Greg Zelna
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| 조종사 인증서 | Student |
| 언어 | English (USA) |
To be able to fly from FL to Seattle in 6 hours (nonstop) for $450.00 , I'm flying. Yes its a cattle car in the AC, no I won't have leg room, there is a good chance there will be a crying child in close proximity, no I probably wont even have an armrest to call my own, and given a 6 hour flight I will unfortunately probably have to use the Loo a time or to (hate them). Carry on your own food and drink, put on some headphones and read a book. Be abundantly courteous to the harried flight crew, help the elderly and infirmed stuff their oversize carryons overhead, and limit your expectations to arriving alive.
(Written on 2018/03/05)(Permalink)
I thought the minimum seat pitch was already an FFA defined dimension, not for PAX comfort but as a matter of safety, especially in an evacuation........
(Written on 2018/03/05)(Permalink)
Additionally Southwest (at least) is no longer a discount carrier in my experience. They came on the scene many years ago quite aggressively now, they are often times more than Delta, etc........
(Written on 2018/01/26)(Permalink)
Seems others are already doing this. Not so long ago, our initial delay in boarding/departure on our FLT with Delta in ATL was a brief T-shower which backed everything up. Then an issue with the AC cropped up (I forget what...). Another needed to be rolled out of the hangar to replace ours- which also required a security sweep. Then somehow no crew. Seriously at least one of the crew was a no-show. 6 hours into what was a 90 minute layover, we were boarding after changing gates (once, maybe twice) 2 days later I had the flu- I attribute to spending that much time in the petri-dish of ATL.... We were told the reason for the sequence of the delays throughout, reasonably promptly.......
(Written on 2018/01/26)(Permalink)
"The Aeromexico jet was approaching the airport using its instrument landing system, " Please one of you commercial pilots explain what that even means...... "instrument landing system" ? Whatever that means or the article's author intended, at this point who was flying the AC, the pilot(s) or some automated system ? I'm leading up to how are they lined up on RWY L, instead of R- who is responsible for that happening ? Incorrect data entered into whatever 'automated system' is doing the flying, or the pilot(s) simply pointing the AC at the wrong RWY...?
(Written on 2018/01/12)(Permalink)
For one Southwest is no longer a 'cheap' airline, including the 'free' bag(as in, included in the fare). Quick fare shopping nearly always nets a better price if that is your objective. Yes they started out cheaper, but it seems there has been fare-creep. Second the routes have changed over the decades and many that were non-stop, now connect. Which generally sucks on ANY airline. Its been a while since I flew SW (aforementioned reasons) - I never witnessed 'seat saving' however it would have pissed me off to see an entire row 'saved'. Suffice to say, any system that can be fouled up by people, WILL be fouled up by people.....
(Written on 2018/01/03)(Permalink)
The (empty) chase plane is of little use if the plane he or she (CEO) is in, crashes. A backup does nothing to insure against the 'loss of a CEO'. The backup would only potentially be of use in the case of mechanical issues forcing a controlled landing at an alternate. And then, would it not be possible to charter a private AC from the alternate destination to the final one, saving millions of dollars ? And worst case if a delay is inevitable since no alternate AC is available, revert back to an old fashioned 'teleconference'.
(Written on 2017/11/03)(Permalink)
But it was only ONE plane. And not a really big one, and that- so whats the big deal ?! (note, sarc)
(Written on 2017/11/03)(Permalink)
Commercial flying would be great... If only for the passengers....
(Written on 2017/05/19)(Permalink)
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