How is it that hurricanes get regular names and snow gets names like titan, and Hercules? And yes, I am aware that hurricane names are made by the NWS in alphabetical order.

Funny story I have as an airline gate agent. I was boarding an express flights. An emb-145 LR, no 1st class. I'm 5'11, so most passengers are eye level with me or lower. So, I interact with them while scanning the boarding pass while checking the computer screen to make sure the pass scans with no problems. Well, the…

That's right. My theories of gas turbine engines are rusty. It should be 24000 lbs of thrust right?

Very sad and very true.

It is a unit of thrust isn't it?

They have qualifying races! Yay! I'm not a fan of the super speedways that require restrictor plates. The cleanups of the "no where they could go wrecks" bore me to tears. Spread them out some! Have some lap traffic to use as a pick! Looking forward to Phoenix and checking out the qualifying sprint races.

Now remember. This story is from Europe. I only know US rules but around 08 or so the government put out the airline passenger bill of rights. One of thos rights is that a plane can only sit delayed on the taxi way for a certain amount of time then they have to come back to the gate. Most major airlines limit…

Not defending this delay, because the long delay, the handling of the delay, and the customer service as a whole was just terrible. Nor do I know how things work in Europe. BUT, to answer your question, besides major hub cities and gateway cities, most out stations the terminals do close at night. BUT, here in the…

Knoxville, Iowa. Sprint car capitol of the world. Home of the Knoxville Nationals.

All I know from my experience in the airline industry is that when you go union, corporate says ok. Then lays you off and contracts another company or airline to do the job.

That's why the flight attendant always announces, it is our policy that you have your seatbelt fastened while seated, when they reach cruising altitude. Although a FA was hurt on duty and I hope he or she will be ok.

As good as ahley force? Or shirley muldowney?

Am i the only one not surprised that this happened in san bernardino? You gotta put a tracker on it if youre gonna keep it in that town.

Ok. Ive lived in the south all my life. I reside right now in lafayette, louisiana below I 10. We got hit with the ice too. The difference is, we got the announcement of school, business, and road closures on monday aftwrnoon while it was 65 degrees while we were still in shorts and flip flops. The govt here knew that…