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Cool of the Day
A thread for kudos to balance the TOTD thread.
I saw this and wanted to post it somewhere in the hopes this news and others like it inspires other acts of kindness. There can never be enough of them. Tuncay Eminoglu, well done and take a bow... Elizabeth "Lizzy" Myers and her family will travel to Rome sometime next spring thanks to Turkish Airlines, whose general manager Tuncay Eminoglu was touched by the little girl's story and her parents' wish that she see many amazing things before a rare genetic condition robs her of her sight. Ciao, Lizzy! Airline gives 5-year-old a free trip to Rome |
That was a neat article. Hope she has a beautiful 6-7 years. To bad none of the U.S. airlines didn't step up to the plate.
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Originally Posted by Flynn
(Post 1945101)
To bad none of the U.S. airlines didn't step up to the plate.
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I'm a crew scheduler for an unnamed airline. Working on my pilot ratings (current PPL) on my days/time off.
So, I've got a few cools of the day to announce. 1. All of the pilots I talk to on a daily basis that A. give me tips on how they built time and B. are willing to help me out when I get qualified to be hired. 2. My dad is ill, and will require a bone marrow transplant. I've had a first officer and an assistant chief pilot offer to fly to my location and get tested to see if they're a match. |
This one happened so long ago that everyone involved has retired, but you might enjoy hearing it. A Delta employee had a newborn that needed an operation in California, but the baby was confined to an incubator. Top management ordered two rows of seats removed from a DC-8 and wiring installed to power the incubator for the trip. :)
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Just flew a trans-con and didn't encounter any guard police. :D
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Originally Posted by Flynn
(Post 1945101)
That was a neat article. Hope she has a beautiful 6-7 years. To bad none of the U.S. airlines didn't step up to the plate.
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Meet one of Ocala, FL's finest...20 year police veteran Sgt. Erica Hays.
"He was gracious enough to eat with me." :eek: :o Fla. cop buys meal for homeless man, eats on curb with him http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...b.jpg?enlarged |
Originally Posted by DiveAndDrive
(Post 1945784)
I'm a crew scheduler for an unnamed airline. Working on my pilot ratings (current PPL) on my days/time off.
So, I've got a few cools of the day to announce. 1. All of the pilots I talk to on a daily basis that A. give me tips on how they built time and B. are willing to help me out when I get qualified to be hired. 2. My dad is ill, and will require a bone marrow transplant. I've had a first officer and an assistant chief pilot offer to fly to my location and get tested to see if they're a match. So awesome. Thank you for sharing that. Wish we could know who these good people are! Prayers for your Dad and may God bless him. If you don't find a match please let us know. There are many here who would step forward to try and help. I personally commit to that myself right now, in honor of your sharing the above with us. Thank you! |
SayAlt, thank you so very, very much. To have pilots that I've only met in person once or twice offer something for me (after I've junior-manned them =P) is one thing. But to have someone I've never met before in my life offer to help out is AMAZING. Words cannot express how appreciative I or my father are/will be. Thank you again, so very much.
At the risk of identifying myself, the two pilots and I work for an airline who flies exclusively for AA, has a fleet of CRJs, and who pilots think should change their call sign to "Cheese head". |
To the carrier that flew me Transcon that had unlimited breadsticks and cognac.:)
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I was Captain of a CRJ700 with a First Class section. Had the best crew EVER. Cool! F/O had the habit of printing out the pax list. He said we had an Al Haynes onboard. Cool! THEE Al Haynes? Don't know, wouldn't recognize him if I saw him. Okay, I saw him speak about the incident, I'll go use the aft lab and see if it's THEE Al Haynes. It was. Cool! Sitting quietly in the back,very under the radar. A very quite, reserved, dignified presence. Checked with FA1 and found we had ONE empty seat in First. I offered it to Captain Haynes and he accepted, and very humbly. Cool! Told both FA's to treat him like a king. Theydid! Cool! They called up front midway through the flight and Captain Haynes had asked if there was something he could do for me! Too old to start over I didn't need to ask for a recommendation to United. Asked that he autograph my copy of the release. Granted! Totally Cool! and a prized possession.
