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by Kno
Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:45 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Age in Airliners.net time?
Replies: 24
Views: 592

Re: Age in Airliners.net time?

I started checking this website out in 99 when I was 8. I’m 33 now. Began lurking on the forums until they opened up for free and joined. I guess that’s 25 years. This website has oddly been one of the most consistent things in my life.

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by Kno
Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:35 am
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: Your favorite approach
Replies: 53
Views: 2290

Re: Your favorite approach

I don’t know the runways or approach names but

LGA when you’re flying right past Manhattan and making a tight turn to land

BOS when you’re sitting on the left and land close to downtown

EGE

SAN

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by Kno
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:27 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: BA Livery. Time for a change?
Replies: 27
Views: 1903

Re: BA Livery. Time for a change?

I couldn’t disagree more. The current livery screams y2k. To me the Landor is timeless. Something timeless is something that works through a variety of eras and ages like well. Classic rayban sunglasses, converse, Peterbilt 379s, countless albums from past decades. If we want to focus on livery’s s...

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by Kno
Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Art vs. the conterversial artist
Replies: 6
Views: 386

Re: Art vs. the conterversial artist

Why is it that whenever Banksy paints on a public wall/signboard, it is considered art but if anyone else does it, it is called graffiti? Scale, subtlety, humour, understatement, originality, mystery, social commentary that people connect with, to name a few qualities. If there are people who find ...

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by Kno
Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: BA Livery. Time for a change?
Replies: 27
Views: 1903

Re: BA Livery. Time for a change?

Bring back the previous livery. That one was phenomenal - timeless with more class than the current The previous? You mean Landor? Sorry to say it but, yuck! That's hopelessly outdated. It may have suited the times back then, but it's definitely not timeless. It just screams '70s and '80s to me. I'...

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by Kno
Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:29 am
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: BA Livery. Time for a change?
Replies: 27
Views: 1903

Re: BA Livery. Time for a change?

Bring back the previous livery. That one was phenomenal - timeless with more class than the current

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by Kno
Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:24 am
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: Are commercial airline pilots the highest paid profession in the USA?
Replies: 68
Views: 4166

Re: Are commercial airline pilots the highest paid profession in the USA?

In the spirit of adding to the list of high paying jobs - sales people with 5-10 plus years of experience in the right industries are able to make $200k -$1M and probably average around $250k-$300k after about 10 years with a little skill and good career choices. Probably the best money you can make...

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by Kno
Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:37 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston Aviation - 2024
Replies: 379
Views: 44828

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Nicely done although specific to Terminal E, some of these are arrivals into E and departures out of other concourses, a la Jetblue, TAP, American, correct? When it comes to E,1 & 2 are clearly for narrowbodies, yes. Can 3 handle a widebody? Yes, most international airlines use E for both arriv...

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by Kno
Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston Aviation - 2024
Replies: 379
Views: 44828

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

I'm flying UA to LAX in the fall, and my flight was recently downgauged from an international configured 752 to a domestic 7M9. Given that I'm flying Y for that trip, it doesn't make much of a difference to me (though an inch less legroom and a 50-50 chance at IFE screens isn't so great), but for p...

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by Kno
Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:30 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston Aviation - 2024
Replies: 379
Views: 44828

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Decided to make a spreadsheet of all BOS international flights for the Summer 2024 season. The sheet includes airlines, destinations, departure time(s), frequency by day of week and aircraft type https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MMIbLYf94J0DScJ2BNKjjXvYGXWZJ-izTQRLOkRtCn8/edit?usp=sharing Ni...

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by Kno
Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:00 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Art vs. the conterversial artist
Replies: 6
Views: 386

Re: Art vs. the conterversial artist

It’s kind of up to the audiences perspective and how bad they perceive the artists bad deeds. I can’t watch the Cosby show anymore or listen to an r Kelly song but I’ll gladly see one of Louis CKs specials.

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by Kno
Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:51 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé
Replies: 33
Views: 1298

Re: “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé

Not interested at all, but from a musical standpoint, US country and rap music have the same roots: rural English and Irish folk music. Any country song can be a rap song, and vice versa. It’s basically the same genre anyway. They also use the same accent - again, from rural England. They don’t hav...

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by Kno
Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé
Replies: 33
Views: 1298

Re: “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé

I don’t like Beyoncé either, but I checked it out and it’s actually a great album.

