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McCroskey

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  1. Gonna go ahead and disagree with you there that the carriers are “cutting corners” on safety. As you allude to we’re at almost 23 years since the last mainline carrier had a “crash”…AA 587 if I recall correctly in October 2001. Some regional carriers had crashes between then and 2009 but there’s been nothing since then. Southwest of course had the incident in 2018/2019 were an uncontained engine failure caused that poor woman from New Mexico to die, but the plane obviously landed safely. IMO I wouldn’t say anything is in a state of “rapid decline” but certainly there are areas that need more attention, especially with air traffic volumes now exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Hopefully congress and/or the FAA get some improvements in place soon so we don’t have to experience a crash first.
  2. Post that flight number from Friday night when you can. I’m eager to see just how close things got. FR24 records everything so it’s easy to go back and look.
  3. You all using the Flighty app? Or FR24? Both are a requirement for me at this point. Flighty tracks for possible connection issues, follows your plane for the ~24 hours before your flight and knows shit when it’s filed and sometimes even before the airline staff even know.
  4. They didn’t make you get your bags before you went through customs in ATL?
  5. I know it’s unlikely to happen anytime soon but Congress really needs to pass better passenger compensation laws similar to what they have in Europe. Start hitting these airlines hard for at fault delays >2 hours, >3 hours, >5 hours, etc…. Also, don’t ever, ever, ever let an airline check your bag if it contains medicine or other essential travel items. They can’t force you to check your bag unless the bag won’t fit under the seat in front of you AND you have a basic economy ticket or a late boarding assignment AND the overheads are all full. I see staff trying to convince people to check their shit all the time but they can only truly force your hand under a very limited number of conditions.
  6. What was this flight #? Let's see what the data shows...may or may not have been as serious as you think but if they slammed on the brakes it obviously doesn't sound good.
  7. I love watching the NLU guys shit on Cantlay.
  8. I’ve got lando at 65:1 to take this thing home. Have Alonso at 6:1 too. Let’s fuckin go.
  9. This quali session today….
  10. Did I hear a Playboy Mansion reference? What hole?
  11. Can anyone translate what the fuck she means?
  12. Have been here a few times including this past January. Going again next January. The oceanfront tower is definitely the way to go. They did a pretty serious renovation during the pandemic which kept things updated, it needed it. Calypso Grill is a really great waterfront restaurant on the island, maybe a 10 min cab ride from the Ritz.
  13. You mean like Die Hard 3?
  14. A tradition (of not getting picked) unlike any other.
  15. Let’s get a live look behind the scenes at the Sky broadcast director.
  16. We’re still missing a Ferrari crash.
  17. It’s so good we’ve got guys going backwards out there!
  18. Hamilton with fastest lap. Go ahead and make that official.
  19. Is K Mag trying to crash and give us a safety car?
  20. Getting good!!
  21. Sainz just fucked up. And didn’t go in???
  22. Looks like clouds and possibly some rain on its way again.
  23. It’s amazing. When all the F1 cars tear ass up the hill at the start, it’s unreal.
  24. Would have never thought about teams not being able to see the bottom of other cars, and what advantages that might give them. That’s good stuff.
  25. Sergio with a boomer into the wall.
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