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Originally Posted by qazWSX
(Post 1946007)
I was Captain of a CRJ700 with a First Class section. Had the best crew EVER. Cool! F/O had the habit of printing out the pax list. He said we had an Al Haynes onboard. Cool! THEE Al Haynes? Don't know, wouldn't recognize him if I saw him. Okay, I saw him speak about the incident, I'll go use the aft lab and see if it's THEE Al Haynes. It was. Cool! Sitting quietly in the back,very under the radar. A very quite, reserved, dignified presence. Checked with FA1 and found we had ONE empty seat in First. I offered it to Captain Haynes and he accepted, and very humbly. Cool! Told both FA's to treat him like a king. Theydid! Cool! They called up front midway through the flight and Captain Haynes had asked if there was something he could do for me! Too old to start over I didn't need to ask for a recommendation to United. Asked that he autograph my copy of the release. Granted! Totally Cool! and a prized possession.
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Gate agent Chris working A17 around 10:00 am yesterday @ ATL. My good shades fell out of my backpack while nonrevving and I didn't notice until driving away from the airport. Called the PSC who connected me to Chris working the gate. He stopped what he was doing, went back to my seat, and found the glasses underneath the seat and put them aside for me to pick up later in the afternoon.
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Originally Posted by DiveAndDrive
(Post 1945938)
At the risk of identifying myself, the two pilots and I work for an airline who flies exclusively for AA, has a fleet of CRJs, and who pilots think should change their call sign to "Cheese head". |
Keep this thread going. Reading all the bad stuff gets old. Its nice to see some good still out there somewhere!
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SAS sniper saves father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded by ISIS maniac
ISIS militants had decreed that the little boy and his father must die after branding them "infidels" because they refused to denounce their Christian faith. They were just seconds from death when the hero sniper intervened to stop the barbaric killing in the Syrian desert. The SAS marksman, using a .50 calibre sniper rifle fitted with a silencer, killed the executioner just in the nick of time, taking out the crazed jihadi with a head shot from 1,000 metres away. :eek::cool::eek: The special forces crack shot then killed the two other members of the hated terror group standing next to the executioner holding AK-47s. The source added: "The ISIS thug who was about to decapitate the father was shot in the head and collapsed. Everyone just stared in confusion. The sniper then dispatched the two henchmen with single shots – three kills with three bullets." "Someone from the crowd being forced to watch the executions then ran over and untied the father and son’s hands and took their blindfolds off. "They just stared at the bodies and then ran. They were last seen heading towards the Turkish border in a pick-up truck." The SAS sniper team was later told the village held a party to celebrate the deaths of the ISIS fighters and it is understood they have since refused to enter the town. "It was a good day’s work." SAS sniper saves Syrian father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded "What your momma told you was wrong. Sometimes, violence does solve problems." - CPO Chris "The Legend" Kyle, US Navy SEAL sniper |
Lost dog found after 42 days in Yellowstone Park Jade, an 18-month-old Australian shepherd that had been missing in Yellowstone National Park since a July 23 wreck has finally been reunited with her owner Sowers after 42 days in the wild. Sowers and Gillice were seriously injured when their SUV was hit head-on while on driving on a Yellowstone road. The accident spooked Jade. "When the Park Rangers tried to get her out of the car she bolted and ran into the woods," Sowers said. Sowers was airlifted to a hospital out of fear that he had broken his neck. He came out of the ordeal with a broken arm, a broken leg, broken ribs – and a broken heart when he learned that Jade had bolted when park rangers whom she was in the care of opened a car door. Sowers and his girlfriend posted signs in Yellowstone, started a Help Find Jade Facebook page and set traps with dog food. They returned to Yellowstone several times to look for Jade and never gave up hope they would find her. Jade had been spotted numerous times by people around Canyon Village with increasing frequency in recent weeks. Gillice had been waking up at daylight for the past several days, walking Leila and coercing her to bark in hopes that Jade would come running to see her playmate. “It was a beautiful morning with the fog in the meadow and another couple had stopped to take pictures and out of the corner of my eye I saw this black and white movement,” Gillice said. “I asked the couple, because they had binoculars, ‘Is that a deer or a dog?’ and she said ‘It’s a dog.’ I just called to her in puppy voices. She just came running to me, like ‘Where’ve you been mom?’ " “It’s a miracle,” Gillice said. Efforts to find Jade have included fliers, leaving out blankets and clothes with Gillice's and Sowers’ scents on them, playing recordings of Dave calling to Leila on cellphones and speakers and live traps with wet dog food placed by park rangers. The compassion of others has not been lost on Sowers. “A lot of people have just dedicated their weekends to looking for her. It’s amazing, we didn’t think we’d ever see her again,” he said. It’s a happy ending to a what at times was a heart-wrenching story for the Denver couple, but the final scenes are playing out to smiling faces. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn...716c.image.jpg .....:D.... |
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Flew back to the states from MAN a few days ago. The gate agent approached us before we boarded to let us know the station had upgraded a British WWII veteran to business class. He was 92 years young, braved the Normandy landing, and was traveling to the states to visit his son. He was very excited and gracious, and we were all humbled to have him on board. Class act by the agents in MAN.
