Elite customers are not "entitled" to an upgrade. They get an upgrade if the airline chooses to give them one.
You want to sit in first/business class? Then buy first/business class.
I see in Google imagery dated Jun 2022 that there are concrete structures that were recently installed to prevent collisions with the bridge pylons:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nHhQ7kJrsnYq1G3i7
They may have been inadequate to stop a ship this size or the ship struck the bridge pylon at an angle.
Article today imploring Denver City Council and management to investigate why the new West security checkpoint has had longer wait times than the prior security checkpoint. Anyone have any ideas what is going on? There is the same number of TSA screeners spread out over more lanes. The number of la...
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https://twitter.com/DENAirport/status/1 ... 5301965006
Look for delays and cancellations this weekend after the bitter cold artic air moves in, especially with Frontier Airlines. Single digit daytime highs (Fahrenheit). Overnight lows approaching the minus double digits. Wind chills down to -25° overnight. This is when the low paid under the wing employ...
Jump to postAnyone notice the Lufthansa Boeing 717s shown on Google Maps parked at A29 and A31 at DTW? I've worked in the mapping industry for over 20 years, so I know all about DEMs, ortho image rectification, and ortho photo mosaicking. I can't explain this however. I have no idea how Lufthansa titles got on ...
Jump to post"Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free."
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The side airbags deployed while the car was still airborne!
Jump to post- Electronic parking brakes.
- "Dial" a gear (no more gear selector stick).
- The backup alarm that over-panics when you are still very far away from a perceived object.
- No real spare tire (just a can of Fix-A-Flat in many cars now).
Big problem at the major airport in my town during extreme weather events is, the low wage below the wing staff decides to quit. Why sling bags in -15°F weather when you can flip burgers at a restaurant in the warm terminal for the same wage? The result is, flights get cancelled because the airline'...
Jump to postHow often has the emergency exit at the rear of the plane been used in real life? In the video above, there is a baggage cart that drove the jettisoned tailcone away. Seems to me if the plane is stationary, the jettisoned tailcone will impede the proper inflation of the rear slide? The tail cone is...
Jump to postA federal judge has struck down the Biden's extension of the mask mandate that was originally set to expire today:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ravel.html
BTW, why is regular gasoline in Colorado only 85 AKI? It's the altitude. You'll find 85 octane gas in CO, WY, and UT because the altitude in those states lets you get away with using a slightly lower octane fuel in certain vehicles. Most people compare the price of 85 octane in Colorado with the na...
Jump to postIt was the flight attendants that were the ones who demanded the mask mandates to begin with. Now they complain about the stress and hardship they have in enforcing it. Maybe they and their union should have thought about that before pushing for it.
Jump to postI think this whole debate comes down to one thing: Morning people don't want all year DST. Night owls do. Not a fan of permanent DST. Living in a northerly latitude, It'll be dark until after 8:30 AM in the winter. Too many people seem to fail to realize that you don't get more daylight, it just shi...
Jump to postIts never phased me but I say get rid of it - tired of all the whining about such a non-issue every flippin' year. Funny how people never throw such a hissy fit when the cross a time zone when they travel like from BC to AB. Some in my family are a prime example of this. Twice a year they go on soc...
Jump to postI'm generally agnostic on the whole DST issue except that I would want ALL U.S. states to either do it or don't do it, but having AZ and IN and a few other select counties close to some other state lines not participating drives me crazy. It drives me crazy when I fly from an airport in MDT to Phoe...
Jump to postWhich reminds me about the last time the federal government implemented year round DST back during the "Energy Crisis" of the 70's. Parents with small children complained about their children going to school in the dark. Congress repealed it. Back in the 1970s, a lot of kids walked to sch...
Jump to postThe Senate passed a bill today that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent, starting in November 2023. The bill will be considered by the House next and if passed, will need to be signed into law by President Biden. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10616433/Senate-PASSES-bill-make-d...
Jump to postSince the diversion wasn't a "land immediately at the nearest suitable airport" situation, I'm guessing it had to do with something ETOPS related. Some equipment probably failed that wouldn't allow for a legal ETOP flight, so off to BOS.
Jump to postPlanes, Trains, and Automobiles had the first-ever on-screen appearances for Ben Stein (pictured) and Kevin Bacon (in the race for the taxi scene). Kevin Bacon's first on-screen appearance was in Animal House from 1978. Guess everyone has forgotten his role in the original Friday the 13th movie as ...
Jump to postThe intra-Colorado flights are the worst load factors out of DEN....oof! HDN is 28%, MTJ is 38%, and COS is 61%. That's not at all surprising for May. It's "mud season" in the Rockies. The ski areas are closed, and hiking and biking trails are still covered in snow or mud. Lot's of restau...
Jump to postInnovation and internal promotions have completely stopped at my company because remote working has resulted in the loss of ability to gain ambient knowledge and ideas from hallway, lunch room, and pre/post meeting conversations.
Jump to postHere are the number of passengers, number of seats, and load factors for WN flights out of DEN in May 2021: ABQ-DEN - 26241 passengers, 28234 seats, 92.94% load factor ATL-DEN - 30078 passengers, 35853 seats, 83.89% load factor . . . DEN-TUL - 16342 passengers, 18382 seats, 88.90% load factor DEN-T...
