Tagged With "flight attedant"
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London to Sydney in 4 hours? Just maybe...
Does anyone really believe that's possible: UK to Australia between breakfast and lunch? Apparently the British government considers it worth some money to find out; it's invested £60 million ($92.2 million) in grants to a company...
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Delta adds a Second Flight to Iceland
Skógafoss, Iceland- Photo by DrFumblefinger Delta is the only U.S. airline that goes to Iceland and they fly...
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Flight 93 National Memorial, Pennsylvania (Where Gumbo was #253)
The solution to last week's travel puzzle was the Fight 93 Memorial, which commemorates a plane crash on September 11, 2001. George G shares photos and memories of his visit.
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August 10, 2018: Trans-Canada Airlines, Museum of Flight
DrFumblefinger was drawn to this old Trans-Canada Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation aircraft sitting in the Airpark at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
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Flight Attendants: Bring back the old rules on electronics
A lawsuit filed by the Association of Flight Attendants (CWA) is asking to have FAA rules permitting gate-to-gate use of electronics overturned, claiming that devices distract passengers from hearing safety announcements, and could become dangerous...
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Take-off delays for O'Hare expansion?
A plan to end gate shortages and ease flight delays at Chicago's O'Hare needs to win approval from current airline tenants.
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JetBlue, AA first with Cuba flights, and fares as low as $99!
JetBlue and American will be the first to start regular commercial flights to Cuba, with JetBlue kicking off August 31st. Both airlines are running sales.
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Feb. 9, 2017: Swissair Memorial, Peggy's Cove, NS
Ottoman visits the Swissair Memorial Site, which honors the victims of the 1998 crash, and those who risked their lives in rescue and recovery operations.
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AA Plans to Squeeeeeze More Seats into 737s and MD80s
American Airlines will go into its new merger with a plan that may merge your knees with the seatback...it's announced to its flight attendants that it will begin squeezing more rows into its narrow-body MD-80 and 737 fleets. The FAs got the word...
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New Android App Puts Inflight Tracker in Your Hand
For those of us who compulsively follow the flight map (when available) instead of the movie, or who want to watch the movie and still check where we are, there's a new tool: the Flight Map app from Makro. It depends on downloading data about flights...
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Free Flights Everywhere: Is this the best employee benefit ever?
American Airlines, now with 100,000 employees from both AA and USAir, has rolled out a new version of free travel for employees: anywhere, anytime there's a seat in coach. Includes registered family members and parents as well. With a newly-merged...
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Free In-Flight Wireless for Samsung Tablet Buyers
Two companies with a lot to gain from it are offering free inflight wireless for a year: GoGo, which supplies the wireless service to nearly all U.S. airlines is partnered with Samsung, and the free service goes to purchasers of new Samsung...
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100 Years of Flight in Kitty Hawk, NC
Samantha shares memories and pictures of the centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers' first flight.
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Germany may be no-fly zone Wednesday
Strikes by ground-staff unions may delay and cancel flights across Germany Wednesday. Frankfurt is the focus, but other major cities will be affected.
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Runway delays grow at U.S. airports
The time between pushback from the gate and actually flying is getting longer at U.S. airports; for the first nine months of this year, it averaged over 23.5 minutes, according to the Associated Press. That's almost a minute longer than last...
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Airberlin Offers Some Round Trip Fares to Germany Under $500 from Miami
The Flight Deal website posted a Round Trip Airfare Sale from Miami to Germany on airberlin. Here's a couple of examples of the sale. $482.66 Round Trip Airfare from Miami to Stuttgart on Orbitz...
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Gate announcements: Gone with the future
You may not even have noticed, but those long strings of gate and connection announcements just before landing have quietly ended.
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Rocket flights to nowhere available for booking on Kayak
The space-age equivalent of the old cruise to nowhere—sail out into international waters and return—is now available for booking on Kayak.com, at prices ranging from £63-80,000 for a 40-minute trip from Curacao to Curacao. The flights are being offered by XCor, one of several companies competing for rich space tourists. Passengers, one per flight, will take off horizontally, go vertical on rocket power to about 40 miles up and then glide down in a 'slow' sightseeing...
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The first 727 comes home to stay
The first Boeing 727 has made its final flight, landing at Seattle's Museum of Flight at Boeing Field
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June 8, 2016: Dockweiler State Beach and Park, CA
Samantha loves the beaches of Southern California, including beautiful Dockweiler State Beach and Park.
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U.S. picks airlines for Cuba flights; no Havana yet
U.S. parcels out the first commercial route approvals for flying to Cuba, but the big plum, Havana, won't come until later.
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Condor plans to fly to New Orleans next summer
New Orleans gets a trans-Atlantic flight next summer.
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Re: Crowded Skies: U.S. sets air passenger record
What the graph doesn't show is the huge dip that occurred after 9-11. And with this trend and less planes flying, no wonder the airlines think we're a captive audience.
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Re: Crowded Skies: U.S. sets air passenger record
The dip turns out to not be as huge as some of us imagined. At the end of 2003, DOT estimated the loss at 7.1%, and by the end of 2004 the figure was higher than before 9/11. I've gone back to DOT figures for emplanements (which means a passenger getting on a plane) and extracted these numbers from the month-by-month numbers for international and domestic passengers. Note that the numbers in this table are a bit lower than the figures cited above, for one reason: This is a count of people...
