Re: People go crazy for Southwest's peanuts

Granted it doesn't come in a cool lunchbox or have the WN logo on them, but you can still buy them in bulk for cheap over at King Nuts, the manufacturer of them. Still thing WN took the cowards way out and this was an excuse to save costs on snacks, as in my over 15 years of flying them I've never s...

Re: Delta will create a mega global alliance?

Soon will we see: Delta Latin (ex-LATAM) Delta UK(ex-Virgin Atlantic) Delta Europa (ex-Air Europa) Delta Arabia (ex-MEA) Delta Indian (ex-Jet Airways) Delta Pacific (ex-Korean Air) Delta China (ex-China Eastern) Delta African (ex-Kenya Airways) Delta Australian (ex-Virgin Australian) Westjet and Ae...

Re: Detroit Metro Airport ranks #1 in the nation.

Spotted the DTW agent. I've had a hit or miss with the DL GA's over in the B Concourse but the DGS "agents" over in the C Concourse make me wonder if I'm still flying Delta or if I stumbled into the Con Air terminal. Back in March, you declared DTW one of the best airports in the country:...

Re: China footage reveals hundreds of blindfolded and shackled prisoners

China seems to be the most defended country in the world, yet they are more dangerous than any South American, African, Middle Eastern, or even North Korea combined.

Re: An actually useful ranking of US airlines.

This article was paid for and brought to you by United Airlines.

Re: Detroit Metro Airport ranks #1 in the nation.

#1 for facilities most definitely but probably dead last in customer service. I think Delta/DGS sends agents there as a punishment for wrongdoing at other stations.

Re: Impeachment: for real this time?

If anyone else was president impeachment would be a no brainer. Well, aside from the fact you would then get president Pence... We shall call him Pastor Pence. I read that Trump has spent about 1/3 of his Presidency patronizing his own hotels? Not that she shouldn’t be allowed to travel, but 1/3 at...

SkyWest and MSP

Anyone know why there are so many SkyWest operated Delta Connection flights out of MSP? They operate the CR2/CR9 and E175 here on most Delta Connection flights. I'm curious because MSP is home to Endeavor Air's headquarters along with a crew base, maintenance base, and crew training facilities.

Re: Climate summit New York

The premise is correct, but you can convince/teach others better when you don’t prance out Veruca Salt.

Re: Delta A321 bins

Delta reconfigured A320/319s and didn’t take much thought to anything really: they cut galleys in half and put CRJ size lavatories on board- later on they created a makeshift retrofit to the galley because it was so tight the FA were all complaining about taking care of 150 pax out of a closet size...

Re: Thomas Cook Bankruptcy Discussion Thread

Hope the staff take anything not nailed down to the floor home with them.

Re: AA Flight Diverts to DEN after Passenger Smokes weed

Can anyone here translate boomerese? I'm not a boomer, but possibly you are. Airfare is too cheap in this country. This allows the "degenerates" to easily purchase tickets and continue doing their behavior at 30,000 feet. Higher airfare allows a more restricted group of people to fly and ...

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines News and Discussion Thread

KingB123 wrote:

Super80Fan wrote:

This is what happens when you work for an unstable operation. Plenty of legacy & stable ULCC"s in Europe to work for.

Aye can think of a few US airliners that also had unstable operations

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines News and Discussion Thread

Here's hoping Condor comes out of this strong. They don't deserve to go down.

Re: AA Flight Diverts to DEN after Passenger Smokes weed

Airfare is too cheap, this is proof. Can anyone here translate boomerese? I'm not a boomer, but possibly you are. Airfare is too cheap in this country. This allows the "degenerates" to easily purchase tickets and continue doing their behavior at 30,000 feet. Higher airfare allows a more r...

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines News and Discussion Thread

flyjay123 wrote:

Super80Fan wrote:

Salomon wrote:

Thomas Cook has been around for 178 years.

The travel side of the company, yes. The airline operation is newer and was always pretty unstable.

So unstable its profitable!