Jump to postWhat would be the case that the insurance company wouldn't pay out? If the property owners are compensated from the sale of the land and are "made whole", then insurance will not pay out. If you are in a car accident and the other driver pays out of their own pocket to repair your car, yo...
Jump to postThe "victim" was so traumatized, she went back a second time. Uh huh. She knew exactly what she was doing and was hoping to cash out on it: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9765025/Trevor-Bauer-accuser-told-enjoyed-choked-texts-reveal.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9...
Jump to postWould either of the aircraft involved be TCAS equipped? I would imagine that the Metro would have TCAS, but what about the Cirrus?
Jump to postDo I see correctly that there's not only fuselage damage but also a piece of rudder missing? The lower most forward corner? Yes, in addition to the damage to the fuselage, there's a small chunk missing from the leading edge of the tail of the Metro. Based on some of the photos, it looks like the Ci...
Jump to postVideo of the Cirrus floating toward the ground shows the aircraft is very much intact. Maybe the landing gear(s) is missing...it's hard to tell due to the video quality. Both wings are intact, so I'm assuming the Cirrus' landing gear is what hit the fuselage of the Metro. In the ATC audio, the contr...
Jump to postLow wing aircraft making a wide right turn to final...likely lost sight (or never sighted in the first place) the Metro coming in fast from the left. Not the first time this has happened and it won't be the last, but what a great outcome! I too thought about how the Cirrus couldn't have been more th...
Jump to postStapleton Denver is shopping and housing, IIRC. I don't know if the tower is still there. The control tower is still there, though no one knows what to do with it. A Punch Bowl Social opened at the base of the tower, but it has since permanently closed. There are a couple of original hangars that a...
Jump to postSeveral airlines utilize maintenance facilities at GSP.
Edit: These look like cargo flights, not maintenance flights. I had the wrong airport in mind when I responded. GSP is Greenville/Spartanburg Int'l.
9News out of Denver showing a house with a hole in its roof. Looks like the house at 13251 Sheridan Boulevard has a pretty good hole in its roof. Behind that house and 2 houses to the north is the house with the engine cowling in the yard. Watching the live footage on 9News, I see other houses in t...
Jump to postThe Hughes Flying Boat (Spruce Goose) among many others is in the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum at McMinnville. This is southwest of Portland about an hour's drive away. I've been once way back in 2012 or so...it is a nice place. There is an Evergreen 747 on top of a building housing a water ...
Jump to postI'll be in Hillsboro for a business trip which afterward I'm lingering in the area for 3 days to do whatever I please. I would like to go up to the NW corner of the state which I really haven't spent much time in. What are the good areas to visit and things to do? I see several state parks along the...
Jump to postThe death penalty is not supposed to be a deterrent nor was it ever implemented to be one.
It is a punishment. You take a life, we take your life. Period.
If the toilet wants to "top off" the level in the tank every so often, the most likely cause is the flapper is leaking. They are about $5-$12 at Home Depot and are easy to install. If you are unsure about doing it yourself, there are plenty of You Tube videos that show how to replace the f...
Jump to postI believe both the WN and AA complainers were thinking they would have the plane to themselves and when their anticipated Instagram moment was ruined by a full flight they both decided to complain "unsafe!".
Jump to postI have flown ATL-BSB several times on a DL 757 which I believe is the longest 757 flight. Yeah it was a long flight, but being on a 757 didn't bother me any more than if it were a widebody.....my butt certainly doesn't know the difference between a 757 and a 767 seat cushion. Some GCMap distances on...
Jump to postI had no idea Bing maps was a self-supported entity. Every time I use them there's a cookie to clear from Digital Globe, so I assumed that's who Bing maps contracted with for everything. Bing Maps stopped in-house production in 2015 after all of the Microsoft mapping assets were sold to Uber for a ...
Jump to postWow, some people managed to wait until the 4th post to get political in a non-political thread.
Can't everyone just keep their noise holes shut and leave politics out of what could have been a fun thread?
When I worked for Bing maps, from image capture to push to the web it could take anywhere from 3 to 18 months. Production times depended on a lot of factors, too many I care to list. The mission in the OP's screen shot is not a classic aerial photography mission. The aircraft is owned by Raven Air i...
Jump to postAnd these are the type of comments Republicans and conservatives accept as OK nowadays. It is pretty sad. No reason to say it. Basically childish, just wanting mock others. But now so many think it is just fine and OK and even should be said. Talk about a slippery slope, the party has slipped a lon...
Jump to posteinsteinboricua wrote:It's official. Just broke: Warren is out.
G-VIIX was only on the ground for about 2 hours in Bermuda before it continued on to TPA. It then operated the return TPA-LGW flight, though running about 3 hours late.
Jump to postSo by your reasoning, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, NY Times, BBC, MSNBC, Washington Post, NPR, Time, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today are all extensions of the Democrat party. Which is something everyone has known for the past 20 years.
Jump to postSo a mall is up for sale and there is no indication anything will change with the property, but "Could Mean Big Changes" in the headline is pure click bait.
Jump to postWill never happen as it will not increase ad revenue. No effort will be expended on this site unless it increases ad revenue.
Jump to postAnd this is of interest to an international audience why?
ANet is not a local news service.
During the past several Christmas seasons, Delta has used the 767-300 and 767-400 on the Atlanta flight. Now that they are at the end of Concourse A, I assume this is no longer possible as they no longer have a widebody capable gate?
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