We're having an announcement on the 5th at HDQ about this. Just got the email today, so look for news in the very near future.
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While not commerical, dont' forget Donald Trump's 727. I had the pleasure to see this beauty parked over on foxtrot-1 at <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> a few weeks ago. While not a fan of 727s, I must admit that it was ...
Jump to postI concur that he's probably closing the door for the air conditioning/airstart coupling. We usually do our airstarts at the gate, but I have seen <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> do them in the alleyway. At <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI /...
Jump to postYeah, so this is where the "dollar vote" comes in. You're a consumer; it's pretty much like politics. If you dont' like a politician- vote them out of office. If you don't like what a company is offering, "vote" it out by not choosing to spend your money there.
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Jump to postHere you go:
2434 is a -700
141 is a -300
2060 is a -700
2533 is a -700
Additionally, they are all pretty much wide open right now.
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Jump to postReading through the civil aviation threads, there's constantly the same questions over and over (i.e. "what's Bermuda <acronym title="Business Air (United Kingdom)">II</acronym>?"). Possibly we could add a section, similar to the A/C Stats feature, that would allow us to build an aviation glossary o...
Jump to postYeah, I mean the only people who see them wearing hats are the other person in the cockpit, any observers, the f/a's if they go up to bring them something to eat/drink and the folks on the ramp when we bring the plane in or push it out. Now, if there was some sort of cockpit cam that showed up on th...
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Jump to postOk, guess what. If you don't like <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>'s product, whether it be lack of assigned seating, no IFE, the pax sitting next to you or whatever it may be, do yourself a favor: please fly another airline that will make you happy. Bitching and moaning on the...
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Jump to postI'll take a stab at it with <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym>'s <acronym title="CURRENT: Munich (- Franz Josef Strauss) (MUC / EDDM), Germany AND OLD: Munich - Riem (MUC / EDDM) (closed), Germany">MUC</acronym>-<acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Je...
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Jump to postWN will be operating out of A & B, which will be accessible from a common security checkpoint.
Jump to postI was in a meeting today at work and we were informed that <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>'s new A Pier at <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> will be open effective May 18th. The night of the 17th we ...
Jump to postBWI has an observation area located in the main terminal between the B & C piers. nothing too special, mainly as most of the view is blocked by the bridge that <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> built to connect the two piers inside of security. once the new A pier opens the brid...
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Jump to postAnd, I hate to break it to you, but we're 100% hedged for the third and fourth quarters of this year, something like 75% hedged next year and already 60-some% hedged for 2007. Call it what you want, but I call it sound financial planning and excellent foresight by our leadership, both corporate and ...
Jump to postI don't know about where they're going to put <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)">B6</acronym> and <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>, but i know that <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> is going to add some flights out of <acronym title="Burbank (/ Glendale / ...
Jump to postI believe that US does the same type of thing here at BWI with a flight or two out of the international terminal each morning.
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Jump to postDefinetly blue juice. It looks like someone didn't make sure that the excess drained out before they closed the fill cap, or didn't make sure that the fill cap was securely latched before they finished servicing the plane.
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Well, I'm a bit biased, as I work for <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>, but pretty much everyone that I work with that worked for another airline previously seem to agree that working at <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> is much better than where they were ...
Jump to postI called the employee newsline today, and on this week's message (recorded Monday monring) Gary explicitly mentioned this topic. The company's take on it (whether it be Gary, Herb or Colleen being interviewed) is that when doing an interview, they don't get to pick the questions, the interviewer doe...
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Jump to postI don't know about foreign carriers, but all American carriers still limit the sale of alcohol to passengers age 21 and up, no matter whose airspace they're in. Trust me, I tried the "international airspace" arguement more than once, and it never worked. Oh, the days of being a minor.
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I know that our station agreement at <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> with <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> is $30 r/t coach and $60 r/t first domestic, excluding Alaksa and Hawaii. For international...
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Jump to postIf we're up in the jetway waiting for gate-checked bags, strollers, changing paperwork or just trying to stay dry, typically our flight crews will offer us a drink or a snack. I've never seen anything handed down from the cockpit though.
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Our best freight, or at least the coolest in my eyes, is the armored car shipments. There's quite nothing like loading up a tens of millions of dollars.
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Jump to postDon't quote me on this, as I don't have any numbers, but from my experience loading and unloading the stuff, I would put <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> as the largest. Followed by (in no particular order) <acronym title="Oakland - Metropolit...
Jump to postAnd there's always the distinct possibility of the new version of Ghana Airways coming back to BWI.
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