RE: US to cut miliatary aid to Taiwan if China Airlines gets 330

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 02-08-02 AT 09:14 AM (GMT)]I wouldn’t go as far as saying the U.S. would be turning their back on Europe. If they were going to do that, they should have done so before ‘Nam, in attempting to bail out the French for seemingly the thousandth time. This whole thing has nothing to do with Europe, it has to do with the U.S. and Taiwan. I wouldn’t go to the “spoiled child” card, Kev. I’d go more to the, “We’ve been protecting you from Communist China since day 1,” card. Is this “calling your bluff” tactic by the U.S. fair, probably not. However, it’s just predatory capitalism. BA/AA do it all the time, just to use an example. Not in the same manner, but predatory nonetheless. That’s the bottom line. Use whatever means necessary in order to make the sale and make a profit.

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RE: Alitalia B777

As bad as that livery is, it looks great on that aircraft! I don’t know what it is about the 777, but even AirFrance’s c/s looks good on it.

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RE: I Give Up !!!

Wow, I’ve been gone a week and a half, and this thread is still going. I picked up the magazine when I was in London and read the article, LOL, what a joke. They basically show the person kneeling down on one knee, stepping on the flushing mechanism with his other foot, and simultaneously blowing the smoke in the toilet bowl. First of all, how many airliners have foot flushers? None that I’ve ridden on and I’ve ridden on quite a few. Secondly, I don’t know that anybody would want to stick their face into a toilet bowl(unless vomitting), let alone a vacuum toilet. The vacuum toilet would likely suck your nosehairs right out!

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RE: Pic Of the Day- A330!

I’m sure they’ll get a litte more on a trans-Atlantic sector, gentlemen.

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RE: JMC and their 330’s

Mongu,

CRJ’s are a 2×2 seating arrangement, so depending on your preference, it really doesn’t matter. You’re going to be next to an aisle or a window either way. I’ve flown on a CRJ once, from JFK to IAD, about an hour or so flight, so I took the window. If I’m flying longer than 2 hours, I prefer the aisle, so I can get up whenever I want without bothering anybody (as I tend to do rather often when consuming alcohol and water simultaneously). As far as the A32S’s go, LH usually puts that on itineraries. The plane could change. I just flew them this last week, as a matter of fact. LHR-MUC/MUC-ATH. Then ATH-FRA/FRA-AMS. In that order, A321/A320/A300-600/A320. Both the original A320 flights were supposed to be A321’s, then wound up changing. On those flights, I suggest the emergency exit rows. No entertainment, however, not even audio, even on the A300-600’s. And you guys criticize U.S. carriers about ‘service.’

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RE: SIA keeping options open!

Ironic how this same subject showed up on 2 different threads, and I basically addressed every single one of those questions in the other one. Bus terminal is correct, JA, as I flew in and out of there a week and a half ago. They’re saying the current flow of passengers is over its quota? Try having their whole system shut down, at 6:00 a.m., with flights to Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and whatever other destination they serve from Sydney, waiting to take off, nobody has their boarding passes, and the cue is just growing outside the bus terminal(and it was damn cold too, by my standards at least).

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RE: Farnborough pics

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 22-07-02 AT 04:47 AM (GMT)]A couple of questions: 1) When did the A340-500 get rolled out ,just now? I thought only the -600 was out and about. 2) What is the Connexion 737-400 supposed to be?

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