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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:19 PM
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Whats Your Favorite Airline Past Or Present
Mine was Braniff, they were so colorful!!!!



Even though my first flight ever was on PanAm to Honolulu 1975 707/747-200
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:24 PM
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1. Flew on Braniff many times!
Edited on Wed May-23-07 02:25 PM by Whoa_Nelly
Also, loved TWA back in the '60s




And Braniff was the airline with the cool/mod attendant outfits



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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:25 PM
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2. Canada 3000
Was a great airline. good food, good service... now they're gone :-(
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:29 PM
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3. Pan Am
Years ago, I flew Pan Am on a charter to Ireland. Free booze was served on the entire trip over, and several people became the worse for drink (not I).

One woman across the aisle and down a row or two decided to start barfing uncontrollably during the landing. One of the flight attendants held the bags under the woman's mouth and knelt in the aisle throughout the landing at Shannon. And managed to be pleasant about it to the drunk-sick woman and the rest of the passengers. She was amazing, and I will always remember her name.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:32 PM
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4. United States Navy VR Squadrons (C9 Aircraft) in the 80s and 90's
Nothing fancy but chances are you knew the pilots and crew and about 100% of the passengers and you parked real close to wear you were headed. And the safety record - priceless.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:43 PM
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7. Navy Airlines???
Ok they dont count!!!! :rofl: :hi:


I also loved Eastern, and remember when they gave me a free first class ticket for 2
to anywhere they flew





I also knew alot of people at TWA



Western Rocked also, the only way to fly
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:51 PM
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9. That Air Force C-130 that flew me out of Saudi Arabia 11 years ago
God what a wonderful flight.
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:17 PM
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17. you flew from the U.S. to Saudi on a C-130?
are you still shakin'?

I flew from Richards Gebaur in KCMo to Hickham Hawaii once . . . geez, I thought we would never get there.

How many stops did you make?

Into Riyadh?
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:22 PM
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19. Flew from Saudi (Riyadh) to Germany on the C-130
then took a commercial back to CONUS. It was a rough flight in the C-130, we were packed like Sardines however, we all wanted to leave that place. The C-130 remains my favorite plane ever, because of that one flight.
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 07:02 AM
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40. when did you do this . .
I was in Riyadh from '85 to '89. Spent quite a bit of time with the A.F. - but do not remember seeing many 130's there - mostly AWACS and F15s.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 07:51 AM
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43. Operation Southern Watch
Departed August 96 shortly after the Dahran Terrorist Attack. Berthed at Eskan Village, spent a fortune on Kartoushes for every female family member on both sides of the family.
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:55 AM
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47. I traveled to Cairo monthly during the 4 years I was there
so brought back kartouches from there.

I lived near the ROC compound - and my wife and I played team tennis with the ROC team. Most of the F15 and AWACS project people from the AF lived there. It was also a place we could get a piece of bacon every once in a while.

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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 05:14 PM
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52. Alaska Airlines Salmon Thirty Salmon
Sounds a little fishy!! :rofl:

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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 09:27 AM
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50. another vote for Eastern
i have wonderful memories flying with them as a kid up and down the east coast from ORF...


my second favorite? ValuJet....When I was in college in Atlanta ('95-'99), ValuJet took me to Newport News FOR 79 FREAKIN DOLLARS! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:34 PM
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5. Yep, I loved Braniff too.
Edited on Wed May-23-07 02:45 PM by geardaddy
and North Central



and flew Allegheny to my grandparents in PA.


