OK...for those suspecting fuel issues, its crap. Ive worked NW055 <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>-<acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acronym> and to go to RST instead is a l...
Jump to postDemolition of B/C gates We heard in <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym> for months that the plan was to demolish the B/C gates since it had already been outgrown (hard to believe). I havent heard anything else for quite awhile. Hopefully it...
Jump to postIve got the king of em all..... If you havent figured it out, im a flight attendant for NWA. I was leaving Phoenix (<acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym>) on a DC10, i was flying lead flight attendant (LFA). I was greeting at door 2L, and a wom...
Jump to postLadies and gentlemen, from the flightdeck, we'd like to thank you for flying rebuttal airways this evening. Our current time of arrival is going to be about 20 minutes ahead of schedule today due to the tailwinds we've experienced the entire flight today. Im going to ask that our flight attendants p...
Jump to postSR103....... <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> is resuming the <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>-<acronym title="Rome - Fiumicino (Leonardo da Vinci) (FCO / LIRF), Italy">FCO</acronym> service with A330s this spring. ...
Jump to postIndPate......ignore <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>......you and I both know that we have exclusive rights in Japan, including the only non-Japanese Airline to be authorized to do offsite liquor/duty free processing, and NEVERMIND that we are the only US...
Jump to postTime to throw my 2 cents in. For those who haven't seen my postings in the past, im a flight attendant with Northwest, and a private pilot. Through either of these adventures ive seen my fair share of turbulence and mayhem as a result of it. Big Heavy Metal Turbulence.... B747-400 NW056 <acronym tit...
Jump to postAirlineBizNut....I back every word you said 150%. Greg: As far as your tantrum regarding large business accounts are concerned, i have 2 words - Revolving door. When somebody says theyre taking their business somewhere else, I think nothing of it. The passenger saying this at XYZ Airlines is passing...
Jump to postTake the DC10, it may be your last chance at the faithful giant out of <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>. If your looking for the A330, dump NW034(<acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acrony...
Jump to postWhile it may not be the very longest route, AA070, <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym>-<acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AFB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym> is 5143 miles......on the return <acronym title="Frankfurt - Ma...
Jump to postscrew stairs or jetbridges all together..... COME THIS WAY, MOVE QUICKLY, LEAVE EVERYTHING, <acronym title="St. Denis - Gillot / Roland Garros (RUN / FMEE), Reunion">RUN</acronym> JUMP, HELP <acronym title="Royal Air Maroc (Morocco)">AT</acronym> THE BOTTOM (as I conduct the evacuation down the slid...
Jump to postWere trying to figure out where the 747-200s have gone at <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym>. IVe talked with people i know in the right departments and people are stumped. The 742s have almost completly disappeared from the system. I think theyre in storage until the summer. <ac...
Jump to postat Washing Dulles (<acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym>), people movers come to aircraft ive been working on. We've deplaned through 1L and 2L on the A320/A319. Kinda weird when somebody comes to the back door looking for pax, usually just cat...
Jump to postHere in <acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acronym> we had the following oddball diversions: Air Canada 767-300 Korean Airlines 747-400 Korean Airlines 777-200 Also at that time, there were 7 Boeing 747-200s and 400s go...
Jump to postNWA doesnt have to create a low cost carrier, they already have, its called Northwest Airlines. Look at the interiors of the aircraft, theyre all run down except the A330 since its new. Give the A330s 2 years, they'll look like crap just like the DC10s and every other aircraft in the fleet. The only...
Jump to postBeltway....... In the tailcone of the DC9/MD80, theres a self inflating slide, which deploys as soon as the cone is dropped. HOWEVER. Seeing as there isnt a slide trailing behind in the wind, I would say that the slidepack departed the aircraft along with the tailcone. I will post a picture of such ...
Jump to postAs a flight attendant, I REALLY HATE, Anything to or from Las Vegas. Theyre all drunk going there, and a bunch of crabby losers when the leave <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym>. Sorry to you <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International...
Jump to postThe 757s have been showing up in MSP this year. Very shocking to see them here. Thoes birds are used to being here as theyre ex-Republic aircraft.
Jump to postpossibly MSP-ZIH......its over 4 hours.....Ive flown it on both Champion Air and Sun Country 727s
Jump to postGo to airlinemeals.net and travelquality.net and look at the cabins and food on both carriers. You make the call..... those website will be able to assist you in choosing an airline.
Jump to post2 things..... LOL..
1. AA767.... the 757s are equally as long, regardless of cabin, the only diff is lavs at door 3L/R the fuselage length remains the same...LOLOLMAO
2. LRTC....Less room through coach ?? (are they going to yank MRTC configs?)
Heres the information I found on the aircraft..... N-number : N211DB Aircraft Serial Number: 20766 Aircraft Manufacturer: BOEING Model : 727-200 Engine Manufacturer : P&W Model : JT8D-17 <acronym title="Seymour - Freeman Municipal (SER), USA - Indiana">SER</acronym> Aircraft Year : 1973 Owner Name :...
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2 things
1. From the second I first heard that command (brace for impact), I always thought it was psycho overkill.
2. What airline are you with ?
[Edited 2003-11-17 08:39:55]
Let me say this, I WANT YOU GUYS <acronym title="President Airlines (Cambodia)">TO</acronym> KEEP THE ARJs <acronym title="Anderson - Regional (County) (AND / KAND), USA - South Carolina">AND</acronym> HAVE YOU OPERATE THEM. Im a NWA Flight Attendant and you guys do a great job of flying those aircr...
Jump to postTranscon...... When I went through initial training at NWA (2000), we were taught the 2 commands that you speak of (bend over stay down/brace for impact). As of September 2002, the commands changed as a result of an incident on NW011 operating a <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (D...
Jump to postHey fellow flight attendants !!!! What the are the emergency commands at your airline. Just wondering. At Northwest we use "BEND OVER, STAY DOWN" for the landing command, and then at the door after slide deployment, we use "COME THIS WAY, MOVE QUICKLY, LEAVE EVERYTHING, <acronym title="St. Denis - G...
Jump to postOK folks here it is from a NWA flight attendant. The staffing grids at NWA call for 5 FAs on the 747s in WBC. On the 744, 2 are upstairs, and 3 on the maindeck, giving a nearly identical coverage per <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym>. The small, but huge, differences can have a ver...
Jump to postDoes anybody know of any live webcams that capture airport operations or gates ?.... it would be cool to see aircraft waiting in line to take off.
Jump to postAlways fun to fly the NAT tracks (North Atlantic tracks) and watch the huge ice bergs float by below, especially on westbound flights. Ive seen a full moon illuminate them before.
Jump to postLets talk about an airline that was nearly killed off by wonderful Bill LaMachia Jr. This little puke comes in to <acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acronym> thinking that he's going to show NWA to to door (btw NWAs con...
Jump to postNWA modified their order for the A330. Initially they were going to be all 333s, now its going to be mixed, 333s, and 332s. The company converted the order with Airbus. I still think they should have gone with the 777. Imagine that ! A replacement for both the 742s and D3C (our internal code for the...
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