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Originally Posted by Lurking
(Post 1968096)
Wow. That's ^^^ beyond cool and straight into outright awesomeness. :) And upgrading a vet is always cool. Normandy, eh? That never fails to remind me... "Courage doesn't mean you aren't scared, it means you go anyway." http://www.history.army.mil/news/201...andy70th_2.jpg |
Originally Posted by SayAlt
(Post 1968137)
Wow. That's ^^^ beyond cool and straight into outright awesomeness. :)
And upgrading a vet is always cool. Normandy, eh? That never fails to remind me... "Courage doesn't mean you aren't scared, it means you go anyway." http://www.history.army.mil/news/201...andy70th_2.jpg |
Originally Posted by badflaps
(Post 1968218)
That picture reminds me how different teenage years can be.
like the politicians that argue college age is too young to be trusted with a gun meanwhile I am making sure the 21 yo in our family has what he needs to go to Afghanistan |
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What a great thread....
Thanks for this thread...there can be a lot of anger and negativity on here so I'm glad to see something like this!
I'll add one passenger story that comes to mind: I was coming down the jetway after retrieving some paperwork from the podium. Pre-boarding had started and there were the usual elderly folks and some parents with small children and strollers. As I got to the front there was a big, burly, hulk of a man with a short haircut...but he was in a custom wheel chair. I have to admit, it looked odd. But as I got closer I could see that he was missing his legs entirely. It soon became clear that he was an ARMY Iraq/Afghanistan vet. He and his wife were on their way to participate in a veterans benefit run we found out later. He was paused at the entry door by the flight attendants who were insisting that he get an aisle chair so he could be carried to his seat. As they were talking amongst themselves (you know what a PITA it is to get an aisle chair) our hero turned around, saw the line growing behind him, and said: "It's no big deal...let's not hold these other people up!" With that he popped up on his two hands and (I've never seen anything like this) leapt out of his chair onto the jetway. He proceeded to "walk" on his hands from the jetway, onto the aircraft, down the aisle, and then hopped up into his seat(!). I guess myself, the flight attendants, and the other passengers were standing there with our mouths open in awe when his wife calmly said: "He does this all the time!" |
Cool of the Day
My Cool of the Day goes to the guy - SayAlt - originated this thread.
Reading it has made mine. Had to swallow hard a couple times at the grace and humanity in every day life. T/y. |
This is the best thread ever. Keep it up guys!
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Bahhhh Humbug.......this is the internet, the interned isn't positive! Stop this or the universe will spin out of control.
Seriously, what Buzz said. I'll always stop by a glass half full thread!! |
Roswell physician saves a child in mid-air
BUFFALO, NY - A local physician known for being innovative was called into action in mid-air. Dr. Khurshid Guru helped a child suffering an asthma attack on a flight from Spain. It was the fourth hour of a seven-and-a-half hour flight when Dr. Guru heard the call for a physician on board. The 2-year old child needed his asthma medication, but his parents accidentally had them packed in the checked luggage. Dr. Guru was surprised there were no pediatric supplies on board. He used a water bottle, a cup, tape and an oxygen tank to connect to an adult nebulizer to save the child. "It's a personal wake up call for families to make sure you carry these small things," he said. "If you have a child with asthma, their nebulizer and medication should be handy with you." The parents of the child did not speak English. but Dr. Guru said the mother was crying. Dr. Guru is the Director of Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. A few years ago, Dr. Guru worked with a UB collaborator to develop one of the first robotic surgical simulators, called the RoSS. In November, he will receive the Thomas B. Tomasi MD, PhD Hope Award. |
COTD are my passengers who are what makes my job so enjoyable and fulfilling. I love taking care of them and being appreciated for my efforts. Thank you. It is truly my honor to serve you who do so much for me and ALL of us, everyday! :)
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
(Post 1945796)
This one happened so long ago that everyone involved has retired, but you might enjoy hearing it. A Delta employee had a newborn that needed an operation in California, but the baby was confined to an incubator. Top management ordered two rows of seats removed from a DC-8 and wiring installed to power the incubator for the trip. :)
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Now that is some cool.
