Author Topic: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.  (Read 35073 times)

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #60 on: June 15, 2014, 06:01:58 PM »
Started about a month ago and just reached the end on Friday, now back to real life (a.k.a. DDF :P )

Proud to say that I didn't get hooked  :)
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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #61 on: June 15, 2014, 06:10:20 PM »
I guess I know what I'm reading my next flight  ;D ;D
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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #62 on: June 15, 2014, 06:25:50 PM »
I guess I know what I'm reading my next 40 flights  ;D ;D
FTFY.

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #63 on: June 15, 2014, 06:56:53 PM »
I guess I know what I'm reading my next flight  ;D ;D
IIRC you mentioned once being an aviation nut, if true you'll love this thread like I did.

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #64 on: June 15, 2014, 07:01:16 PM »
Not sure if I should blame it for keeping me up at night or thank it for helping me find something to do when I couldn't sleep (when DDF was quiet, that is).

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #65 on: June 15, 2014, 07:58:26 PM »
Not sure if I should blame it for keeping me up at night or thank it for helping me find something to do when I couldn't sleep (when DDF was quiet, that is).
That;s the downside of being on the West Coast
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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #66 on: June 15, 2014, 08:23:10 PM »
Are there any frum commercial pilots?
I knew a frum guy who was a commerical pilot. I also know a frum guy who flies cargo

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #67 on: June 15, 2014, 08:51:24 PM »
I know one who runs a flight school.

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #68 on: June 15, 2014, 09:08:09 PM »
I knew a frum guy who was a commerical pilot. I also know a frum guy who flies cargo

+1 There is a Sefardi frum UA pilot. He flies usually to Asia.

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #69 on: June 15, 2014, 09:48:07 PM »
Perfect time to read through it is during the " error 502 bad gateways".

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #70 on: June 15, 2014, 10:00:27 PM »
Perfect time to read through it is during the " error 502 bad gateways".
Still getting those?
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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #71 on: June 15, 2014, 10:06:34 PM »
Still getting those?
Lately not, TG. A big TY to whoever fixed it.

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #73 on: June 16, 2014, 02:25:36 AM »
Wow has been keeping me entertained on my flights home and I'm only up to page 8 :D

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #74 on: June 16, 2014, 11:01:49 AM »
I knew a frum guy who was a commerical pilot. I also know a frum guy who flies cargo

Latter guy lives in UWS? :)
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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #75 on: June 16, 2014, 11:15:51 AM »
Latter guy lives in UWS? :)
you go it.

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #76 on: June 16, 2014, 10:34:28 PM »
So far this is my best post
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When I first started flying, I could go over to Dulles and practically have the airport to myself. They welcomed me because each time I landed added to their traffic and helped justify their existence.

I remember one time (1980-ish) I went out at 3:30 am on a Saturday morning (couldn't sleep that night and it seemed like a good thing to do). I told the controller that I wanted to do some touch and goes. I will never forget the clearance I got: "Grumman 74026, you are cleared to do whatever you want, on any runway you want, for as long as you want, until further notice."

I went from one runway to another, doing touch and goes, low passes, stop and goes. It was great. After that, I parked and went up to the tower and watched the sunrise with the controller.
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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #77 on: June 16, 2014, 11:01:09 PM »
I think this story is better:

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It's pretty much "first come, first served" with ATC. A 747 does not get priority over regional jet, even though it may be carrying 6 times as many people.

In fact, I remember years ago coming in to Dulles to land in a small single engine plane and the Concorde was told by tower to hold short of the runway for landing traffic: me! That plane was burning more fuel in the minutes it had to hold short than my plane would have used to fly to Texas. I even offered to the tower to do a left 360 degree turn so that the Concorde could depart. "Negative" he said, "cleared to land". The controllers have no incentive to minimize unnecessary fuel burn.
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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #78 on: June 25, 2014, 01:58:03 AM »
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I'm not sure about the amount, but cargo is definitely a money maker. I remember the Newark station manager telling me back in the 90s that United's non-stop flight to Tokyo was a money maker even if there were no passengers on board.

We take a lot of cargo out of Cairo and we've often left many non-rev passengers (airline employees) behind with over half the seats in Business Class empty due to the lucrative cargo (the company calls it Load Optimization).

wonder if these economics are still true for some flights?

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Re: Probably the most interesting thread I've ever read.
« Reply #79 on: November 13, 2015, 09:33:33 AM »
Yearly bump...

Thread still going strong.
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