No Direct Flights?

"Bob Noel" wrote in message

I believe the term is "non-stop"


Right. A direct flight goes from A to X, but may have multiple stops in
between. The "direct" term applies to the fact that passengers going to X
can take this flight all the way from A to X without changing planes. In
most (but not all) cases, the airline flight number of the flight also
remains the same.

A non-stop flight goes from A to X with no intermediate stops. After
takeoff from A, your next scheduled landing is at X.

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Bob Noel" wrote in message

I believe the term is "non-stop"


Right. A direct flight goes from A to X, but may have multiple stops in
between. The "direct" term applies to the fact that passengers going to X
can take this flight all the way from A to X without changing planes. In
most (but not all) cases, the airline flight number of the flight also
remains the same.

A non-stop flight goes from A to X with no intermediate stops. After
takeoff from A, your next scheduled landing is at X.


This reminds me of the time when I was a CS agent for a small airline,
Scheduled Skyways. I believe it was an AA CS agent that got into a bit of a
tiff with a passenger that had been bumped from one of their DFW - BNA
(Nashville) flights.

Skyways was a commuter that had a flight that flew DFW-ELD-LIT-MEM-BNA with
a Metroliner. It was never meant to be a DFW - BNA 99% of the passengers on
the flight only flew 1 leg.

Well when this guy got bumped he really ****ed off the AA agent and he
demanded a direct flight. She gave him one. He wasn't happy when he got to
ELD I heard that only the threat of arrest calmed him down in MEM.

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:12:55 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote:
Skyways was a commuter that had a flight that flew DFW-ELD-LIT-MEM-BNA with
a Metroliner. It was never meant to be a DFW - BNA 99% of the passengers on
the flight only flew 1 leg.

Well when this guy got bumped he really ****ed off the AA agent and he
demanded a direct flight. She gave him one. He wasn't happy when he got to
ELD I heard that only the threat of arrest calmed him down in MEM.

Well, it was only about 50 nm more than a non-stop flight, but I
suspect it took quite a bit longer... Probably spent more time on the
ground than in the air... grin
http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gcmap?PAT....678W&MARKER=1

A few years back, we took a flight from Reno back to Houston via
Southwest... I believe the route was RNO-OAK-SAN-ELP-HOU...
http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gcmap?PAT....279W&MARKER=1

By the time we took off from San Diego, I was rather tired the peanuts
and perky flight attendents... They wouldn't quit being perky, but
they game me pretzels for the last 2 legs of the flight... grin

I think that this flight was the one that impressed upon me that I
really should bring my own food and drinks for the flight...
Unfortunately, that's not that easy today thanks to the camel ****in'
Bedoin induced paranoia these days...

This is about as interesting as reading about FORTRAN for christsakes.




Toks Desalu wrote:
I wasn't too happy when I got the call from AA few minutes ago. I paid top
dollars to get on direct flight from Pittsburgh to Dallas. That flight would
leave first thing in the morning, 7am, I got the called few minutes ago and
was told that my flight was cancelled and they won't say the real reason
behind all this. Now, I am being forced to fly to New York before I can get
to Dallas. Refund or at least some of it? They simply laughed it off! I feel
that I am being treated as prisoner, NO FREEDOM! This is one of those
reasons that I have to consider owning a plane.

Anyway, any thought about Airlines' current operation? Do you think they
cancel on purpose to save bucks because of few seats?
Time for me to hit the sack since I have to get up in few hours.
Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
"Dyin' to Soar"

In article 1ftJg.8857$pX3.465@trnddc07,
"Toks Desalu" wrote:

I wasn't too happy when I got the call from AA few minutes ago. I paid top
dollars to get on direct flight from Pittsburgh to Dallas.

For the benefit of all of us, how much did this "top dollar" ticket cost
you?

"Peter Duniho" wrote

What I want to know is what's so hard about posting these airline rants to
alt.airlines or rec.travel.air or any of the other MUCH more appropriate
newsgroups?

Because he is a "member" of this group, with frequent good contributions,
and he is not a member of the other groups you mentioned?

Geeze, Pete! Find something more worthwhile to post off topic, like you
usually do.
--
Jim in NC

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
m...

My Navion will get me from PIT to DFW in around 5 hours this morning
according to aeroplanner. The PIT-LGA-DFW flight this morning has
a elapsed time of 6 hours. Factor in getting to PIT early to clear
security, the fact that there might be closer airports to both the
origin and destination that PIT and DFW (the Navion only needs 1000
feet of runway), and the fact that I can depart when I choose, it's
looking like light GA is a winner on this route.

What does that thing cruise at? (starting to turn green)

I show it as 925NM. Can you cruise at 185 knots?

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:13:03 -0600, Newps wrote:
This is about as interesting as reading about FORTRAN for christsakes.

You're totally wrong... FORTRAN is a *lot* more interesting...

Grumman-581 wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:13:03 -0600, Newps wrote:
This is about as interesting as reading about FORTRAN for christsakes.

You're totally wrong... FORTRAN is a *lot* more interesting...

FORTRAN still gives me nightmares.

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:30:36 -0500, Emily
wrote:
FORTRAN still gives me nightmares.

And dealing with the TSA monkeys gives you warm fuzzy feelings?