| Hover conversions and ETOPS certification [message #137823] |
Sun, 07 August 2011 03:25  |
Chr$
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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When the hell is the heavy duty hover conversion going to be available for the GMC? That and ETOPS, I could then fly my coach to Europe instead of having to deal with F*cked US Airways. GRRRRRR.
i KNOW it's another one of those work slowdowns by the East coast US Air pilots. Fire 'em all and let the America West pilots have their slots. Really. It's about time. This really sucks when you are in Amsterdam waiting to get home.
I am so sick of air travel. It has really gone to the dogs. You retired guys have it made!
Trying to get my A$$ home!!!!!
Sorry.
/Rant off.
-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ
77 Ex-Kingsley 455 SOLD!
2010 Nomad 24 Ft TT 390W PV W/MPPT, EV4010 and custom cargo door.
Photosite: Chrisc GMC:"It has Begun" TT: "The Other Woman"
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| Re: [GMCnet] Hover conversions and ETOPS certification [message #137839 is a reply to message #137823] |
Sun, 07 August 2011 08:27  |
Mike Teets
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I agree Chris... I saw a post on an airline blog the other day that called
passengers "self loading cargo". That about sums up the flying
experience. 5 years ago, I could actually schedule flight times within an
hour or two of meetings and never had a problem. Now it often takes a whole
day just on domestic travel. My last trip from Schiphol was a 12 hour wait.
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 4:25 AM, Chris Choffat <cchoffataz@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>
> When the hell is the heavy duty hover conversion going to be available for
> the GMC? That and ETOPS, I could then fly my coach to Europe instead of
> having to deal with F*cked US Airways. GRRRRRR.
>
> i KNOW it's another one of those work slowdowns by the East coast US Air
> pilots. Fire 'em all and let the America West pilots have their slots.
> Really. It's about time. This really sucks when you are in Amsterdam waiting
> to get home.
>
> I am so sick of air travel. It has really gone to the dogs. You retired
> guys have it made!
>
> Trying to get my A$$ home!!!!!
>
> Sorry.
>
> /Rant off.
> --
> -Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
> Scottsdale, AZ
> "The Escape Pod" A 77 Ex-Kingsley Featuring: Olds 455, Manny Power Drive,
> 3:21, Rockwell, Jim B QJET, Quadra bag. Still needs paint!
>
> Photosite: Chrisc "It has Begun"
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| Re: Hover conversions and ETOPS certification [message #137907 is a reply to message #137823] |
Sun, 07 August 2011 15:59 |
Chr$
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To add insult to injury, they wasted so much time rebooking everyone, we left later than we could have. I got to gate C20 at PHL just in time to watch Randy taxi away from the gate. (Well maybe it wasn't Randy). if the security Dip$#!+s here worked faster than the speed of a fart, then maybe I could have made my original connection. instead i'm drinking $1 beers in the USAirways lounge for 5 hrs.
-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ
77 Ex-Kingsley 455 SOLD!
2010 Nomad 24 Ft TT 390W PV W/MPPT, EV4010 and custom cargo door.
Photosite: Chrisc GMC:"It has Begun" TT: "The Other Woman"
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| Re: Hover conversions and ETOPS certification [message #137909 is a reply to message #137823] |
Sun, 07 August 2011 16:11 |
Luvn737s
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You do know that ETOPS stands for Engines Turn Or People Swim.
No I only go to PHL wearing my Mexican Wrestling mask I picked up in Mexico City. Speaking of things I picked up in Mexico City, I'm a little reluctant to put many farts on the dyno.
El Santo!
Randy
1973 26' Painted Desert
Ahwatukee (Phoenix) AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] Hover conversions and ETOPS certification [message #137913 is a reply to message #137907] |
Sun, 07 August 2011 17:05 |
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USAussie
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Chris,
As a field rep for Hamilton Standard for thirty years I agree with you. Over
that period air travel got less and less fun. People always used to say to
me "boy, what a great job, you get to travel all around the world." They
would say that because for most people air travel is associated with
vacations. I used to note that while they would drive to work daily I had to
fly there for hours and that the first trip to just about anywhere was fun,
however, the fourth trip through West Africa wasn't nor was the 6th time to
Chengdu, PRC. If you think air travel in the first world is bad, try the
third!
We usually head back to the USA once a year from Australia to do a bit of
touring in Double Trouble. I have a couple of credit cards we got before we
retired to Australia that are tied in with United and I get 1 mile for every
USD spent. We charge anything and everything we can. We buy the cheapest
upgradeable tickets as the flight from Sydney to the west coast is a LONG
haul and use FF miles to upgrade to Business Class or at the least pay for
Economy Plus.
I reckon the AA prayer applies to air travel now-a-days; "God grant me the
serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the
things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Choffat
To add insult to injury, they wasted so much time rebooking everyone, we
left later than we could have. I got to gate C20 at PHL just in time to
watch Randy taxi away from the gate. (Well maybe it wasn't Randy). if the
security Dip$#!+s here worked faster than the speed of a fart, then maybe I
could have made my original connection. instead i'm drinking $1 beers in the
USAirways lounge for 5 hrs.
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-Chr$:
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