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06-02-2010, 09:37 AM
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I'm enjoying the popcorn.
How about this, The Simpsons, Soccer comes to Sprinfield. Its well promoted and everyone gets very excited, then the game starts and they get bored, as shown in this clip: Soccer Comes to Everyday American Springfield.
Then the riot breaks out: Soccer Riot in Springfield
Man, when the Simpsons were good they were good. Too bad its been over 10 years since that was remotely the case.
How about this, The Simpsons, Soccer comes to Sprinfield. Its well promoted and everyone gets very excited, then the game starts and they get bored, as shown in this clip: Soccer Comes to Everyday American Springfield.
Then the riot breaks out: Soccer Riot in Springfield
Man, when the Simpsons were good they were good. Too bad its been over 10 years since that was remotely the case.
"Now, Now, there are plenty of exits for everyone!"
Heh....
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06-02-2010, 09:39 AM
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06-02-2010, 09:48 AM
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Facebook is where you go to say your kid picked their own nose for the first time, that your GTO blew up or that you blew a hole in the side of your new lawn mower.
airline pilot central forums latest and greatest about delta is well, a beast that consumes all as long as it is remotely related to Delta pilot life and/or underboob and the sports that make underboob possible.
airline pilot central forums latest and greatest about delta is well, a beast that consumes all as long as it is remotely related to Delta pilot life and/or underboob and the sports that make underboob possible.
06-02-2010, 10:01 AM
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06-02-2010, 10:22 AM
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Now, now, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Super is still the king. I just came across that one by luck and thought maybe there were some World Cup fans around here.
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I just operate under one simple premise:
Underboob > Sideboob > Topboob > No Boob
06-02-2010, 10:33 AM
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Airlines Should Pay Bumped Passengers More, White House Says
Published June 02, 2010
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration wants to raise the amount airlines have to compensate passengers bumped from full flights to as much as $1,300. They pay up to $800 now.
The Transportation Department unveiled the proposals Thursday. The proposed changes also would give passengers 24 hours to cancel reservations without penalty.
And the new rule would require airlines to fully and prominently disclose baggage fees, prohibit price increases after a ticket is purchased, and give passengers timely notice of flight status changes.
The proposal would also extend to foreign airlines a three-hour limit on the time airlines can keep passengers waiting on airport tarmacs.
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So are we seeing the elimination of refundable ticket? Now everyone gets a 100% refundable ticket? So you can reserve a spot on an airliner and then decide not to take it 24 hours in advance and now said airline has to fly with that seat empty because it probably won't be able to resell it. Yikes.
Well, hot damn, lets do that with sports tickets and see how that goes. I'd like a $10,000 nose bleed Super Bowl ticket, oh wait, nevermind.
Published June 02, 2010
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration wants to raise the amount airlines have to compensate passengers bumped from full flights to as much as $1,300. They pay up to $800 now.
The Transportation Department unveiled the proposals Thursday. The proposed changes also would give passengers 24 hours to cancel reservations without penalty.
And the new rule would require airlines to fully and prominently disclose baggage fees, prohibit price increases after a ticket is purchased, and give passengers timely notice of flight status changes.
The proposal would also extend to foreign airlines a three-hour limit on the time airlines can keep passengers waiting on airport tarmacs.
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So are we seeing the elimination of refundable ticket? Now everyone gets a 100% refundable ticket? So you can reserve a spot on an airliner and then decide not to take it 24 hours in advance and now said airline has to fly with that seat empty because it probably won't be able to resell it. Yikes.
Well, hot damn, lets do that with sports tickets and see how that goes. I'd like a $10,000 nose bleed Super Bowl ticket, oh wait, nevermind.
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06-02-2010, 10:45 AM
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More from Aviation Week: LaHood Loves Airlines
U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, in a drastic expansion to his first air passenger protection rule, intends to impose tarmac delay rules on foreign carriers and domestic carriers’ international flights, and expand the current ruling from hubs to any airport that handles more than 10,000 passengers a year.
The new proposal also expands the current tarmac delay rule from the country’s top 18 carriers to any airline that operates an aircraft with 30 or more seats. So Beech 1900Ds with no bathrooms can hang out for hours?Under current rules airlines must deplane passengers after three hours (with some caveats); this new plan has yet to determine such criteria for international services, although it will probably be tiered according to the flight’s duration.
LaHood’s proposal also widens the compensation airlines must offer passengers bumped from overbooked flights by $250 to $650 for domestic services that get the passenger to their destination within two hours. This rises to $800 for passengers that arrive at their domestic destination more than two hours late, and $1,300 for passengers on international flights that arrive more than four hours after they intended.
This compensation will also be linked with inflation.
“Anyone who has flown knows the problem with flying,” said LaHood during a press briefing, adding that this proposal addresses “the more egregious” issues. “They [the airlines] charge for a bag, then they lose the bag, and you have no recourse,” he added. Really? Is that how that works? ******
To resolve the many complaints lodged with DOT, LaHood also proposes to allow passengers a 24-hour grace period to cancel a booking, or require an airline to hold a reservation for the same period. Every ticket is now fully refundable!!! Cancel when you want! Book that seat now, just in case you want to go! But if you change your mind, thats fine. Just give the rich greedy airlines 24 hours to find someone to take that spot. Serves them right! He also seeks full disclosure of fees in all forms of advertising, more transparent pricing, and wants to mandate flight status updates within 30 minutes of any change.
