N965VJ
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I remember some girls wearing the men’s double breasted jacket as a mini dress with a belt.
More like a pair of big D’s.
More like a pair of big D’s.
Delta & United Merger ?
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Mrs. Doubtflier
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We all agree....he does look good and becomes even more fascinating when he speaks. And it is refreshing because he has become a famous F/A and he doesn't even realize it.
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The Big D is certainly a tasty morsel. Not many of those type at US. YUM
Morsel? Don't leave him around in a galley... he'll be eaten! B)
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<<<(DID it disturb you that much to know that NW pioneered the route?)>>>
One of my friends was involved in the early flights you describe, though he never described it as pioneering. You don't even know enough to understand what they actually accomplished. The "pioneering' had nothing to do with great circle polar routes, which Asian and European airlines have been flying for decades. It had to do with the Trans-Siberian portion of the route over territory previously off limits during the Cold War. Even though you're doing pirouettes 15 years after the fact, my friend always described it as no big deal.
By the way, NW was not the first to fly the Siberian route from Asia to the US. It was the "pioneers" at Cathay Pacific.
<<<(DTW does lie on A Great Circle route to Asia (I've flown it many times, how many times have you? Was yours on the Great desert route?...base on your own explaination, only an ignorant would turn around and say it didn't)>>>
I know DTW lies on "A" Great Circle to Asia, twinkletoes. I'm the one who had to explain the distinction to you, remember? Very impressive that you've "flown" it many times. Did the pilots ring you up for your expert navigational advice?
(<<<So the FACTS of DTW's operation makes ya feel all bothered? I think it is HILARIOUS how jealous you are of Dumpy Detroit! You can only DREAM of the revenue that flows from that beautiful 150 Gate, monarail zipping GALAXYPORT! I like how DTW operates, study it, maybe you'll learn something. I'll say hello to ya "friends" for ya next time I'm there>>>
If I'm going to waste my time being jealous, it will be of the people who were smart enough to go to law or business school, and not anyone who works in this pitiful industry. :down: And I have endless sympathy for anyone stuck in America's toilet, Detroit.
And by all means say hi to my friends. Two of them are Captains on the 330 now. Maybe if you're lucky, you'll be able to pour a Coke for them one day!
One of my friends was involved in the early flights you describe, though he never described it as pioneering. You don't even know enough to understand what they actually accomplished. The "pioneering' had nothing to do with great circle polar routes, which Asian and European airlines have been flying for decades. It had to do with the Trans-Siberian portion of the route over territory previously off limits during the Cold War. Even though you're doing pirouettes 15 years after the fact, my friend always described it as no big deal.
By the way, NW was not the first to fly the Siberian route from Asia to the US. It was the "pioneers" at Cathay Pacific.
<<<(DTW does lie on A Great Circle route to Asia (I've flown it many times, how many times have you? Was yours on the Great desert route?...base on your own explaination, only an ignorant would turn around and say it didn't)>>>
I know DTW lies on "A" Great Circle to Asia, twinkletoes. I'm the one who had to explain the distinction to you, remember? Very impressive that you've "flown" it many times. Did the pilots ring you up for your expert navigational advice?
(<<<So the FACTS of DTW's operation makes ya feel all bothered? I think it is HILARIOUS how jealous you are of Dumpy Detroit! You can only DREAM of the revenue that flows from that beautiful 150 Gate, monarail zipping GALAXYPORT! I like how DTW operates, study it, maybe you'll learn something. I'll say hello to ya "friends" for ya next time I'm there>>>
If I'm going to waste my time being jealous, it will be of the people who were smart enough to go to law or business school, and not anyone who works in this pitiful industry. :down: And I have endless sympathy for anyone stuck in America's toilet, Detroit.
And by all means say hi to my friends. Two of them are Captains on the 330 now. Maybe if you're lucky, you'll be able to pour a Coke for them one day!
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Who the hell is this???????
"THE BIG D" always looks impeccable. Furthermore, wait until we get our new uniforms and all the men are wearing track suits and mock turtlenecks with their beer bellies and man boobs showing through. "THE BIG D" always looks great, has a very charismatic personality, and is very professional at work. I doubt he will be caught dead in a track suit or sporting the Spock look but even if he did he would look great and would totally pull it off without looking like a retard. You all are just jealous because you aren't "THE BIG D" LOL!
We'll you can blame Stan Herman for that! Heaven forbid if zippers weren't instyle again??
