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ShyGuy 05-27-2014 03:09 PM

Les Abend's latest article in Flying magazine. Seems it took him 29 years to realize that legacy aisle donkeys* indeed are drama queens.












* LNL76 is exempt from 'aisle donkey' nomenclature

TheFly 05-27-2014 04:58 PM

TOTD goes to all the engineers who designed hotel rooms with no plugs near the beds. Seriously?! At least one outlet near the bed!

Fly Girl 05-27-2014 05:57 PM

[QUOTE=TheFly;1652753]TOTD goes to all the engineers who designed hotel rooms with no plugs near the beds. Seriously?! At least one outlet near the bed!


Haha!!! Have had that problem before too.. Phone is always charging on the desk or the bathroom countertop!

captjns 05-27-2014 07:15 PM


Originally Posted by TheFly (Post 1652753)
TOTD goes to all the engineers who designed hotel rooms with no plugs near the beds. Seriously?! At least one outlet near the bed!

Related to the engineers who designed the Boeing toilet seats that don't stay up.:mad:

jaded 05-27-2014 07:36 PM


Originally Posted by captjns (Post 1652885)
Related to the engineers who designed the Boeing toilet seats that don't stay up.:mad:

or the ones that designed the cup holders for the last 4 airplanes i've flown...

Boomer 05-27-2014 10:27 PM

TOTD... Whoever writes the brain teasers in Delta Sky Magazine...

1) Terry is half as old as Alice was when Alice was five years older than Terry is now. How old is Terry now?

Answer:

1) B

Boomer 05-27-2014 10:30 PM

3) There are four people in a line. Sarah is between Barry and Mary. Mary is in front of two other people and John is directly in front of Mary. Who's first in line, second, third, and fourth?

Answer:

3) 5

badflaps 05-27-2014 10:54 PM


Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1653005)
3) There are four people in a line. Sarah is between Barry and Mary. Mary is in front of two other people and John is directly in front of Mary. Who's first in line, second, third, and fourth?

Answer:

3) 5

Boomer! You did! You went and took the interview test..shouldn't that be over at the poolies?

Semaphore Sam 05-27-2014 10:58 PM


Originally Posted by TheFly (Post 1652753)
TOTD goes to all the engineers who designed hotel rooms with no plugs near the beds. Seriously?! At least one outlet near the bed!

For the last 20 years, I've been carrying an extension cord (with prongs that fit foreign jacks, as appropriate). C'mon guys, not that big a deal...Sam

DeadHead 05-28-2014 01:49 AM


Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1653003)
TOTD... Whoever writes the brain teasers in Delta Sky Magazine...

1) Terry is half as old as Alice was when Alice was five years older than Terry is now. How old is Terry now?

Answer:

1) B

That's actually a question from the cognitive reasoning interview test for pilot applicants.

And for the record it's a trick question. The answer is I'd look it up in the FOM.


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