I don't know. To me it sounds like bovine fecal matter.
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Jump to postWhat is the story with F-HTYH? It is still parked at YYZ. The tailstrike happened 2 months ago and it is till not repaired. Does anyone know the reason for this?
Jump to postAirbus: A310-300 - OK
A330-300 - AC, LX
A340-300 - OS
A340-600 - LH
Boeing: 747-400 - AC, KL, LH
767-200ER - MA
767-300ER - AC, LO
777-300ER - AC
787-8 - LO
787-9 - AC
I don't remember how many, but it is quite a bit. That's because the airline I'm flying the most was an 767 operator. The models I flew:
767-200 (AC, including the Gimli Glider)
767-200ER (MA)
767-300ER (AC)
My shortest 767 flight was YYZ - YOW, the longest was YVR - NGO.
Europe: ORD
Canada: ATL, CLT, DEN, DFW, IAD, IAH, LAX, MIA, ORD, RSW, SFO, TPA
Just returned a Hyundai Palisade at IAD few hours ago. It had just over 4000 miles on the odo when I picked it up. New cars are definitely back at National.
Jump to post- Not really a disgrace, having the middle seat free is nice, I’ve never had an empty seat next to me in the US on domestic First due to the endless free upgrades, hardly premium. Nonsense. In "real" mainline aircraft the middle armrest is about 6" wide. More than enough to not touch...
Jump to postI also stopped using gas central heating and switched to using electric radiators.I also try and recycle/reuse as much as I can. You mean resistive electric radiators? If that's the answer, then you'd do better if you'd replace your old boiler with a modern, high efficiency one. With UK's current e...
Jump to postYears ago Avis at Bozeman, MT tacked on a refueling charge claiming we’d returned the car with an empty gas tank (we didn’t). Interesting. I rarely rent from Avis, but I had to once last year. I arrived to the YUL rental center around 23:30. National had no cars on the lot. So I had to go to Avis. ...
Jump to postThen you can rent an electric car at least. Car rentals add a lot of carbon emissions so there are many other options for people in today's world. I am sorry the suggestion to use public transportation was a trigger for you. I choose electric if I have to have a rental car and I usually don't have ...
Jump to postTotal game changer. First time I ever got to experience that was on a business trip like back in 2015-ish. Always made sure to have that since even as we've switched preferred rental car companies 2-3 times at work since then. At my employer traveling employees are reminded to join frequent flyer/r...
Jump to postIf you're renting with Avis, sign up for the preferred program. Your paperwork and keys will be ready at the booked time. Some other companies just let you walk to the cars and check you out when driving out if you're a member of their frequent renter program.
Jump to postPersonally I drive a 2.8l Diesel and an Electric (Zoe). So when I drove the Pacifica it felt really bad because the engine only delivered at high rpm (as usual with petrol) and the gearbox had no idea how and when to shift down. So the engine was either in a state of low power or the gearbox was wi...
Jump to postPeople who have tried to visit ever[threeid][/threeid]y country now have second thoughts as they make realizations about how equitable and sustainable this type of travel is. https://www.cnn.com/travel/travelers-visiting-every-country/index.html Since 95% of my travel is for work, I won't limit tra...
Jump to postJust gave back a 50k miles Chrysler Pacifica. Now I do not care about the milage but I have to say, this car is the worst thing I hve ever drove when it came to built quality and engineering. I understand its a family car so I do not mind the extremely cheap plastic interior as kids break that anyw...
Jump to postHere we go again...snow mixed with freezing rain. My flight got cancelled. However, since the previous flight was delayed, they found a spot on it for me. My cabbie got stuck, so we arrived to the airport late. Well past the bag drop off deadline. Yet I was allowed to board and my suitcases and tool...
Jump to postPerhaps it was not so unusual route, but the aircraft combo was quite interesting: STX (St. Croix, VI) - SJU (San Juan, PR) - EWR (Newark, NJ) - BUF (Buffalo, NY) The STX - SJU leg was on a 9K Cessna 402, followed by an UA 77E. The final leg was on an UAX E170. I had several C402 flights when I was ...