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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:41 PM
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6. Southwest Airlines, Phoenix to LAX, 1986-87.
Good times.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:48 PM
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8. I am not sure of the name, but it was either Air Atlanta or Southern Air.
It went down the tubes in the '80s. The whole plane was first class at a really low price.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:58 PM
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11. air atlanta
Yes I remember them, I still have their system timetable (I have over 5000 collection)
They were around for a year I think flew 727
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 06:46 AM
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37. I only flew on them once round-trip to Atlanta and
I was totally impressed. They even had their own concourse. No having to go through the airport at Hartsfield.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:55 PM
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10. What about People Express?
The original discount airline.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:13 PM
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14. People Express
They were a good airline I flew on them once, but over expanded

Actually PSA and Air California were the orginal 'Low fare' airlines, followed by Southwest


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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:06 PM
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12. My current favorite is All Nippon Airways
which is Japan's "number two" airline. They have good food, free drinks, and the world's sweetest flight attendants.

I only wish they flew within the U.S. instead of just back and forth to the U.S.

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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 06:40 PM
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32. A foreign airline flying within the U.S. is called cabotage.
Edited on Wed May-23-07 06:40 PM by ocelot
And few things piss off airline workers more than the possibility of cabotage. If that happens (and the Republicans are, of course, pushing for it), there will be yet more cheap labor competing with us, more airline jobs lost and wages reduced. ANA might be a fine airline, but we do NOT want cabotage!
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:07 PM
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13. SAS USA>Scandihoovian places
SAS has more room, better service, nice and cute attendants, good food, free drinks, I like them.
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:15 PM
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15. SwissAir
followed by AirFrance, KLM, and Singapore Airlines
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:17 PM
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16. Aer Lingus




Very friendly service and good tea for once.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:24 PM
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22. AER LINGUS
I heard they have changed their name to AER CUNNA LINGUS :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:



I also heard that the airline of Italy has changed their name from ALITALIA
to GENITALIA :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:



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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:09 AM
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44. I love Aer Lingus
I agree,the service is superb as is the tea...plus,when I'm flying with them,I'm going to Ireland:)
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:59 AM
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48. Do me a favor
Have a 1/2 of Smithwicks, a pint of Guinness, some Guinness lamb stew, then once you are good and langered have some fine curry chips at 2:00am. Where are you headed I would love to hear the itinerary.
thanks
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 10:33 AM
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51. I go fairly often...
I have cousins in Cork,and my sister lives in Strangford(near Belfast).
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:59 AM
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49.  sorry double vision (nm)
Edited on Thu May-24-07 09:05 AM by Rambis
x
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:20 PM
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18. Hooters?
Actually I flew home from Germany on "Evergreen". I had never heard of them. Turns out (thank you internet) it is/was owned by a DoD contractor who basically bleeds money out of the system. Wanna guess which party he supports?
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:55 PM
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24. HOOTERS
Hooters are out of business now, they went 'Tits Up':rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:





Evergreen is based here in Oregon, they do contract work for CIA sometimes......


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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 09:31 PM
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33. I used to live in the town where Evergreen is headquartered
They were widely rumored to be a CIA contractor, and the uh...friend of the founder is a Republicanite legislator.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 09:32 PM
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34. I've heard those same rumors for years.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:23 PM
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20. Air Canada
Great service and I like the fact that they make all their announcements in English and French...I know they have to do that, but still...

:-)
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:24 PM
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21. Air Canada
just is
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Cruzan Donating Member (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 03:45 PM
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23. National
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cobalt1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 04:52 PM
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25. Singapore Airlines
If you want to feel like complete royalty during a flight...

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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 05:14 PM
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27. Nice!
Even if I hit the lottery, I still wouldn't be able to travel to Europe because of the long flights....but if I had one of THESE!!! I could travel around the world!!!
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Cruzan Donating Member (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 02:40 AM
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36. I did that once
First class, Singapore Airlines Flight 1, San Francisco to Hong Kong (and Flight 2 coming back). It definitely makes a 14 hour transpacific flight go a little easier.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 05:06 PM
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26. I always liked Delta
The first time I ate a salad and enjoyed it was on a Delta flight to Orlando. Of course, they don't serve meals on the flights anymore.
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Hangingon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 05:31 PM
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28. I liked Braniff and flew it for years....
but Southwest really shhok up the business
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 05:45 PM
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29. I'm partial to Delta, since that IS my paycheck, however...
Mrs. av8rdave worked for Braniff, and liked the company.

