Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Okay Carl, I'll take this on. I want to speak about AWABS because I have a question too.
Now follow me here, we're going on an adventure appropriate for friday night apcf and not to unlike I just went through with the movie Inception.
The other day I was holding short of ramp 2 on the north outer taxiway in ATL. Waiting for my gate because we were on time and our gate was occupied for another 20 minutes. Makes no sense does it? And we were on time despite having a reroute from BDL-ATL that took us over CLE.
But while sitting there I saw an MD88 come running down 26L for takeoff. I'm at the end of 26L and this sucker is getting closer, and closer, and closer, and not rotating. They had to be about 2000' from the end when they rotated and climbed out. Turns out it was a 9. Two planes later another 9 repeated the event.
I don't think it is an AWABS problem, as much as it is a desire by AWABS to use the minimum amount of takeoff power in order to use every inch of runway. I did that one time when we cut over to the DAL system. I've not done it again since. I use a power setting that is 1 or 2 below the maximum setting - and I go no lower. This gives me the additional safety factor that I want.
Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
So that made me think of this:
Finger in Butt Crack Sparks Knife Fight
DALLAS - A Dallas woman touched her friend's buttocks, sparking an assault and attempted stabbing, police said.
According to a police report, 22-year-old Laquita Mattox rubbed a finger along the victim's butt crack, prompting her to clench her buttocks. The victim claimed the clenching caused the bed she was sitting on to break, angering Mattox. A fight ensued in which Mattox repeatedly hit the victim before grabbing a butcher knife and threatening to kill her. According to the report, she said, "Are you ready to die?" The alleged victim called police and the suspect fled, the report stated.
The reason why I thought this is I didn't know butt clenching could break a bed, but it about broke a pilot seat on an MD88.
So, AWABS, like what is the takeoff run of a 9 on a 97F day in ATL?
Okay, some things have been embellished here, unfortunately not all of it. The news story is real.
I hate to even think about how big that butt must have been. A story that would make Jerry Springer smile, and want to know their phone numbers.
Carl