Here's my list so far: <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym> (the first airport in the US to have direct rail service - I cannot verify if also world) <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York"...
Jump to postIt should also be mentioned why many companies, large and small, give their most important managers and executives a company car - liability. While the employee is driving the car, which is a leased vehicle whose cost is 100% deductible, they are covered under a portion of the company's liability in...
Jump to postCLE757- that's vey true about the catering, which is something that makes me very mad since many airlines, though obviously not NWA, do not pay one single cent for the pretzels or N/A beverages they carry on board. Coke and Pepsi, for over a decade now, have provided bevereages to the airlines for f...
Jump to postIKRAmerica - first off, thanks for starting a really good thread here, I have been wondering this same question (a friend of mine actually asked me the difference between these two systems the other day, knowing I have a passion for aviation, and I was at a loss to give him a definitive answer), als...
Jump to postCLE757- I hope to fly the <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> 757-300 sometime this summer when I visit home, maybe come home to see the M's play the Tribe at the Jake at the end of july, do you work at Hopkins? I hope they also improve the catering on this flight, as the "snack...
Jump to postSo this plane will have windshield washer fluid? Does any other plane have such a system? Will they also have a little light indicator to tell them when they are low on windshield washer fluid like my car, lol? For the price of jet fuel, they should get a free top off of fluid when they fill the pla...
Jump to postI heard this last year - went something like: <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> TWR (male voice): Continental XXX, service to Houston George Bush Intercontiental... Continental: Tower, Continental XXX repeat directions sir, didn't copy? <acron...
Jump to postI thought the purpose was to show any damage to the aircraft easier. The blue paint, because it is dark, would help hide any damage the aircraft suffered from foreign debris, so gray paint was used instead?
Jump to post<a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/incpertoc.html" target=_blank>http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/incpertoc.html</a> This page contains a breakdown of income by social/ethnic characteristics, and includes mean and median income breakdowns by each group and subgroup, ...
Jump to postLet's refocus on what good-faith bargaining really means. <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> was not morally or legally obligated to offer a contract that would pay the rampers more than what <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> could obtain on the open market, they w...
Jump to postWell, of the last 8 <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> flights I have been on this year - all pre-Menzies - all of them were late, because of slow aircraft turn-around. One flight last week was so late in fact, because of delays in aircraft turn around, that <acronym title="Alaska A...
Jump to postCan someone get some pics of all of this please? The <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym> photos have been really lacking as of late. I hope to be on the <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> 757-300 form <acronym title="Seattle...
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Jump to postwait a second... 1. the real people who have had their money taken away from them is anyone who owned stock in UAL before it went bankrupt, and the secured and unsecured creditors who will not be paid what they are owed in full. These people are the only ones who have really lost money because of UA...
Jump to postHmm...let me see. The median income in <acronym title="KLM CityHopper (Netherlands)">WA</acronym> state is 24K a year - the median income for someone in <acronym title="KLM CityHopper (Netherlands)">WA</acronym> state with a 4 year college degree is 40K. I would say any ramper should be happy to be ...
Jump to post1. This should only have to be posted once so that everyone can finally understand it. THE PBGC <acronym title="Island Airlines (USA) and Eagle Air/Arnaflug (Iceland)">IS</acronym> NOT FUNDED <acronym title="Britannia Airlines (United Kingdom)">BY</acronym> TAX DOLLARS!!! The PBGC is a self-insuring...
Jump to postI have flown <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> 7 times in the last few months, and none of the flights left on-time, or arrived on-time. For some of them, the crew was able to make some time up in the air so as to not "officially" count as late, while other times our arrival was de...
Jump to postHmm, I seem to remember when President Clinton came to town he shut down the entire interstate when he had the unannounced urge to go eat a pierogi - costing local police forces and business even more money in his unplanned, unscheduled epicurean urges. All the while, 48 of the 50 largest steel comp...
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Jump to postI was just wondering what everyone thought about the idea of short-haul, high-density turbo-prop service replacing either bus, car, or Amtrak service throughout the US. Specifically, <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> operates a shuttle between <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - Int...
Jump to postI noticed today while boooking a ticket that <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> has upgraded their <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym>-<acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acr...
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Jump to postOk, the anti-American hypocracy and bigotry in this forum has really become too much, I'm surprised by how many elitist bigots seem to want to put their $.02 in. 1) last time I checked every nation has the right to determine who gets to enter their airspace - or is this true for everyone but the US?...
Jump to postAnnoyedFA- I didn't say I couldn't afford the ticket, I said I was unwilling to pay for the ticket - there is a difference. Twice in the last two weeks I have bought a cheap <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> fare down to the Bay area, just because the $119 fare was low enough to en...
Jump to postEA <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> - I'm not trying "to get people to understand <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym>'s plight", I am trying to get <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym...
Jump to postCMH - you are now going on my respected list, because you have stated the facts quite clearly. I fly <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> almost exclusively, I have elite status this year with them, and plan on keeping it next year. This being said, I am obviously the customer, a...
