Re: AM 737 collides with drone at TIJ

From Flightradar24, it appears that this was an approach from the west onto runway 9. If so, I know that planes have been known to circle over the Tijuana River Valley in California for an approach to 27, having seen it several times from the beach just north of the border. I am in no way trying to...

Re: What is next for Allegiant

Sioux City. Filler, filler, filler. In all seriousness though, why haven’t they started Sioux City? The same reason no one else has lately. Sioux Falls is bigger and growing. Sioux City is smaller and stagnant in its growth. It's only worth it for the airlines to serve one of them since they are re...

Re: TSA agent accidentally packs gun in lunch box.

Get me Ham on 5, hold the mayo. I was watching Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the other day for some reason. In the final episode when Ford and Arthur are taken prisoner on the Golgafrincham spaceship they are held at gun point by one of the bridge officers. The Captain remarks that officer will b...

ATSC 3.0 is coming

Over the air DTV is about to get better hopefully. The FCC last week voted to allow stations to begin broadcasting in 4k ultra high def (UHD) on the ATSC 3.0 standard. The downside is this is not compatible with the existing ATSC standard, now called 1.0. So less than 10 years after ditching analog ...

Re: Did SAS fly long distance from Germany in the 70ies?

Interesting that SAS flew some of these routes via German cities. I always thought it was very odd in Diamonds Are Forever when James Bond and Tiffany Case flew first class on Lufthansa AMS-LAX. Oblivious to Mr. Wintt and Mr. Kidd tailing them in coach. I guess SAS wasn't the only airline with some ...

Re: John Hillerman has passed on

He's been in several films over the years but most forget he's really an American from Texas after watching Magnum PI. I remember watching him play a dual role in Paper Moon as a bootlegger and his twin brother the Sheriff. He looked and acted the part as a small town Kansas cop.

Re: Mispronounced Words

I listen to a lot of audio books when I travel to pass the hours. I've heard several words mispronounced by the narrators but they're mostly minor. The one that was really jarring was in Space by James Michener. The narrator pronounced Apollo 11 as Apollo 2 several times. I'm guessing he thought 11 ...

Re: Trump criticized for Puerto Rico response

I wouldn't at all be surprised if the things Trump is tweeting about the Mayor end up being true. What Trump doesn't understand is right now NO ONE CARES!!! This isn't the time for him to point fingers because all anyone sees is him vacationing. Trump doesn't understand optics and if there are peopl...

Re: Thousands wait in line for Hillary

I don't get this attitude. Voting isn't like walking into a store to buy a shirt and seeing if there's something you like. If you don't like any of the shirts, you don't have to buy one, and you get to walk out of the store in the same condition in which you walked in, keep the shirt you've got now...

Re: Thousands wait in line for Hillary

Hillary took an 'you owe me your vote, because the other guy is a moron' approach to the election. Yup that was the real problem right there that cost her the election. The mood of the electorate that polling should have picked up on was "Hillary I guess." by a few points. There were quit...

Re: Legal means of changing birth date from 1989 to 1987

We're finally going to find out Blanche's true age . . . "Deleted by Authority of the Governor."

Re: PIT to allow non-pax through security

Does the airport have the authority to unilaterally allow this, or does/did it have to seek TSA/DHS approval first? PIT has pushed for this off and on for years to support the mall so I'm pretty sure TSA/DHS had to be on board or it would have happened 15 years ago. This should be up to the airport...

Re: PIT to allow non-pax through security

I am against this. I enjoyed the unquestioned ability to drop loved ones off at the curb with zero guilt trip that was afforded by the ban on non-passengers. I've seen a few comments over the years from people who support the non ticketed passenger ban who freely admit they have done this. In my op...

Re: QF7 A380 SYD-DFW Diverts to PHX

The QF Diamondback and Dodgers charters left PHX for the Down Under Opening Day a few years ago but they were 744's. I've never heard of a 380 landing before here either. QF may have diverted SYD-DFW here before when it was operated by a 744. That and the LAX-JFK flight are the only ones QF flies th...

Re: Airports shared between two metropolitan areas

727LOVER wrote:

New Haven/Bridgeport Regional Airport

Re: Unknown female followers on Flickr

I'd like to think some of them are just lonely women looking for a man. But yes it is depressing how often they are pushing a NSFW website. Old news on Twitter, FB, Skype. I don't have instagram but not surprised they are there too.

Re: How will Boeing name its future aircraft?

I always assumed they'd go to 807, 817, etc... Their planes have always ended in 7, presumably for luck, and 8 is the new lucky number everyone must have in the model number.

