And, the glowing tires. I tend to forget how hot they can get.
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/CALTECH" class="quote" target="_blank">CALTECH</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i>Flight Attendant told them to not exit fro...
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Jump to postHow about this for a wish-list item? If/when <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> starts non-stop USA-<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>, they could switch the <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China ...
Jump to postWithin an <a href="http://www.runwaygirlnetwork.com/2015/10/21/icelandair-economy-comfort-walks-a-pleasing-business-light-line/" target="_blank">online article</a> mainly about Icelandair, there is a quote: <i>"On the US side, it’s just extra-legroom economy, <u>with American Airlines even downgradi...
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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/quiet1" class="quote" target="_blank">quiet1</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>How about flying an <acronym title="Auckland...
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Jump to postIf the Hawaii-<acronym title="Tokyo - Haneda International (HND / RJTT), Japan">HND</acronym> market is so well-suited to those restricted night-time <acronym title="Tokyo - Haneda International (HND / RJTT), Japan">HND</acronym> slots, why is only <acronym title="Hawaiian Airlines (USA)">HA</acrony...
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/SR380" class="quote" target="_blank">SR380</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Hi guy, I ran into that picture today:</i...
Jump to postHow does this bode for interline employee travel? If <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> cannot issue tickets for <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> flights, does that mean <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> employees lose travel benefits on <acr...
Jump to postTime matters in an evac, especially with a fire. Every second. Notice in the time when the last person comes down the slide and the time of the explosion in this video. They didn't even have a 15 second margin of error. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qyZFASOAe0" target="_blank">http://www....
Jump to postAre they going to re-configure 8405 into the configuration of 8194?
Jump to postFor a while <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> had three non-stop's <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (Orchard Field) (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym>-<acronym title="Honolulu - International / Pearl Harbor-Hickam JB (Hickam AFB) (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), US...
Jump to postI've been in two lightning strikes. Once in the upper deck of a 747-100: It was like a flash bulb went off at the front of the cabin and there was a loud pop. Didn't realize it was a lightning strike until the pilots made an announcement to assure customers. Second time was also on a 747-100, but li...
Jump to postI didn't think a pet kennel was permitted at a bulkhead. You can't place unrestrained hand luggage there, but you can place a kennel?
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/CALTECH" class="quote" target="_blank">CALTECH</a> (<a href="#87" class="quote">Reply 87</a>):<br/><i># 956 is the first 787 to have Economy all...
Jump to postNot to worry. "Red flagging Thai aviation safety is normal procedure" per the headline of this article in the local press: <a href="http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/red-flagging-thai-aviation-safety-is-normal-procedure." target="_blank">http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/red...iation-safety-is-normal-...
Jump to postThe ramp worker who closed the cargo door on UA811 (the 747 that lost the cargo door enroute <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Pearl Harbor-Hickam JB (Hickam AFB) (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym> to <acronym title="Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA), New Zealand">AK...
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/CALPSAFltSkeds" class="quote" target="_blank">CALPSAFltSkeds</a> (<a href="#76" class="quote">Reply 76</a>):<br/><i>It looks like <acronym title...
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Jump to postIn my travel agent days in the 1970s I went to airline fare training seminars by <acronym title="European Regions Airlines (Spain)">EA</acronym> and <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>. It was valid and legal to use "point beyond" and "hidden city" calculations for international fare...
Jump to postI initially misunderstood the thread title. I thought the reductions would be next year's (2015/2016's) winter compared with this year's (2014/2015's) winter, but after reading the article, it is actually talking about Q1 2015 vs Q1 2014? With *that* perception corrected, I would see the -17% for <a...
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/CrimsonNL" class="quote" target="_blank">CrimsonNL</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>In an actual emergency, like a crash or ...
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Jump to postA little birdie told me that this was posted on the <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> employee intranet on Sept 8, and I haven't seen it mentioned in the threads I've been following on a.net: <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="AR...
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/PSU.DTW.SCE" class="quote" target="_blank">PSU.DTW.SCE</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>The CRJ-200s are literally vaporiz...
Jump to postOoops, that's correct: It was Galion and not Marion. My mistake. Sorry!
Jump to postAs an Allegheny Commuter, I believe the Heron operated between <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym> and Mansfield and Marion. I used to enjoy the <acronym title="Skyway Airlines (USA) and Transaviaexport Cargo Airline (Belarus)">AL</acronym> and <...
Jump to postAmy who?
Seriously, I had to google her name, and still don't think I've seen or heard of her before.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/seat38a" class="quote" target="_blank">seat38a</a> (<a href="#34" class="quote">Reply 34</a>):<br/><i>Here is some nostalgia from 1985. Was Seou...
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/United1" class="quote" target="_blank">United1</a> (<a href="#44" class="quote">Reply 44</a>):<br/><i>Talk to the F/A union about that one...AFA...
Jump to postWhy not have active and retired employees travel at the same priority? A retiree with 30 years of service would be boarded after an active employee with 35 years, but before an active employee with 25 years. Kind of a "reward based" system based on number of years of service to the company.
Jump to postSome posts make it sound like there are three F/A groups negotiating with <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> management: s<acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>, sCO and Air Mike. My understanding is that there is ONE group (committee) meeting with <acronym title="Unite...
Jump to postOne thing I find interesting is that <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> continues to have 2x daily flights into <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym> (one from <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acro...
Jump to postWhen I flew out of <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</acronym> on March 18, knowing it was the last time, I chatted with some of the long-time CSRs. They are contract employees, but have many years working for <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</...
Jump to postAs questionable as mini-dresses might be, who came up with coordinating the awkwardly placed left hands of the F/As posing in that picture? The impression ranges from "I have tummy problems today" to sexual connotations. <a href="http://jto.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/w2-skymark-a-20...
Jump to postIt is peculiar that none of the left-side exits were opened. However, I think in a *planned* evac, instructions would be given to only evacuation on the side opposite a fire, but in an *unplanned* evac such as this, little could be done to prevent folks (pax) from opening the right side doors. Howev...
Jump to postFor one winter season, the flew <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>-<acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym>-<acronym title="Miami - International (Wilcox Field / 36th Street / Pan American F...
Jump to postIn my experience the term "trolley dolly" has referred to the Flight Attendant him/herself, not any equipment or accessories associated with them. Often not the most endearing term, either.
Jump to post"Hardscape"? Now, that's a new one (to me, anyway.) Did it then get stuck in the softscape?
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/spacecadet" class="quote" target="_blank">spacecadet</a> (<a href="#41" class="quote">Reply 41</a>):<br/><i>I personally used to work 10-6, whic...
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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/LAXintl" class="quote" target="_blank">LAXintl</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>I have heard so many stories about <acrony...
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/a380787" class="quote" target="_blank">a380787</a> (<a href="#97" class="quote">Reply 97</a>):<br/><i>I'm a bit concerned for my friend ... he's...
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/mm320cap" class="quote" target="_blank">mm320cap</a> (<a href="#37" class="quote">Reply 37</a>):<br/><i>For awhile it will go away on the Airbus...
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/LAXintl" class="quote" target="_blank">LAXintl</a> (<a href="#56" class="quote">Reply 56</a>):<br/><i>Here is the schedule. UA098 <acronym title...
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