Yes, we do carry quite a bit of cargo. Last year we moved 288 million pounds of freight and mail. Sorry, I'm trying to find the just freight number. Last year's income statement shows that freight had a total income of $117million.
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I'll have more info, and hopefully an exact opening date, sometime late on Friday, as I'm taking a tour of it Friday afternoon. Should be interesting. I can say that we won't be abandoning our C gates right away, as once the new A pier is opened the odd-side of the B pier will be shut down to instal...
Jump to postYeah, that's why we just finished construction a couple months back on an addition to the hdq building.
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This probably won't be a popular thing to say, but no. It's a business. If you can't run it efficiently, effectively and most of all, profitably, you are bound to fail. Yes, the industry has undergone some pretty had times, but other airlines seem to be doing well and not living off of bankruptcy an...
Jump to postA higher up at work was telling me how the state can't wait for us to leave the gates that we currently hold on the C pier in order for <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)">B6</acronym> to possibly begin flight to <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), US...
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Jump to postSouthwest used to operate dual boarding bridges at <acronym title="Albany - International (County) (ALB / KALB), USA - New York">ALB</acronym>, <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), ...
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Jump to postI'll admit it, US does have a pretty bad reputation. I used to fly a lot of US out of <acronym title="Pittsburgh - International (Greater Pittsburgh) (PIT / KPIT), USA - Pennsylvania">PIT</acronym> when I lived up there, not much of a choice at that time, and never really had problems. The problems,...
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Jump to postI don't know how 717s are, but all of our 737s have handles on the inside of the door to open it from the inside in case something like this happens.
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Jump to postI was thinking about it, and there are quite a few of us here that all work in the industry, and in the Civil Aviation forum, there tends to be every so often a bunch of threads regarding non-rev issues. Would it be possible to start another forum strictly for non-rev issues/information/advice etc? ...
Jump to postAMS has to be one of the easiest airports to get around, in my opinion. The place is pretty big, but connecting is no problem at all.
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Jump to postNot only what Lindy said, but if you ever drive by that church/cemetary and look close, they have chains going across the drive way and/or a gate blocking it off. They're pretty big on having their privacy respected and so it should be. Now, if you want a good place to spot, get a job for an airline...
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Jump to postTonight's update: the last three inbounds tonight (arriving at 12:40, 1:00 and 2:00) had a total of 11,000lb of freight and 2,500lb of mail on them. The booking were 85, 90 and 65, respectively. Total bags off of them: approximately 120. And that's the proof that our freight's doing well and we can ...
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Jump to postFrom the flight crews that I've talked to they say that it takes some getting used to, not because of the functionality of the eyebrows, but because they're used to looking up and seeing the sky somewhat. The biggest thing that they're a fan of, though, is how much of a difference the vortex generat...
Jump to postStraight up man, we all joke about "the pickle" (I guess it's one of those secrets, you have to work for <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> to know what it's about), but when you're getting your "pickle training," take it sersiously. At <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - In...
Jump to postSure, come join us. You'll have a ball. And remember, "Give 'em the pickle!"
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EZE to IAD via Kazakhstan on T7. Boy is that going to be a long flight!
Jump to postRight now, the closest thing to a red-eye that we have is 1099, which leaves <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> at 1830 and arrives <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym...
Jump to postYup, here at <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> and <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> elites can go through the employee/flight crew lane on pier C sec...
Jump to postWell, since the employees featured don't get paid anything additional, I don't believe that the pax get paid. At least I've never seen anything to lead me to believe that they do. It's amazing what people will do to see themselves on tv.
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Jump to postYup, pretty much everyday when we're shooting at <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym>. Also, many of you are going to be dissapointed with the second half of this season and when/if we start filming another new season after t...
Jump to postYup, come up to <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> you're almost guaranteed to see one each day. Occasionally there'll be a 757, but it's almost always L1011's. And, damn is it cool seeing one of those babies take off. NTS
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Jump to postWell, that may be all and good, but I can't help but think that <acronym title="Pittsburgh - International (Greater Pittsburgh) (PIT / KPIT), USA - Pennsylvania">PIT</acronym> should try to lure <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> into opening an east coast mx base there. Maybe it...
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Jump to postWhile I was unable to get tail numberfor it, I did see <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</acronym> 641 <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acron...
Jump to postI'll second this rumor (vouch for it?), as it's been talked about up here at BWI by a few people. I think that I first heard of it from someone in mx.
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From the video, it reminds me quite a bit of <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym>'s WorldGateway at <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>. At least the way that the generic computer-based animation of it is. Looks quite nice...
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Jump to postThanks everyone for the info. Like I said, I've seen them around, espicially since <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>'s baggage carousel is right next to ours, but typically I don't see them being treated any differently. I guess a lot of that has to do with the fact that the ramp i...
Jump to postAlright, here's how it goes. I work for an airline that doesn't offer "priority handling" of luggage. Nor, have I ever obtained frequent flier statues to earn these privileges; thank you non-reving. Yet, everyday I see bags with these priority handling tags on them from other airlines. I also see ot...
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Jump to postI work on the ramp, so I carry a bin pin with me on my key chain. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to go get something to eat on a different concourse, which meant that I had to go out through security and then onto that concourse through their <acronym title="Taipei - Sung Shan (TSA / RCSS), Taiwan...
Jump to postEven if an airline isn't strapped for cash, repainting all of their a/c is a long process, mainly because the work is done when the a/c go in for their D checks. It makes the most sense to do it then since the paint is stripped from the body as part of the mx work. So, it depends what schedule <acro...
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