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Old 08-08-2015, 07:10 PM
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To the carrier that flew me Transcon that had unlimited breadsticks and cognac.
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Old 08-08-2015, 08:43 PM
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I was Captain of a CRJ700 with a First Class section. Had the best crew EVER. Cool! F/O had the habit of printing out the pax list. He said we had an Al Haynes onboard. Cool! THEE Al Haynes? Don't know, wouldn't recognize him if I saw him. Okay, I saw him speak about the incident, I'll go use the aft lab and see if it's THEE Al Haynes. It was. Cool! Sitting quietly in the back,very under the radar. A very quite, reserved, dignified presence. Checked with FA1 and found we had ONE empty seat in First. I offered it to Captain Haynes and he accepted, and very humbly. Cool! Told both FA's to treat him like a king. Theydid! Cool! They called up front midway through the flight and Captain Haynes had asked if there was something he could do for me! Too old to start over I didn't need to ask for a recommendation to United. Asked that he autograph my copy of the release. Granted! Totally Cool! and a prized possession.
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Old 08-09-2015, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by qazWSX View Post
I was Captain of a CRJ700 with a First Class section. Had the best crew EVER. Cool! F/O had the habit of printing out the pax list. He said we had an Al Haynes onboard. Cool! THEE Al Haynes? Don't know, wouldn't recognize him if I saw him. Okay, I saw him speak about the incident, I'll go use the aft lab and see if it's THEE Al Haynes. It was. Cool! Sitting quietly in the back,very under the radar. A very quite, reserved, dignified presence. Checked with FA1 and found we had ONE empty seat in First. I offered it to Captain Haynes and he accepted, and very humbly. Cool! Told both FA's to treat him like a king. Theydid! Cool! They called up front midway through the flight and Captain Haynes had asked if there was something he could do for me! Too old to start over I didn't need to ask for a recommendation to United. Asked that he autograph my copy of the release. Granted! Totally Cool! and a prized possession.
I met Captain Haynes several years ago. Totally agree, what a wonderful classy gentleman. Humble, gracious, dignified....I could go on and on. I wish they made more men like that.
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Old 08-09-2015, 01:59 AM
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Gate agent Chris working A17 around 10:00 am yesterday @ ATL. My good shades fell out of my backpack while nonrevving and I didn't notice until driving away from the airport. Called the PSC who connected me to Chris working the gate. He stopped what he was doing, went back to my seat, and found the glasses underneath the seat and put them aside for me to pick up later in the afternoon.
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Old 08-09-2015, 04:29 AM
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At the risk of identifying myself, the two pilots and I work for an airline who flies exclusively for AA, has a fleet of CRJs, and who pilots think should change their call sign to "Cheese head".
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Old 08-09-2015, 04:00 PM
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Keep this thread going. Reading all the bad stuff gets old. Its nice to see some good still out there somewhere!
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Old 08-10-2015, 02:55 PM
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SAS sniper saves father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded by ISIS maniac

ISIS militants had decreed that the little boy and his father must die after branding them "infidels" because they refused to denounce their Christian faith.

They were just seconds from death when the hero sniper intervened to stop the barbaric killing in the Syrian desert.

The SAS marksman, using a .50 calibre sniper rifle fitted with a silencer, killed the executioner just in the nick of time, taking out the crazed jihadi with a head shot from 1,000 metres away.

The special forces crack shot then killed the two other members of the hated terror group standing next to the executioner holding AK-47s.

The source added: "The ISIS thug who was about to decapitate the father was shot in the head and collapsed. Everyone just stared in confusion. The sniper then dispatched the two henchmen with single shots – three kills with three bullets."

"Someone from the crowd being forced to watch the executions then ran over and untied the father and son’s hands and took their blindfolds off.

"They just stared at the bodies and then ran. They were last seen heading towards the Turkish border in a pick-up truck."

The SAS sniper team was later told the village held a party to celebrate the deaths of the ISIS fighters and it is understood they have since refused to enter the town.

"It was a good day’s work."


SAS sniper saves Syrian father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded


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Old 09-05-2015, 03:35 PM
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Lost dog found after 42 days in Yellowstone Park

Jade, an 18-month-old Australian shepherd that had been missing in Yellowstone National Park since a July 23 wreck has finally been reunited with her owner Sowers after 42 days in the wild.

Sowers and Gillice were seriously injured when their SUV was hit head-on while on driving on a Yellowstone road. The accident spooked Jade.

"When the Park Rangers tried to get her out of the car she bolted and ran into the woods," Sowers said.

Sowers was airlifted to a hospital out of fear that he had broken his neck. He came out of the ordeal with a broken arm, a broken leg, broken ribs – and a broken heart when he learned that Jade had bolted when park rangers whom she was in the care of opened a car door.

Sowers and his girlfriend posted signs in Yellowstone, started a Help Find Jade Facebook page and set traps with dog food.

They returned to Yellowstone several times to look for Jade and never gave up hope they would find her. Jade had been spotted numerous times by people around Canyon Village with increasing frequency in recent weeks.

Gillice had been waking up at daylight for the past several days, walking Leila and coercing her to bark in hopes that Jade would come running to see her playmate.

“It was a beautiful morning with the fog in the meadow and another couple had stopped to take pictures and out of the corner of my eye I saw this black and white movement,” Gillice said. “I asked the couple, because they had binoculars, ‘Is that a deer or a dog?’ and she said ‘It’s a dog.’ I just called to her in puppy voices. She just came running to me, like ‘Where’ve you been mom?’ "

“It’s a miracle,” Gillice said.

Efforts to find Jade have included fliers, leaving out blankets and clothes with Gillice's and Sowers’ scents on them, playing recordings of Dave calling to Leila on cellphones and speakers and live traps with wet dog food placed by park rangers.

The compassion of others has not been lost on Sowers.

“A lot of people have just dedicated their weekends to looking for her. It’s amazing, we didn’t think we’d ever see her again,” he said.

It’s a happy ending to a what at times was a heart-wrenching story for the Denver couple, but the final scenes are playing out to smiling faces.







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Old 09-10-2015, 07:49 AM
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Old 09-10-2015, 08:10 AM
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Flew back to the states from MAN a few days ago. The gate agent approached us before we boarded to let us know the station had upgraded a British WWII veteran to business class. He was 92 years young, braved the Normandy landing, and was traveling to the states to visit his son. He was very excited and gracious, and we were all humbled to have him on board. Class act by the agents in MAN.
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