being violent in Pakistan with religious minorities. I ask you, complainers...
Jump to postWhile it’s somewhat macabre, I wonder if there is any correlation between income and Part 91 crashes. I believe so. Just anecdotally, the rich and super rich die in ways your average joe would never do. Helicopters and private planes are status symbols for these people, but in reality these “toys” ...
Jump to postMany of these posters just reinforce and confirm what I have always said and have said on these boards for 15 years. Indians, especially North Indians have a special gift....be racist as hell in India towards your darker brethren, refuse to share a beverage with them, call them dark coolies or Tamil...
Jump to postThe answer to the original question is Yes. But so are most European states. Due to America's isolation over the Atlantic and Pacific, European or Asian immigrants have to be by nature more well off, educated, and have the wherewithal to fund their immigration. Couple that with American attitudes of...
Jump to postIndia is waaaay more racist than the USA. It makes no bones about it either. The earlier poster who said in America isolated incidents of racism are magnified to make it look worse, but in India large incidents are minimized to make it look like it’s no big deal is exactly right. It exists in person...
Jump to postToo bad that HKG is suffering.
I was gonna go to MAA India via HKG early next year but I’m gonna go via SIN.
On another note HKG-DFW will never happen now.
In a word....south Asian migration.
Frisco, McKinney et. al have had immense south Asian immigration due to IT and healthcare fields.
I support the rare earth hypothesis: Stable middle aged spectral class G star with the right metallacity with low number of flares or radiation bursts. A rocky planet not just at the “Goldilocks” distance from its sun, but also having a large gaseous outer planet to absorb many comets and other proj...
Jump to postWe are now a hyper-vigilant, militaristic society with degradations of freedoms and privacy and security, or security theater, rules the land. 2). Post 9/11 was the catalyst for the slow motion civil war occurring in this country. The blue states got way bluer, the red states got redder, everything...
Jump to postSeveral thoughts: 1). America as we used to know it, died that day along with those in the towers and air. Every generation has a "loss of innocence" tragedy, but 9/11 was fundamentally different. After WWI, there was a "return to normalcy". After WWII, there was a clear drawdown...
Jump to postNo one on these boards is more conservative as me, and I have been here 15 years. However, let's be real. America is too violent, immature, and too broken of a society to have this kind of free access to guns. True, people will start using knives, hammers and other objects as weapons, but nothing k...
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