Re: What exactly happens when a bag gets delayed?

My bag "missed it's connection" in DFW once. I picture it getting drunk in the airport bar and hitting on the bartender.

Re: Kenyan lawmaker wants to ban flatulence on airplanes

wetpantsmcgee wrote:

So many jokes to be made here, but I will just shake my head in silence.

Re: Put Your Faith in Government, More Laws

Put Your Faith in Government, More Laws

Re: Delta 757 hard landing this morning at Azores PDL

Where are the wing photos?

Re: TK dispatching literally uncleaned planes?

leghorn wrote:

pigeon English.

Re: Why Virgin America Failed

KlimaBXsst wrote:

economic disaster of the Obama era

Re: Is Air New Zealand 80% owned by the New Zealand government still?

avier wrote:

Are there plans of the NZ govt. to go for further disinvestment by selling off their shares and getting it more into the hands of private investors?

Re: DFW - no immigrations control?

PatrickZ80 wrote:

When you go the other way you will find immigration control at this airport.

Re: Anti-abortion wave across America

One day, many moons from now, people will look back at this period in history the same way we look back at Nazi Germany today and wonder how it was possible for a group of people who consider themselves so enlightened and morally superior to everyone to condone the dehumanizing and wholesale slaugh...

Re: Anti-abortion wave across America

Wanna decide for women a minimum of tampon usage per month as well? When my wife miscarried it was followed by a very heavy period. Perhaps the abortion cops should monitor pad use and prosecute accordingly. And when my wife miscarried we were as emotionally devastated as if we had lost a baby that...

Re: Anti-abortion wave across America

BN747 wrote:

Wanna decide for women a minimum of tampon usage per month as well?

Re: All Elites Hate the Heartland

I'd rather live in a filthy city than be surrounded by family tree going in a circle Trump voters

Re: Is it me or are UAL fares unusually high??

You're not going to get a lot of sympathy from the wannabe CEOs and neoliberal fanbois on here I'm afraid

Re: How come the DL A350 can't fly LAX-SYD it is rumored!?

You don't trust Zeke? Then here is another evidence. Cathay is constantly flying A359s on IAD-HKG route. I am not disagreeing with Zeke. CX A359 has only 280 seats whereas DL has 306 seats. I am not saying DL A359 can't fly LAX-SYD if they decides to block seats. I said it can't with full passenger...

Re: Newest airline liveries: will they last?

aemoreira1981 wrote:

The least successful has to be Deltaflot...that lasted less than a decade. Delta went through 3 different liveries in less than 10 years (including the current one).

Re: Geographic jigsaw puzzles, non-U.S.

Having GPS is nice..but it certainly is much more comforting having a strong geographical sense when you find yourself up against such situations. Why I really like visiting cities with obvious bodies of water or landmarks. Couldn't get lost in Chicago because as long as I kept track of where the l...

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - April 2019

coolian2 wrote:

Does anyone know what laid down the impressive 4 engine contrail over Auckland today? Don't seem to be able to pick it on FR24. Was about 2:30.

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - April 2019

Does anyone know what laid down the impressive 4 engine contrail over Auckland today? Don't seem to be able to pick it on FR24. Was about 2:30.

Re: Italian EI a/c registration

The amount of Irish/Italian crossover registrations definitely gave me an odd amusement watching I-NEOS serving the South Pacific for a while.

Re: Safety features Boeing and Airbus have in common

Wings, engines, wheels

Re: The correct type of point of sale terminal

Re: The rise (and rise) of the imbecile

So wilful ignorance is a feature, not a bug?

Re: The rise (and rise) of the imbecile

1836Sam wrote:

If your article is correct, that would imply there are a lot of imbeciles on airliners.net. I just find that hard to believe.

The rise (and rise) of the imbecile

https://eand.co/the-rise-and-rise-of-the-imbecile-75ef6df1bdbb The ancients used the word idiot to mean “someone only concerned with their own self interest, not with the public interest.” And that is precisely what we see in the Anglo world. If I say to you, “democracy is you choosing what’s best f...

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - March 2019

Deepinsider wrote:

p.s. I'm not against health and safety.....but the
perspective is AT deciding to make a great chunk
of successful, thriving, Auckland, subject to 30 km/hr

Re: Shadow banning Trump supporters?

This shit is why I don't do customer service anymore

Re: Christchurch (New Zealand) Mosque Shooting

Day 3 without military style guns: no sign of being a police state

Re: Christchurch (New Zealand) Mosque Shooting

Annoying it took a tragedy but glad it's done

Re: Christchurch (New Zealand) Mosque Shooting

Truly sad. I read in one of the reports (I was trying to find the link to it to provide here but now I can't seem to find it so maybe someone else can confirm) that the terrorist(s?) didn't have to choose New Zealand but that it was "as good as any other western nation" with similar views...

Re: Christchurch (New Zealand) Mosque Shooting

I work for an employee counselling provider and we'd already run out of staff at 4pm. Dunno what I'm going to be able to do by Sunday

Re: Christchurch (New Zealand) Mosque Shooting

I can't even comprehend. In shock.

Re: United HQ Lease Extension

Sixteen floors and almost 900,000 square feet for the home office employees? I seem to recall a fire broke out at the home office about 10 years ago. Only "essential" employees could go to work for a 3 week period with everyone else told to stay home. Funny, planes still flew, operations ...

Re: Will you wear green this St. Patrick's Day?

No

Re: Large airports without rail links

AKL Auckland. They're planning on building a tram though....in ten years. What a joke. This is mostly inaccurate So, what's the accurate version??? Light rail (a tram, but bigger - more frequent than trains) is due to be starting construction not much after 2021 but is currently facing an annoying ...

Re: Large airports without rail links

zkojq wrote:

AKL Auckland. They're planning on building a tram though....in ten years. What a joke.

Re: Uganda lists its curvy women as new tourism product

I'd still choose Polynesia tbh

Re: Air New Zealand flight turns back half-way to China

There's no way it's an 8 hour flight. I also believe the IFE photos of the turn back over PNG.

Re: Air New Zealand flight turns back half-way to China

flylondon wrote:

It turned back close to New Caledonia, more like a quarter of the way to China

Re: Australia a western nation?