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05-05-2007, 03:26 PM
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Wassup!!!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Weirsdale Florida (Lady Lake area)
Posts: 3,001
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Here's a $20.00 voucher...
Arrived at 1:30 and now we're stuck at the airport in N. Carolina till at least 7:30pm .
Our connecting flight to Rochester was cancelled due to, get this... "no one to fly the plane" WTF !
So they gave us a $20.00 voucher for dinner and we're booked for a flight leaving outta here at 7:30.
Oh Well, Guess that's way better than most of the peeps, who are having to wait till the wee hours of the morning. .
~Ray
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05-05-2007, 05:37 PM
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Internet Sanitation Engineer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Crawfordville, FL
Posts: 15,132
Name : Rich Zuchowski
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Sheesh..... Do you think maybe they have management issues at that airport? Gee, let's see, we have 100 planes leaving here today, so how many pilots do we need? Duh.....
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05-05-2007, 07:34 PM
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Car Arts Auto Detailing
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Port Charlotte
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Hi Guy's,That's sucks,Should have called,I would of flown the plane for you, Have A safe trip,see you soon.
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05-05-2007, 09:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Lehigh Acres
Posts: 2,210
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Don'tcha just love it??
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Pretty much stock
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05-09-2007, 06:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bradenton, Fl.
Posts: 2,363
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Can't be too much difference in driving a vette vs. flying a jet. Heck, even my sheep and SteveK's Llama could have flown you across the friendly skies. Seriously though, I think 20.00 bucks is kinda of cheap. Dinner alone is 20.00 per person easily. Sorry to hear about your travel woes. Mark
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05-09-2007, 08:02 PM
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!ereH nI depparT m'I pleH
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: 25 miles south of Boston, MA. Also have a house in Dunedin FL.
Posts: 1,927
Name : Andy Anderson
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ynkedad
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So they gave us a $20.00 voucher for dinner and we're booked for a flight leaving outta here at 7:30.
~Ray
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Hey Ray, there IS a bright side. At least they're not making you spend the $20.00 on airline food
Lemme see.....1 granola bar......2 bags of..............
Andy
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05-12-2007, 01:45 PM
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Wassup!!!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Weirsdale Florida (Lady Lake area)
Posts: 3,001
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Hey Gang...
when we finally boarded the plane, we found ourselves in the last row . You know the one, 3 seats, no leg room and you can't recline 1.5 hours of feeling like a sardine. .
Anyhow, we made it ok and are at the airport (lay over) heading home now.
Guess i'll have some catching up to do when I get home.
~Ray
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05-15-2007, 08:18 AM
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Eric
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Palm Coast, FL
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As I retired airline Captain, let me chime in. Scheduling is one of the toughest jobs in aviation. The FAA rules are very specific.
You can be scheduled to fly no more than 8 hours in 24. You can exceed that due to bad weather or maintainance issues. However, if you go over eight hours of flight time, you need to have double your flight time off instead of the normal eight. If you went over by one hour (9 hours) then you need 18 hours off. If you know your are going to go over 16 hours of duty time on your next leg, you can't even take off.
Even if you are flying on US Airways, out of their Charlotte hub, They may run out of reserves if there is widespread bad weather.
Eric
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