ValuJet, had F/A bases in <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson Int (The William B Hartsfield / Municipal / Candler Field) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>, <acronym title="Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (FLL / KFLL), USA - Florida">FLL</acronym>, <acronym title="Dallas /...
Jump to postSo much for a quick intergration! Smh
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9nD7pO9...O9nANQ%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded
Just my flight attendant experience speculation: the captain didn't not initiate the evacuation. If so, the spoilers would have been down. This evacuation was probably flight attendant or passenger initiated. No Doubt, Get Out!
Jump to postI think its also interesting that NWA never placed an actual order for DC-9's they were all acquired through mergers or second hand!
AASTEW
AA + US....two airlines that have had very bad mergers....cant wait to see how this mess unfolds!
AASTEW
Just waiting for a prisoner to escape from Rikers to be standing at AA's gate D10....someday!!!!
Jump to postLooking at the trip rotations.....seems like a lot of legs with VERY high time trips. Was this normal?
Jump to postDL F/A US BASE HEADCOUNTS <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>-6,239 NYC-4,373 <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>-2,466 <acronym title="Minneapolis...
Jump to postI def. know of a Hughes Airwest F/A based in DTW. She writes children's books.
Jump to postDid anyone hear the flight attendants evacuation commands? That's wierd, it was silent!
Jump to postTomorrow 12/26, <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> is operating flight 8889 from <acronym title="Washington - Ronald Reagan National (DCA / KDCA), USA - Virginia">DCA</acronym> to <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>. What team...
Jump to postWhen I'm faced with the Captain and CRO not backing me up in these situations, I simply state, "safety of flight is compromised." I communicate with the captain, "Its either you remove them or i'm walking." Neither pilots or ground agents are there to deal with passenger disruptions inflight. BTW, m...
Jump to postThe 200 frames consist of both '82 and '83's.
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DL 57 <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>-<acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym> diverted to <acronym title="Syracuse - Hancock International (SYR / KSYR), USA - New York">SYR</acronym>! All domestic <acr...
Jump to postAt the Flight Academy at <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>....<acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> Flight Attendants use an <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> B757 complete with hydraulics and smoke and fire simulations. At Building F at NWA I ...
Jump to postPre 2001 F100 <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80 B727 B737 B757 B767 B777 DC-10 A300 Now 2007 <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80 B737 B757 B767 B777 A300 How many more need to go according to the experts at A.net? Also, remember <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</...
Jump to postAs of 6pm EST 10/12 Flight 2225/ Tail 292 Super80 Flight 1029/skd to be exTWA super80 no tail number assigned just yet. Please note tails numbers could change at the drop of a hat! Just curious, why do people ask that info waaaay in advance. Many factors are considered when it comes to fleet assignm...
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Just curious which F/A crew base operates the AMS-BOM trip?
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Same things goes for <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>'s foreign nationals.....they are not union(APFA). Not included in <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> USA seniority list. <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> foreign nationals are trained i...
Jump to postLet's not forget a.netters saying a plane is old after just 10yrs.......
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Jump to postValuJet didn't operate their small MD-80 fleet after they restarted flying in the fall of '96
Jump to postThis reminds me of when TWA and <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> were competing on each others turf. Remember, TWA started <acronym title="San Juan - Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU / TJSJ), Puerto Rico AND San Juan - Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU / TJSJ), Puerto Rico"...
Jump to postThe Big UAL as looong given up their presence at <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>. They no longer fly to <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> or <acronym title="CURRE...
Jump to postAh....the baskets are restocked from the AFT galley by the working F/A's.....
What are the pass benefits on US based SkyTeam members for NWA employees, dependents, parents? Can NWA employees fly DL or CO unlimited? Is there a service charge?
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All of <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>'s B777's have crew bunks for both Flight Deck Crew (behind cockpit door A/C Left) and Inflight Crew(center section <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym> level adjacent to 3L/R. The old Pacific config. pilot seats are 4DG. (Last row ...
Jump to postAs a former <acronym title="Centre-Avia Airlines (Russian Federation)">J7</acronym> employee I seriously doubt that you will every see a Critter livery flying around. Please remember that the original AirTran was never the size of <acronym title="Centre-Avia Airlines (Russian Federation)">J7</acrony...
Jump to postAA's Operations 8/18/2007 KINGSTON 4 B737-<acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym> 1 A300-<acronym title="Montego Bay - Donald Sangster (MBJ / MKJS), Jamaica">MBJ</acronym>-<acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym> GRAND ...
Jump to postWith AA modifying the '82 with 219's and different tail cones does that make them more like '88's without glass cockpits.
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Please keep in mind that the most junior Original <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> F/A on property was hired in early 2001. That would probably make the most junior <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> F/A around age 26 or 27yrs old. No spring chickens here sorr...
Jump to postIt all depends on <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>'s international growth. Unless, you have a REALLY desired language qualification such as Japanese/Chinese Mandarin/Korean/Greek/Arabic/Swedish. That's their only hope of getting international qualified really fast. Otherwise, <a...
Jump to postT8 will be torn down very soon....at least that's the plan.
Jump to postYou have to clear security again...if arriving in T8 and then walking over to T9.
Jump to postAA gives new hire F/A's a $20.00 change fund included in their first paycheck. However, many F/A's don't keep that change fund seperate. They spend it of course! Upon, leaving the company <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> takes the $20.00 change fund back out of your final payche...
Jump to postAlso, you can go from <acronym title="Caracas - Simon Bolivar International / Maiquetia (CCS / SVMI), Venezuela">CCS</acronym> to <acronym title="San Juan - Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU / TJSJ), Puerto Rico AND San Juan - Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU / TJSJ), Puerto Rico">SJU</acronym>...
Jump to postIf their was food onboard, trust it would have been offered! F/A's and Pilots do the best we can do in these circumstances. I'm quite sure as an expericenced F/A, the crew ran out of FOOD and drinks. I could almost guarantee the only bev. they may have had left onboard was tonic water. Pilots just d...
Jump to postThe recalls are based on normal attrition, not growth. The returning TWA F/A's will be returning with a seniority date of April 10, 2001. TWA F/A's don't have any bumping rights over <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> F/A's. Their is no fence around <acronym title="St. Louis - Lam...
Jump to postAA used to cater all A/C and ground stations with non-perishable snack items. Maybe another <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> employee can recall this. This was around 2000-2001. These items were stored in the last row of all airplanes or in storage room at the ground station. It...
Jump to postJust out of curiousity are NW employee non-revs allowed to fly on cargo a/c. I was looking at some cabin view photos of what seems to be only 4 seats. I do understand that two of those seats are probably taken by relief pilots!
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AA still has such a program. It's call AirPass. Go to AA.COM for more information.
Jump to postI guess the same thing applies to passengers as well. F/A's also don't like to here passenger's outrageous celluar phone conversations or better yet their conversation, with passengers sitting right next to them. It's just basic manners. Some people have them some don't. Also, you never know if thos...
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Jump to postYeah AA is so crazy they even missed the BK dance.....lol
Jump to postI thought Airliners.net forum members perceived outsourcing as the best thing since sliced bread. Let's not forget about the NWA F/A's/Mechanic/Ground Staff.. When the fierce NWA was thinking about outsourcing international flights with foreign nationals, it was all okay! Where are those outsourcing...
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