Jump to postCurrently it is a BMW X3. I'll drive it for another week. Then I'll see what will National have available at STL.
PS: I'm surprised that nobody reacted to me mentioning Longueil in my previous post.
Maybe not, but you got to keep in mind how much money you would save if you did all those trips on an ULCC instead of on a full service airline. The fare difference can be significant. Add up all those fare differences for all the flights you take and you can buy that flight to your holiday destina...
Jump to postI'm not one to buy new cars but I don't think the practice of selling "over sticker price" really exists here. That would be a good way to not sell anything I think. At best the sticker price is more or less negotiable... Now some rare car I don't know, I know Ferrari used to be very pick...
Jump to postApparently the CEO of Dodge is working with the soldier and the dealer, and they are working to reach an agreement I'm really curious how can they rectify the problem considering that the last Challenger was built a week ago. This whole thing is just reinforcing what I said a few times to my younge...
Jump to postWhat about turning some of the Jazz routes to a mix of Rouge / A220 flights? With Jazz's footprint in the US shrinking and their fleet ageing with no sign of renewal, one would think the plan is to eventually swallow the Jazz network into ACA / Rouge! I'm sure the A220 will handle Castlegar and Tor...
Jump to postInterestingly, SWISS is going to fly 4 F seats to YYZ next year daily when they seasonally start ZRH-YYZ. Is the premium demand there in Zurich to warrant it? I think the question is rather if LX even has WB aircraft without F. Perhaps WK would be enough to fly to YYZ. I have a ticket on LX80 alrea...
Jump to postOne thing I have noticed over the years: so many motor-heads moan and whine about FWD, calling it cheap, or Wrong Wheel Drive, or other pejoratives. Yet, when Audi was all FWD, and SAAB - may it rust in pieces - was FWD, yet, no moaning from the motor-heads and enthusiasts. Why? Please. Someone exp...
Jump to postThe reality is that even people who never use the road as active drivers actually use the road. Virtually everything they use to live is transported to them on roads. And trucks paying a toll is perfect to account for that. That's correct. However, comparing your tax freedom day's date with the one...
Jump to postI'm surprised commercial operators would do this, I guess the penalties are small enough it's worth the risk. Easy answer is that toll roads shouldn't exist. Another lazy passing off a government service to the private sector unnecessarily. That means increasing taxes then, even for people who neve...
Jump to postJust finished 12 days of driving a Chrysler Pacifica minivan. It was painful not to take the MB CLA that was there at the Executive Row, but after the last experience I wanted something inconspicuous and less attractive for car thieves. So I picked the minivan. The fact that it was an AWD vehicle he...
Jump to postWorkaholism is an addiction as any other. I'm sure Mr. Shah can find help. Apparently he needs it, He's making the lives of people around him miserable, just as any addict. As far as working a lot is concerned, I have no objections. As long as I'm paid for it. Paying a fixed yearly salary and expect...
Jump to postSimply Railway posted this video introducing the new Railjet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnB_vSVkX3k It looks really great and introducing mini cabins in couchette cars. The mini cabins solve the privacy issues. The whole train looks really cool, the sleepers are great. However, I'd point out s...
Jump to postThats a bit a weird one to pick, as a long part of that journey is through Alpine valleys that are not able to support HSR. Strasbourg to Bordeaux is 760km bei air and the train via Paris, including a change of trains via the metro as you need to change the train stations and is done in under 5h. T...
Jump to postNight trains that are LONG distance would be amazing. Have an 9 hour night train between Chicago and DFW and/or Houston - golden. Night train between Phoenix - Houston/DFW/NOLA area - golden , 10 hours total. Sleeper suite beds, 125 bucks, you’d actually get people. A little bit of reality check is...
Jump to postaeroLOPA has the new seating and lav layout for the updated mainline A321s. Apart from the updated XL bins, indeed there is the spaceflex option in the back, enabling an additional row of seats. Old layout (16/174) New layout (16/180) For me, as for a person who flies North American routes exclusiv...