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Re: Crowded Skies: U.S. sets air passenger record
After 9-11 reports in the news claimed that demand for flights to the US from the UK had dropped dramatically. In March the following year I needed to be in Maryland. I tried to book a direct flight to any airport in the American north east. Any time - any date - any week before Mid- March The earliest time I could book 2 seats to fly over was in June ! Many flights had been cancelled and prices - for those still operating - had risen suddenly. After contacting many UK travel agents for help...
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Re: Crowded Skies: U.S. sets air passenger record
I believe...but haven't time for full research just now...that there was a greater drop in capacity than in demand. That results in low availability and high prices. And if you look at the numbers above, you'll note that the drop in numbers for international is much less sharp, proportionally, than in the domestic...hence Garry's experience.
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Re: Palm Springs Air Museum, California (Where Gumbo was #104)
And I thought that GarryF had snagged the first date with Miss Angela.... I am distraught!! I just love the nose-art on these planes. To have so many fly-able planes too what a collection!! Thanks Dr.F a great piece.
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Re: Palm Springs Air Museum, California (Where Gumbo was #104)
Another simple photo that inspires lots of chat. I too was wondering who first caught Miss Angela's eye. But then ... gentlemen never kiss and tell ! Love the artwork, something the stuffy Brits would never allow ! The USAF had a base at Burtonwood UK. Close to Liverpool where I now live. The aircraft would fly almost non-stop. New crew and re-load. Not even stopping the engines. (Tales from my Dad) The hundreds of American personnel would hit the bars in Liverpool on R+R. The local men...
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Re: Feb. 9, 2017: Swissair Memorial, Peggy's Cove, NS
I remember this crash. They've set up a very nice memorial and in a most beautiful and restful type place.
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Re: The first 727 comes home to stay
My first commercial flight was on a 727, and back then sitting in the economy cabin was quite a treat! I'm glad this jet made its way home to one of the greatest plane museums in the world.
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Fear of Flying: Does it Make Sense?
Samantha shares some thoughts on the fear of flying, and whether she thinks it's justified, or just plain silly.
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Re: Fear of Flying: Does it Make Sense?
In my younger days, I always enjoyed flying and even strong turbulence never bothered me, but my fear of flying developed over time for a number of scary instances. Taking off in a jet from a Caribbean island, one of the engines failed and we ran off the runway into a field nearly ditching in the ocean. The plane was brought back, maintenance worked on it and after reboarding the captain said he was going to give it another try. Then on a military 12 passenger fixed wing plane, we...
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Re: Fear of Flying: Does it Make Sense?
I don't know about pilots refusing, but there are a few airports here and there where only pilots with special training are allowed to land or take off, places with narrow margins of ocean and mountain or special wind conditions. My general thought is that I'd just as soon go somewhere else... I'm not really afraid of flying—just skeptical. For all the times I've flown, there is always that moment, heading down the runway, when I'm sure that this huge thing simply cannot get off the ground,...
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Re: Fear of Flying: Does it Make Sense?
Wow George, that sounds like a LOT. I can see why it can create anxiety and fear. So many scary instances. So crazy, but like you said, when you're military, you have to get on those planes. I've had a few scary instances myself but nothing like any of that. We did miss a landing strip once in Ontario, CA due to crazy high winds. Had to pull up and try 3 times before we landed. Wasn't real scary, just weird and wondering what would happen if we skidded off and hit a building, etc. It's...
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Save Money on Flights: Clear Your Cookies
Planning on flying this summer? If so, Samantha shares how to clear your browser's cookies to avoid the Dynamic Pricing that airlines use to increase ticket prices.
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Childhood Dream: Being a Flight Attendant
Samantha shares her childhood dream of wanting to be a flight attendant. She also shares some of the pros and cons of flying the friendly skies.
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Australia gov't cuts travel cost by using FF points
Australia's central government is planning to save about $50 million a year, almost 15%, from its official travel budget by using frequent flyer points to buy tickets for government employees flying on official business. The plan, which would...
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Air India grounds 'overweight' flight attendants
Air India may find itself roiling troubled waters as it permanently grounds 130 flight attendants who failed to meet its standards for weight and height, and speculates that an all-female cabin crew would save money because women weigh less.
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Don't Panic! How to Save Time at the Airport
Don’t panic navigating through an airport you may not be familiar with. Samantha shares some tips and suggestions to hopefully make the process less painful.
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Nepal's new airliner comes packed with relief supplies
Nepal Airlines took delivery of its second new A320 in Hamburg yesterday (April 29) and, taking advantage of the planned delivery flight, German relief agencies loaded it with 5 tons of relief supplies for the earthquake stricken nation.
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Born in flight, he now flies for a living
Erkan Geldi, a Turkish Airlines flight attendant has a possibly unique distinction. He may be the world's only airline employee actually born on an airplane. He was born midair on a Turkish Airlines flight to Frankfurt in 1990.
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10-min. Vienna-Bratislava flight cut short
Sorry about the pun, but it appears that FlyNiki, an AirBerlin subsidiary, has cancelled plans to move part of its operation from Vienna to Bratislava and connect the two bases with an air shuttle.