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by Kno
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:05 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Good price vs cool airplane
Replies: 17
Views: 714

Re: Good price vs cool airplane

Usually I’ll pay a little more for the type I want, but when the cost gets close to 2x I have to forget it.

It all depends on your priorities and personal finances.

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by Kno
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: How many flights on a Boeing 767 do you have ?
Replies: 45
Views: 903

Re: How many flights on a Boeing 767 do you have ?

Most of these routes I’ve flown the 767 on several times - I doubt I’d have an accurate count but I can recall most of the routes if that’s at least of interest 767-200 DL RSW-ATL, BOS-ATL AA JFK-LAX CO IAH-EWR 767-300 DL BOS-ATL, ATL-SEA, ATL-TPA, ATL-RSW, ATL-LAX, ATL-MIA, MSP-LAX, JFK-LAX, EDI-BO...

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by Kno
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: I was “that guy” with three carry on bags….
Replies: 17
Views: 796

Re: I was “that guy” with three carry on bags….

The fascination with carry-on is fascinating, I’m going on the 2-day trip to CLT next month, checking my bag. It’s far enough enough to drag it from the cab to the counter. Not sure why you would call it a fascination! It’s more like a time-saver. I’d rather have 45 minutes to do other things than ...

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by Kno
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:54 am
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Which US gateways have you flown to/ from internationally?
Replies: 42
Views: 820

Re: Which US gateways have you flown to/ from internationally?

acavpics wrote:
Just BOS and JFK.

BOS because it is my local airport.
JFK because sometimes the fares are several hundred $$ cheaper than BOS.


Same. I think people under estimate how common it is to head down to JFK from the Boston area for international travel.

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by Kno
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024
Replies: 111
Views: 9363

Re: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024

I think you're way off. In fact I'd venture the 1% is closer to those who drive but that'd be an exaggeration too. Driving to NYC during rush hour is a royal PITA. It's at least 4-5 hours from Worcester into Manhattan and even longer if you're crossing the Hudson. And parking in the city is absurd....

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by Kno
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:39 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024
Replies: 111
Views: 9363

Re: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024

There are some 50+ daily flights between BOS and NYC. Plus Amtrak. Are you saying that every passenger on those flights/trains are either connecting or live in Boston? Lots of people fly between greater Boston and NY. Worcester's catchment includes some of those same people. Having said that, lack ...

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by Kno
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston Aviation - 2024
Replies: 379
Views: 44828

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

I thought I might try it out just for the novelty of flying an older widebody into FNC from my home airport but 2-4-2 on the 67 sounds like more of a punishment than a treat. I prefer the old 67 wide body any day over the A321 sardine tube. The A321 neo did not make it better for the passenger, jus...

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by Kno
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024
Replies: 111
Views: 9363

Re: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024

Why would anyone fly from ORH to NYC unless it was to connect? There are some 50+ daily flights between BOS and NYC. Plus Amtrak. Are you saying that every passenger on those flights/trains are either connecting or live in Boston? Lots of people fly between greater Boston and NY. Worcester's catchm...

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by Kno
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston Aviation - 2024
Replies: 379
Views: 44828

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

BOS-FNC will be flown with a leased Euro Atlantic 763 this summer. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240301-s4ns24767 Looks like OPO will be EuroAtlantic too. Plus Ultra will do TER again like last summer. On the days FNC, OPO, and TER don't operate S4 has a PDL flight so they're up to 2x daily. I tho...

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by Kno
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston Aviation - 2024
Replies: 379
Views: 44828

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240301-s4ns24767
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BOS-FNC will be flown with a leased Euro Atlantic 763 this summer.

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240301-s4ns24767

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by Kno
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:54 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024
Replies: 111
Views: 9363

Re: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024

Well stated. Even the most ardent MHT supporters would happily choose BOS for obvious reasons: Price, schedule, and multiple options should something go sideways. MHT loses every time those factors are considered. I’m originally from southern New Hampshire and flew hundreds of business flights into...

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by Kno
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024
Replies: 111
Views: 9363

Re: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024

This is just anecdotal, but from what I am seeing when I book tickets, ORH is starting to see their prices substantially higher than Boston, especially on the New York routes. I have had to fly through Boston several times now because it would cost me more to fly through Worcester than to drive and...

