I like flying.
Posted by Serge (Member # 3645) on :
me too! beats driving from Florida to New York every time Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
A friend of mine flys for Delta and swears this story is true.
Delta policy is that at the end of each flight, the entire flight crew - including poilot and co-pilot - line up at the exit door and personally thank each passenger for flying with Delta. This gives passengers a unique opportunity to comment on things like turbulence, landing, etc.
He described a particularly rough landing in Boston, with cross wind and shear that had the plane literally bouncing down the runway. As they stood at the door to thank the passengers for flying Delta, they were expecting complaints, and got some grumbling - til a little old lady came by the door. When they thanked her for flying Delta, she said, "Tell me sonny - did we land, or were we shot down?"
Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
Is carrying a Laptop considered your carry on? Also is there a plug on the plane for the laptop or you're on your own with the battery you have?
Posted by Ricky Jackson (Member # 5082) on :
The last time I was in the Atlanta airport I heard over the intercom "Delta customer Amelia Earhart please come to the baggage claim; we've found your luggage."
Posted by Tony Ray Mattingly (Member # 469) on :
A gentleman was flying for the first time and was nervous. As the flight was in progress the pilot came over the intercom and stated " ladies and gentlemen, we have lost number 4 engine, we will be proceeding on to Dallas and will be approximately 1 hour late." This made the gentlemen more nervous especially since he had an important business date. Later the pilot again came on the intercom and stated "ladies and gentleman, we have lost number 2 engine, proceeding on to Dallas with the remaining 2 engines and will be approximately 2 hours late." By this time the gentleman was going to pieces. A short time later, the pilot again came on the intercom and stated, "ladies and gentlemen, we have lost number 3 engine, we will proceeding on to Dallas with the remaining 1 engine and we will be approximately 3 hours late." Well the gentleman just could not take it anymore. He jumped to his feet and shouted "If we loss another engine, we are going to be up here all night!"
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
"You don't need a parachute if you only jump once."
"Goodbye cruel world-geronimo!!!"
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
Cisco! Lap is a carry on..ya gotta pull it out and put it in a seperate plastic box for x-ray. No plug-ins on the plane....ya gotta rely on the battery....I use airport plugins for charging if ya don't have it charged from home,....you'll be charmin' the Flight attendents anyway! (Don't call them "waitress" they get mad!"
Posted by Sonny Franks (Member # 588) on :
yea, we get mad when called waitress! You might just get a roll on your tray that rolled onto the floor first! If you are lucky enough to get a flight that serves food anyway ( or some facsimile of food) By the way this is Peggy - Sonny's wife - Sonny couldn't work for an airline cause he can't get anywhere on time - Well maybe that should be a prerequisite for the airlines these days!
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
I would say that a laptop is not really a carry-on because if your flight allows 1 carry-on, it will probably also allow the 1 carry-on plus a laptop. That has been my experience on American Airlines anyway.
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
Good point Doug....in india, a Goat would be a carry-on. Peggy, he ain't never late, he's just laid-back! Did Sonny get his Snowmobile for Christmas?
Posted by Jeff Fisher (Member # 5296) on :
The laptop carry-on thing really depends on the size of your laptop case. If it's literally a portable office like mine it's a "carry-on." If you have a smaller case it is considered a "personal item." On some planes I've had outlets in business or first class. Usually I just carry an extra battery. Traveling about a third of the year I spend way too much time in airports and on planes - but I'm using miles to fly to St. Croix for $13.10 next month for a vacation.
- Jeff
Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
Thanks for the answers, I guess my best bet is to go to the airport, it's a rock throw to my house and take the laptop and my carry on bag to see if I can climb abord like that. A goat as a carry on, now thats bring your lawnmower to the party hahahahahaha good one Mike, can I bring my rooster to wake up Ayleen Posted by Serge (Member # 3645) on :
my wife just came back from Oregon. She had WINE as a carry-on! "Always prepared"! Posted by Michael Latham (Member # 4477) on :
The last time I flew back from France I had 9 bottles of wine in my carry on. My stowed luggage was bursting at the seams! I thank the wine gods everyday for no-one paying attention to the clinking carry on. But this was before 9-11. Bach then I carried my gerber on my side and had a toolbox as carry on! Times are a changing.
Posted by Jeff Fisher (Member # 5296) on :
We were loaded down with wine coming back from two weeks in Italy this past October. Returning from a previous trip to Italy all carried-on wine made it just fine - and a friend had two of the four bottles of wine in his checked luggage stolen. The thieves were obviously not really into wine - they left the two VERY expensive bottles behind.
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