Economy Class & Beyond

NYC: Trip Videos now loading, on Youtube….

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Yup, I've had the iPhone4 out again, and it's been busy shooting video. Head over to my YouTube channel to see my bad camerawork, or hit the links below...Segment 1Landing at IADSegment 2 taking off from IADLanding at LGAPictures will be loading ... shortly! … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – United Airlines Boeing 777-200

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It's Sunday again (and it could be Saturday too as I'm a lemon), and if all is working out right, I'll be walking around New York, and getting ready for my homeward legs. But it's still time for some Airplane p0rn! Today, it's a United Boeing 777-200 on final approach to Chicago O'Hare International More of course next week! … [Read more...]

NYC: Trip Update

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Well as you can guess I've made it to my base in New York. Quick trip notes in a line or less: BHX-AMS - Jokey crewAMS - There's a reason why people call it S**tholeAMS Group 4 Security - Bunch of...AMS NudoScopes - GrrAMS-IAD - Probably the best example of a UA Crew I've had in agesIAD-LGA - Two words - Manhattan View!More on the trip as I get time. For now it's time to go out … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – United Airlines 777 (Classic)

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Ok, I dropped the ball with posting this weekend. Call me asleep or in a different time zone. Or both. But here's a video you don't see (as it's manual safety demo for some reason - probably because there's two versions of the UA 777), It's what I didn't see yesterday - The United Airlines 777 Safety Video. And cue Rhapsody in Blue... … [Read more...]

The revenge of the Volcano…

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Reports are indicating that Geologists detected the high risk of a new eruption after evaluating an increased swarm of earthquakes around the island's second largest volcano.This volcanoe - Bárdarbunga - is showing signs of increased activity, which provides "good reason to worry".More at The Telegraph - … [Read more...]

Greetings from AMS

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And after spending the past hour hiking around the airport, I'm in the SQ loungeWhich is a disappoint. Nice coffee though - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]

The joy of boarding…

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LCC style. Well it's not as bad as some airlines... For example... Ryanair....Next stop: AMS!- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone - apologies for the spelling! … [Read more...]