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines News and Discussion Thread

I should have clarified, I'm not saying the company as a whole is/was unstable, I recognize their long history, I'm saying their airline operation is/was unstable. Big difference between working on their travel/hospitality side and working on their airline side.

Re: AA Flight Diverts to DEN after Passenger Smokes weed

Airfare is too cheap, this is proof.

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines News and Discussion Thread

Salomon wrote:

Super80Fan wrote:

This is what happens when you work for an unstable operation.

Thomas Cook has been around for 178 years.

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines News and Discussion Thread

This is what happens when you work for an unstable operation. Plenty of legacy & stable ULCC"s in Europe to work for.

Re: More Kavanaugh Allegations

Not going to happen considering not all Dems are on-board with impeaching him. Just seems like the fringe Dems are acting up per usual.

Re: Potential DL LAX expansion

Don't think BDL-LAX is going to happen on Delta. Would love to see them start BDL to SLC however, either on an A319 or A220.

Re: How a broken A220 made my day: LGA-BOS-LGA on Delta!

Love the 757 and the A220 looks like a great ride as well. I agree with you, maybe it's just my imagination but I was very cramped in Delta's A321. Oddly enough, I have actually found their 739's to me much more comfortable.

Re: DL retiring MD-80s quickly

Just to add I still think the 717 is on borrowed time. Once the MD88/90 are gone the 717 will start to be phased out. Many say they don't share many parts, sorry they all share a lot on the airframe side. All those special sheetmetal parts that get replaced during heavy check are going to get real ...

Re: Market Surpression within Markets

HPN is a good example of how an airport turned into a monopoly for one carrier. For a while, the majors served their major hubs with RJ flying (mainly CRJ-200's and E140/E145's) while AirTran served the big cities in Florida along with ATL with 717's and the occasional 737-700's. In comes JetBlue, w...

Re: DL retiring MD-80s quickly

Just to add I still think the 717 is on borrowed time. Once the MD88/90 are gone the 717 will start to be phased out. Many say they don't share many parts, sorry they all share a lot on the airframe side. All those special sheetmetal parts that get replaced during heavy check are going to get real ...

Re: DL retiring MD-80s quickly

Are we sure all of these MD88's are being "retired" and not just going into storage until the summer season next year? As far as I know SBD bound MD88's/MD90's are done, heading for permanent retirement or the scrapper while BHM ones are just there for storage until next year.

Re: Yes/No Poll: Do You Like American Airlines?

Yes. Haven't had the problems on them that others seem to have. Almost every employee I've ran into (save for some LUS GA's at MCO and PHL who were hired from the depths of hell) are extremely courteous & helpful. Any delays/cancellations I've had on them were not their fault and I've been quick...

Re: 9/12 Democratic Debate Thread

Beta male who couldn't even get a senate seat is beyond desperate at this point, it's a shame the Democratic party can't just kick him out.

Re: Rumor: Delta installing IFE on B717s

There are lots of people (not just on a.net but on other forums/websites as well) who are wondering why Delta is doing this when they claim the 717's operate on short routes. While it is true that there are some very short 717 routes, there are many longer ones as well out of SLC and MSP. Delta is a...

Re: Rumor: Delta installing IFE on B717s

To me, it doesn't make sense to put seatback screens on the 717's considering the type of flying they usually do (ie: up to 1.5 hours roughly). Uh, the 717 does 2+ hour flights to a bunch of cities out of SLC and MSP. This makes very good sense since many of these "long, thin" or "hi...

Re: Robert Mugabe dead at 95

As others have said, couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

Re: United to start service to Daytona Beach (DAB)?

If UA were to serve DAB again, I doubt it would be IAD. It would probably either be EWR (like CO did before the merger), ORD, or IAH. what makes you say that? It's no secret and Hasn't been for quite a while the UA is close to if not already Maxed out at EWR and has moved some services to IAD. (esp...

Re: United to start service to Daytona Beach (DAB)?

If UA were to serve DAB again, I doubt it would be IAD. It would probably either be EWR (like CO did before the merger), ORD, or IAH.