Re: Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: The Antenna

Tell your HOA to stick it, if you can find a way you can do it, as long as it doesn't infringe on a public use part of your development. I went through this with a previous HOA, Federal law trumps HOA bylaws. Google OTARD rule Except that there is no part of my condo that isn't shaded by that build...

Re: Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: The Antenna

DTV does not work very well for me. I have a ground floor condo though and a building went up across the street right between me and the broadcast antennas right around the time of the conversion. I can get most channels just well enough for the box to find them and remap from their real channel num...

Re: Planes you have been with

Not sure how I forgot the iconic Tri Star L-1011 but was a passenger on her many times with TWA.

Re: Planes you have been with

Hopefully I can add a few in the next few years, 777, 787 and A380 are on my to do list but I may be running out of time for the 747-400 :( As a passenger: 707 TWA 727 Alaska, American, Eastern, Mexicana, TWA 737 Aloha, America West, Frontier, Southwest, United, USAir, Western Pacific 747 American, ...

Re: Badly Named (Or Branded) Airlines.

Former "Deutsche BA" sounded always quite stupid to me. Translated and without abbreviation it means "German British Airways". Later they just firmed up as "dba", which isn't that much better. BA bought a 49% stake in a Munich airline and I guess putting the BA brand o...

Re: Badly Named (Or Branded) Airlines.

There was the fake LCC airline within an airline called Jack in the short lived TV series The Loop. A clueless marketing VP enthusiastic for the brand boasted you can Jack it to Miami! I know it wasn't real but makes as much sense as some of these airline names.

Re: G4 strands approx. 200 pax headed to Oklahoma, and other west coast issues

RWA380 wrote:

When I was booking corporate travel, WN was not to be used or offered. Now I am sure most companies won't send employees on NK or G4 at all

Re: Kids let someone drown without doing anything

I grew up on a lake near MCI that is a private community. I remember when I was in high school I was at a friends house that overlooked a cove. The coves were where the off lake lots there had their docks for lake access. We saw someone drive up to one of the docks and go swimming but didn't really ...

Re: 737s on a train questions

I've seen them in St. Joseph, Missouri several times. It may not be on the regular route or perhaps the route shifted in the last few years.

Re: EasyJet bumps unaccompanied minor

It's basic security policy across Europe that nobody gets airside unless they have a boarding pass for a specific flight from that airport and terminal that day. There are exceptions in some countries, but as far as I know there's no such thing as a gate pass in the UK. We'd all feel less sorry for...

Re: EasyJet bumps unaccompanied minor

My opinion --- the Mother should have stayed until the plane got airborne. Not sure how that works in Europe. I recall reading online complaints that when G4 used to offer UM they refused to issue gate passes to parents of children above the UM age without charging the UM fee. U2 seems to have a we...

Re: Why no AA service at HRL?

I know that I flew DFW-HRL nonstop in 1991. I flew HRL-DFW nonstop then right before the Gulf War. I had an odd American DC-10 to DC-10 connection in IAH on the way down there. DFW-IAH RON to an ORD-IAH-HRL tag on. Btw I remember thinking the nearby Pan Am gates looked pretty impressive with backli...

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

SDM is mentioned often, but from what I heard, dedicated operations cannot be down owing Mount Otay and the other mountains to the east of SDM. I've heard that a lot in the past and I've been there many times and seen it is an obstacle approaching SDM. It is a problem but I think with newer curving...

Re: Amelia Earhart Latest Theory

There's a video on youtube that shows how Howland Island would have looked that morning from 10-20 miles out in scattered clouds at 1,000'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9c3yZ0xeHw The same altitude and conditions they were flying in. It's almost impossible to see among the cloud shadows on the o...

Re: About operating drone in Florida US

Don't forget to check for Temporary Flight Restrictions, they apply to drones too. If Trump is within 30 nautical miles of your location you can't fly your drone. tfr.faa.gov has updated restrictions. Here in Arizona we recently had two people fly their drones over wildfires in airspace restricted f...

Re: Idiots + gun + YouTube =

Since it is stated that it was HIS idea...BEFORE it happened...would you vote NOT GUILTY...or at least hope she gets probation? If it was his idea to rob the liquor store is she still responsible if she participates? It may not have been her idea but she was dumb enough to do it. I wouldn't be surp...

Re: Solar Eclipse August 21 - will you be going to view it?

I'll be flying my Skyhawk from GYR to STJ for the eclipse. I have my hangar space all set at STJ for the trip. Vehicle parking might get interesting. The city will be holding a big event at the airport since it is located in the max eclipse zone for that area. I got clouded out at MZT in '91, ironic...

