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Yes. And as recently as 2 years ago I flew with a 300 number flight attendant who was in her 70's. A Dallas lady who was one of the first 300 employees hired by southwest ever. A clause in the flight attendant contract allows them to retain their benefits as long as they attend recurrent training every year regardless of the number of flights they fly. So they can give away all of their trips, never fly, and still keep their health benefits. Not bad if you ask me
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It’s real loving stupid that if I’m flying with an infant that I don’t get a carry on. Send tweet.
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Jan 8, 2023 07:15
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You’re supposed to put the baby in the overhead, hth
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Freaquency posted:You’re supposed to put the baby in the overhead, hth Or under the seat in front of you
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Timmy Age 6 posted:I don’t think any major passenger carrier is still flying -200s in the US. Though there’s a cargo outfit in Miami that still flies DC-3s around the Caribbean! Kind of wild to see one of those fly over. A former student/co-worker of mine is now a no-poo poo DC-3 first officer. His have been upgrade with turbine engines too!
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Jan 8, 2023 14:13
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PT6A posted:A former student/co-worker of mine is now a no-poo poo DC-3 first officer. His have been upgrade with turbine engines too! one of those Baslers flew stripes over my home for hours doing disaster imagery after hurricane florence, they are shockingly quiet
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Jan 8, 2023 15:16
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Warbird posted:It’s real loving stupid that if I’m flying with an infant that I don’t get a carry on. Send tweet. I’ve never had this problem. Flown with lap child multiple times with two carryons + a diaper bag. What airline did you experience this ?
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Bob A Feet posted:I’ve never had this problem. Flown with lap child multiple times with two carryons + a diaper bag. What airline did you experience this ? United, but that may be operating as expected. The gate agent took pity on me and hooked us up but it would have been $140 for a single one if she hadn’t. My understanding from chatting with some poor rando on the Delta app is the same applies there, single personal item. That implies just a backpack/underseat, but I’m not about to gently caress around and find out. I’ll ask when we get there proper, the Mrs. gets the cheapest tickets she can find so I’m sure that’s not helping.
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PT6A posted:A former student/co-worker of mine is now a no-poo poo DC-3 first officer. His have been upgrade with turbine engines too! These guys are still flying with radials! Newest airframe was built in 1945... Amusingly, their website is as much "hey check this out we still fly DC-3s and all our planes are ancient" as it is "we can fly your cargo from point A to point B."
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Warbird posted:United, but that may be operating as expected. The gate agent took pity on me and hooked us up but it would have been $140 for a single one if she hadn’t. My understanding from chatting with some poor rando on the Delta app is the same applies there, single personal item. That implies just a backpack/underseat, but I’m not about to gently caress around and find out. I’ll ask when we get there proper, the Mrs. gets the cheapest tickets she can find so I’m sure that’s not helping. Did they make you check that he fit in the carry-on size checker?
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shame on an IGA posted:one of those Baslers flew stripes over my home for hours doing disaster imagery after hurricane florence, they are shockingly quiet Yeah, it's a very cool plane. He's down in Antarctica right now. This is the kind of stuff he always wanted to do, and I'm thrilled for him that he got pretty much the exact position he was after.
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slidebite posted:Aero AI: Your child is your single personal carry on item. She and yes as a matter of fact.
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Timmy Age 6 posted:I don’t think any major passenger carrier is still flying -200s in the US. Though there’s a cargo outfit in Miami that still flies DC-3s around the Caribbean! Kind of wild to see one of those fly over. They still occasionally show up at cargo city at KMIA, parked between 767 and 777 freighters. It’s wild.
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Warbird posted:I’ll ask when we get there proper, the Mrs. gets the cheapest tickets she can find so I’m sure that’s not helping. Double check what you get with those tickets, the cheap rear end fares for the big three often have restrictions like Spirit and Frontier on what you get with the basic fare.
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Midjack posted:Double check what you get with those tickets, the cheap rear end fares for the big three often have restrictions like Spirit and Frontier on what you get with the basic fare. Yup, those basic fares are almost never worth the savings you supposedly get.
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That seems like a very small load capacity. That can’t possibly be right can it? For comparison from here: ATR72 - 9 tons 737-400F - 22.5 tons Dassault Falcon 20 Cargo - 2.5tons…so easily beat your by a biz jet? CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Jan 9, 2023 |
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Jan 9, 2023 02:44
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It’s rather small. Just looks big when photographed without people around. https://youtu.be/2yyfOGvDMcw
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mlmp08 posted:What about the part of ads that explicitly said you had to be attractive and boasted that they don't hire women who aren't pretty enough? Can you point out where in the TWA flyer it mentions being attractive?
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Mortabis posted:Can you point out where in the TWA flyer it mentions being attractive? Do you think it's just an odd coincidence that the same company offering attractive stewardesses in ads to passengers and also asking for attractive stewardesses in some of their recruiting ads also asked for petite women in an ad that didn't specifically ask for attractiveness? Here is an example of how the job was marketed to women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-zyLq067Y mlmp08 fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Jan 9, 2023 |
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mlmp08 posted:Do you think it's just an odd coincidence that the same company offering attractive stewardesses in ads to passengers and also asking for attractive stewardesses in some of their recruiting ads also asked for petite women in an ad that didn't specifically ask for attractiveness? To say nothing of the copy in the ad being a little more than suggestive.
