Its nice to see some good news posted about <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>. However dont hold your breath, until the F/A group can get it together and decide on a union to represent them. <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> has a ways yet to go, on improvements, ...
Jump to postI have been curious to whether this was a LNW (legacy <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym>) LDL or a mixed crew from both companies. Granted the merger was quite some time back, but you know there are still some out there that may be bitter, or at the least territorial about compan...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AA777223" class="quote" target="_blank">AA777223</a> (<a href="#68" class="quote">Reply 68</a>):<br/><i>Is "carpet" some kind of an ramper term?...
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Jump to postTwice I saw an agent manage to hit a plane with the belt loader. The first time was while working in <acronym title="El Paso - International (ELP / KELP), USA - Texas">ELP</acronym> and this coworker came flying up to the plane and didnt slow down enough to stop. The belt loader was in the lowered p...
Jump to postWhen I left <acronym title="Albuquerque - International Sunport (Kirtland AFB) (ABQ / KABQ), USA - New Mexico">ABQ</acronym> in 2006 it was a partially silent airport. The Airport Authority made delayed flight announcements or gate changes only after the airline called and asked them to do so. Of co...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ABQ747" class="quote" target="_blank">ABQ747</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> No DC10s for <acron...
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Jump to postWhile working for <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> at the time, I had first had knowledge of some of the things that happened on CO1713 15Nov1987. My partner was 2nd on that flight seated in the aft jumpseat with the 3rd F/A. After impact, he lost 1 shoe which can happen with...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Tristarsteve" class="quote" target="_blank">Tristarsteve</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i> Quoting 22886 (Thread starter):...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/MavyWavyATR" class="quote" target="_blank">MavyWavyATR</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Eagle d...
Jump to postI was too little to remember much about my DC-8 flight. I was 4 at the time, we flew <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Pearl Harbor-Hickam JB (Hickam AFB) (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym>-Travis AFB on a <acronym title="Macon - Herbert Smart Downtown (MAC), USA - Georg...
Jump to postABQ had a walking tunnel from the main terminal out to a Satellite building up until 1988. It was closed when the new terminal and T shaped concourse were built. The old tunnel is still there and is now a storage area for much of the old historical furniture and art work that was displayed in the or...
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Jump to postHere in <acronym title="Corpus Christi - International (CRP / KCRP), USA - Texas">CRP</acronym> it was laughable what the airport authorites were telling people. There were plenty of parking spaces in the hourly parking area. Oh sure, and will you honor the persons long term fee since thats all that...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/iahcsr" class="quote" target="_blank">iahcsr</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SLCSFOPDX" class="quote" target="_blank">SLCSFOPDX</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Pretty much i...
Jump to postGee. I can remember when <acronym title="Airtran (USA)">FL</acronym> (Original Frontier) had mainline CV580 and 737-200s service into MTJ. Then <acronym title="America West Airlines (USA)">HP</acronym> had mainline 737-200s for a while then Dash-8 service. MTJ has plenty of runway length to handle p...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hufftheweevil" class="quote" target="_blank">hufftheweevil</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i> Then I thought change the tai...
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Jump to postSome trivia about Wendover Airport/KENV The movie Independence Day had parts of it filmed there. And the final scene , was filmed next door at Bonneville Salt Flats. Also in the 90s there was an airline called Casino Express, who ran charters for the Red Lion Hotel/Casino up there. They advertised i...
Jump to postI have always felt uncomfortable sitting in the row that is even with the prop blades. I have flown on the Dash 8 ,ATR's, and F27s. As a non-rev you dont always get to sit where you want. I can tell you I must have prayed all the way from <acronym title="Corpus Christi - International (CRP / KCRP), ...
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Jump to postIt would be interesting to see if <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym>/QX starts to beef up service in <acronym title="Salt Lake City - International (SLC / KSLC), USA - Utah">SLC</acronym>. I was surprised to stumble across the <acronym title="Horizon Air (USA)">QX</acronym> flight f...
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Jump to postTexas International and National around 1979-1980 before PA jumped in. <acronym title="Tol Air Services (Puerto Rico)">TI</acronym> and <acronym title="TWA Transworld Airlines (USA)">TW</acronym> around the same time. Also right after <acronym title="America West Airlines (USA)">HP</acronym> filed b...
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Jump to postSo far Ive seen posts regarding <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> going up in size of a/c. What about an a/c in the 100 seat range? Such as the 767. I would have loved it if they kept the 717 but since fleet commonality was the priority I can see why they got rid of those. I kno...
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Jump to postI would be happy with a "Big green F" ala the "Big red F" of the 80s. Also, make note that the animal decals on the tail (made by <acronym title="Gulfstream International Airlines (USA)">3M</acronym>) are very expensive. So Im guessing they will simplify their image, so it doesnt cost much. Personal...
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Jump to postAs a non-rev on <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> I had my share of sitting in one of the last 3 rows on a DC-9. The standing joke was if you made a gate agent mad, you were likely to get 25E. Middle seat, last row. I didnt make the agt mad that evening, and he apologized for ...
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Jump to postAfter leaving US on medical. I went to work for Expressjet for 5 yrs from 07-12.When <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> cut the reins back in 07 and the company was on its own you could see that maybe things were not right. At first we all thought the merger with ASA was to be ...
Jump to postThere is such a thing as a "functioning alcoholic" , and this may be a case of one. I was once a heavy drinker myself and managed to make it through a shift w/o being sent home or losing my job, though I had been drinking hard the night before. I do have some empathy for her and others who do not or...
Jump to postPS, when I came back in 07 to work with Expressjet I would be the primary gate agent on the new n/s to <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KAUS), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym>, that lasted t...
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Jump to postI was afraid they would go with the Euro-white look. Darn. Was hoping for a bit more yellow at least. Oh well looking forward to more pics of this beauty. And other 787 photos. This bird is finally growing on me.
JD CRP
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/quiet1" class="quote" target="_blank">quiet1</a> (<a href="#33" class="quote">Reply 33</a>):<br/><i> Googling the etymology of the word pandemic...
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Jump to postI was at the <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym> opening. Actually I had to go to <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym> before the Big Bang Feb,1,1987 to assist with that fiasco. Then went...
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