Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1320798)

Hoser you are good to go...
Listed on the JS and Delta ID is good enough to sit in any domestic Delta cockpit...

Cheers
George

Originally Posted by orvil (Post 1320834)

Originally Posted by hoserpilot (Post 1320841)

Thanks, I'm so used to jumpseating threw hoops on other carriers I forgot how easy it was on my own. Btw, heading to Ogden in January. Ski/drinking trip at Casa de Porsche.

Originally Posted by sinca3 (Post 1320759)

Recently our flight was met by a couple of mechanics that were "looking" for something?!? I got off grab breakfast and when I returned they explained they are trying to catch the person put a certain graffiti in the cockpit. Per our conversation this specific graffiti has caught the attention and scour of upper managment so there is a big push to find the person.
I haven't seen what they were looking for, but then again there is always some writting in the cockpit so it never really jumps out at me...expect for maybe the one M90 I got in named "China Flipper", that one got a good chuckle!
Moral of story, if you are adding your handy work to the M88-90 fleet they are looking for you!

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1320980)

We had a MD-90 that Captains used to call "Flipper" all the way back in 2005/2006 when I was flying the 90's out of SLC. It would very mildly, yet constantly porpoise up and down when at cruise with the AP on, thus the "Flipper" moniker.

Also, this was before we got the 90s from China, so unless there is another Flipper I'm not sure the "China" part is deserved.

Scoop :)

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1320980)

We had a MD-90 that Captains used to call "Flipper" all the way back in 2005/2006 when I was flying the 90's out of SLC. It would very mildly, yet constantly porpoise up and down when at cruise with the AP on, thus the "Flipper" moniker.

Also, this was before we got the 90s from China, so unless there is another Flipper I'm not sure the "China" part is deserved.

Scoop :)

Originally Posted by sinca3 (Post 1320992)

Deserved and funny as all get out!! I've flown'em both now....

Originally Posted by nuguy (Post 1321043)

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Originally Posted by JungleBus (Post 1320822)

Last time I flew from London to the states was in 2009, when it was like $2.05/£. The UK hadjust doubled their departure tax - at that time for Heathrow only - as a way of making up budget shortfalls due to the market crash, and later expanded the increase across the country. Departure tax, fees, etc came to something like $180pp, but with today's exchange rate should be around $130-140. Since then, I've flown through Heathrow enroute to other European destinations, and departure taxes are considerably lower, around $40 - pretty much on par with AMS or CDG connecting to other EU countries.

London City is the only really convenient airport to central London, Stansted and Gatwick both have express trains but are fairly far out, and Luton's a pain to get to. The differences in departure tax aren't enough to justify going to the extra effort of flying out of another airport. Heathrow now has the most flights to the US, by far, although its stupid terminal system still makes it a bit of a pain in the butt to creatively nonrev out of.

Originally Posted by orvil (Post 1320834)