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Delta Airlines - On hold for 2+ hours and still no ETA

Made reservations in March for my annual trip to St Maarten and decided that I may want to upgrade to Business or First on the flight(s). After attempting to make the changes in the website without success, I decided to call the 800 number and have a call taker assist me. 2+ hours later I'm still on...

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FAA Pilot Minimum Req's To Expire This Year?

In the following article it is quoted: "The 1,500 hour requirement is set to expire this fall, and many regional airlines are lobbying for it not to be renewed. Most of the experts interviewed for this story said the requirement was “knee-jerk,” unnecessary and should be ditched to fix the pilot sho...

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RE: Concealed Handgun- Recommendations?

Thanks everyone for the input. I'm partial to the Glock, but am a little concerned about the lack of a "hard" safety rather than the trigger safety it comes with. I've looked at a Taurus, S&W, and a Springfield XDs. One of the issues I need to come to come to grips with is how it will feel in my...

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RE: Concealed Handgun- Recommendations?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/seb146" class="quote" target="_blank">seb146</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>What is the point of packing a light and steal...

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Concealed Handgun- Recommendations?

Hello fellow 'Nutters, I'm looking for a good conceal carry recommendation. I'm former military and have always shot and owned Glock and S&W but am open to suggestions this time around. I don't plan on carrying every day but those times I will I'll be most likely wearing an untucked button up sh...

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RE: MD-80 Freighter, Whats Going On?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/32andBelow" class="quote" target="_blank">32andBelow</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i> There is one currently flying in Alas...

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RE: Kalitta To Diversify Fleet With 767s

What are their requirements for a new pilot? Surely they must require 1,000 hrs, plus the usual endorsements.

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RE: LAX Proud Bird Restaurant To Close For Renovation

Checking ZED's on UA and AA. If there is room I'll be there.

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Icelandair To Fly The 767 To ORD

And the additional cargo capacity will allow for a belly full of fish. The cargo will pay for the flight all by itself. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/duck.gif" width="35" height="20" border="0"/> <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviat...

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RE: New World's Longest Flight To Be Announced Soon?

SYD-<acronym title="Reykjavik (RKV / BIRK), Iceland">RKV</acronym> on <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym>. The fresh fish cargo will pay for the flight with or without passengers and it allows for easy connections to the European bank via code share with Icelandic Air. A win-win for all...

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RE: 787 Not Being Used As "prescribed"

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tortugamon" class="quote" target="_blank">tortugamon</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>I saw a Just Planes episode where they...

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RE: Has Anyone In America Been Saved By A Gun?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/notaxonrotax" class="quote" target="_blank">notaxonrotax</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>Cool stuff. But would you have b...

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RE: Has Anyone In America Been Saved By A Gun?

I have used a gun to protect my home from an intruder. Not to get into great detail but a gentleman was attempting to break into my home via my sliding glass door on my deck and I heard him. I called 911 and then went out the front door, around the house, and observed him prying open my door with a ...

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RE: Hazing In Airlines

The first aviation job I worked at all of the new guys were told to go out and chalk the chocks before they went home for the night. When one enterprising young fellow asked why we simply said, "So you know it's been chocked." He crooked his head to the side and walked out and started chalking. One ...

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RE: Frontier Wants Give Back 6 Gates At Denver

I can see Madam Kim converting the west end of A Concourse into 3-5 international gates with dual jet bridges and overhead corridors for arrivals to walk directly to US Customs like they have for the regular int'l arrival gates now. We all know of Kim's desire to bring in more international flights ...

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RE: DEN Runway 34R Arrivals

RWY 35R is being rebuilt/resurfaced so the arrivals are shifted over to 34R. As soon as the construction is finished arrivals should be reconfigured to normal.

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RE: FAA: AA ORD/MIA/DFW Ground Stop

I heard that it was caused when they tried to update the ETOPS A321 database in their system.

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RE: PenAir To Relink PDX With Klamath Falls

I give it 6 months unless Klamath County or the City of Klamath Falls kicks in some money.

