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Forum: Air travel March 16th, 2011, 06:37 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 10
Views: 2,818
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
why does my return airport affect my outbound flight?

Gerard Farrell wrote:

MAN-ORD outbound
MSP-MAN return

You're asking for an open-jaw. Not all fares support open jaw
itineraries. It is possible that one or both or those legs no long...
Forum: Air travel March 22nd, 2010, 01:56 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 2
Views: 828
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Captain Clarence Oveur, dead at 83

John Doe wrote:
Trans American Airline's most famous pilot, Captain Clarence Oveur died
last week ( Sunday, March 14th) at the age of 83.

A better, more complete, obituary is available from the...
Forum: Air travel March 22nd, 2010, 01:45 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 2
Views: 828
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Captain Clarence Oveur, dead at 83

Trans American Airline's most famous pilot, Captain Clarence Oveur died
last week ( Sunday, March 14th) at the age of 83. He died of a heart
attack at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., said Fred...
Forum: Travel - anything else not covered February 7th, 2010, 08:54 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air,rec.travel.misc
Replies: 3
Views: 1,224
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Carrying a bike w/ AerLingus, Ryanair, Easyjet

SB wrote:

bikes. Would any or all of these airlines allow one to carry a bike
in the heavy-duty cardboard box in which it was originally delivered
to the bike shop?

Yes. However, those...
Forum: Air travel February 4th, 2010, 11:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 2
Views: 580
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Bosom bombers: Women have explosive breast implants

Fly Guy wrote:

LONDON – Agents for Britain's MI5 intelligence service have discovered
that Muslim doctors trained at some of Britain's leading teaching
hospitals have returned to their own...
Forum: Air travel January 22nd, 2010, 12:43 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 6
Views: 837
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Your view of profiling

Fred Kay wrote:
I understand that airlines of Israel are considered the safest due to
passenger profiling. Also that at least one of the 9/11 planes may
not have left the ground if...
Forum: USA & Canada December 29th, 2009, 11:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.usa-canada,rec.travel.europe
Replies: 25
Views: 1,672
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Pre-flight announcement needs to include passenger intervention

William Black wrote:

The bomb failed to detonate.

We don't know whether the materials used were sufficient to "explode".
Perhaps this mixture was limited to the equivalent of the reaction...
Forum: Air travel December 10th, 2009, 08:23 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 3
Views: 2,983
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Anchorage - [Reykjavik stopover?] - Frankfurt

From Anchorage, aren't there bus tours that bring tourists to Wasila
Alaska, where Sarah Palin was mayor ? I hear that from her house, she
could see Russia. That is bound to be some tourist...
Forum: Air travel October 3rd, 2009, 06:30 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 20
Views: 1,536
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
airport to train

Shawn Hirn wrote:

PHL offers direct regional rail service.

There is a difference however between airports that have municipal
transit at airport, and airports that have intercity transit at...
Forum: Air travel October 3rd, 2009, 02:02 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 20
Views: 1,536
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
airport to train

AES wrote:

A system where the airport is "connected" to the train or subway by some
scheme where you have to schlepp your stuff up and down escalators or
elevators to a shuttle stop . . . is...
Forum: Europe August 28th, 2009, 03:16 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 54
Views: 3,891
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Go figure... (air fares puzzlement)

Alan S wrote:

Why can't he just not take the excess flights he doesn't need? Book to
Paris via London, but miss the next leg and it's return, rejoining the
final flight?

When you miss a leg,...
Forum: Europe August 28th, 2009, 03:06 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 54
Views: 3,891
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Go figure... (air fares puzzlement)

Hatunen wrote:

I doubt it. The train fare from Tucson to NYC is exorbitant,

Sorry, I thought I had seen PHL instead of PHX. Philadelphia to New York
is very doable by train.

, I flew JetBlue or...
Forum: Europe August 27th, 2009, 07:48 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 54
Views: 3,891
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Go figure... (air fares puzzlement)

Hatunen wrote:

What kind of sense does that make, $240 less to Paris than to LHR
using the exact same PHX-LHR flights???

