Good report - very detailed. I'd only been considering a trip on LH to get a final trip on a 747-400. Good to see OE-LAY is still around - I was on it twice back in early 2005. DUB-SZG and return the following weekend for a ski trip. It was owned by Lauda Air at the time. It was my first flight on ...
Jump to postHow did you feel after the trip? I've always wanted to do a Europe out-and-back trip like this but I fear I would be completely dead for a few days after. I honestly didn't feel too bad after. I'm not sure if i would do it again. I would only do it on a later flight though. I didn't like getting in...
Jump to postAs I recall we had a slow step climb out of IAD to cruise altitude but it was a smooth ride. It was the first (and only time until now) time I had been on a flight where a crew member was assaulted by a passenger. In 1993 UA still allowed smoking on their TA flights. During the night a flight atten...
Jump to postdirectorguy wrote:Thanks for sharing, I felt like I was on the trip with you!
Very nice trip report. I agree that the 747 is an awesome airplane. I consider it to be the true intercontinental jetliner. I was lucky to have done a round trip IAD to LHR on UA in the 1990's on an old -100. On the way back to IAD in between movies I opened my window shade to see us leave an AA 76...
Jump to postI have always wanted to fly on a 747-400. I really wanted to fly on the British Airways one. I went to Italy several years ago, and had wanted to fly from Phoenix – London on the British Airways 747-400, then meet my family. But the times of the flights didn’t work out. So, I ended up taking Alitali...
Jump to postI’ve been with Southwest for 18years - all at PBI as a Cust Serv Rep. Its a small station - and the passengers tend to be a little high maintenance - but it is Palm Beach after all. Most of the crowd is exceptionally loyal. And it’s a small but solid staff. We rotate people in mostly from FLL. Just...
Jump to postSESGDL wrote:Thank you! I always enjoy reading your reports.
Jeremy
I had a few days off from work, and I decided I was going to go to Portland to visit my sister and her family. I was going to fly out, spend one day and fly back the next day. The day before I left there was a snowstorm in Portland. The visibility and ceilings were right at minimums, with snow and i...
Jump to postNext time you are flying from PBI on Southwest let me know - I’m one of those customer service gate agents making jokes that many tune out. I often do it to help at least some passengers feel more at ease. There are still a tremendous amount of passengers who have anxiety about flying. I’m glad you...
Jump to postQF93 wrote:Great trip report. I really enjoyed the level of detail.
Brilliant post as always, I really enjoyed reading it. I noted at the start you said it was a 12 leg trip, but only 10 legs were reported to 5 different cities. Was there a 6th rotation that you didn’t include? Thank you for reading it. I did another turn as part of this trip to Wilmington, NC (ILM...
Jump to postYYZ757RWY23 wrote:Great report; always enjoy reading these and your pilot reports.
As a pax, how do you listen to ATC? Particular app you use? Thanks!
airbusa340 wrote:Really interesting report.
Loved the details of the short trip, something I would love to do when I have the time.
Not quite the same here in London though.
Another fantastic trip report and great to get this different perspective. Why did the captain request that you keep the existing aircraft when connecting through LGA? Was there something particular about the aircraft, or did it just avoid you having to do an extensive preflight on a new aircraft? ...
Jump to postHaha. Me too. I did YUL - LGA yesterday and it was crap. We landed on 31. I did another LGA turn today. The wather was a lot nicer and the winds way calm, not to mention hardly any traffic (on Saturdays). See ya around the skies. Keep in touch and looking forward to more pilot trip reports. I've do...
Jump to postHorizon retired their Dash 8 - 400s last week. Originally I was thinking I wanted to go to Seattle, then take one last flight on a Dash 8. But on the days off I had I couldn’t get the times of the flights to work out. As there were only a few flights left on the Q400. So, that idea was out. But then...
Jump to postI was just at SYR the other day, and saw that the old jetBlue gate (gate 15) has been replaced. But it isn't one of the newer glass jetways, that some have been replaced with. I assume eventually all of them will be replaced. Any idea if they will be more of the regular jetway's, or one of the newer...
Jump to postNicely done! Thanks for the trip report. It all looks very familiar. :) I just started flying the E175 about 6 months ago. It's been an interesting change in pace from flying domestic turboprops in Canada. Can't say I'm a fan of all the delays in New York (EWR/LGA). In March I'll start flying YYZ-J...
Jump to postLauda 777 wrote:Nice report, thank you!
Nicely done! Thanks for the trip report. It all looks very familiar. :) I just started flying the E175 about 6 months ago. It's been an interesting change in pace from flying domestic turboprops in Canada. Can't say I'm a fan of all the delays in New York (EWR/LGA). In March I'll start flying YYZ-J...
Jump to postHello, I have a few flights that I am trying to find. If anyone is able to find it, or direct me where I can look for them? January 12, 2007 US Airways Express "Chautauqua Airlines" 3067 SYR- LGA January 20, 2008 Delta Connection "Freedom Airlines" 6008 SYR- JFK January 22, 2008 ...
Jump to postdfwjim1 wrote:Nice report. With all the talk about pilot shortages why did you work only once in October?
I have been to Israel twice. Both times I have connections in Europe. Next time, I want to fly a nonstop flight from NY/EWR to TLV. That is annoying what happened with your seat. I am not a fan of the middle seat. I fly standby now, so I don't get much choice in my seat, but luckily I usually end up...
