Not long after China seized our P-3 in '01, I was working mid-shift at Jacksonville ARTCC (enroute air traffic).
An Air China cargo B-747 was enroute from Anchorage to Miami, unusual, we very seldom saw them.
He checked on - "Jax, Dynasty442 is with you at 410."
I replied - "Dynasty442, Roger - we want our airplane back."
A long pause, then -"Say again Jax."
I repeated - "Dynasty442, Roger - We want our damned airplane back."
Another long pause, then laughing and "Oh no, Jax, we're the good China."
Turns out it was US pilots flying for Air China out of Taipei.
Air China = Bad (commie) China
China Air = Good (reasonably democratic) China (Taiwan)
I’ve lived in the Seattle area for 32 years and I can attest that a kind of madness overcomes all native and Cali immigrant drivers at the first sign of a flake. There is carnage on every road and street tonight. Invest in body shop stock!
They said on the news that this is the first time any airliner has skidded off of a SEA runway. Hard to believe with all the rain but I guess that’s what grooved runways are for.