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by Kno
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024
Replies: 1006
Views: 159623

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

Kind of a bummer that Delta is phasing out the 75S. I finally flew a roundtrip in each (ATL-SNA-ATL). Was very enjoyable in first class. Not as easy on the eyes as the A321neo, but much more comfortable. I thought the 757s had a good 6 more years left? I’m guessing by easy on the eyes you mean the ...

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by Kno
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: New Airbus NB mid 2030's, what tech?
Replies: 25
Views: 3943

Re: New Airbus NB mid 2030's, what tech?

Looks a little like a cross between the a350 and 757…. Would love for that to be a reality. The engines are hideous but if the rest of the plane is beautiful I can live with it…

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by Kno
Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: VS A35K vs. BA A380 vs. AA 77W - MIA-LHR (economy)
Replies: 13
Views: 919

Re: VS A35K vs. BA A380 vs. AA 77W - MIA-LHR (economy)

I’ve flown all 3. I’d go BA a380 for comfort and novelty. Grab a window on the upper deck - there are large side storage bins by the window, allowing for tons of extra shoulder room and a far more spacious feeling than other economy seats. I found it to be a really convenient and unique feature. The...

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by Kno
Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Average ratio of Main Cabin to Basic Economy bookings
Replies: 1
Views: 262

Re: Average ratio of Main Cabin to Basic Economy bookings

I think it wildly differs by route demographics and fares on the route. On some flights the seat maps are wide open until the day of travel, and the flight is actually full or close to it, and everyone is in the last boarding class. On other flights every seat is selected and just having a regular m...

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by Kno
Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: What To Do When An Airline Website "Can't Do It"
Replies: 8
Views: 608

Re: What To Do When An Airline Website "Can't Do It"

I had this problem with a Lufthansa / UA booking I was trying to set up for BOS-EWR-FRA-EDI with LHR-BOS on return. A weird booking but I was willing to put up with the hassle for the 748. I called LH and UA and was told that the fare I saw online wasn’t bookable and the true cost would be 2x… Ended...

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by Kno
Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:07 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston Aviation - 2024
Replies: 379
Views: 44828

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

tjerome wrote:
DL438 BOS 10:15 HNL 16:50
DL962 HNL 17:20 BOS 08:30+1

Should be plenty of space in A.


Most likely will prioritize parking at A19, since this gate is the only 763 gate on A that doesn’t block other gates.

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by Kno
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Women Disproportionately Affected By Liquid Rule
Replies: 10
Views: 1675

Re: Women Disproportionately Affected By Liquid Rule

Most of the women I know including the lovely one I travel with have a lot of liquid products that come with - we have to do the silly charade of splitting them in half and putting half in my luggage so security deems our liquid amounts acceptable. I didn’t read the article, but women on average tra...

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by Kno
Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:08 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Living The Good Life Aboard 70000 Miles of Planes & Trains
Replies: 36
Views: 4074

Re: Living The Good Life Aboard 70000 Miles of Planes & Trains

Thank you for sharing this tremendous report. It sounds like you live an incredible lifestyle! I'd love to learn more about the path you chose. At 33 I'm always fantasizing about leaving my 9-5 grind and understanding what others have done before me. Fear largely keeps me tied down, but most fears a...

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by Kno
Sun Feb 04, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Rental Car Checkin
Replies: 26
Views: 1240

Re: Rental Car Checkin

Ive switched to using Turo in most situations. It’s like Airbnb for cars. The vehicle is simply left for you in the airport parking garage, the owner tells you exactly where it is and how to unlock the vehicle, and they leave you cash to cover the parking fees. 30 seconds to online check in and you ...

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by Kno
Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:23 am
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: The Worst Red Eyes You’ve Done
Replies: 56
Views: 2199

Re: The Worst Red Eyes You’ve Done

the 5pm Aer Lingus out of JFK getting into Dublin very early around 330am. ooof. Sounds much better than your typical 7 or 8pm flight to the UK getting in at 6 or 7am. Sounds like an opportunity to make it to the hotel and catch some zzzs before the day begins for folks who don’t sleep during nursi...

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by Kno
Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Will you limit travel in the future to help make the world more sustainable?
Replies: 67
Views: 3378

Re: Will you limit travel in the future to help make the world more sustainable?

