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Old 03-16-2008 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by contrails
You just don't get it do you.

What if they got in at midnight the night before and the leg they fell asleep on was already the third flight of the day?

What does the length of the flight have to do with any of this?
Lenght of flight has everything to do with this. Can you imagine falling asleep on the twenty minute flight ORD-MKE or ORD-SBN? Most of the time you're asses and elbows up there. The more down-time you've got, the easier it is to go the way of Zzz's, no?

The point is, on their 45 minute minute flight - they should have been a bit too busy to fall asleep. They must have been exhausted...
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Old 03-16-2008 | 11:45 AM
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Not to mention the sun would be in their eyes
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Old 03-16-2008 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by POPA
Big talk coming from a guy who flies a Pepsi can:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...px-SkyWest.JPG
LOL! WOW, somebody defending Orenstein, since you like Go! you must love GoJet.

It's comical how you guys wage war on SKW like a bunch of little school girls when we have no beef with you. Grow up, you're suppose be professionals.
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Old 03-16-2008 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ExperimentalAB
Lenght of flight has everything to do with this. Can you imagine falling asleep on the twenty minute flight ORD-MKE or ORD-SBN? Most of the time you're asses and elbows up there. The more down-time you've got, the easier it is to go the way of Zzz's, no?

The point is, on their 45 minute minute flight - they should have been a bit too busy to fall asleep. They must have been exhausted...
That was my point though, that they could easily have been so tired that even a short flight would provide enough time to fall asleep.

45 minutes is enough time that there'd be some idle minutes in cruise.
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Old 03-16-2008 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by viper548
Yep, we've got some ugly ones. Still undecided on the 900 with the 35th paint job
Ya its pretty bad, I like to call it the "Mullet.” You know; party in the back, business in the front.

But it's not as bad as MAG Dash 8 with the purple engines or RAH's spare with the white body and faded blue vertical stab.
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Old 03-16-2008 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by JetJock16
Ya its pretty bad, I like to call it the "Mullet.” You know; party in the back, business in the front.

But it's not as bad as MAG Dash 8 with the purple engines or RAH's spare with the white body and faded blue vertical stab.
I happen to like our 35-year -900, thank you very much!

BTW, it was definately done by the same dude (or there must be some pending lawsuit!) as the Horizon Q4 - saw it there in YVR and for a second there, thought that it was our RJ LoL.
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Old 03-16-2008 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by JetJock16
LOL! WOW, somebody defending Orenstein, since you like Go! you must love GoJet.

It's comical how you guys wage war on SKW like a bunch of little school girls when we have no beef with you. Grow up, you're suppose be professionals.
Overly defensive much?
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Old 03-16-2008 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by POPA
Overly defensive much?
You guys foam at the mouth for the opportunity to pounce on SKW. You should be more professional seeing we're all sailing the same seas, we're just on different ships. Some are sinking (MAG), some we want to sink (GoJet) and some are floating (XJT, SKW Inc, RAH, etc); but when it comes to pilots, anyway you cut it we’re all in it together.
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Old 03-16-2008 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ExperimentalAB
I happen to like our 35-year -900, thank you very much!

BTW, it was definately done by the same dude (or there must be some pending lawsuit!) as the Horizon Q4 - saw it there in YVR and for a second there, thought that it was our RJ LoL.

The next time you see that POS, do me a favor an put it out of my misery, will ya?

That 25th Anniv. Q400 was one of two that we bought from China.

The operator over there reportedly had 100% dispatch reliability with them! How? Well, after we got them, we discovered that many of the leads behind the Caution/Warning Annunciator Panel HAD BEEN CUT! What red light?

I've done my share of CDOs, and the cumulative effect of more than 1 at a time is VERY pronounced. And I'm sure Go!'s CDO's are much worse than what I was doing...
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Old 03-16-2008 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by viper548
Yep, we've got some ugly ones. Still undecided on the 900 with the 35th paint job
Thank you for being able to take a joke, unlike some of your coworkers.
I happen to think that Colgan's generic scheme is the best out there:
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