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Dak, I count 479 through Oct. Boeing doesn't have nov up yet. Adam, yes. There aren't any blended winglets or HUDs either. Have to make some revenue before more expenditures 😉 ... View more

But, you have to play Michigan... 😉 ... View more

1. emergency instructions for dealing with unruly passangers as their flight from Tul to Stl skips stl and goes to Dtw. 2.snacks for said passengers. 3. hiding place when snacks fail to calm passengers. Joe ... View more

Don, I hope you liked your stay in Dtw. Maybe you will get to fly the first n/s fom here to Mco next month! Joe ... View more

Looks like Gary had a lot of fun driving the hi-lo around. I wonder if he races it? ... View more

Did any one notice that Brian was one of the employees that was listening as Colleen read a story? ... View more

Good thing Jill doesn't write your ads! I like the radio spot in DTW for the Chicago meeting that is about Chicago, with the chicago office but it is not held in chicago. Is the whole ad available online somewhere? ... View more

1) The rearview mirror for the captain to see as he is backing the plane away from the gate. 2) The new Bose (r) flight attendant surrond sound call button speaker. 3)The 737 next generation ground proximity viewing device. In case of computer failure, use this manual one. Joe 😉 ... View more

KIm, I don't think duct tape is allowed. More like "speed" tape 😜 ... View more

Patrick, 700's w/o winglets can gfo 3365 nautrical miles and the cfm's have 26,300 lbs thrust per Boeing.com the 200's could go 1855 nautical miles and the jt8d's were rated from 14,000 to 16,400 lbs of thrust per "Modern Commercial Aircraft" I believe the blended winglets add 900 nautical miles to the 700's range and allow cruising at 41,000 feet. As for the current fleet breakdown all 200 have been retired for over a year. There are: 194 300 series, 25 500 series, and 256 700 series, all but one have winglets. The used one from ford will get them in Jan along with a HUD. Sources 10- Q and airliners.net. There is one more new 700 to be delivered in Oct, and 2 each in Nov and Dec. ... View more

*DING!* going to the world series!!!!! ... View more

Kim, you're welcome. That picture has been my screensaver for the last few days. ... View more

Afetr making the Brian mask comment, Kim is shown here in his new job with Southwest. :-P http://gallery.swamedia.com/imageSingle/ImageID=SWA2005080933380/tpl2=images/type=jpg ... View more

I'm sure your face isn't that bad Kim. Maybe Gary and Brian could go as blended winglets?! ... View more

Bill, I don't know what kind of planes GM has. But I'm sure if they had a -700 you could buy it. DCX only has scarebuses. So they aren't any help. I think they might have a bombardier also or a dassault mystre' (sp) trijet. I wasn't aware that dtw went to three gates already, It's been a year (shhh, thats too long I know). I was going by your flight status page that lists gates and arrivals. Looks like Friday night we will be treated to 3 -700's instead of 2. 🙂 . The -500 from stl sure does get around! ... View more

How about a Kim Seale mask for Brians costume? 😜 ... View more

Forgot to mention that the lions have no incentive to win as long as the stadium sells out. Hope Ford gave you a good deal on that 737 they sold you recently. ... View more

Glad to see more n/s from DTW. I was wondering how you were going to fly to 5 n/s cities with only 4 aircraft on the 13 of sept. On the 14, I saw that you ferried one in from Dallas, so we finally got a n/s from Luv to Dtw, albeit without passengers! Now the ground crew has to hurry up and unload at gate 9, back that plane up and unload the other one at night. Can anyone tell me where the RON without a gate parks? Do you leave it at gate 11 or 13 that aren't used? Also, do you still plan on only 3 gates in the new terminal? DTW would make a great reliever airport from MDW and you can drive the 800 lb gorrilla out of here. Hint, their initials are yours reversed. :-P 737 any day over a dc9. ... View more

How about dressing as Herb Kelleher? ... View more

Jenny, I am a Loyal customer. I had heard alot of people liked the book "Nuts" so I got one as a gift. Later, I received the other book. ... View more

Derrick, in addition to what Kim pointed out, You would have swiitched to an Ata plane as Southwest does not serve La guardia. Jenny, I own both "Nut's" and "The Southwest airlines way." Good books. ... View more

Who wrote my phone number up there? ... View more

$60 million is probably list price. Boeings most loyal 737 customer doesn't pay anywhere near that 😉 ... View more

A Fraser, There was only one n/s from Vegas to DTW. It was on a Saturday for about three monthes. Not sure where your info on the other cities being n/s to DTW comes from. Are you perhaps refering to several years ago? ... View more

Jim, that is the code assigned to them. SW was already in use by air nambia when they incorporated. Probably short for WiN. 😉 ... View more

How about ORD in Chicago? It is short for Orchard field. DTW is for Detroit and Wayne county. Though it isn't really in Detroit. PTK isnt in Pontiac either. ... View more

Scott, they already do fly to Dothan. Just not with passengers. 😉 It is for maint. ... View more

Virgil and Matt C., More than anything else, I think a shortage of aircraft is partially responsible for a lack of connections. They can't get enough Boeings and I have heard they are looking for some used 700's. 😜 ... View more

Bill, thanks for adding four non stops from dtw to bwi. How about a few more to phx? 😉 ... View more

More good info as usual. As you fly more routes you'll have to add more opnlguys. Or more computers? ... View more