Originally posted by EGNM
😮 😮 😮 U’re going to St Maartins!!!!!! As in Netherlands Antilles!!!! As in low flying B747s and A340s 😮 😮 😮

That very same one, EG. I already have my airfare (Business Class on USAirways) and my hotel via my father’s timeshare exchange. I tried to get that white hotel with all the balconies that you can see on many of those approach shots, or the one on the other side of the runway next to that bar the photographers talk about, alas they were all booked. When I go again, I’ll book more than 6 months in advance. I got a hotel about 7 K’s from the airport, so I’ll probably hire a car.

Michael, in both instances the Royal Barge was TG910 as my flight UA904 arrived @ 9:05 a.m. and the Royal Barge was parked at the gate. On Wednesday, still suffering from jetlag, I was up at 5:00 so I just looked out the window and watched planes on approach. Sure enough, a little after 7:00 a.m., here comes the Royal Barge again, preceded by a UA 777 and numerous BA 777’s and 767’s. Also, the S. African 743 and a BA744 made appearances. Just a thought, There’s a really tall Holliday Inn near the Gloucester Road tube, I believe it’s called the Holliday Inn Kensington or something. If you have a room near the top of that thing and you have a decent lens or binoculars, I imagine you get some good views of the approaches. I’m sure the rooms are really expensive, however.

Ren, I would have loved to make a jump up to Scotland, but flying BMi into Aberdeen was just way too expensive. For my brother and I, it would have cost just as much to fly up there from Heathrow as it did to fly from LAX to LHR! Amazing, but true. We got a really good deal with UA. We’re going to go to AMS instead because my brother wanted to go there and it was considerably cheaper. Next time I’m in the UK, I will definitely hit you up, and that’s a promise. I’ll just fly into Scotland and avoid London altogether (the American dollar is $hit compared to the Pound!).

Lastly, can somebody please tell me where there is an Irish pub in London that serves Kilkenny?

I like the Condor scheme the best, the one with the Grey belly and engine cowlings. The yellow belly and engine cowlings weren’t bad either. Too bad these will be gone soon. 🙁

NO!!!

The pax can also jump in to help, I surely would. Flight attendants are trained to be able to detain unruly passengers; 2 or 3 of them can do the job. I’m sure drunk and belligerant passengers are not weilding a gun, or anything. Ones that have a weapon (god forbid) have a different agenda, and are surely not drunk!

There is no doubt that alcohol dramatically influences someones behaviour. However, that in no way gives a drunk person the right to get belligerant. In my opinion, a drunk person gone balllistic on a airplane is in no way a different circumstance than a drunk person gone ballistic in the local bar or pub. If you’re going to ban alcohol on flights in order to ensue no one gets out of hand up there, they should ban alcohol in every public venue to ensue no one gets out of hand, period. In both cases, very extreme, and neither should EVER be considered.