Re: "Stand Your Ground" Test in Miami: Attempted ATM Robbery

Sticking up a grown man driving a pickup truck was obviously not a good move.

Re: TWA brought a touch of class to Albuquerque

I am sure there were fistfights and boorish behavior on airliners and airports back then too.

Re: Brawl on Spirit AL flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta 7/23/21

F9Animal wrote:

Greyhound has some serious competition lately. When I was in IAH a few weeks ago, I took a walk to see the Spirit gates. I swear it was like a Michael Jackson Thriller real life experience. $9 zombies everywhere.

Re: Brawl on F9 flight after landing in MIA

I was driving by Terminal 4 at FLL last Friday and there were a bunch of police cars with lights on in front of the terminal...Lol.

Re: Brawl on F9 flight after landing in MIA

Interesting that we don't see flights and ugly incidents on Net Jet flights.

Re: SUV Illegally Enters United States From Canada

Kind of surprised that the driver was not arrested.

Re: Brawl on F9 flight after landing in MIA

My MCO/FLL/MIA based friends? Oh yeah, every trip. I'm completely here for your profile pic lol ... but .. Every trip? I think they may be exaggerating. I fly regularly for work, often to Florida, and haven't seen any of these issues. The fact is that the vast majority of flights (even to/from MCO/...

Re: Is a speeding ticket for going 8 MPH over harsh?

I lived in North Texas for a number of years and found that the local and state police were very strict about enforcing speeding laws.

Now living in South Florida where speeding laws are not enforced unless one is really moving.

Re: Texas man charged in mid-flight sex assault on teenage girl

2eng2efficient wrote:

ILNFlyer wrote:

Likely not his first arrest for such behavior. He needs to be permanently removed from society.

76 years old and 15 year maximum statutory sentence… should do the trick.

Re: Towing planes from arrival gate after international arrival

In FLL the Azul flight from Brazil would arrive at Terminal 4, be towed to a hardstand and then be towed to Terminal 3 for departure later in the evening.

Nowadays the flight still arrives at 4, is towed to the hardstand and then towed back to the same gate at 4 in the evening.

Re: Towing planes from arrival gate after international arrival

In the examples given, do the aircraft usually go straight to a departure gate or are they parked at a hardstand and then later moved to their departure gate?

Re: New FAA Standard Weights: A Summer and Winter of Fuel Stops?

So have the weights actually increased? Passengers have got fatter over the pandemic? Or is this purely the extra weight of the extra fuel that's required to be loaded based on the passenger weights, if so then can it really have that much impact tankering a bit of extra fuel? Even the 50seat plane...

Expensive fares for flights have long connections

I have noticed on the American Airlines website that many flight that have a long connection (over 6 hours) have a higher fare than flights with shorter connections and/or nonstops between the same city pairs. Does AA do this to discourage passengers from using the long layover to visit the connecti...

Re: How far will the US go to defend Taiwan from Mainland China ?

If the United States and China started going head to head over Taiwan I wonder what the possibility of using nuclear weapons would be especially if China was losing the battle?

Of course hope none of this ever happens.

Re: How far will the US go to defend Taiwan from Mainland China ?

Too bad that China just can't leave Taiwan alone to function as it's own independent country and/or work with them as a strong trading partner.

Re: 4th of July Celebrations in America 2021

Here in South Florida I was hearing them in the distance at 3 AM.

Re: Orlando: Spirit Airlines Agents Attacked By Woman Over Carry-On Bag Fee.

I was dragged for saying this previously but I'll say it again. ULCC's attract a class of traveler that really should not be travelling. If there is any sort of hiccup or unexpected expense, they do not have the financial resources to handle it and they often lash out violently. Airports with a hea...

Re: LH428 returns to CLT after 15 month hiatus

I think it's very charming that she's doing this little routine. Doesn't hurt or affect anyone so I don't see any reason why she shouldn't do it Of course but I wonder why out of all the flights to and from CLT she picked this particular flight? Obviously she is smart enough to figure out when the ...

Re: Amazon DSP Drivers reveal the Truth about delivering for Amazon

Relatively easy for people in the skilled/certified worker category to do - not so much in the category these delivery drivers are in. The problem with automation is more skilled/certified workers will be needed and fewer unskilled. When you compete with an over-supplied talent pool, then wages are...

Re: LH428 returns to CLT after 15 month hiatus

I wonder if that lady that used to come out and sing to it when it landed is back too :smile: Excuse me what? The Lufthansa Lady. I've been down here 9 years, and every time I've been out to the overlook when LH arrives, she is out there. I didn't get out for today's arrival, but I assume she was t...

Re: UK warship attracts Russian attention off Crimea coast.

I wonder at what point we are going to see a Russian plane accidentally or on purpose get shot down (in this area) by a NATO warship?

Re: Lightning Strike on 777

I've been on a plane (BA 787) that had a wing lightning hit on final approach, just as the pilots started a go-around due to a sudden wind shift. I was looking right at it, too -- couldn't see a darn thing for several seconds afterwards. It didn't appear to have any significant effect, other than c...

Re: South Florida Aviation Thread - 2021

My mind is blown at some of the capacity airlines have been throwing at Miami lately. Copa Airlines is now operating nine flights a day to Panama City! On top of the daily to Fort Lauderdale. Viva Colombia is flying as many as four flights to Medellin on some days! It's nuts. None of that existed p...

Re: Microtel - PHL

It worked out okay as I was able to get back to sleep, return my rental car and get to the gate in plenty of timeto catch my flight to FLL.

A bit surprised the police didn't show up as I assumed multiple guests in my hotel and others called them.

Re: Central Park "karen" sues former employer

I wonder if Templeton would have fired her if she was black and the guy was a different race.

Re: AA asks HQ staff to volunteer at DFW

Sounds like a golden opportunity for the show, "Undercover Boss".

Microtel - PHL

Stayed at the Microtel Hotel next to the Philadelphia airport last weekend and starting at 1130 PM people were drag racing their cars on the boulevard that runs next to the hotel. My room faced the road so of course I was awoken by all of the noise. I had to be up early to catch a flight but it was ...