Re: TSA agent steals cash from luggage

The airline employees and contractors that steal from luggage is a much larger problem. I'm sure this is a big problem. Clayton Moore had his custom made Lone Ranger pistols stolen from his checked bags in the 80's. An airline baggage handler was later arrested for the theft. Back then security did...

Re: Suicide in the Islamic world?

I've wondered if some of those recruited for suicide bombings are closeted gay. There is a stigma against this with Muslim society and too many gay youth commit suicide in all cultures. It could seem to them that is a way out and believe their family would be proud of them. I've read things that sug...

Re: Airports that had potential that never made it

MCI is the easiest example I can think of. Middle of the North American continent. Very easily could have been a DFW or MSP or even ORD. So much room to grow and any city in the continental US is 3 hours away. But, the terminals were too small and with modern security needs, it is woefully inadequa...

Re: What colors do you wear on specific holidays?

Does anyone wear blue and yellow for Leap Day

Re: Does Aly Raisman need to get over herself?

Regardless of whether or not she is being too sensitive there is no reason for a TSA screener not conducting her screening to make a comment to her about her body. That really should be raising a few red flags that a male TSA screener thought he could comment about a woman's body. Very unprofessiona...

Re: R.I.P. Sir Roger Moore

I think his movies were pretty watchable (other than Moonraker). Moonraker gets a bad rap these days but I always liked it. Adjusted for inflation it is still one of the highest grossing Bond films ever. Of course if you've seen The Spy Who Loved Me they clearly recycled the plot. Doesn't help it w...

Re: TSA Testing REQ to Remove More Items from Bags

[quote="BobbyPSP"However there is talk that the only way to get pre check will be via fingerprinting etc and no longer something you get with status/pay for on a per trip basis.[/quote] [quote="LAXintl":wjjpzm39]Regarding TSA Pre✓, effective May 6th frequent fliers who have not p...

Re: Remnants Of International Airports.

I know Kai Tak has been mentioned a few times but is there any remnant of the old WW II era footprint there? I've seen a few diagrams online of the old field that suggest it was near the old cargo area or maintenance hangars. The coastline has changed so much there with all the reclamation I can't b...

Re: Will an airport be named after Obama?

PHX maybe? Skyharbor never rolls off the tongue. Maybe they'd consider renaming to Obamaport or something.. You're kidding right? When the late Barry Goldwater died it was seriously being considered to rename PHX for him. People here really got angry over that, many of whom liked Goldwater. It wasn...

Re: New TSA rule about taking paper products and food out of bags for screening?

With TSA one can't assume fake news unfortunately. The odds are far greater odds you will be vicitmized by TSA due to rules they create than to real and credible external threats. I can see where this may make sense with random screening but not standard for the very obvious reason stated above that...

Re: Wikipedia Article Airport Terminals

I long ago gave up even participating in some of the discussions on how to handle X on Wikipedia. Too many times I've seen one moderator assert their opinion on how it should be done. Tons of people chime in with a logical argument against it in detail and citing precedence in previous articles. The...

Re: WN FO arrested at ALB for handgun in carry-on

Wasn't there a case not that long ago where in the middle of a nasty divorce a pilot's soon to be ex put a gun in his bag? I'm not saying that is what happened here but unfortunately some people are that manipulative. Unfortunately this incident is all anyone will remember even if evidence surfaces ...

Re: Another United gaffe - forces doctor off plane

Does anyone know: (2) why did they call the wrong set of cops? As their employer, the Chicago Department of Aviation, said in a public statement, the airport police/security have no jurisdiction to remove passengers from planes at all, for any reason, ever. The Chicago PD does have jurisdiction, bu...

Re: Another United gaffe - forces doctor off plane

I still wonder what that riot in 1776 was about. Obedience is still the name of the game. Was it so difficult to obey His Majesty? Is there a law saying you have to obey any and every crew order irrespective of what it is? I believe there are a few FAR's that could be interpreted that way because t...

Re: Another United gaffe - forces doctor off plane

Just wondering what United's dress code says about loin cloth and flip flops. Ok I did laugh when I read that. In the film he was wearing a three piece suit so it was all about "him" being in First Class instead of a white man. The conductor could not understand how someone even sold him ...

Re: Another United gaffe - forces doctor off plane

I read about half of the 14 pages at this time so maybe I'm bringing up some things that have already been addressed. I can see where everyone's viewpoint is on this, even those blaming the passenger on this. That even if he was 100% in the right it was better to comply than get beat up by a itchy t...