Another article below...Looks like nobody wants to hook up with UA. They may have to settle for US.
With a Delta deal uncertain at best, Tilton has looked elsewhere. Industry sources say United last year approached Continental Airlines (CAL), but the Houston carrier took a pass. Northwest isn't an option, given the overlap on both carriers' Midwestern routes. A tieup between American (AMR) and United, the No. 1 and No. 2 carriers, respectively, would never pass muster with regulators. That leaves US Airways, whose ambitious young CEO, Douglas Parker, is struggling to prove he can integrate his 2005 merger with America West Airways.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflas...htm?chan=search
With a Delta deal uncertain at best, Tilton has looked elsewhere. Industry sources say United last year approached Continental Airlines (CAL), but the Houston carrier took a pass. Northwest isn't an option, given the overlap on both carriers' Midwestern routes. A tieup between American (AMR) and United, the No. 1 and No. 2 carriers, respectively, would never pass muster with regulators. That leaves US Airways, whose ambitious young CEO, Douglas Parker, is struggling to prove he can integrate his 2005 merger with America West Airways.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflas...htm?chan=search
donttouchthebeauty
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Well lets see, It was over a year ago when CAL was approached, and Sorry, but DAL pilots don't have the clout they had when the US deal was on the table (which should have happened)... Too bad this article is severly flawed, lets look at profit margins across the board.. SWA, should not be included, due to a completely different business model.. Lets talk AA UA DAL NW CAL AND US... They all have a 2-3 percent profit margin.. Maybe US has a slight greater one because of extremely low labor costs, but that will change with new labor agreements or their will be a standoff with the pilots, which you don't want.. AA will have an even lower margin if their employees get raises (highly doubtful).. DAL - well everyone knows they are not doing near as well as planned.. Why does anyone listen to these idiots who are "analysts".. Remember the doom and gloom on UAL and US, during BK??? Now what, they are posting more profits and they are still bound for doom and gloom... Please.. If UAL is sold off its b/c Tilton forces it... Then so be it.. If we merge with US.. then so be it.. Who cares anymore??? NHBB, I am sure you are oh so more versed on this one... LOL
yoyodyne
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Beauty, I've had enough turkey for one day!!! Just because you work for a company that during its three years in bankruptcy all it managed to accomplish was to paint a few planes, doesn't mean you have to be bitter towards everyone!
How can you possibly know if the pilots have any clout or not when you don't even work here! Well, let me tell you, anything that threatens the Delta, we would unleash a KDMD ver 2.0 the likes you have never seen, Anderson or not.
Pardus is better off selling their stock on DL and buying whatever other airline they choose, but as we know, the obvious answer to that is LCC.
Dog Wonder
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The bankruptcy did not paint planes.
It did strip millions, or more, in pay from the people who make an airline run.
Money in the bank for some unscrupulous and clueless kids wanting new toys.
It did strip millions, or more, in pay from the people who make an airline run.
Money in the bank for some unscrupulous and clueless kids wanting new toys.
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I thought that was the beauty of Parker's proposed US/DL deal..... Merge, get rid of over lap, combine duplicated RJ flying to larger mainline aircraft (Southwest style). Increasing yield?
This guy blowing off a UA/NW deal because of a little over lap makes you wonder if he has a clue.
North by Northwest
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dariencc:<<<(DID it disturb you that much to know that NW pioneered the route?)>>>
One of my friends was involved in the early flights you describe, though he never described it as pioneering. You don't even know enough to understand what they actually accomplished. The "pioneering' had nothing to do with great circle polar routes, which Asian and European airlines have been flying for decades. It had to do with the Trans-Siberian portion of the route over territory previously off limits during the Cold War. Even though you're doing pirouettes 15 years after the fact, my friend always described it as no big deal.
By the way, NW was not the first to fly the Siberian route from Asia to the US. It was the "pioneers" at Cathay Pacific.
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OK, little boy...it's like this. PROVE Cathay flew it, with your imaginary link (I guess that will settle that). Since you know so much about Ballet (Brilliant Athletes!) show me how to dance around that.
I see it's "ANOTHER FRIEND" scenario. (LOL) That's usually a sign of a fake. Does it give you a fake sense of manhood to talk about "twinkletoes, and serving cokes?" (LOL).
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"If I'm going to waste my time being jealous, it will be of the people who were smart enough to go to law or business school, and not anyone who works in this pitiful industry. thumbdown.gif And I have endless sympathy for anyone stuck in America's toilet, Detroit.
