Jet exhaust is a good thing.
"Smells like...victory"
Posted on 06/04/2009 9:05:43 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- United Airlines operator UAL Corp. said Thursday that it has sent a proposal request to Boeing Co. and Airbus, as the carrier plans to begin replacing its wide-body fleet.
In a letter to employees, Chairman and Chief Executive Glenn Tilton said the request could result in a "significant" number of new planes. At the end of 2008, UAL owned 80 wide-body jets and leased an additional 34.
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Don’t buy any plastic bodied, or tailed planes.
Forget those puny wide bodies. Roll the
morbidly obese bodies onto the tarmac.
So only antiques eh?
777s aren’t antique.
Probably a mixture of 787s and 777s, and maaayyyyybe the 747-8 if that ever gets off the drawing board.
I’m actually surprised United has that many widebody jets in service. They’ve got a fair number of 10ish-year-old 747-400s stashed out in the desert, or they did a year or two ago anyway.
}:-)4
QED.
United will collapse financially in two years, and he can take over yet another corporation he really doesn't want to...
Upgrade their fleets huh?
I wonder when the airlines will start compensating everyone they dust with their jet exhaust every day of the year?
Can’t imagine living under or adjacent to a take off or approach, while the fat cats in these companies count their profits.
Saw a video once that showed in IR, the exhaust patter of jets on take off over cities and towns. Pretty scary considering this crap rains down on these people almost 24/7.
Er, exhaust pattern....
Get laid-off by an airline or an airplane manufacturer?
Doubtful any 747-8 gets ordered by an American airline. Not even a token. Simply too hard to fill, reliably. The 777 will remain the long haul standard. It’s economics can’t be beat, not even by the upcoming A350XWB (less fuel burn but fewer pax and cargo;777 can also benefit with engine update). The few A380s out are not flying near capacity.
Chip on your shoulder?
Butt hay, it's organic.
No, and I don’t live on an approach either. lol...
If I can find the video I’ll post it.
You work for an airlines?
United Airlines is still in business?!?
I’d figure their high ticket prices, surly staff, low on-time rate, and just generally poor service would have finally caught up with them by now.
Can’t imagine living under or adjacent to a take off or approach, while the fat cats in these companies count their profits.
Saw a video once that showed in IR, the exhaust patter of jets on take off over cities and towns. Pretty scary considering this crap rains down on these people almost 24/7.
Chip on your shoulder?
Oh, perfect response!!! Blame me for bringing this up. LOL!
And I'm familiar with the faint trail of jet exhaust that's visible in the approach and take-off pattern. It's less offensive than the smell of an upwind alfalfa mill or a swine barn -- which I've learned to live with because it is a legitimate commercial activity.
Just like the airlines...
The Obamassiah will not let United fail; they're the one commercial enterprise that makes the Department Of Licensing look good!
lol...
Ya know what's funny, they're going to stick everyone in tiny battery powered go-carts and increase pollution restrictions on all the stupid peons, while the airlines dust entire populations with their jet exhaust. Too funny!
IF IT AIN'T BOEING I AIN'T GOING!
They have a composite rudder.
I remember reading somewhere (Popular Science?) that wide-bodied planes have ZERO survivability chances of a water landing. The body structure is too weak to handle a landing like that of the narrow-bodied plane on the Hudson River a couple of months ago.
In other words, the rafts and the life-jackets are useless on such planes.
If you don't like it move, I consider it non harmful, in fact I believe in consuming so called carcinogens to keep the immune system on ready alert!
The sickest people I have ever known are the most fastidious and clean people.
hehe. Tell me another one.
That's why I smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day, just to keep in top shape.
I wonder when the airlines will start compensating everyone they dust with their jet exhaust every day of the year?
You mean people who decided to buy houses near airports?
Have you heard about the same, too?
Saw a video once that showed in IR, the exhaust patter of jets on take off over cities and towns. Pretty scary considering this crap rains down on these people almost 24/7.
I thought hot air rises?
Yeah, these these fools don't realize the engines are turned off within 2 miles of landing patterns and approaches.
I remember reading somewhere (Popular Science?) that wide-bodied planes have ZERO survivability chances of a water landing.
Jet exhaust is a good thing.
"Smells like...victory"
It sure beats having to deal with the smell of horse dung all over the place like we did before the automobile.
You're thinking of American, uh, I mean Northwest, or, I'm sorry, Delta. Come to think of it, they all suck in each of those areas.
FLY AIRBUS.
You sound awfully loony here.
In case ya haven't noticed, the feds and states are in the process of sticking you in mini cooper sized, battery powered, golf cart. It's coming.
You and me will be forced to pay one way or another, with endless taxes and restrictions. Meanwhile, those that sell tickets by the millions for profit, and pay off the local politicians and feds, will continue to fly the friendly sky's.
So it's OK if I piped over exhaust ducting from my business, directly over the top of your house?
You'd be good with that right?
Of course you would!
I didn’t know they had any.
Ain't it strange how the enviros never give credit to the automobile as being responsible for the greatest enviromental advance in history?
Yes, but United is the only one of those that overbooked my first flight and bumped me off, left me in O’Hare waiting for a connecting flight for 8 hours, canceled my return flight, and ended up putting me on American Airlines 12 hours later to get me home after I finally lost my temper and raised hell. The agents didn’t like my observations that Southwest didn’t seem to have any trouble that weekend; their planes were taking off on time every 5-10 minutes.
Turned out to be a mechanic’s union work slowdown, but United offered us passengers no explanations at all... just vague lies.
I’ll never willingly fly United again. Piss on the whole frigging lot of them.
Yes, you really are loony.
Since when do airlines make a profit??
We’ve been generally happy with American, except for the DFW gate agent who rudely refused our first-class boarding passes, and put us in coach. Then when we squawked, he suggested we go to the ticket counter (outside security) when the flight was going to depart in 20 minutes. He then refused to show his badge or reveal his last name so we could report him.
Flew from Dullas to Amsterdam on a UA 777-222 in feb. Its not an ancient design, but this 777 looked like it had been ridden hard and put up wet.
well, remember that the inside configurations are decided on and maintained by each particular airline. That’s not Boeing’s own decision. And how well they take care of it is up to the airlines as well.
“well, remember that the inside configurations are decided on and maintained by each particular airline. That’s not Boeing’s own decision. And how well they take care of it is up to the airlines as well.”
Good point. This particular one was still in the old paint scheme. I didn’t get the tail# but most of them have been in service since early to mid 90s. It was probably slated to go back to get refurbished. Important thing was, that it got me across the pond in one piece. Thats all i really care about anyway.
And most of my flying in the last 10 years has been domestic Northwest flights. A lot on DC-9s older than me....lol. They still had the ashtrays in the arm rests....lol.
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