Vacancy Bid
#211
Don't say Guppy
Joined APC: Dec 2010
Position: Guppy driver
Posts: 1,926
With over 3300 ocean crossings to and from Hawaii in every type of airplane that flies there, I must say I feel more safe and comfortable in a B737NG than those POS tired UAL B747-400, B-777 cattle cars, and B757 beer cans that have a problem getting off the f'ing gate. A working entertainment system sure is nice on a 5 hour flight.
#213
My opinion is a "nonsense rant"? Wow! Do you ever read your own posts?
Half of my "crossings" were from down under or Asia. And, I think most of us pilots that actually fly those routes consider them crossings. I didn't bother adding the 600 plus North Atlantic "crossings" in the last 30 years. Not once did I land in Goose and pi$$ off 200 customers because of an old POS B767-300 started shacking. Really?
Rant over.
Your milage may vary.
Half of my "crossings" were from down under or Asia. And, I think most of us pilots that actually fly those routes consider them crossings. I didn't bother adding the 600 plus North Atlantic "crossings" in the last 30 years. Not once did I land in Goose and pi$$ off 200 customers because of an old POS B767-300 started shacking. Really?
Rant over.
Your milage may vary.
Incident: Delta B764 over Labrador Sea on Nov 8th 2013, engine shut down in flight
United Airlines emergency: Recap of updates as passenger plane returns to Heathrow after circling English Channel - Mirror Online
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#220
Upon nearing age 60 (around 1990), he "discovered" an old family Bible that had his "true" birth certificate inside it. According to it, he was a couple of years younger than he had always thought. Incredibly, he managed to use it to extend his career at UAL a couple more years and feed at the trough (retiring #1 on the 747) that much longer. That's the story. The particulars I don't know, but it did happen.
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