Re: Possibility of Chrysler Building Observation Deck Reopening

casinterest wrote:

Jeez there are already enough observation decks in NYC. why do we need another? Rockefeller , Freedom Tower, Empire......

Re: Could an unpressurised passenger jet ever become competitive?

Yeah sure, just got to upgrade a humans' lungs/oxygen consumption!

Re: Possibility of Chrysler Building Observation Deck Reopening

Who currently owns the Chrysler Building? File a lawsuit against them for discrimination.

Re: Which London Airport Should JetBlue Pick to Launch Service

As most of the a.net community knows I am not a very big B6 fan but it seems like this is a fault of the EU per usual and discrimination. If B6 has enough evidence I hope they file a lawsuit.

Re: Not A Good Thing To See - Pilot And Flight Attendant In Physical Altercation At PHL

Many people don't know anything about crew members until they work in a position that deals with them on a daily basis. As usual with humans, there are fantastic crew members that realize the person on the other end of their conversation is another human and deals with them accordingly and like alwa...

Re: Not A Good Thing To See - Pilot And Flight Attendant In Physical Altercation At PHL

acentauri wrote:

If it happened at 1640 in front of A16, they were probably fighting to see who got the last non-rev seat to Athens.

Re: Not A Good Thing To See - Pilot And Flight Attendant In Physical Altercation At PHL

As is typical in the airport environment, crew members can fight and nothing happens. On the other hand, passengers can fight with crew members or among themselves and are dragged off the plane, locked up, banned from flying for life, go to prison for 5 years, lose their job, lose their apartment, l...

Re: At least 5 dead in West Texas shooting after traffic stop

When the Constitution was written, there were no AR-15s or Tommy guns or the weapons we have now. Likewise, there were no internal combustion engines. The "all guns all the time" crowd keeps saying it is a false equivalence and not worth debating. How? Why should assault weapons be covere...

Re: Vegan woman demands neighbour stop using meat on barbecue due to smell

A vegan and an atheist walk into a bar.

I only know this because they told me within seconds of walking in.

Re: AA Miami mechanic arrested for sabotaging aircraft

Unfortunately this guy is going to get a slap on the wrist with just probation/community service & a small fine. He may not work for a major airline again but he will be working at some contracted/smaller firm in a matter of weeks.

Re: The Age of Social Media Posts and Employer/Boss Being Contacted - Thoughts?

To me the main thing is : is your personal social media account linked in any way to your employer ? Linkedin account, sure, but why would you mention your company on fb or twitter ? Just don't do it, and unless you're someone important, I don't see how the company can use your personal life agains...

The Age of Social Media Posts and Employer/Boss Being Contacted - Thoughts?

With the age of social media, it is easier than ever to share our thoughts and make openly free posts with little moderation depending on the group/platform. With this of course, comes certain consequences. If someone makes a publicly available post that includes racism, sexism, bigotry, or illegal ...

Re: MINT and other Service Cuts to JetBlue, starting 9/1

I’ve been on 30 flights in the last 4 months and all the nonrevs and cobus cleaned. If you’re on flights where they arent, you should turn them in. I've never claimed to work for them. But how should they be turned in? Hold up boarding while names are collected for those who refused blue gloves? An...

Re: American Airlines MD-80 Retirement Discussion Thread

malev2012 wrote:

Interesting that AA booted all the NRSA off AA 80, the list had gotten to over 1,000.

Re: Hurricane Dorian Path

I don't feel bad for Florida at all. Modern infrastructure and days in advance to prepare/evacuate. I do however feel bad for the Bahamas. Almost no warning, limited infrastructure, not many places to evacuate to, and some of the videos/photos I've seen of certain islands show total devastation. The...

Re: Is consolidation over in the US ?

Not by a long shot. Of the major airlines, JetBlue is next on the chopping block. Don’t know who would take them over though, could be United, Alaska, Frontier, or Spirit. Also many of the regionals I don’t think will be around in the future. Expect mergers/consolidation/shutdowns of Air Wisconsin, ...