Your assumption I flew the same airline/alliance is incorrect. Yes, I used to receive many great perks from OneWorld Alliance carriers on which I did the majority of my flights. The exceptions I received including some of the above happened on Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and non-affiliated carriers where I was a typical…

Of course there is middle ground. Just trying to explain to folks why things are the way they are as opposed to people randomly guessing. I’ve been granted more exceptions than I can count. The big secret is..... don’t be an asshole that treats the front line employees like hired help. Work with them and they will…

They all charge a fare difference. Example, one person above says they fly Southwest but they do not allow transfers either. Instead they issued a “LUV” certificate or voucher for future travel. So a ticket purchased for $150 six months ago will likely cost much more closer to the date of travel. That will cut…

I am intrigued. Do you have any reading materials I can review. :-)

I never made any claims to the level of training of the gate agent or their knowledge of FARs. Yes it is incorrect that child seats are not permitted. That is besides the point, the child should not have been in that seat anyway because the ticket was invalid when their son was a no-show.

Thank you.

You can’t transfer your ticket to another person on Southwest either.

I know it’s trendy to jump on airlines for every little slight and the airlines do make themselves to be a very attractive target. At the same time, folks needs to understand why things are the way they are. When I flew over 200 segments and 200,000 miles a year, I spent a lot of time speaking with airline personnel…

I have nothing constructive to add besides some random rambling. Read at your own risk.

Alright.. someone has to say it.

I also have this as well. Great value.

I also have this as well. Great value.

Guess the Outrage of the Week™ didn’t pan out. Sorry Tumblr, gotta find someone else to be angry at.

Seems people are overthinking this. The whole “spooky” and “mystery” angle is great for generating clicks.

I thought it was an indicator for how much blinker fluid was left. Once you stop hearing the clicking, you need to top off the reservoir. I encourage everyone to be proactive and ensure this vital safety system is always functional. At your next service appointment, ask the person writing you up to check the blinker…

I actually had an economics professor that said we would save lots of trouble if we stopped dancing around the subject why we spend so much on defense. His proposal was to build aircraft carriers sans nuclear fuel, fill them with a full compliment of planes, stock with everything needed for a deployment, send it out…

Pic 1 deserves a geeky followup to explain the “hamster pouch” shaped CFM-56 on the 737s. It’s not your imagination the intake is an ellipse shape.

1955 Mack B-61. That twin stick quadruplex transmission is hard to master. Swore up a storm when I got the infamous “double nothing” every few shifts.

I do have a possible explanation. Back in B school, lean manufacturing was all the rage and everyone was pushing how far they could take just in time inventory. One case study was how Toyota and all their suppliers were in complete sync on all matters to shave seconds off production. All details on the cars rolling…

I can only imagine how many hours are on that engine. I’m guessing this one did not have a genset. Once onsite, I am fairly certain the engine would stay on to power all the equipment. 2M miles is quite an achievement but add on all the hours idling and that beast is truly a mechanical wonder.

Are uber, Lyft, and other “ride sharing” companies essentially illegal gypsy cabs in most areas? Heck yea but I still choose to use their services anyway. My rides have always been safe, clean, courteous, available when I needed one, and no nonsense.