A handful of years ago we flew from Phoenix to Tennessee for a week-long class my wife had to take. I went along so we could have evenings in Pigeon Forge together. All was well until the flight back. The way things worked we had a layover in North Carolina. Because the flight had been delayed and we missed our connection the airline put us up in a local hotel. We arrived there about 12:30 a.m. local time and we had to be up by 4:30 a.m. to catch the shuttle for our flight. There were three guys from the Outlaws motorcycle “club” hanging around in the lobby and riding through the parking lot until sometime after 2:00. Adventure is where you find it! (I am sure glad I went with her!)
Flying has become a lot easier for me since I got head phones and movies/movies on my mobile. Their coffee hasn’t gotten any better over the years. Though, I will admit, Air New Zealand does it better than most.
My favorite airplane story happened sometime in the 1980’s. The company I worked for in Nashville sent several of us (including the president) to Spartanburg SC to visit the Millikin headquarters there. After boarding the return flight (a small propeller plane to Nashville thru Atlanta), a flight attendance asked for 2 volunteers to take another flight (as it was overbooked). Me and a co-worker volunteered and they quickly gave us each a $150 check and booked us on a FIRST CLASS jet going to Nashville thru Memphis. We ran and caught it and (after enjoying first class) when we got to Memphis and were sitting at the connecting flight gate a group of 5 professional child fiddle players played an impromptu recital at our gate. We then proceeded to Nashville and got to the luggage pickup at the same time as our colleagues – waving our $150 checks and having a story to tell.
jagedlo over 3 years ago
And that’s just the flight part…when you add the TSA searches, COVID restrictions, etc…
flagmichael over 3 years ago
A handful of years ago we flew from Phoenix to Tennessee for a week-long class my wife had to take. I went along so we could have evenings in Pigeon Forge together. All was well until the flight back. The way things worked we had a layover in North Carolina. Because the flight had been delayed and we missed our connection the airline put us up in a local hotel. We arrived there about 12:30 a.m. local time and we had to be up by 4:30 a.m. to catch the shuttle for our flight. There were three guys from the Outlaws motorcycle “club” hanging around in the lobby and riding through the parking lot until sometime after 2:00. Adventure is where you find it! (I am sure glad I went with her!)
Courage the Cowardly Dog! over 3 years ago
@Gent There they go with the “Swami” thing again!
Doug K over 3 years ago
His crystal ball shows a glimpse of the “future”. It doesn’t show causation. (Jumping to conclusions is not new.)
Doug Taylor Premium Member over 3 years ago
A man famous for travelling in space will actually go to space.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Flying has become a lot easier for me since I got head phones and movies/movies on my mobile. Their coffee hasn’t gotten any better over the years. Though, I will admit, Air New Zealand does it better than most.
Gent over 3 years ago
Who’d have thought that birdbrains n airheads in the air isn’t a good thing.
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
How apropos in Todays society! OY!
Gent over 3 years ago
To Mr. Mastroianni,
A swami is NOT a soothsayer. It is time you stopped this colonial mindset hangover of misleading portrayal of Indic culture.
Texanna Premium Member over 3 years ago
The next “new flight” I will be taking, is when I go to meet JESUS in the air!
RalphKramden77 over 3 years ago
Why are the letters in United Airlines’ logo so far apart? Shouldn’t they be…..United?
RalphKramden77 over 3 years ago
United airlines has a redeye flight and a black eye flight.
mindjob over 3 years ago
I miss the Swami from Miami that was on KSAN radio in SF back in the day
tiomax over 3 years ago
The Swami looks like he took a thumpin’ on one of those flights!
JenSolo02 over 3 years ago
And the rise in stock of duct tape.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 3 years ago
Not the safest place for a fight.
sobrown51 over 3 years ago
My favorite airplane story happened sometime in the 1980’s. The company I worked for in Nashville sent several of us (including the president) to Spartanburg SC to visit the Millikin headquarters there. After boarding the return flight (a small propeller plane to Nashville thru Atlanta), a flight attendance asked for 2 volunteers to take another flight (as it was overbooked). Me and a co-worker volunteered and they quickly gave us each a $150 check and booked us on a FIRST CLASS jet going to Nashville thru Memphis. We ran and caught it and (after enjoying first class) when we got to Memphis and were sitting at the connecting flight gate a group of 5 professional child fiddle players played an impromptu recital at our gate. We then proceeded to Nashville and got to the luggage pickup at the same time as our colleagues – waving our $150 checks and having a story to tell.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 3 years ago
More like views of the past for them.
gravygraves over 3 years ago
I am a pilot ….still goes on ….. thank god I live on a mountain 5500’ in Mexico ….any time I get any I’m re-establishing a new score