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03-24-2013 | 01:59 PM

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From: Whiskey Papa

Pretty sure liquor can't be served while on the ground......

03-24-2013 | 02:10 PM

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What???? Don't tell that to first class. I love the glass of champagne while the masses board ( nonrev of course ).

03-24-2013 | 02:12 PM

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From: Whiskey Papa

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Originally Posted by full of luv

What???? Don't tell that to first class. I love the glass of champagne while the masses board ( nonrev of course ).

Oops, yes...meant coach AND beverage carts can't be used while on the ground.

03-24-2013 | 07:03 PM

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Laziness....it's in our psyche.....

03-25-2013 | 05:03 AM

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I was talking to a very senior DAL dispatcher yesterday and its amazing the number of ATL diversions they had last Monday due to thunder and hail.

03-25-2013 | 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sata 4000 RP

I was talking to a very senior DAL dispatcher yesterday and its amazing the number of ATL diversions they had last Monday due to thunder and hail.

Was this in the context of "How dare thunder and hail get in Delta's way!"?

03-25-2013 | 08:27 AM

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From: erb

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Originally Posted by EMBFlyer

I personally did this for 25 passengers and my crew on the RJ 2 years ago when we diverted to an offline station. I never even heard from my chief pilot, let alone the national media.

Very important, please don't forget, you want "DATE OF HIRE!"

03-25-2013 | 08:46 AM

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From: CE-172 Heavy

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Originally Posted by EMBFlyer

Was this in the context of "How dare thunder and hail get in Delta's way!"?

lol No. This guy has been there 39 or 40 years and doesn't drink the Koolaid though he loves his job.

03-25-2013 | 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by V169

A SWA Captain did the same thing in 2010 after a weather divert to Pueblo for storms in Denver. The TSA raised a stink afterwards because the airport didn't screen the pizzas before they were delivered to the jet!

A buddy of mine did that on an ATA flight back in 2003. We also ordered about 350 dinners from a local Mexican restaurant when the company messed up and forget to arrange catering for an L-1011 flight moving troops from the Midwest to the Middle East (I can't remember our departure airport at the moment. Far better than the normal catering, though there may have been some other "effects."