Re: ORD taxi route question

After a recent landing at ORD, taxi time was very long indeed. While deplaning, I got a chuckle out of pilots when I asked them if we had landed on the Polderbaan at AMS.

Re: Potential accident involving AC 759 prevented at SFO.

I believe it was in the Michael Creighton book, Airframe, where a plane either lost control or lined up on a taxiway (I believe the former) and the pilot of the plane holding short saw it coming and tried to spool up his engines and move the plane but it took too long and the landing aircraft struc...

Re: Piedmont's First Transcons Launched with Brand New 727-200ERs

PI also purchased a couple 727-200ADV's from WA, which could fly the transcon segments nonstop. There were no new build 727's every purchased including the -100's. ........ I was recently in PHL and spotted the PI retro Dash 8 that brought a smile to my face. Nice to still see the colors and the &q...

Re: SWA will park 66 a/c in next 3 months--another record

Not sure how many aircraft (but someone here will know), US Airways parked their 737-200s (Metrojet) MD-80s, and F-100 just after 9/11...

Re: The Mighty 757

It is, indeed, a beautiful aircraft. I thought it was the only one that looked good the the old Nothwest Orient colors.

Re: The Mighty 757

the tooling that Boeing still has The tooling, along with the rest of the final assembly line for the 757, is either gone or repurposed for 737 production. This would only be about 5% of the logistical challenge for reopening the 757 line... ain't happening. Folks , I was joking when I made the com...

Re: Pie In The Sky--UA To Sell UNO Deep Dish Pizza In Y

They should forbid them to call it pizza. There is no deep-dish pizza BTW. Call it US-salty-pie but please, not pizza. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_pizza Agreed! Actually, "deep dish pizza" can be very good, but puh-leese don't call it pizza. I was enjoying a rather excellent ...

Re: The Mighty 757

Maybe Boeing should start making them again?

Re: Rumor: AA to end SABRE end of June

A huge mistake indeed, one that will not go over well with LAA folks...just as with the LUS people after the HP merger. QIK is slow, user unfriendly, and not programmed with all of Sabre's functions.

Sabre riles, QIK drools.

But it seems that Doug Parker is very sold on it...

Re: Baltia to lease 767-300ER

Now they can get to work on the codeshare with California Pacific.

Re: AS canceling flights due to a bit of snow in SEA?

[quote="Prost"]It's Seattle, even the threat of snow makes us quiver in fear.[/


Seattle when it snows = Los Angeles when it rains.

Re: When will JFK connect terminals airside?

mtnwest1979 wrote:

Plus LAX is not all connected to each other. Could have an 'airside taxi' with cars and a door airside at each terminal. Would probably take care of xfer pax adequately. Naturally, at taxi rates lol.

Re: Unconfirmed Reports - Active shooter at LAX