And by all means say hi to my friends. Two of them are Captains on the 330 now. Maybe if you're lucky, you'll be able to pour a Coke for them one day! "
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The better question should be, would someone from Law/Business school waste their time sharing any level of respect for a person so overwhelmed by basic choices in life as you appear to be.
Your childish attempt to insult Flight Attendants says far more about your need for professional personality counseling than it does about people who chose that as a profession. Moreover, I hope a FA doesn't step over you on their way out the door if you are ever trapped or injured in a crash.
You've managed to make up friends in every thread, make up facts of aviation history, and insult an entire profession...of whom your life may very well depend upon someday. A bit unstable...EAP.
Clearly, you are jealous of many things beyond your control. That explains your issues with your present circumstances. You hate your life, company and it shows. Your need to feel superior to FAs reflects a lack of self esteem...would explain your need to inject the "phantom friend syndrome" such as attempting to associate yourself with those whom you see as superior to you i.e. an NW A330 Captain, or "another friend" who "was one of the first to fly the NW Great Circle route". Your desperation is apparent in your final attempt to make up mythical aviation facts.
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"And I have endless sympathy for anyone stuck in America's toilet, Detroit."
I hardly think the Fords, Fishers, or any of the other Billionaires in Detroit need your pathetic, vapid sympathy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Detroit
Finally, 15 years ago we were celebrating 45 years of flying the Pacific (pay a visit to http://asia.nwa.com/asia/en/60years/index.html , it'll help you lean some facts, if you can get past you jealousy. 🙂)..including the Great Circle route from the U.S to Asia. Kinda like your knowledge of Airline Alliances "student" comment...all fakery and no substance of fact.
One of my friends was involved in the early flights you describe, though he never described it as pioneering. You don't even know enough to understand what they actually accomplished. The "pioneering' had nothing to do with great circle polar routes, which Asian and European airlines have been flying for decades. It had to do with the Trans-Siberian portion of the route over territory previously off limits during the Cold War. Even though you're doing pirouettes 15 years after the fact, my friend always described it as no big deal.
By the way, NW was not the first to fly the Siberian route from Asia to the US. It was the "pioneers" at Cathay Pacific.
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OK, little boy...it's like this. PROVE Cathay flew it, with your imaginary link (I guess that will settle that). Since you know so much about Ballet (Brilliant Athletes!) show me how to dance around that.
I see it's "ANOTHER FRIEND" scenario. (LOL) That's usually a sign of a fake. Does it give you a fake sense of manhood to talk about "twinkletoes, and serving cokes?" (LOL).
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"If I'm going to waste my time being jealous, it will be of the people who were smart enough to go to law or business school, and not anyone who works in this pitiful industry. thumbdown.gif And I have endless sympathy for anyone stuck in America's toilet, Detroit.
And by all means say hi to my friends. Two of them are Captains on the 330 now. Maybe if you're lucky, you'll be able to pour a Coke for them one day! "
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The better question should be, would someone from Law/Business school waste their time sharing any level of respect for a person so overwhelmed by basic choices in life as you appear to be.
Your childish attempt to insult Flight Attendants says far more about your need for professional personality counseling than it does about people who chose that as a profession. Moreover, I hope a FA doesn't step over you on their way out the door if you are ever trapped or injured in a crash.
You've managed to make up friends in every thread, make up facts of aviation history, and insult an entire profession...of whom your life may very well depend upon someday. A bit unstable...EAP.
Clearly, you are jealous of many things beyond your control. That explains your issues with your present circumstances. You hate your life, company and it shows. Your need to feel superior to FAs reflects a lack of self esteem...would explain your need to inject the "phantom friend syndrome" such as attempting to associate yourself with those whom you see as superior to you i.e. an NW A330 Captain, or "another friend" who "was one of the first to fly the NW Great Circle route". Your desperation is apparent in your final attempt to make up mythical aviation facts.
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"And I have endless sympathy for anyone stuck in America's toilet, Detroit."
I hardly think the Fords, Fishers, or any of the other Billionaires in Detroit need your pathetic, vapid sympathy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Detroit
Finally, 15 years ago we were celebrating 45 years of flying the Pacific (pay a visit to http://asia.nwa.com/asia/en/60years/index.html , it'll help you lean some facts, if you can get past you jealousy. 🙂)..including the Great Circle route from the U.S to Asia. Kinda like your knowledge of Airline Alliances "student" comment...all fakery and no substance of fact.
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