Jump to postairlineguy1234 wrote:Thanks for posting, always like the pilot prospective!
I was going down to Florida for Thanksgiving. The two days leading up to it I had a two day trip. The last flight of the trip was DCA-LGA, and we were landing at LGA around 9:00pm. I wanted to go down to Florida that night. I was hoping one of the flights to PBI, FLL or MIA would be a little delayed...
Jump to postphatfarmlines wrote:Thanks for the TR. Lots of construction at all of the airports visited!
I was going out to Portland for a few days to visit my sister. My brother was also going. He was going to be doing EWR-SFO-PDX. I originally wanted to do JFK-SFO-PDX, and meet him. The JFK-SFO flight filled up, and was only showing a few open seats. The seat map was showing only a few open middle se...
Jump to postAnother fantastic trip report and great to get this different perspective. Why did the captain request that you keep the existing aircraft when connecting through LGA? Was there something particular about the aircraft, or did it just avoid you having to do an extensive preflight on a new aircraft? ...
Jump to postClassicSpotter wrote:I always love reading these! Sounds like a fun trip!
Best TR I have ever read, going to re-read it. So much information to satisfy my curiosities. Outstanding photos. One question on CG, and I'm a layman here: In a totally full flight, bags and passengers, is CG still an issue? Do you have to move people around or adjust bags? Thanks again for an ama...
Jump to postAs always: just outstanding! A great pleasure to read. However, as I told you before, too much pictures and too big in "size". Living in a region with slow and unreliable internet it takes ages to load; actually my system crashed twice... Sorry to hear that, I can try to cut out some of i...
Jump to postcv5880 wrote:Awesome trip report, always fun to read. Best wishes!
I was on reserve in October. I only ended up flying one flight for the month from Louisville, KY to LaGuardia. I had a line for November, and this was my first trip for it. It was a 4 day trip. The overnights were in Montreal, Toronto and Wilmington, NC. It had been a month since I had flown, but af...
Jump to postBoeingERJ1000 wrote:Really great TR! I agree with seat1A, the best part was the planespotting at ATL. But overall, I enjoyed reading the entire trip report.
seat1a wrote:Awesome report, thank you! Best part: All the photos taken at ATL of planes coming from/going to. That was awesome, have not seen this much, or at volume, in other reports. Just awesome!
I have read through this before. Of over 800 flights I have taken, there are only a few that I am missing the registrations of. I have been trying to find them for a long time. I would be appreciative if anyone would be able to help me with them. They are: - January 12, 2007 US Airways Express 3067 ...
Jump to postI was going on another trip down to Florida, while I had a few days off of work. A lot of the flights were pretty full. Just a few open seats on each flight. I was going back and forth between a jetBlue flight from LGA, and a Delta flight from JFK to PBI. The amount of open seats kept going back and...
Jump to postBoeingERJ1000 wrote:Really enjoyable trip report! I just spent a few days in London (currently waiting at STN to fly back) and yes, it's a great city. I also agree that, all things being equal, the 787 is better to fly on than the 777.
It is not often that jetBlue flies the A320 from New York to Syracuse. It is usually something that happens randomly. This is the flight I used to take the most when I was younger. Originally jetBlue did SYR-JFK on the A320. Then eventually it was the E190. I like when I get the opportunity to fly t...
Jump to postIt has been a year and a half since I did my last day trip across the country and back. I’ve done them several times. I had close to two weeks off work, and one of the days I decided I wanted to do a day trip. In the past when I would do daytrips, the difference was I booked my flights. So I knew wh...
Jump to postI am currently on Long Call Reserve, so I have a 12 hour call out minimum. I had a few days off, followed by a few days of Reserve. So, I decided to go down to Florida for a few days. The night before I had flown a flight from LGA-RIC. I originally thought of going right from RIC to Florida. But I e...
Jump to postAs always, nice trip report. A few things, though. * DCA can get annoying because there is no ramp, so everyone inbound and outbound talks to Ground. Usually it isn't that bad. But, I've flown in there a few times when it was really busy and it was a mess. Also doesn't help that it is a small airpo...
Jump to postHuge fan of these pilot's perspective trip reports! As someone who hopes to be a pilot (I'm a few years under the minimum age), they help me get a sense of what daily life as a pilot should be like. Question: I've noticed that you fly both the E175 with Normal and Enhanced winglets. Is there any di...
Jump to postTUGMASTER wrote:Quality
I really enjoy these trip reports. Great to get a different perspective. It’s interesting to see just how much padding is added to the scheduled trip times - many of your flights left quite late yet still managed to arrive on schedule. Oh, I know it. The block times on some of these flights is craz...
Jump to postIFlyVeryLittle wrote:To what extent are automated marshallers used? Or is that even a thing? And if its a thing, you'd still need wingwalkers, right?
I had plans to go see some family in Atlanta when I had a few days off of work. I was going for one night. There were two flights that I was looking at taking. One was a Delta 737-900, or a jetBlue E190 both from JFK. They both were leaving within 30 minutes of each other. The jetBlue flight had a f...
Jump to postjaybird wrote:THANK YOU! Love your trip reports .. you should put'm in a book!
N62NA wrote:Love reading trip reports from pilots. Thank you!