Green card holders are US taxpayers- if you're going to troll at least get your facts straight. What I meant was Non-Green card holder....cant edit my post now.... But what I know is that UA continued to pay the foreign base FAs (non green card holders and US citizens) that are not covered by the C...
Jump to postI was on a AOM French Airlines DC10 30 with 10 abreast with a seat pitch that was cruel. I've yet to be as miserable as I was on the round trip LAX -> PPT -> LAX.
Jump to postI’m no engineer, but just throwing this out there from an average Joe aviation enthusiast...... because they can, and why not? Lower to the ground could have multiple benefits. Shorter landing gear which equate to less weight and room required in the aircraft. On the ground it probably means better...
Jump to postBut in this case I would argue that the leasing company is not delivering the product, the airplane. I I do a leasing for acar and the leasing company cannot deliver I would not pay. If I take a bank loan for purchasing a car, it would be my problem. Yeah I've been looking at things from how car le...
Jump to postBut in this case I would argue that the leasing company is not delivering the product, the airplane. I I do a leasing for acar and the leasing company cannot deliver I would not pay. If I take a bank loan for purchasing a car, it would be my problem. Interesting that there's no protection when leas...
Jump to postMaybe they would rather have them for the economic benefits of lower fuel burn etc, as apposed to early gen jets that cost more. Who knows An767 Vs saving money by not having to pay for planes that are flying half empty? Not sure how reduced fuel burn would compensate for empty planes that come wit...
Jump to postI think it brings temporary relief to Boeing and the airlines actually. We all said a 9/11 would never happen again, but this is virus is impacting pretty hard. I heard oil is diving pretty big too, so that may help a little as well. True. Remember when oil was high how it was imperative those 767'...
Jump to postDo airlines like Southwest and Ryanair really still need the MAX right here right now? Wasn't Southwest planning to use them for their Hawaii flights? If so, I'm guessing they would have preferred to use them. Their CEO has already said that drop in demand feels like it was after 911. The MAX is pr...
Jump to postI think Boeing is secretly glad that this is happening - it will help to reduce compensation payments to airlines. Why would it? Not sure how it is now, but when the Prius first came out, the cost differential would have taken something like close to 10 years to recoup even during the high gas pric...
Jump to postMaybe they would rather have them for the economic benefits of lower fuel burn etc, as apposed to early gen jets that cost more. Who knows An767 Vs saving money by not having to pay for planes that are flying half empty? Not sure how reduced fuel burn would compensate for empty planes that come wit...
Jump to postWell with air travel demand in a freefall due to the Corona Virus, I can't help but think that airlines must be secretly glad right now that the MAX is grounded. If the airlines that ordered the MAX had them right now, wouldn't they be in a bigger financial trouble if they had to make payments on th...
Jump to postI find the success of BOS-HNL a bit surprising. Growing up in SEA, Hawaii was it for those seeking warm beaches and such. The western Mexican destinations (Cabo, Mazatlan, PVR, etc.) were also popular destinations, but places like CUN generally weren't mentioned often by folks up there, presumably ...
Jump to postI would have prefered something like they do on Star Tours at Disney Parks. How about Darth Vader force choking a smoker?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvUATOx2yiw
The amount of shameless blatant racism in this thread is incredible. To all Chinese people who are reading this: Please, don't believe that all Westerners are like this. There are quite a few people in the West (and even in the USA) who do not want to participate in this tsunami of hate, prejudice ...
Jump to postFor a moment let's forget about whether you, myself or someone else likes the idea and the emotions of the argument. In your example of a friend or someone else dropping us off to the airport; let's say myself, person in the same city as me and another person in the next city happen to be picked up...
Jump to postA few quick points - 1) LAX was a mess even 10 years ago when Uber/Lyft weren't there. 2) Uber/Lyft only made it worse with passengers moving from shared ride vans to Uber/Lyft in droves. 3) If you really see, Uber/Lyft ARE personal cars; people like you and me registering with Uber/Lyft and using ...
Jump to postBelow is how Boston Logan does it. I really liked it vs the total CF I dealt with at EWR a month earlier. EWR has a similar system to LAX's current system and its a complete CF x 10. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.flyertalk.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/img_8552_e8b8071d95d8365fc7fecf38416f847357d617e4....
Jump to postThank god. I knew there was a problem when I was stuck in the hotel shuttle and FlyAway and every single car around me had a uber or lyft decal on its windshield. I drive to the airport but park my car at one of the hotels and take their shuttle. And to all of you who think personal cars are the pr...
Jump to postThank god. I knew there was a problem when I was stuck in the hotel shuttle and FlyAway and every single car around me had a uber or lyft decal on its windshield. I drive to the airport but park my car at one of the hotels and take their shuttle. And to all of you who think personal cars are the pro...
Jump to postSounds like things are going better at LaGuardia than at DIA. I mean at LaGuardia they are building brand new terminals all the while continuing to run the airport.
Jump to postWhat percent of revenue did Northwest generate from cargo? They operated a dedicated fleet of 747 Cargo aircraft with a hub in Anchorage.
Jump to postAnyone else notice the handicap icon for CASM?