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Originally Posted by YAKflyer
(Post 1982590)
Minor details are slightly off but I can confirm it happened....I am the father of the young man who was transported. He was a very premature baby (25 weeks) who was born out of state away from Chicago where I was based. We needed to get him to a hospital in Chicago and senior management stepped up to make it happen as soon as he was strong enough to travel (about 2.5 months after he was born). They also had a mechanic accompany us to make sure there wasn't a power interruption to the incubator. He's 31 years old now.
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Originally Posted by YAKflyer
(Post 1982590)
Minor details are slightly off but I can confirm it happened....I am the father of the young man who was transported. He was a very premature baby (25 weeks) who was born out of state away from Chicago where I was based. We needed to get him to a hospital in Chicago and senior management stepped up to make it happen as soon as he was strong enough to travel (about 2.5 months after he was born). They also had a mechanic accompany us to make sure there wasn't a power interruption to the incubator. He's 31 years old now.
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To balance my Karma of posting in the TOTD, bumping this thread. (BTW - 2 months and nobody had anything??? Had to go to Google to find it even, sheesh!)
Attachment 2581 2 weeks ago?? (It all blends into a blur) It's well into the evening as I got done a BUSY 5 day trip, and start working on my commute home. Flights are oversold, so SOP. Stop at the service center and list for a jumpseat and then schlep on over to the gate. Check in with the agent and she is the minor COTD, could not have been nicer or more helpful - not always the norm in the ATL. The main COTD is the DL CA that is there just before me. He is just walking away from the podium and saying to the agent "just in case the offline guy shows up" - he has already moved his reservation to the FA JS. Very nice, but frankly nothing too far out of the ordinary yet- the majority of the commuters out of my city seem happy to help. Anyway, I check in and agent puts me in cockpit, all is well. Move away from the gate a little to get some space from the gate lice and just waiting. The aforementioned CA comes back to the area, sees me and comes over. Introduces himself, starts up the convo, could not be friendlier. After a while, DL FO comes up, he has bumped me off. I'm used to it, so no problem. CA asks when I have to be back, I only have 2 days off. He asks FO if he will take FA seat and he will take next flight. FO is game. I tell him, not to, not necessary, I really am used to this kind of thing. He wont hear of it, and marches back over to agent and sets her to moving all of it back around. Flt is delayed a little so she has some time, and she's a sweetheart to begin with so she goes through all the machinations to move everybody around again. Long story short, I get home at a not too ungodly hour. I know DL guys sometimes have a reputation as being, well... DL guys. While I do see it once in a while, the majority of the time they are very friendly and ready to help. But this guy really went above and beyond. And did it so graciously, so matter-of-factly that it really stands out in my mind as setting a great example. |
I've had positive experiences too while either JSing or using ID90 to get a seat. jetBlue has always been over the top in their graciousness and accommodating nature (both gate agents, pilots and FAs). They will move heaven and earth to get off-line people on their flights. Used United (Mesa flight) last week on an ID90 ticket and thought I'd get left behind as I was the bottom of the stand-by list (as always!). Agent called a family of 4 (clearly the dad was a pilot) and he saw me sitting there and told the agent he'd gladly take the cockpit JS if it was the only way I'd get on. It wasn't necessary as there were some no-shows but it was so nice of him and was truly appreciated. I hope karma is always kind to these wonderful people!
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Kudos to the Endeavor pilot that turned the aircraft around on the ramp; went back to the gate in MSP to pick up a family that was going to their fathers funeral.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...on-window.html |
This has been a long time ago, probably 15yrs. I am FX and was hoping to jumpseat on USAir somewhere on the east coast back to Philly. I think there was only the cockpit JS available and there were two of us offline and a USAir Captain trying to get on. The USAir Captain went and talked to the operating Captain and we all got on. I think two of weren't even listed. I haven't used the offline JS in a long time but 99% of every experience was positive. Thanks to all of you that give us FX guys a ride.
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Originally Posted by iceman49
(Post 2037762)
Kudos to the Endeavor pilot that turned the aircraft around on the ramp; went back to the gate in MSP to pick up a family that was going to their fathers funeral.
Delta Air Lines pilot turned plane around to pick up family for a funeral | Daily Mail Online 'Pilots Adams and Anderson of flight DL 3955 on December 19, 2015 from MPLS-St Paul to Memphis on Delta Airlines have blessed my family and gave us a gift that no one else could,' Marcia added. 'Thank you from the bottom of our hearts and may you both be blessed tenfold.' The awesome here is incredibly strong. |
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