It is called price fixing or competition, whatever way you want to call...
Forum: Air travel July 6th, 2009, 05:13 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 5
Views: 764
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Obese passengers caused crash of Air France 447

John Mayson wrote:
I think it would have crashed on take-off, not after burning several
hours' worth of fuel.


No. If you have an ogre in the plane, he may have eaten up all of the
food in the...
Forum: Air travel July 4th, 2009, 02:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 6
Views: 789
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Crashlanding In Alleged 40mph Wind Kills 153

I have taken off once in 35mph winds w/50mph gusts from CVG. It was a
very bumpy ride all the way to DTW where we landed in 45mph winds.

Was once waiting to board a DASH-8 at Toronto island....
Forum: Air travel June 4th, 2009, 01:45 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 28
Views: 1,273
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Air France jet 'disappears' over Atlantic.

Steve wrote:

From today's New York Times:

"The Airbus 330 is a fly-by-wire plane, in which flight controls are
activated by electronics.


One needs to remember that, at least on the A320,...
Forum: Air travel June 2nd, 2009, 02:24 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 28
Views: 1,273
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Air France jet 'disappears' over Atlantic.

wrote:

can't they use GPS to find the jet

Not sure if the ACARS system trasmits the aircraft's current location or
not. But even if it does, having an aircraft at 33k feet...
Forum: Air travel June 2nd, 2009, 12:16 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 28
Views: 1,273
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Air France jet 'disappears' over Atlantic.

Kurt Ullman wrote:

missile test or perhaps run afoul of America testing some new laser
weapon. Not much Conspiracy Theorists can do with space junk.


It was Dick Cheney and his ilk still...
Forum: Europe May 17th, 2009, 08:35 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 4
Views: 758
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Ryanair scraps check-in desks as it charges passengers £10 to print tickets at home (and a £40 fine if you forget)

SMS wrote:

Obviously enough passengers look at the total ticket price and even with
the fees are still finding Ryanair to be a good deal.

But when you buy the ticket, can the airline really...
Forum: Air travel May 17th, 2009, 08:35 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 10
Views: 1,179
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Ryanair scraps check-in desks as it charges passengers £10 to print tickets at home (and a £40 fine if you forget)

SMS wrote:

Obviously enough passengers look at the total ticket price and even with
the fees are still finding Ryanair to be a good deal.

But when you buy the ticket, can the airline really...
Forum: Air travel May 15th, 2009, 08:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 5
Views: 659
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
U.S. TV Network News Theme During Past Few Days

Robert Cohen wrote:

would ya believe $23,000--$24,000 per year

How crazy is this?

In the past, these were considered entry level jobs and the pilots would
quickly move to 737s/DC9s.

But the...
Forum: Air travel May 14th, 2009, 11:37 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 10
Views: 1,179
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Ryanair scraps check-in desks as it charges passengers £10 to print tickets at home (and a £40 fine if you forget)

wildrose1723 wrote:

wow - that's a bold move for Ryanair. But at the same time should we
be surprised? They are notorious for cutting costs wherever they can

This isn't cutting costs. It is...
Forum: Air travel May 13th, 2009, 11:09 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 10
Views: 1,179
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Ryanair scraps check-in desks as it charges passengers £10 to print tickets at home (and a £40 fine if you forget)

pig brother wrote:

Ryanair scraps check-in desks as it charges passengers £10 to print
tickets at home (and a £40 fine if you forget)


I assume that the article's writer meant "boarding pass"...
Forum: Europe May 9th, 2009, 10:09 PM Posted to misc.consumers,rec.travel.air,rec.travel.europe
Replies: 4
Views: 659
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Ryanair considers a fat tax.

This whole debate will spark a very important supreme court challenge.

At one point, Ryannair will decide that pregnant women beyond a certain
stage of pregnancy will need to buy two tickets. This...
Forum: Europe April 23rd, 2009, 11:03 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 37
Views: 2,460
Posted By John Doe[_2_]
Ryanair considers 'fat tax' for obese air passengers

La-a-a-a-a-aarry the La-a-a-a-a-a-a-mb wrote:

· Phase 2: From 1st May 2009 all new bookings will be
required to use web check-in, and the use of traditional airport check-
in desks...
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