This is a long time coming! I was hearing from our Indian agents of a possible service to Bangalore when working NWA's Bombay and Delhi flights in 1997/98. (Though at the time it was supposed the service would be routed across the Pacific and through Kuala Lumpur...)
Jump to postI work (and deadhead) in World Business Class on both DC10 and A-330 aircraft. Frankly, if I'm going to be sitting, I prefer the DC10. The seat cradles me and I can sleep very easily. On the A-330 I find I'm fighting gravity the whole flight. I think Northwest was <i>crazy</i> to install that uncomf...
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Didn't an American Airlines steward die a couple of years ago at a Florida airport, when he opened the main cabin door prior to the aircraft being depressurized? (There was a pressurization problem) He was blown out onto the tarmac and killed...
The day Northwest (and most other domestic carriers) decided it was too costly to change pillowcases <b>after every flight</b>, is the day the pillows <i>should</i> have been removed. How would you feel if you checked into a hotel and found that the pillowcases on your bed hadn't been changed in a c...
Jump to postYou young'ns don't know what you missed! The VC10 was a spectacular aircraft! I feel very fortunate to have flown aboard them when traveling BOAC and East African Airways in the 1970's. The Caravelle is perhaps the only other airliner as perfectly proportioned as the beautiful VC10.
Jump to postI'm considering flying from Newark to Birmingham aboard a Continental 757-200. Anyone have experience traveling transatlantic aboard one of these planes? Frankly, Northwest's 757's are such miserable cattle cars that I'm wondering at the wisdom (or lack thereof) in selecting this flight... Is the pi...
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While Northwest and KLM revenue share on certain transatlantic routes, I've never read anything to indicate that Delta and Air France do the same. Can you substantiate your claim?
Air France's long-used font is called "olive nord".
Don't ask me how or why I know this useless bit of trivia; it's just something I picked-up 30 years ago and for some reason it has stuck in my brain. (Pathetic really, since I can't remember where I put the car keys 30 minutes ago!)
<b>Convincing employees they should work for free...</b> Every airline CEO in the world must be creaming in his boxers at the very thought of it. My advice to US Airways employees? You're going down - as surely as the <i>Titanic</i>. Tell your CEO to shove it, and at least go down with your self-res...
Jump to postI landed in Columbus, <acronym title="Comair (USA)">OH</acronym> today and noticed there is a <i>Caravelle</i> in Airborne Express (tail) colors parked on one side of the field. I don't suppose she's operational, but she sure looks great! In the 70's and 80's I flew frequently aboard Air France's <i...
Jump to postI flew one of Olympic's A340's from JFK to Athens. Beautiful airplane with a very professional crew and a high standard of inflight service. I was impressed.
Jump to postWould it be a bad time to mention I'm sitting on my sunny California patio having a morning cup of coffee and admiring the blooms on my roses? It would? Okay. Forget I mentioned it.
Jump to postThere are some excellent airlines in Africa, but I sure miss those classy <b>East African Airways</b> <ib>Super</ib> VC10's... <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/492885/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/492885/M/" targe...
Jump to postI worked New York-Tel Aviv flights in the 80's with both Metro International Airways and their successor, Tower Air. The vast majority of passengers were not Israeli's - they were Jewish Americans. I know this for certain, because I used to walk through the cabin distributing I-94's. With the larges...
Jump to postAt 5 p.m. on Friday I flew from Toronto to San Francisco aboard Air Canada flight 755. The A-320 was staffed with four flight attendants (we staff our's with three at Northwest). A hot meal was served in Economy (we serve a sandwich in back on our comparable-length Detroit-San Francisco flight). Vid...
Jump to postSeveral months ago, when Hector Adler (VP Inflight Services) was here in San Francisco for a meeting with flight attendants (which I attended), he talked about <acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acronym>-<acronym title=...
Jump to postContinental may well serve food on more flights than Northwest. I was quoting a <b>San Francisco Chronicle</b> article I read some time ago. As we all know, after 9/11 food pretty much disappeared domestically, but is gradually re-appearing. Perhaps at the time I read that article NWA <i>was</i> ser...
Jump to postI attended a meeting with Hector Adler here at <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> a couple of months ago and he <i>did</i> tell us new uniform pieces were in the works. It was my impression that the current navy, wool-blend material will be re...
Jump to postSince TGI Friday's food is lack-luster in their restaurants, it's not surprising you found it unimpressive at 35,000 feet!
Don't get me wrong; it's my understanding Heather Locklear is an extremely nice person, and she certainly looks great for her age (or <i>any</i> age!) but I wonder, does she ever play anyone <i>but</i> "Heather Locklear"? I watched <b><acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - C...
Jump to postNorthwest serves complimentary meals in coach (such as they are), on more flights than any other U.S. carrier. Breakfast, lunch, a snack, or dinner are served on all flights between the west coast and our hubs in <acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold Chamberlain Field (MSP / ...
Jump to postLike <b>NWAFA</b>, I started flying back in the 70's. And I also went to literally dozens of interviews before I was hired as a 'steward'. (The very <i>first</i> steward for that particular carrier; they had only hired steward-<i>esses</i> up to that time). Competiton in those days was so intense th...