Jump to postSeems an AC Rouge A321 was acting up yesterday. C-GJTH started out from YUL to PUJ and got close to NYC before a nice 180 degree turn back to YUL. A second A321 left around 12:45 for Punta Cana. I assume some work was done on her in YUL (only 6 yrs old) and the next flight left around 1.5 hours lat...
Jump to postDespite its’ now infamous historical issues the MAX is Air Canada’s most reliable aircraft maintenance wise. The company loves it from a reliability and economics point of view. The 6 320s will be required in the short term as numerous 220s are being pulled out of service for extended periods of ti...
Jump to postTrijet: Yak-40, Tatra Air (wet lease from the government of Slovakia), KSC-BTS, July 1996. My only trijet flight ever.
Quad: LH B744, YYZ-FRA, July 2016. I have another one booked for June 2024.
The FIN that arrived from BHX does not have the XLR cabin. The refurbishment will bring it the same standard as the Max and A220. The XLR's will have 14 lie flat J seats and 168 Y seats. C-GITU is 16J/180Y. Does it mean that the new A321 interior will have preferred seats with more legroom only in ...
Jump to postACL1011500 wrote:Anyone know what happened to AC990 mex to Yyz that diverted to iah on October 13th
Economy Basic is indeed not eligible for any kind of upgrade. Also, it is the only true non-refundable fare. Economy Standard can be upgraded by bid, or by using so called eupgrades. However, you have to be an Aeroplan member to have those. As far as Star Alliance upgrades are concerned, only full Y...
Jump to postThere isn’t any confirmation they are NEO’s. I’d expect more CEO’s and A333 with hairdryers under the wings like the present A333 FIN’s. I didn't get the hairdryer pun The RR engines on the A330/A340 look like hairdryers (not the A345/A346). They don't. They are just regular rollers with a full cow...
Jump to postImagine a Rouge version. Same thing but in red. Time to get rid of the old Rouge livery. No, I don’t know anything. Just dreaming. But, with the same seven coats of clear coat lacquer, it would look like a ‘67 Mustang in Candyapple Red. (Ford paint code T, if they are wondering). ;) What color woul...
Jump to postI work for an international company headquartered in France. Earlier this year, Tuesday was designated as the mandatory in office day. Otherwise WFH is allowed. At least here in Canada. To me it has zero impact, since I'm almost always at the customer's site and nobody asking me to come to the offic...
Jump to postDoes AC use ULDs on the A32X fleet at all anymore? I was surprised to see an A320 being loaded by hand today. But I also saw some smaller ULDs on the tarmac. Did AC discontinue the use of ULDs to streamline baggage handling with the B7M8 and A223 fleets? KrisYYZ I've seen cans being loaded into our...
Jump to postLargest by area: DEN
Largest by movements and passenger numbers: ATL
Smallest: ZTM (Shamattawa, MB)
I can't recall whether my last one in J had IFE or not, but it didn't have food! It was a two-hour, late morning flight and I was quietly upgraded (as may have others in the cabin bin) but I still found it odd. I had J flight with no food on the CR9 a few weeks ago. It was the last YYZ-ATL flight o...
Jump to postThe AC chicken omelette is one of my favourite meals, I've actually seen a couple of pax in Y order and pay for it. I flew on AC yesterday in J on a A320. I haven't flown business domestically in a while. I was surprised at the level of service, granted it was a 3hr flight. Warm nuts, a full meal, ...
Jump to postAesma wrote:When the aircraft is in the air that's one thing
Crew shortage in real life: AC263 today (July 22). It is 30 minutes past scheduled departure, 5 minutes before the new departure time. Our flight crew just arrived and started the preparations. They just brought in another flight... Edit: just received a text saying our new departure time is 14:00 h...
Jump to postI still think the XLR will be an excellent replacement for 85%+ of the jobs that 757s were meant to do. What are those 15% it can’t? I was under the impression that the payload range capabilities of the XLR were greater than the 752 by a not insignificant margin (more than the 200nm stated here). F...
Jump to postAir Canada Rolls Out More Product Improvements Offering Additional Comfort And Convenience - Oat milk, craft beers, specialty drinks and new meal options added to onboard food and beverage selection - Popular kids and family entertainment programming added through new partnership with Mattel - New ...
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