It's been close to 4 years since I've been on a plane and after 42 years and 39 countries, I have never seen an airport this jam packed. I heard after COVID it was even WORSE.
I'm sitting here surrounded by about 5000 people with no seats, no room at the bar, people tripping over each other and just a loud mess. Of course everyone rushing the gate to get on first.
Originally Posted by Donger:
I canceled a trip that was scheduled on a Max 9 a month ago but they were also still grounded. But I'm on one tomorrow. And no, it wasn't just a complete one-off. They found multiple planes with the same issue albeit not having NO bolts. Just loose ones.
Alaska Airlines CEO says loose bolts found on 'many' planes
The CEO of Alaska Airlines has ripped Boeing in the wake of the recent near-disaster, revealing that loose bolts were found on “many” of the company's 737 MAX 9 planes. CEO Ben Minicucci said that a new in-house inspection of the Boeing model in the fleet has uncovered that “many” of the planes had loose bolts.
United Airlines has found loose door plug bolts on at least five of the Boeing 737 Max 9 planes, as airlines begin inspecting planes following the Federal Aviation Administration’s temporary grounding order.
The loose bolts were found during initial inspections of what is known as the “mid-cabin door plug” partway down the fuselage of the 737-9, according to maintenance logs viewed by Skift.
“LH Mid Cabin Emergency Exit Door Plug, Upper Forward Guide Fitting, Lower Attach Bolts (2 ea.) are loose,” reads one of the reports, which was dated January 8.
I do actively look for flights that are Airbus now, but it doesn't always work out. Their seats hurt my back but that's better than being blown out of an airplane.
They really should fix that stuff.
I specifically picked Airbus planes on my next flight. It's kind of hard to tell sometimes on the flight selector what's a Max Boeing versus a non-crashing Boeing.
I saw an article the other day that said that Boeing was well-run until they absorbed McDonnell Douglas and their poor culture, and it made me laugh sadly. My few years working at McDonnell Douglas were kind of shocking. I was on the military side and not the civilian side, but the level of competence and professionalism was shockingly low. It's hard to believe that they actually produced planes that got off the ground. Maybe it was just my department that was poorly run, because I was in a really tight silo, but ... jeez. It was bad. [Reply]
Went through Sky a few weeks ago. It was quick / efficient to get through security. Place was packed, but they had it going smoothly that Sunday. [Reply]
Remove the overhead bins all together or make them just big enough for a coat. Check it or suck it.
Problem solved.
Carry on has to be weighed at that air bridge to the door of the plane. Scale also is a trap door that flows down to the baggage handlers. Boarding pass is scanned, the carryon is weighed, if it is too heavy the trap door opens the carryon slides down to baggage handling immediately. If customer bitches, they are off the plane.
Flew into Las Vegas last this morning from Sky Harbor. Not too crowded for a change.
10 minutes to get through security and the shitty American Admirals Club down by A14 blows. Too small, shitty food and too crowded. The other by A7 in the other concourse is supposed really much nicer and bigger.
Flight arrived 20 minutes early and had to wait 25 minutes for our gate to be available. Jumped in a cab, grabbed a haircut at Supercuts that took 15 minutes and checked into the Trump International up on the 49th floor. Not too shabby. 2nd time stayed here. [Reply]
Originally Posted by scho63:
Flew into Las Vegas last this morning from Sky Harbor. Not too crowded for a change.
10 minutes to get through security and the shitty American Admirals Club down by A14 blows. Too small, shitty food and too crowded. The other by A7 in the other concourse is supposed really much nicer and bigger.
Flight arrived 20 minutes early and had to wait 25 minutes for our gate to be available. Jumped in a cab, grabbed a haircut at Supercuts that took 15 minutes and checked into the Trump International up on the 49th floor. Not too shabby. 2nd time stayed here.
If you haven't heard, the Chase Sapphire lounge at PDX just opened. The one at BOS is my favorite lounge I've been to in the U.S. that doesn't require international travel. If I lived in Phoenix, I'd consider getting a CSR again just to get access. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Donger:
Doing my 52nd flight of the year on Monday. Approaching $20K spend.
Yay. 1K status again easily by year end.
How often are you upgraded for free? Someone told me it's very hard now because people are buying 1st class and not so many open seats for free upgrades. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
If you haven't heard, the Chase Sapphire lounge at PDX just opened. The one at BOS is my favorite lounge I've been to in the U.S. that doesn't require international travel. If I lived in Phoenix, I'd consider getting a CSR again just to get access.
Looks awesome! Sadly I can't remember ever flying out of that concourse - I gave up Southwest since I fly business on AA
Originally Posted by scho63:
Flew into Las Vegas last this morning from Sky Harbor. Not too crowded for a change.
10 minutes to get through security and the shitty American Admirals Club down by A14 blows. Too small, shitty food and too crowded. The other by A7 in the other concourse is supposed really much nicer and bigger.
Flight arrived 20 minutes early and had to wait 25 minutes for our gate to be available. Jumped in a cab, grabbed a haircut at Supercuts that took 15 minutes and checked into the Trump International up on the 49th floor. Not too shabby. 2nd time stayed here.