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Yeah, if it's weight savings, I suspect a 27 year old or a 30 year old who's petite could also be light enough to fly....
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"The Coffee Tea or Me Girls' 'Round the World Diary Paperback – January 1, 1971 " https://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Girls...000S6R8D8&psc=1
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mlmp08 posted:It’s rather small. Just looks big when photographed without people around. Oh wow that is small. Mortabis posted:Can you point out where in the TWA flyer it mentions being attractive? Jesus dude I guess not everyone has to be an ally but you could at least not be an ostrich
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Midjack posted:Double check what you get with those tickets, the cheap rear end fares for the big three often have restrictions like Spirit and Frontier on what you get with the basic fare. Oh for sure. The woman has cheap in her blood so that may take some doing. We booked Speer toy for the same flight because somehow it saved a few bucks this trip. I’m kind of pushing for getting a credit card with one of the big three so we can get, you know, decent seats every so often. Anyway the baby pitched a poo poo fit between Detroit and Charlotte and I wanted to die. I’m pretty sure I peeped the lady behind us filming the kid flipping out too. Not happy about that but no expectations of privacy and so on. Just bad nap timing. We had hoped she would pass out before the flight and sleep through most of it but she screamed herself to sleep somewhere around Ohio and we all got a little peace. Oh and a “no” on the ILI checked bag for Delta as well, so I guess that is a thing. Website implied you got one, bag check lady said it was all good, gate person said lol no. May just be the tickets as mentioned though. I kind of want to email ol’ Mayor Pete about it, though I’ll be the first to admit it isn’t a pressing matter. Kind of lovely regardless.
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mobby_6kl posted:Or under the seat in front of you Please gate check it. Beef Of Ages posted:Yup, those basic fares are almost never worth the savings you supposedly get. gently caress the JTAR. Godholio fucked around with this message at 10:17 on Jan 9, 2023 |
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I got the impression the baby was traveling on your lap. I'm pretty surprised that babies aren't required to have their own seat with a certified safety seat. At that point they would deserve their own carry-on.
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Saukkis posted:I got the impression the baby was traveling on your lap. I'm pretty surprised that babies aren't required to have their own seat with a certified safety seat. At that point they would deserve their own carry-on. Yes, “infant in arms” up to 2 years has always seemed pretty questionable to me. But I have a 36” tall 2 year old so my perspective is possibly well out of the norm.
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Saukkis posted:I got the impression the baby was traveling on your lap. I'm pretty surprised that babies aren't required to have their own seat with a certified safety seat. At that point they would deserve their own carry-on. We always ponied up for the extra seat and brought a safety seat (they let you board first to set it up which is a hidden plus). I realize that’s not an option for many but I felt it was worth the stretch.
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The Kai-Tak checkerboard was restored sometime in 2021
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:The Kai-Tak checkerboard was restored sometime in 2021 Hell yeah. Will never see that in person but it's my favorite (modded) MSFS2020 destination together with Paro.
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Apparently there's a notoriously temperamental A340: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deli_Mike
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Apparently there's a notoriously temperamental A340: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deli_Mike quote:In December 2022, Deli Mike and three other former Turkish Airlines Airbus A340's flew again for the first time in years.[13] The planes departed Johannesburg back to back on 24 December towards Uzbekistan, but made an emergency landing at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, reportedly to evade sanctions placed on Iran.[14] Sanctions should have an exception for exceptionally temperamental pieces of equipment.
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With the junk that Iranian Airlines have to fly because of the sanctions those janky A340s will be an upgrade.
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Three means they could keep one flying I suppose. Giving them only the temperamental one is a troll.
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Sanctions placed on aviation are extremely bad and counter-productive. I absolutely loathe the Iranian regime, I anathematize them, but people should still be able to fly to and from the country in safety if only so that people can GTFO without wondering if they'll die in the process. Maintaining aviation safety is more important than political considerations. I feel the same way about Russia, too. They should be allowed to operate their full slate of flights, and they should be directed into a passport control queue that divides into "political asylum" and "go the gently caress back to Russia right away, the plane is waiting for you!" because it should be handled at an immigration level, not an aviation level.
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So naval aircraft carriers are old hat, and airships with parasite fighters have been floated, and submarines with planes have been sunk, and everyone loves that one piece of art with the desert‐crawling seaplane carrier. Has anyone ever asked “why don’t we put a runway on a train?” 
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Platystemon posted:So naval aircraft carriers are old hat, and airships with parasite fighters have been floated, and submarines with planes have been sunk, and everyone loves that one piece of art with the desert‐crawling seaplane carrier. Is the train on a treadmill?
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Platystemon posted:So naval aircraft carriers are old hat, and airships with parasite fighters have been floated, and submarines with planes have been sunk, and everyone loves that one piece of art with the desert‐crawling seaplane carrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HfvS68aMIc
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