Jump to postYYZ has a Goodlife Fitness branch, although you have to leave security to get there. I had a super long (7 hour) layover there last summer so I went and got a day pass and had a workout, still had four hours to spare. It was pretty handy and made the layover seem less miserable and I got to be refr...
Jump to postYeah thats all we need, stinky sweaty people on the plane. There are already enough people who board with objectionable hygiene and odor.
Jump to postLOL so Delta brought back the old Northwest A La Carte meal service with some dressing up. I hope they will not serve it on the paper plates like Northwest did.
Jump to postI hope they come up with a Star Tours like inflight safety video. https://youtu.be/RvUATOx2yiw?t=21 I doubt REX's joke about it being his first flight would go over well these days :lol: No but I'm all for a version of Mon Calamari about to slap misbehaved children. Maybe also some force choking by...
Jump to postI hope they come up with a Star Tours like inflight safety video.
https://youtu.be/RvUATOx2yiw?t=21
Will they eventually renumber the terminals so they are consecutive or are the current numbers going to be kept?
Jump to postmany321 wrote:Don't want to derail the thread, though would anyone know if Flyaway charges LAX employees to use that bus or is it free of charge for them?
I guess you've not heard of Koreatown, Thai Town, Filipinotown, Little Saigon, Little Cambodia, Little India, etc. All seem closer to LAX to me. When it comes to distance, perhaps. However when it comes to ease of getting to the airport, Ontario might actually be more convenient. All of them are mo...
Jump to postIt's hard for me to understand why some people have such a hard time ever thinking ONT will be successful. It's catchment area encompasses way more than the Inland Empire including the San Gabriel Valley and North OC. Also, the IE is way different that it was 20 years ago with many upper middle cla...
Jump to postThis isn't surprising. ONT's fortunes like the rest of IE is heavy tied to how the economy is doing. When the economy is booming, the IE and ONT is the next best thing. Come a slowdown in the economy and now its the worst thing to happen to America. It's the same story repeating itself.
Jump to postFirst, let me stipulate that no flight attendant should have to endure what this one did, and BR ought to ban the man in question. That said, the level of bigotry and discrimination in this thread is shocking. Disabled people shouldn't be allowed to fly? Check. (Probably blatantly illegal in the US...
Jump to postIf I remember correctly, the original order for the 777W was 10 and back then executives at United said that 10 was all they would need and didn't foresee ordering more. Well they currently have 18 and just ordered 4 more.
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They had real curtains between first and coach with velcro ties. God forbid you tried to cross it because the FA's would bounce you out of the premium cabin in a millisecond. There was no debate about coach passengers using the premium cabin bathroom because you couldn't get your foot into FC before...
Jump to postThe A220-300 burns 40 percent less fuel per seat than the E190s https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-10/jetblue-welcomes-newest-airbus-jetliner-with-5-4-billion-order Correct me if I'm wrong but with efficiency difference like that, you can operate the bigger planes into the current mark...
Jump to postWell I think your the first in a LONG LONG time that I've heard the word "Superb" and BA in the same sentence. Anyways hope you had fun.
Jump to postAnd Honestly, to me at least, the one thing that’s even worse than unkempt uniforms and bad hygiene/grooming, is seeing FAs smoking their cigarettes at the airport bus stops. I don’t have a problem with them smoking on their own time at home, but when in company uniform, and especially when at the ...
Jump to postWell with Viva Aerobus and Volaris both at LAX not surprising that the LAX flight is getting the axe.
Jump to postCan't find the video but in the BBC TV show about Heathrow from the 90's, there is one episode where it shows the Queen flying Air New Zealand from Heathrow on her visit to New Zealand.
Jump to postWell with UA deferring and changing their A350 order, I wonder if Boeing might be working on something like AA with UA as well.
Jump to postWell I guess the next logical step would be for a 787-10ER. Which would require a lot of really expensive re-design and re-engineering: wing, fairings, engines, MLG. And for how big a market? Who knows. Look what happened after Boeing launched the 777-300ER and with only 10 firm order from Air Fran...
Jump to postWell I guess the next logical step would be for a 787-10ER.
Jump to postNice report, thanks for putting it together! When in Montreal, I pretty much consider it blasphemy to NOT go to Schwartz's Deli....it is an absolute must on my list of places to go. I've tacked on returns home from various places to give myself enough time to be able to go. Yup, totally agree regar...
Jump to postTPX101 wrote:One of the best reports here, thank you so much, it was a joy to read!
I've updated the title to emphasize that this TR is not aviation related. It is permissible, since nothing actually specifies that a TR must be an aviation trip report. We just don't see them very often! Thanks for posting. ✈️ atcsundevil Didn't know that. So we can write a full report from a road ...
Jump to postExcellent trip report! It looks like Hawaiian has really downgraded their free economy meal. The food looks like one step before getting cut to BOB.
Jump to postlysflyer wrote:Thank you very much for sharing! I will actually do almost the same trip as you despite I will do Montreal-Quebec City and Toronto only.
Amtrak Coast Starlight Day 2 https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.flyertalk.com-vbulletin/900x675-1/img_1698_4d0589ddda3d61f0db6c0d880e8c5ae2f7cf872a.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.flyertalk.com-vbulletin/900x675-1/img_1699_22d051c84808056c6a437ef3ff134fd6a379366d.jpg I woke up today just as we w...
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