Guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Thai gets killed on the Japan-USA route I doubt it because Thai demands much more $ for LAX->NRT than it does LAX->NRT->BKK. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Apparently the polar route makes all the difference Hi USV, Call me a pessimist, but I dont relish the thought of flying over *either* polar ice cap. I'm not sure how it is at 30,000 feet, but the North and South Poles are home to some of the wildest weather on the planet. Its a few years since a flight out of NZ crashed into Mt Erebus, but it cant have been pleasant. I guess hurtling into the ocean off the coast of Japan wouldnt be a picnic either : man, I'm really thinking happy thoughts this afternoon, arent I ? :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJsushi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 lazyphil said:I like going to the crapper in areoplanes. Take a good shit, fart and pick your nose in private Yes and durinfg extreme turbulence (possibly from all of that farting) you will get a blue colored ass/arse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Hi Art, Well, I'm not exactly comfortable with the idea of crashing into the Bearing Straits, or anywhere for that matter. I really don't know anything about the weather at 30K feet, as I'm not a pilot. Regards Erebus, my uncle was invited on that flight but insisted one of his employees go instead. I went to work for TE shortly after the accident, and the staff were devastated. Many of their co-workers, business suppliers and best customers were onboard that flight. Seems that it all stemmed from a flight plan screw up in Auckland rather than weather though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I doubt it because Thai demands much more $ for LAX->NRT than it does LAX->NRT->BKK. Go figure The Japan-US published tariffs are highly regulated, but in the real world Thai have the lowest fares in the neighborhood of $400 for a coach seat round trip LAX-TYO. Saturated market, and schedule, service and loyalty drive the high end customer and Thai doesn't have a chance. I thought I posted this earlier. I must have been too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 "I'm not sure how it is at 30,000 feet, but the North and South Poles are home to some of the wildest weather on the planet. " LOL. Makes no difference what surface weather is at 30K+. Besides, how many people have ever survived a crash of an airliner from cruising altitude? This certainly turned into a uplifting thread. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Wurgie, I wuz just going to post that. They fly triple 7s. When living in HKG a couple of years ago I took that one more often than I care to remember. What crap service! Each flight outta HKG seemed to be the baby express with newly adpoted Chinese girl babies going to the States. Now that is all well and good, but the new parents had no clue how to deal with their charges. One one started crying, thay all did . So bleeding loud that even the headphones at full volume count not drown them out. Ford 16 fcuking hours. They had 6 hosties on the flight. After the dinner service, only one was awake. No answer to repeated presses of the call button. I had to wander to the galley everytime I wanted a Scotch (which was about every 12 minutes with all those screaming brats :). This happened on every flight I took on that route . BTW, Ernie's a tosser, so I will be posting here more. Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 I HATE NRT. I have gotten stuck there due to connecting aircraft problems. The airport closes the runway exactly at 11PM. Losing a day in LOS is mai sanuk mak. :onfire: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted February 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 LOL. Makes no difference what surface weather is at 30K+. Besides, how many people have ever survived a crash of an airliner from cruising altitude? Granted - I was thinking more of a single engine failure forcing a belly-landing somewhere on the polar icecap, or does that only happen in movies ? Not sure how well any pilot would fare trying to put a 747 down in jungle, for that matter, but they did a great job with large transport planes on small airfields in the New Guinea highlands during WWII. I suspect that a DC-10 is about half the size of a 747, but I'd still prefer to stagger from the wreckage to see palm trees than glaciers. Over water, its all the same - may as well be concrete when an aircraft comes in at speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 F**king jesus H. Christ you're a morbid bastard art!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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