MoonShot

The VGs help.

flyallnite

If you are not in uniform, you have to comply with the regular pax carry on rules. If you are in uniform, you can bring as much booze as you can stuff in your carry on.

Chomeur

It helps, but the 737-900 is still noisy. Most of the noise is wind noise from the airstream around the windshields, whereas the 757, especially the 300 has the hurricane blast of air venting from above the windshield top. Stuffing paper in the vent holes helps in the 757, except when they fly out at bullet velocity.

Cycle Pilot

That website looks like it's from 1995. Softmica might want to think about upgrading their site to get some credibility with potential clients?

Purple Drank

From Bloomberg.com

Delta Debuts GPS Pet-Tracker to Ensure Dogs Have a Nice Trip
by Michael Sasso

Dogs in Crates at an Airport
Starting April 1, Delta passengers will be able to monitor their pets in real time, including data on the surrounding temperature and whether the animal is right-side up or sitting askew. The gadget was developed by Sendum Wireless Corp. and will be available for $50 per flight from 10 U.S. airports.
(Bloomberg) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. will offer what it says is the first pet-tracking device to reassure passengers who are separated from their beloved furry companions during flights.
Starting Wednesday, Delta customers will be able to monitor their pets in real time, with data on the surrounding temperature and whether the animal is right-side up or sitting askew. The gadget was developed by Sendum Wireless Corp. and will be available for $50 per flight from 10 U.S. airports.
“When things go wrong with a pet, it often goes horribly wrong,” said Neel Jones Shah, an airline adviser to Burnaby, British Columbia-based Sendum and former Delta cargo executive.
Take Ty, the American Staffordshire Terrier who escaped from his kennel under Delta’s watch and raced out of the Los Angeles airport in October. The pooch hasn’t been seen since, though he is memorialized through his own Facebook page and his family has petitioned Delta to apologize and take steps to prevent similar events from happening again.
The new GPS gadget wasn’t specifically meant to address the airline’s past trouble with animal shipments, Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant said. United Continental Holdings Inc. said it’s also testing a pet tracking device. Sendum’s PT300 has uses beyond monitoring live animals, including temperature-sensitive organ transplants, Durrant said.
It’s the furry friends that make the headlines, however, and transporting animals can be a tricky business. The Humane Society of the United States urges people not to ship their pets by air “unless absolutely necessary,” according to its website.
English bulldogs, Pekingese and other dogs with short snouts have may have trouble breathing during flights, so much so that some airlines ban the breeds, said Walter Woolf, a veterinarian and owner of pet mover Air Animal Inc. in Tampa, Florida.

Fewer Deaths
The number of animals that die while in an airline’s care has been dropping in recent years.
Delta has had the most animal deaths among U.S. carriers in the past five years, with 51, though it has had only 6 since 2013, Transportation Department data show. In 2014, U.S. airlines reported 17 animal deaths, including some that were out of the airline’s control. That’s down from 39 in 2010.
Delta, based in Atlanta, will offer the new GPS-based device to owners who bring animals to the Delta Cargo facility at New York’s LaGuardia and nine other airports in Atlanta; Cincinnati; Detroit; Los Angeles; Memphis, Tennessee; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Seattle; Salt Lake City; and Tampa. The service is not available for pets sent by checked baggage at the passenger terminal.
Placed on the animal’s crate, the device notes location, ambient temperature and other factors, including how the crate is positioned. If the temperature rises above 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 Celsius), for example, it will shoot an an alert to Delta’s call center, Shah said. The pet owners also can check on their animal’s stats by visiting a website, he said.

Ground Service
A caveat is that the system only sends alerts before and after a flight because restrictions on cellular communications prevent it from sending notices while airborne, Shah said. Still, many of the accidents that cause an animal to go missing or die occur at the airport and not in the air, he said.
Woolf, the animal shipper, regularly plots round-the-world flights for pets, recently shipping a dog from Sydney to London and another animal from San Francisco to Zurich. He’s not convinced people will pay extra for real-time following of pets, since all animals already get a tracking code called an airway bill.
Sendum is hoping pets offer a new venue for its monitors, which more often are used to keep tabs on alcohol and tobacco and to make sure seafood is kept cold, founder Wayne Chester said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Michael Sasso in Atlanta at [email protected]

Flamer

So we can put GPS on Fluffy, just not on some of the actual fleet and none of the Surface tablets. Ok.

LeineLodge

Scrolling through the revision notes it looks like it's been available for awhile yet I've never heard of it. Anyone actually use this?

And agreed on the need for a website facelift. Cycle Pilot could fix you up unless you're going for that Netscape throwback look

sailingfun

This is not correct. You are not subject to the liquids restriction if not in uniform. The caution however is if you are selected for inspection and sent to a regular checkpoint you now have to meet the liquids restriction. If the inspection is done at the KCM point you can keep your liquids.

flyallnite

I'm not sure where you got that information, but this is as of January:

LAGS allowance for non-uniformed crewmembers: If you are not wearing your uniform through the KCM checkpoint, it is highly recommended that you comply with the 3 oz. passenger allowance for LAGS (liquids, aerosols and gels). If you are selected for additional security screening, doing so will prevent you from having to dispose of any such items exceeding the passenger allowance. If you wish to take advantage of the allowance for LAGS, you must be in uniform when using KCM. Changing into uniform after being selected for additional security screening is prohibited.

casual observer

Can I bring my kids on the G.O. bus to non-rev or is it for employees only?