Jump to postHey! That Tu-154 looks pretty snazzy in our bowling shoe livery! Would love to see NWA colors on my Soviet fave, the IL-62...
Jump to postWhat functions are the <i>hospitality staff</i> to perform onboard? ("I'm sorry sir, I can't bring you a coffee, I'm hospitality staff...") And in an emergency, are passengers supposed to know to look to the cabin crew for direction, and not the untrained hospitality staff? My 30 years experience in...
Jump to postThe Egyptian Museum is a <i>must</i>, but it can be overwhelming as well. As a former archaeologist (I was with the Joint British-Polish Expedition at Queen Hatshepsut's funerary temple in Deir el Bahari), my advice is to head first to the extraordinary treasures from the tomb of the 18th dynasty ph...
Jump to postIronic that in the <i>Readers' Choice Awards</i>, published in the October 2004 issue of <b>Conde Nast Traveler</b>, Pan Am was listed as number 8 among the "Top 10 Domestic Airlines! I wondered when I saw Pan Am listed after jetBlue, Midwest, Song, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian, Continental and America...
Jump to postUGH. The current uniform is distinctive and in colors one identifies with Canada. This new uniform is generic and says nothing. Too bad.
Jump to postI understand AIR CANADA is introducing new flight attendant uniforms. Is there a link where I can see what they look like?
Jump to postAccording to Hector Adler, Minneapolis (and perhaps Memphis) will commence flying to Paris, and <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>-<acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> will go from 1 to 2 d...
Jump to postI flew Meridiana in September, 1992 from Rome to Milan. If I remember correctly, the aircraft was an <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80. Meridiana isn't a LCC, and the service was very professional. I was flying to Milan to connect with an American Airlines flight to the States. The <ac...
Jump to postStop and take a deep breath, <b>Flyguyclt</b>. I didn't blame Northwest Ops - or anyone else - for the incident I was involved in. It just happened. But it wouldn't have happened if the A330 hadn't been grounded with a mechanical. As for my "customer recovery skills", our crew was met at Narita by M...
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Jump to postPortions of South Africa Airways website are experiencing "technical difficulties".
Can someone tell me what type of aircraft SAA will be flying between Atlanta and Capetown in March 2005? And if there will be 1, or 2 stops enroute?
Hmmm...I'm beginning to wonder at the number of delays associated with the new A330-200's. On October 21st my crew experienced a 7 hour delay, with passengers onboard, on our flight from Incheon to Narita. There was a problem with the de-icing valve on the #2 engine. After a two hour flight to Tokyo...
Jump to postIf the Northwest flight attendants had voted to stick with Teamsters, I can assure you we'd now be working under a concessionary contract. The IBT would have made some under-the-table deal with NWA management (that would have been profitable for both Northwest <i>and</i> Teamsters) and the flight at...
Jump to postAm I correct in assuming this 21% cut is on top of the pay cuts the unionized USAirways employees have already had to endure? If so, what is the total percentage of the reductions to their contractual compensation?
Jump to postI sat-in on a company/pilot meeting while on a layover at Narita two weeks ago and learned Northwest would have liked between 10 and 20 additional 757-300's, but Boeing turned them down.
Jump to postI guarantee the cabin crew for flight 27 was mighty sorry to see the three-holer at the gate!
Jump to postI thought it was Northwest at first as well, but the winglets aren't red...
Jump to postNorthwest is laying-off agents here at SFO effective September 1st because Air France will take over the handling of KLM's daily flight to Amsterdam.
Jump to postWhen a customer buys a transatlantic NWA/KLM ticket, it doesn't matter if the customer flies a 'red tail' or a 'blue tail' aircraft, since the revenue is shared 50/50 by Northwest and KLM.
Jump to postDon't flame me if I'm wrong, but what I heard out on the line is that the extra DC10 is being kept at <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym> because of the cancellations and delays that have occurred since we began the <acronym title="Portland - Internatio...
Jump to postI don't mind the revised livery, but I certainly preferred the original cabin crew uniforms! They were distinctive and smart-as-hell looking. The current uniforms are just ho-hum.
Jump to postActually, Havanna used to <acronym title="Aircompany Tavria-Mac (Ukraine)">BE</acronym> one huge casino - and I'm sure lots of Cubans would like to see it become one again! Unfortunately, U.S. tourist dollars won't again pour into Cuba as long as the politically powerful ex-pat Cuban population in F...
Jump to postYes, the United States spends billions irresponsibly as well. I didn't mean to suggest I'm letting crooked, self-serving Washington D.C. off the hook. It just burns me when I read about <i>vast</i> sums of money being squandered when most of the world's population is in need of the very basics: food...
Jump to postSince <b>Northwest</b>'s largest hub, Detroit, is also home to the largest Iraqi expat community in the United States, it makes sense that when Iraq is stabilized we will begin flying into Baghdad. But it will take a while. Airline passengers tend to stay away from countries where foreigners are rou...
Jump to postSince the Emirates apparently have BILLIONS of dollars to fritter away on HUGE airlines competing for the same transit passengers, imagine if some of that petroleum largesse was used to help feed the hungry, provide treatment to AIDS victims in third world countries, or (Praise Allah!), get their Pa...
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