There's not much of a "culture" that will embrace the new flights. And please don't claim that OIT and Murder West will drive the demand for new flights.

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UA Denver 787 Ops

Hello. I was talking with an employee who works at <acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - Colorado AND CURRENT: Denver - International (DEN / KDEN), USA - Colorado">DEN</acronym> about future <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> potential ro...

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RE: DEN Gate Tram Inop?

There was a fire alarm in the operations center at the DIA <acronym title="Harmony Airways (Canada)">HQ</acronym> building and everyone evacuated. As a result the trains were shut down as the operators and people monitoring the trains were some of those evacuated. The trains were shut down for about...

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RE: Police Body Camera Failure

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/D+L+X" class="quote" target="_blank">D L X</a> (<a href="#93" class="quote">Reply 93</a>):<br/><i>I asked a cop (which you are not) what crime w...

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RE: Police Body Camera Failure

Most likely all of us have been in contact with a police officer sometimes in our lives. Whether it was a traffic stop for speeding, or you were a witness in a crime or traffic accident, we've all met a police officer. And we're all alive after our experiences. Why? Because we were most likely polit...

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RE: Police Body Camera Failure

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/wingman" class="quote" target="_blank">wingman</a> (<a href="#87" class="quote">Reply 87</a>):<br/><i>You keep trying to sell loose cigarettes, ...

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RE: Police Body Camera Failure

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flipdewaf" class="quote" target="_blank">flipdewaf</a> (<a href="#85" class="quote">Reply 85</a>):<br/><i>In your opinion where does the fault l...

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RE: Police Body Camera Failure

Here is a pertinent article that explains use of force pretty well. "The United States Supreme Court has provided law enforcement officers an understanding of how to define reasonableness in Graham v. Connor. The following are the keys to the case: the severity of the crime, whether the suspect pose...

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RE: Police Body Camera Failure

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/wingman" class="quote" target="_blank">wingman</a> (<a href="#77" class="quote">Reply 77</a>):<br/><i>And yet think about what your quote above ...

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RE: Police Body Camera Failure

As an individual with experience working in law enforcement I would like to speak up here. As a citizen of the USA there are certain rights we each have, one of which is the right to bear arms. And 99% of Americans who own firearms are law-abiding people who respect the law and follow all proper eti...

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RE: Sitting Next To AA COO In PHX Lounge

Make sure you ask him about the upcoming <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym> expansion in partnership with <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym>. And if they will be dropping their <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD...

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RE: Moving To Denver!

Welcome to Denver/Aurora! Be careful in your neighborhood. I lived in that area 35-40 years ago and it's not quite the same if you catch my drift. If your apartment has garage parking you may want to pay extra for it. Other than that you'll be 5-10 minutes from work, 20 from downtown (without traffi...

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RE: Emptiest Flight You've Been On

Cessna 152. Just me.

Does that count?

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RE: What To Do About Pilot Suicide

What if the flight deck doors had a key fob or pass card reader that could not be disabled from the instrument panel? One of the cabin crew was the "hot fob" or "hot card" for the flight and they were able to swipe their card before the cabin doors were closed? Their card would be the default card f...

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RE: Have You Ever Been Involved In A Crash?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/YTZ" class="quote" target="_blank">YTZ</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Crazy. What terrain did you force land on? </i></f...

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RE: Have You Ever Been Involved In A Crash?

Does having an engine fail in a C172 on a cross country over the Oregon Cascade mountains, having nowhere to land, calling out on 121.5 and not getting a response, and seeing your life flash before your eyes a second before your wheels hit the ground count? Then yes, I have.

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RE: AA Flight In DEN-evac On Taxiway- Smoke In Cabin

I fixed the title. Thanks for catching it.

