Anytime you see airlines pop up like this out of nowhere and start flying long-haul routes, very rarely do they stick around.

I made the mistake of standing on the beach in line with the center of the runway while the AF A340 was taking off. Lets just say, my camera bag with one of my lenses and all my film inside went flying, and me nearly with it! When the Corsair 747 was making its turn, I didn’t repeat this performance. I will the next time I go, sans camera bag.

I caught it as well, Steve. Good program.

I frequently sit in the overwing exit row, which is also next to the lav, so I always have people congregating in front of me queing to go to the toilet. I don’t see the big deal, as long as the seatbelt sign is off. I think it’s ridiculous to turn the sign on, just to make the line disperse.

Originally posted by Ren Frew
…us Scots don’t see an awful lot of sunshine, unlike you Southern Californian’s. Demand for trips to the hotspots, such as the Carribean is huge for such a small country.

I never doubted this! 😀

Originally posted by Ren Frew
Hopefully the next announcement from Scottish airports will be that of a Virgin-Atlantic connection to Florida and also (fingers crossed) a direct, point to point US West coast service.

How would Virgin pull this off if they’ve eliminated all their short haul routes, and narrowbody aircraft along with that, I would assume?

Originally posted by Ren Frew
As for Trinidadians and Carribean dwellers coming to Scotland.. well we may have a cold climate, but we’re very, very warm.:D

HEAR HEAR!!

ORD is nice, until your plane pushes back on time but sits on the tarmac for 40 minutes to get in line for takeoff and you miss your connecting flight because of it. 😡 Everything else about it is great, though.

That is nice, WD!