Absolutely not. Traveling is one of the best ways to educate yourself and enrich your life. The vast majority of us are only boarding a flight once or twice a year purely for a pleasure leisure trip. Traffic is worse than ever because people are back to being forced to commute from jobs they can eas...

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by Kno
Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Was a possible A340-300 re-engine ever studied?
Replies: 80
Views: 8774

Re: Was a possible A340-300 re-engine ever studied?

So, an a340-500?

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by Kno
Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft
Replies: 52
Views: 3839

Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

I’ve never flown just to fly with no need to go from point A to B but I have flown some unique connections just to fly specific types. Best examples: BOS-ATL-EWR on a DL 763 and 752 LAX-MIA-BOS on an AA 77W and 752 [Masi has a point in that if nobody bought a ticket, the airline would stop flying th...

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by Kno
Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Singapore Airlines, aircraft of the past.
Replies: 5
Views: 1713

Re: Singapore Airlines, aircraft of the past.

fessor wrote:
The best looking is the A340-500
The worst looking is the B77W


How does the 77W look worse than the 773? It sits higher thus more proportional and the raked wingtips don’t hurt.

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by Kno
Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Recording activity on the ramp
Replies: 12
Views: 2014

Re: Recording activity on the ramp

Stigs videos are awesome and i encourage everyone to check them out

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by Kno
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:45 am
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Times you've "been had" while traveling
Replies: 19
Views: 1932

Re: Times you've "been had" while traveling

Only once really. In Mexico City with a friend several years back I purchased a redbull from a 711. 2 cops approached us and told me they were going to fine me for drinking in public. I loosened my grip on the can to show them that it was a redbull, not a beer as they had assumed. They looked frust...

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by Kno
Sun Jan 21, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Times you've "been had" while traveling
Replies: 19
Views: 1932

Re: Times you've "been had" while traveling

Only once really. In Mexico City with a friend several years back I purchased a redbull from a 711. 2 cops approached us and told me they were going to fine me for drinking in public. I loosened my grip on the can to show them that it was a redbull, not a beer as they had assumed. They looked frustr...

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by Kno
Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: What's the Key - at Logan Int'l, Terminal B?
Replies: 20
Views: 2607

Re: What's the Key - at Logan Int'l, Terminal B?

Towing isn’t really too complex, and AA manages to offload at E and tow to B usually within 45 minutes of arrival, which I’ve found very impressive. [...] And not to mention, it’s just downright inconvenient to receive the plane at B, bus everyone and shuttle their luggage over to E. All it does is...

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by Kno
Sat Jan 13, 2024 12:51 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Honeymoon 757 Side Quest
Replies: 3
Views: 1153

Re: Honeymoon 757 Side Quest

Congratulations!

HNL-SFO has a UA 753
HNL-LAX has a DL 763

These could both very well change but sept but I expect you’d have some options!

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by Kno
Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston Aviation - 2024
Replies: 379
Views: 44828

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Magnum9 wrote:
Is EY the only new international carrier that's announced service to BOS in 2024?


AM is coming back in 2024 - don't know if they count as new since they were here in the past?

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by Kno
Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: DL orders 20 A350-1000
Replies: 399
Views: 78243

Re: Rumor: Reuters - DL to order A350-1000

A bit confused here, some people are suggesting this order will be the 767 replacement, is that true? The 350 seems too big for a lot of the 767 markets. I’m a bit confused where all these new 350s would be deployed. I think you’d see a35ks replace some a359 routes, a359s replace some a330 routes, ...

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by Kno
Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:56 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: New York - Louisville - Phoenix - Newark (Delta E175, Southwest 737 and United 757)
Replies: 4
Views: 2979

Re: New York - Louisville - Phoenix - Newark (Delta E175, Southwest 737 and United 757)

Some people really struggle to respect each other in close proximity. Best to enjoy the free entertainment and stay out of it. Great report!

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by Kno
Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Total fatalities in commercial aviation by year since 1919
Replies: 19
Views: 1486

Re: Total fatalities in commercial aviation by year since 1919

In aviation, mistakes and human errors that were tragedies in the past become learning experiences. Technology and safety standards improve. That's why, despite more and more people traveling, you see less and less loss of life and significant accidents than you would have in the past.

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