RE: ONEWORLD (PLAYING FAIR??)

I was not aware that Iberia had a hub at Miami and had their own aircraft stationed there. My question is, why don’t they just put their flight numbers on AA flights considering AA has a huge presence there with endless connections to the Caribean and Latin America?

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RE: Mobile Phones

Did the captain announce that it was that very reason? Also, was the passenger indentified?

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RE: 5 engines on BA 747

No SMF, it’s not a joke. See Dazza’s and Kabir’s posts.

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RE: Alitalia

My father has flown them on a few occassions from LAX to ATH via MXP. Other than his flight from MXP to JFK on the return being delayed and them losing his luggage for a couple of days, he didn’t mind them too much. With them being part of Skyteam now, he got his Delta mileage, which is what he was mainly concerned about. The way I see it, if you fly anybody other than Virgin from LAX to Europe, it’s all the same. You pretty much have a choice of airlines, you’re going to make one stop at their hub, then continue on. I’ve never flown Virgin but I’ve heard and read enough about their service to know about their product. The choice for me is who I’m getting frequent flyer miles with, so that would be UA or LH. Ironically, Alitalia stopped serving LAX while he was in Greece, which is why he had to go to JFK, then connect to Delta on the return. Why they would stop serving LAX right before the peak summer season, is beyond me. My guess is that they won’t be coming back for while.

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RE: New members to the Star Alliance

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 02-06-02 AT 10:58 AM (GMT)]The addition of Spanair makes sense. They had already been involved in a codesharing agreement with UA(and possibly other Star members aw well) for over a year now. The other 2 additions are very surprising, especially Asiana. Wasn’t Asiana somehow tied in with Oneworld? Not necessarily a full-fledged member, but codeshared with current members? Maybe Oneworld isn’t quite doing it for them. Besides, I thought Star was pretty settled in Asia with Singapore, Thai and ANA. The addition of LOT is surprising, but not as much as Asiana. LOT was in Qualiflyer, which is history, so it seems they were just looking to join another alliance and chose the best one. These 2 European airlines just strengthens STAR in Europe, where Oneworld might be stronger. I was thinking(or hoping) Star’s next addition would come from the MiddleEast, like Saudi Arabian, or better yet, Emirates, both of which UA currently has codesharing aggreements with. Even BWIA would make sense. More wishful thinking, perhaps, would have Virgin Blue join STAR, to take the place of Ansett. But that’s very unlikely to happen.

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RE: Work Experience with British Midland

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 01-06-02 AT 06:53 PM (GMT)]During my last semester in college, I got hired on by UPS to work at their nearby Ontario(ONT) hub, which is their biggest other than their main Louisville, KY hub. I was a peak hire during the busy Christmas season, and was laid off at the end of December. This was ok, considering I had received my diploma and was ready to start my carear, anyhow. Needless to say, it was the best job I’ve had to date, even though it only lasted a month. I would come in at 2 a.m.(to the lovely smell of Jet-A!), and get off at 7 a.m. Then, I’d take an hour to get some breakfast, and go back from 8 till noon, or so. I worked on a crew where our primary duty was unloading the main decks of the narrowbodies. I mostly worked on the 727-100, 757-200PF, and the DC-8-71/73. However, during the 2nd portion of the doubleshift, I got to unload the 747’s as well. We would pull the cans(A-2’s or L-9’s) forward to the cargo door, and push them onto the K-loader; and vice versa on the load. My favorite was the DC-8. Sometimes, a couple of us would just kick it in the cockpit while we were waiting. It was great!

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RE: Airline Liveries

I really like the United, 2nd Lufthansa, and the American. I also approve of the Alitalia, and the TAP. Some of the others are good too. The ones I really disapprove of are the 1st Lufthansa, JAL, and the Swiss. Did the creator of that website come up with those himself? Very impressive!

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