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Old 10-15-2007, 07:23 PM
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Default Picture of AA STL engine fire

This is what is left of the STL left engine.

Temperatures were hot enough to melt the stainless
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Old 10-15-2007, 07:43 PM
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The pax do not care if they burn to death in an airplane. Their only concern is to get the cheapest ticket to fly from point A to B. Point is proven everyday around the world.
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Old 10-16-2007, 08:32 AM
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Agreed....if safety was that important they would keep those statistics on all the web booking sites. Not a mention of it....just on time arrivals/departures and price.
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Old 10-16-2007, 09:26 AM
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When there is a meaningful correlation between safety and the cost of tickets (in the USA) passengers will pay attention.
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Old 10-16-2007, 09:30 AM
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And yet with the all the training and the incredible safety record of US airlines, we continue to get beat up at every corner............sad, isn't it?
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Old 10-16-2007, 09:42 AM
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I deal with passengers on a regular basis who take flight delay announcements as if I were insulting their mother.

Yet for some reason, most of them take the news better when they know its for a mechanical reason.

And I'll always have 'that guy' who insists on knowing exactly what is being done to the airplane and the tail # so "he can call and make sure its being done correctly", as if Im lying to him about the whole thing.

Then I'll ask him who exactly he plans on calling, and I'll get as a response.

Meanwhile, he paid 69 bux and expects the world.
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Old 10-16-2007, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by AZFlyer View Post
Meanwhile, he paid 69 bux and expects the world.
And for that price we will hurl him through the air at 500MPH and deliver him and his baggage safely to his destination. Seems like a good deal. He'll complain about it but think nothing of paying 250/day for a hotel, 50 for a bottle of wine, 75 for the taxi in to town.

I like what they used to say TWA stood for, Try Walking Across.
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Old 10-16-2007, 03:41 PM
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That picture and caption should be attached to every ticket sold.
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Old 10-16-2007, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by learav8r View Post
That picture and caption should be attached to every ticket sold.
Ok, that might be the best avitar I've ever seen!

Cheers!

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Old 10-16-2007, 07:52 PM
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Default new management weight savings insentive?

By warming up their "fine in-flight" meals this way, they can save boat-loads removing the ovens from the galley.
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