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AA Flight In DEN-evac On Taxiway- Smoke In Cabin

Just came though my news feed. <a href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/plane-fills-with-smoke-after-landing-at-dia-passengers-use-escape-slides03042015" target="_blank">http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...ssengers-use-escape-slides03042015</a> "Passengers on US Airways Flight 445...

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RE: NTSB: Cause Of Plane Crash Was Pilot Taking Selfie

This pilot worked with my son at <acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - Colorado AND CURRENT: Denver - International (DEN / KDEN), USA - Colorado">DEN</acronym> and had just purchased the aircraft a few weeks earlier from California. In fact, he had asked ...

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RE: Eastern To Also Get 737-Max

I'll always be an Eastern fan because it is the airline that flew me home after 13 weeks and 3 days of Basic Training at Ft Benning. I will be eternally grateful to the <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> who gave me my own row and let me sleep from <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfie...

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UA Ramp Outsourcing At DEN- The Mess Begins

<a href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/tipster-uniteds-new-baggage-handling-vendor-leaving-many-bags-on-tarmac-overnight-at-dia" target="_blank">http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...ny-bags-on-tarmac-overnight-at-dia</a> "DENVER - Pictures and tweets are leading to questions abou...

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RE: TSA Precheck: Fees?

I did the Global Entry and <acronym title="Taipei - Sung Shan (TSA / RCSS), Taiwan">TSA</acronym> Precheck at the same time and it was the best decision I've made as a traveler. I flew into <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> a few weeks ago ...

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RE: US Lower 48 Scheduled Service Airports Since 1960

BJC in Broomfield, <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> has scheduled service between <acronym title="Denver (Broomfield) - Rocky Mountain Metropolitan (Jeffco) (BJC / KBJC), USA - Colorado">BJC</acronym> and GJT utilizing Metroliners from Key Lime Air. The service is listed unde...

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RE: Air Marshal On Board - Does The Crew Know About?

I've traveled with companions who are LEO and carried their firearm. I will say with confidence that the air crew (pilots, <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym>'s, etc) beforehand who is a FAM or LEO and who will be carrying a weapon, what seat they are occupying, and who else is in th...

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RE: Frontier To Unveil New Livery On September 9

A friend of mine was on the design team and he has been working on this for over 6 months. The final tail and graphics design and printing has been hush-hush and anyone inside of his company has been sworn to secrecy with the knowledge that If they leaked any details they would be fired on the spot ...

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UA awards UAX ground handling to Menzies at DEN

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/eugdjinn" class="quote" target="_blank">eugdjinn</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>Er, your understanding of the ground handl...

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RE: Spirit Ad Prompts "Outrage"....Again

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LH707330" class="quote" target="_blank">LH707330</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i> If my car was stolen,out of my building's...

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UA awards UAX ground handling to Menzies at DEN

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/CALMSP" class="quote" target="_blank">CALMSP</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>more or less, it was <acronym title="Skywest A...

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UA awards UAX ground handling to Menzies at DEN

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jetmatt777" class="quote" target="_blank">jetmatt777</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>I doubt that united would allow a cont...

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UA awards UAX ground handling to Menzies at DEN

I just received a text message that said Skywest has chosen Swissport to assume all of <acronym title="Skywest Airlines (USA)">OO</acronym>'s <acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - Colorado AND CURRENT: Denver - International (DEN / KDEN), USA - Colorado">...

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RE: Oregon Aviation Thread-Part 4

http://fireaviation.com/2014/09/02/air-tankers-at-medford/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0OKyhAxGTk

[Edited 2014-09-03 14:56:26]

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RE: Oregon Aviation Thread-Part 4

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lhpdx" class="quote" target="_blank">lhpdx</a> (<a href="#206" class="quote">Reply 206</a>):<br/><i>Now that would be cool to see! Get some vide...

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RE: Oregon Aviation Thread-Part 4

Sorry to stray from you big city boys discussing the <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym> news but down south in little <acronym title="Medford - Rogue Valley International / Medford (Jackson County) (MFR / KMFR), USA - Oregon">MFR</acronym> there has be...

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