07-31-2007
10:13 PM
7 Loves
What a great story! I always read and re-read Ray Stark's post. I echo the feelings of other commenters here -- that your writing is excellent and gripping, and it's so refreshing to see what goes on behind the delays, re-routings, weather complications, medical emergencies, everything. Keep it up!
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02-20-2007
11:41 PM
6 Loves
Thanks for posting such a cool feature! I can't see any circumstance that might allow me to visit the Sacramento airport personally, so I'm really glad you guys shared things I wouldn't see any other way. And if somehow I DO get to visit that airport, I'll be tickled pink to see something I recognize. Teehee!
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02-13-2007
09:07 PM
7 Loves
Thank you Ray Stark! Your posts are always so much fun to read. You have a way of making your reader feel included in the action -- keep it up!
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I couldn't tear away from the screen -- so very interesting! This was extremely well-written, and surprisingly easy to understand despite the level of detail and technical knowledge that show through. I aspire to write blog posts as good as this one is! Thanks so much, and keep at it Captain Stark! I love your stuff!
~Jen
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I really love this post, but I found myself mystified by a few things. I hope you don't mind my curiosity, it's just that I'm fascinated:
- The concept of commuting to work by plane is amazing to me. How long is your flight? What happens if weather delays or such things cause you to clock in late?
- If you put on work clothes for your commuting leg, I expect you attract questions and conversation that you might not want. Isn't that the REAL reason you wait to suit up? I know I would.
- What's involved in these "crew changes" you speak of? Don't you just show up where you're supposed to be, and get on the plane?
- Does LUV pay for your layover hotels?
- What does C position do? Apparently it doesn't involve the selling of liquor. Why not?
- It's understandable that you would "think" in your home time zone all over the country, but has that ever messed you up? "Oh, my flight's not till 9 AM..." and then whoops, I'm thinking of a different time zone...
- What's lobby time? Why do they call it that?
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06-08-2006
10:59 PM
5 Loves
Yeah, fabulous post. Every time I visit this blog I discover there is so much I didn't know I didn't know. Thanks for linking to the "This is Your Captain Speaking" book -- I am gonna search my library's catalog right now to see if they have a copy to lend me!
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06-06-2006
06:22 PM
2 Loves
I just LOVED this post. Let me reiterate -- LOVED it!! I can't wait to see more from this author! You said that you wished your passengers had a front window like you have in the cockpit -- why not post pictures looking at the landscape through that window? It would be a unique perpective for those of us who will probably never get to see it otherwise.
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