Thanks for this report. I frequently fly to PWM as my parents retired to just north of Portland, so I've grown familiar with that airport over the past few years. Looks like an eventful trip with lots of weather impacts in the NYC area! I was just at LGA last week! How do you like the Portland area...
Jump to postDo you fly into LGA a lot? I’m based at LGA, so I fly in and out of LGA a few days a week. The approach to 22 is the best (if you’re coming from the south). Depending what way they are taking off, determines if you get vectored to a left downwind or fly right over the city. If they are departing Ru...
Jump to postI love flying into LGA. The views of Manhattan are something else (though it's a 50/50 shot you'll see it depending on how ATC is vectoring flights in that day and which side of the plane you're sitting on) and the short runways make for a fun landing. Do you fly into LGA a lot? I’m based at LGA, s...
Jump to postYYZ757RWY23 wrote:Another enjoyable report- thanks!
I had a work trip, followed by a few days off. So, I was going to go down to Florida. A few days before the trip, I was on our trade board. I saw there was a trip out of DCA. It was worth more credit than my original trip. It also finished an hour before a flight to Florida was leaving. Perfect I th...
Jump to postTo the OP, great report. I did nearly the exact same thing for the exact same reason back in August. Only differences were that I went from Boston, I flew on an A320 FRA-MUC and I spent one night in Munich before coming home. It was a wonderful experience. First time for me on a 747 and an A340. I ...
Jump to postSESGDL wrote:Great as always, thank you!
Jeremy
It was time for another west coast day trip. I was either going to do Albuquerque or Denver. Both flights had lots of open seats. On the day of the trip, the flight to Albuquerque was showing that it was delayed 4 hours. The redeye back was scheduled to be leaving after 2:00am, even though the fligh...
Jump to postHow was the jetBlue A220? I still have not gotten to fly on it. I've only flown their A320/A321 & E-190.
Jump to postThanks for this report; I too look forward to reading your writing. Question: I’ve seen you do AA* and DL* reports but don’t think I’ve seen any mixed trips. Do you all fly for multiple legacies in a single trip or a single month? The regional airline I fly for, flies for multiple legacy carriers. ...
Jump to postI know you guys used to be able to jumpseat, or do observation flights. Is that still a thing? What type of facility do you work in? The jump seat program is currently suspended due to COVID, with the update it’s not being re-instated due to staffing. Hopefully one day it will return. I work in a t...
Jump to postThat sounds like quite the kerfuffle in Burlington. I've never flown as a commercial pilot before, nor have I ever seen what a dispatcher has to deal with when a major kerfuffle like that happens (I had the chance to observe when minor things were happening and how that was handled). That said, I u...
Jump to postUAL777UK wrote:Great report. Thank you for your efforts.
AndrewJM70 wrote:Brilliant report - thank you very much for the huge effort you have gone to in writing it. All the best.
SESGDL wrote:Such a fun read! I really enjoy and look forward to your trip reports! Thank you!
Jeremy
Thank you so much for these reports you do. As a controller this is the closest thing to a flight deck ride I can get to better understand what all you’re doing on the other side of the mic. I know you guys used to be able to jumpseat, or do observation flights. Is that still a thing? What type of ...
Jump to postThank you so much for these reports you do. As a controller this is the closest thing to a flight deck ride I can get to better understand what all you’re doing on the other side of the mic. I know you guys used to be able to jumpseat, or do observation flights. Is that still a thing? What type of ...
Jump to postI have been working on this trip report for a few months, and haven’t been able to finish it for a while. Right now I am in the middle of a 38 hour overnight in Fargo, ND. This might be hard to believe, but there isn’t a ton to do here. So it is a great time to sit down, and finish this thing. This ...
Jump to postWow, really interesting report! Going across the Atlantic and back in the span of 24 hours must've been exhausting (still looks fun though), and of course, it's always great to see quadjets. Long live the Queen! (The A340 is great as well) It was a long day, but so worth it. The 747 was awesome. It...
Jump to postWhat a great trip report. Great that you got the chance to do that. Growing up and living in West London, seeing the many 747's over the years landing at LHR was always an awsome experience. Was luckky to fly on BA and Virgin's 100 amd 400's over the years. It's not the same anymore with only the o...
Jump to postGood 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!