78 – Christmas week storm from an airline operations perspective

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1. Kevin Adams says:

   January 13, 2023 at 10:44 am

   I have not made it through this episode yet but your discussion regarding the trials and tribulates of non-revving brought back a lot of memories flying non-rev as a child and young adult. Both of my parents worked for TWA, my dad ended up having a 36-year career in management (in flight training, and maintenance training) and my mom qualified as a flight attendant on the L1049 and Martin 404 back in the 50’s. Needless to say, when we traveled, we flew (sometimes LOL). I have many memories of sleeping in airports or traveling to an alternate airport to try and find enough seats for five of us. In one case, traveling to Japan (on Pan Am passes), we were the last called on the standby list and made it to the B747 (might have been an SP?) door, engines running, and were told they only had 3 seats. In another case were boarded, departed the gate, and after a short taxi, the plane returned to the gate and we were removed for what we were told were weight and balance issues. After that, I never took off my shoes until we were airborne! It was great in my early ’20 in college having a 1956 seniority date!
   Regardless, traveling was the best education I ever received. I wanted to pursue a career to enable my children some of those same experiences and spent almost a decade working for a GDS (owned by TWA, Northwest and Delta – a competitor to Sabre), but found the pay didn’t keep up with the demands of my family, so I left and have spent nearly 30 years in telecom. Regardless, I miss it and still engage in it through podcasts like this and plane spotting at MCI. Thanks for the memories! And thanks for what you guys do for the industry!

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   • flyingandlife says:

     March 12, 2023 at 10:39 pm

     Awesome comment, thank you for sharing! I really should check the site more often…

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