US Airways - NEVER AGAIN !!!

Trains did not work out as people movers in North America... The continent
is too huge to get a person within walking distance of his destination, and
the political power of the auto companies in the early part of the twentieth
century spelled doom for expanding the rail network... With all the land
all now owned by someone it is not feasible short of nuclear winter, or
some such to run more rail beyond what little rail is left...
We do have bus service to most towns in the USA, but it is slow,
uncomfortable, and inconvenient...
The third issue, which most europeans who have not visited the USA do not
comprehend, is that the North American continent is vast... Germany would
barely make one state in the USA, especially west of the Mississippi... We
have counties bigger than some countries in europe...
Denny

"Dylan Smith" wrote in Train: turn up at the
station, buy a ticket, get on, go. No need to arrive
at the station more than 10 minutes early except at busy times.

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:54:45 -0400, Dennis O'Connor
wrote:
comprehend, is that the North American continent is vast... Germany would
barely make one state in the USA

I'm acutely aware of the size of the USA, I flew it coast to coast in
an 85-horsepower airplane!

On distances under 500 miles, I could beat the airlines in the same
85-horsepower airplane, too... (factors: minimal waiting around at
airports, being able to go to an airport very close to my destination)

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
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"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

Michael wrote in message Actually, in the long run it's the right thing
to do. It creates financial consequences for the airline. It ****es off
the flight
crew, and as a result the airline has to either pay the flight crew
more for dealing with the fallout or accept less-qualified flight
crew, which will show up in the insurance rates before long.

You are severely misguided. Flightcrews have been dealing with delays since
commercial flying started in much the same way. A mean-spirited passenger
venting on us won't change anything, except that we may have that passenger
removed from the plane.

D.

Michael wrote:

Yeah. Like just a few months ago I had a mechanical problem - right
engine starter bendix wouldn't engage. Takeoff was delayed by two
hours while I decowled the engine, cleaned out the bendix, and
reassembled.

Was it that long? Didn't seem like working on the plane took
that long. Must be because you stopped to gobble down BBQ Pork Loin
or whatever carnivorous material y'all were devouring, fresh salad
which actually had flavor, topped off with the (in)famous brownies.
Catch that being served on an airline during a mechanical or wx
delay

Cheers,
Sydney

Appropriate management of maintenance completely prevents such things.
I once had a perfect P Baron.
Victor Sloan runs a great shop, by the way;
And I paid HIM a lot of money to be able to say that.
Beech did my first ($40K) annual.
Now I question the point of insurance; THAT'LL MAKE FLYING CHEAPER!!
AIG blows. "How 'bout we cobble something together at the wreckong yard for
$170K?"
Beech SN TJ415 (Anniversary Edition) deserves repair at Beech.
By the book.
H.
N502TB

"Sydney Hoeltzli" wrote in message
...
Michael wrote:

Yeah. Like just a few months ago I had a mechanical problem - right
engine starter bendix wouldn't engage. Takeoff was delayed by two
hours while I decowled the engine, cleaned out the bendix, and
reassembled.

Was it that long? Didn't seem like working on the plane took
that long. Must be because you stopped to gobble down BBQ Pork Loin
or whatever carnivorous material y'all were devouring, fresh salad
which actually had flavor, topped off with the (in)famous brownies.
Catch that being served on an airline during a mechanical or wx
delay

Cheers,
Sydney

H. Adam Stevens wrote:

AIG blows. "How 'bout we cobble something together at the wreckong yard for
$170K?"

Unfortunately you're not the first person I've heard sing
that song .

A few years back there were a pair of Cardinal owners who had
accidents fairly close in time to each other (mechanical failure
being involved in each case).

One had AIG, the other had USAIG. Two letters, and all the
difference in the world in how the claims were handled.

Good luck,
Sydney