All carriers, including foreign operators, will be required to include their contingency and customer services plans in their contracts of carriage; foreign airlines will also have to post these contracts on their websites, a rule already required of U.S. operators. So I wonder now if U.S. airlines will need to start paying for the hotels and meals of passengers for flights XLD by weather, acts of God and whatever else the EU requires.
LaHood is also asking for public comment on what action, if any, is required for people with peanut allergies.
“Airline passengers have rights and should be able to expect fair and reasonable treatment when they fly,” said the DOT Secretary. “With this rulemaking, we’re proposing to strengthen the consumer protections enacted last month and raise the bar for airlines when it comes to treating passengers fairly.” Lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit, thats the only way you'll beat this absolute zero contributing jackass, LaHood, back to the ignorant cesspool from which he came.
If fully approved, the rulemaking will impose a cost of $26 million, but will generate $87.6 million, said LaHood. Wow, who gets that money?!? And from whom does it come? I bet Clark Howard and company who believe you shouldn't have to pay for things are going to be jumping up and down with joy.
U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, in a drastic expansion to his first air passenger protection rule, intends to impose tarmac delay rules on foreign carriers and domestic carriers’ international flights, and expand the current ruling from hubs to any airport that handles more than 10,000 passengers a year.
The new proposal also expands the current tarmac delay rule from the country’s top 18 carriers to any airline that operates an aircraft with 30 or more seats. So Beech 1900Ds with no bathrooms can hang out for hours?Under current rules airlines must deplane passengers after three hours (with some caveats); this new plan has yet to determine such criteria for international services, although it will probably be tiered according to the flight’s duration.
LaHood’s proposal also widens the compensation airlines must offer passengers bumped from overbooked flights by $250 to $650 for domestic services that get the passenger to their destination within two hours. This rises to $800 for passengers that arrive at their domestic destination more than two hours late, and $1,300 for passengers on international flights that arrive more than four hours after they intended.
This compensation will also be linked with inflation.
“Anyone who has flown knows the problem with flying,” said LaHood during a press briefing, adding that this proposal addresses “the more egregious” issues. “They [the airlines] charge for a bag, then they lose the bag, and you have no recourse,” he added. Really? Is that how that works? ******
To resolve the many complaints lodged with DOT, LaHood also proposes to allow passengers a 24-hour grace period to cancel a booking, or require an airline to hold a reservation for the same period. Every ticket is now fully refundable!!! Cancel when you want! Book that seat now, just in case you want to go! But if you change your mind, thats fine. Just give the rich greedy airlines 24 hours to find someone to take that spot. Serves them right! He also seeks full disclosure of fees in all forms of advertising, more transparent pricing, and wants to mandate flight status updates within 30 minutes of any change.
All carriers, including foreign operators, will be required to include their contingency and customer services plans in their contracts of carriage; foreign airlines will also have to post these contracts on their websites, a rule already required of U.S. operators. So I wonder now if U.S. airlines will need to start paying for the hotels and meals of passengers for flights XLD by weather, acts of God and whatever else the EU requires.
LaHood is also asking for public comment on what action, if any, is required for people with peanut allergies.
“Airline passengers have rights and should be able to expect fair and reasonable treatment when they fly,” said the DOT Secretary. “With this rulemaking, we’re proposing to strengthen the consumer protections enacted last month and raise the bar for airlines when it comes to treating passengers fairly.” Lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit, thats the only way you'll beat this absolute zero contributing jackass, LaHood, back to the ignorant cesspool from which he came.
If fully approved, the rulemaking will impose a cost of $26 million, but will generate $87.6 million, said LaHood. Wow, who gets that money?!? And from whom does it come? I bet Clark Howard and company who believe you shouldn't have to pay for things are going to be jumping up and down with joy.
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06-02-2010, 10:53 AM
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The Chinese government has deregulated pricing of domestic business and first-class air fares, abolishing a rule that they must be set at 1.5 and 1.3 times the price of economy tickets, respectively.
The change opens the way for China Southern to widely introduce lie-flat seats that it has tried in an Airbus A330. The carrier could not get permission to charge the price it wanted for that service level, three times the economy fare, a company executive says.
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On a better note, the Twin Otter is back in real production, not refurbished but real new planes. Maybe we could fly it out of SEA or something?
50-76 seaters belong at DCI... but twin turboprops on floats, all ours! 
06-02-2010, 11:16 AM
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FTB needs to go put his uniform on since he's on SC today and tomorrow...
Of course if I do that I won't work. But I would like to work since I haven't landed a maddog in a month... That thunderstorm to the north of the ATL airport is absolutely rocking my house. Its been like this for almost 45-60 minutes. Rarely do you see one just keep going and going like this. I'm surprised I still have power.
Yall be good.
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