Jump to postI have no idea unfortunately, they didn't tell me after the experiment.
Jump to postI played this game many years ago while in college, and would love to find a copy of it somewhere. The game was a very simplistic version of ATC, there were two runways (one short and one long), and four plane types (Saab 340, 727, DC-10, and 747), the object was to land the planes before they ran o...
Jump to postGreat report! It makes me jelous, as you know my service frrom <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>-<acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym>-<acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SE...
Jump to postI have friends that have worked in both the management, and the unionized side of airlines, and what I do not understand is when did the unions start making labor relations a war between their unionized employees and any non-unionized employee? Simply put, when did they decide to start battling agai...
Jump to postI was on a flight once were a guy was removed form the plane because he was drunk. The flight was a USAirways red-eye between Seattle and Pittsburgh, on a 757. This was just after 9/11, and the plane had enough passengers, that there would be about 2 passengers per row, maybe 3, meaning most passeng...
Jump to postUA does have dress code rules for Non-rev. I remember being in high school and flying between <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym>-<acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong -...
Jump to postL410turbolet- wow, you really just do not undestand it, and that's sad. The complaint that Washington, Missouri, Kansas, or Texas cannot give tax breaks to Boeing, because it would in some way violate a WTO regulation is without merit, because Washington, Missouri, Kansas, and Texas have never signe...
Jump to postOddly enough, and maybe this is why it's wrong, but the <acronym title="Egyptair">MS</acronym> FS2000 reference book explains that on the 737 speed brakes/spoilers shouldn't be used while flaps are engaged. I know larger planes use both usually, but the average 737 flight doesn't use them, instead u...
Jump to postI should mention that all four flights were completely booked solid in economy. 7/16/04 <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> 1456 <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>-<acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE ...
Jump to postI flew <acronym title="America West Airlines (USA)">HP</acronym> from <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym>-<acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym>-<acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - Internation...
Jump to postHere's my itinerary on a <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> flight I am suppose to be on in 2 weeks: Friday, July 16th, 2004 <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>-<acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / K...
Jump to postExcuse my ignorance...but what exactly is the difference with the new 7E7 engines compared with other models? I realize some of the basic engineering differences Boeing has talked about, but why make the engine completely bleedless? Will this mean a different way of starting the engine? And then, to...
Jump to postSo if it was a turkey instead of an owl, who gets to keep it? I hope someone notified USAirways catering, turkey dinner for the evening meal.
Jump to postI have that <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> A340 model too! I keep it here at my desk at work to play with whenever things get stressful (it's joined by a Virgin A340, Eastern L-1011, United 747-400, United 767-200, Boeing 757-200, Concorde, and Delta <acronym title="Air Mad...
Jump to postI remember everyone clapping on a flight from <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym>-<acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym>. When we left <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington...
Jump to postThis is actually a pet peeve of mine. I have travelled on a pass w/ <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>, so I had to dress up because they require it, I had no problem wearing just nice pants and a nice dress shirt, and I felt more welcomed in Business and First (I have friends w/ <a...
Jump to postAs a side note: Is there any chance <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> will switch <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym> to a 767-200 ever? They have...
Jump to postI have to say, for many years I enjoyed flying out of <acronym title="Pittsburgh - International (Greater Pittsburgh) (PIT / KPIT), USA - Pennsylvania">PIT</acronym>, and was envious that <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym> was just renovating wh...
Jump to postMy guess is <acronym title="Pittsburgh - International (Greater Pittsburgh) (PIT / KPIT), USA - Pennsylvania">PIT</acronym>, which would (assuming the demise of US in some form) be begging for a carrier, as well as providing a great airport facility to launch connections through (much like <acronym ...
Jump to postJust my $.02, but really, as a potential investor, the most worrisome thing for me is the attitude of the CAW, and its leaders, toward the airline, its managment, its fellow unions/employees, and its creditors. Even if <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> survives, I would imagine the creditors ...
Jump to postNot sure if this has really been discussed, but since it's a press release it sounds very official: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5014430/ My guess is <acronym title="Pittsburgh - International (Greater Pittsburgh) (PIT / KPIT), USA - Pennsylvania">PIT</acronym>, which would (assuming the demise of US...
Jump to postDon't forget, one of those 747-100's went on to star in two of the sequels to "Airport". You can see that happy ex-AA 747-100 in "Airport 75" Imagine a cross-eyed Karen Black, coping with the sexism of the 1970's and still managing to keep her hair looking fabulous, as she tries to land a cripled 74...
Jump to postI already think of <acronym title="Dayton - James M. Cox Dayton International (DAY / KDAY), USA - Ohio">DAY</acronym> as a second airport for Cincinnati. I have relatives who live north of the city, so it is the same distance between their house and <acronym title="Covington / Cincinnati - Northern ...
Jump to postI would be very interested to see this. I have a number of friends at Boeing, even an ex, and I still haven't been able to get into that warehouse to see the mock-ups.
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