I love your 707 pic. I flew the military version of that for a couple of years (actually the 720 - almost identical).
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 06:00 PM
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30. I always liked these guys:
Alaska Airlines



The face on the tail section just seemed so out of place. Hey, I never said that I ever flew on them!
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 06:34 PM
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31. Mine:


Airbus A-330. Totally cool airplane. Actually, I took this picture just before departing AMS from the identical A-330 behind it. LOOOVE the 330! It will do just about everything but shine your shoes for you.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 09:37 PM
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35. Aeromexico and KLM....
...are my favorite to fly on. As a child, though, we lived by an airport, and I was always fascinated to look up and see those colorful Braniff planes.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 06:48 AM
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38. Frontier, the one with the animals
Edited on Thu May-24-07 06:57 AM by donheld
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:15 AM
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45. Yep, Frontier's cool;
Edited on Thu May-24-07 08:19 AM by HawkeyeX
I flew the Moose and the Mustang just last week.

Great flights, just wish they would STOP charging for their 24 channel DirecTV. Wife and I frequently fly Jetblue to New York from Denver, and offers free TV.

Jetblue is also neat (and naturally supports the Dems - CEO of Jetblue contributes to the Dems (I'll forgive Romney contributions - Neeleman's a Mormon)






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querelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 06:55 AM
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39. British Airways
Even in economy class, BA has nice wide seats and lots of leg room. The flight attendants are polite and the food is pretty good too. I flew Iceland Air last year from Boston to Reykjavik and it was a very pleasant experience as well. The flight attendants dressed just like the stews from the 50's and 60's. You know, the little tailored suits with pillbox hats and white gloves. Very charming!

Q
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 07:05 AM
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41. Republic!!! The stewardesses gave out little activity card decks
along with your parents' playing cards...



My least favorite was Eastern. They had the worst sandwiches ever with 2 inch fake cheese on them.

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Danmel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 07:07 AM
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42. New York Air
I used to take their shuttle to NY when I was in law school in Boston.

They gave you a snack- "The Flying Nosh"

One time it was a sesame bagel with smoked turkey and gouda & an apple and I had a New Amsterdam Lager- best food I ever ate on a plane.

It was way way better than that cattle car People Express
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KeepItReal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:16 AM
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46. Fav Coach Class: Singapore Air.... Fav non-coach: Virgin Atlantic
My first flight was on TWA.

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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 05:24 PM
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53. Homer Simpson On Airplane
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 06:25 PM
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54. This is the best airline ever.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 06:30 PM
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55. First flight was Delta
Best was British Airways
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 07:19 PM
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56. I like Jet Blue a lot (surprised that no one has mentioned them yet)
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 07:20 PM
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57. Tower Air
Best service I ever had. They even shined up my leather luggage
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 07:23 PM
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58. it's a tie between jet blue and frontier
i only take jet blue to nyc, so it comes down to price, otherwise it's usually frontier for everything else.

british airways was fantastic when i went to europe several years ago, although i can't say i was disappointed with united the last time i went to europe. united domestic, however, sucks.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 07:49 PM
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59. Several!
North Central Airlines (AKA the Blue Goose)
Eastern
Allegheny
Western
and PBA (Provincetown Boston Airlines)
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:42 PM
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60. Air France- Concorde
Edited on Thu May-24-07 08:51 PM by Scooter24


It was a lot of fun.
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 11:11 PM
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61. Oceanic!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_Airlines



In all seriousness, Varig. Because of their food. Yes, really. :9 Yum.

I have to give Malaysia Airlines huge props for the prettiest flight attendant uniforms, and the ability to put up with neurotic ME on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Newark via Stockholm. I can't believe I stayed meltdown-free.


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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 01:08 AM
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62. Today? Probably Air France
I travel a LOT, and they go to great pains to make sure you make
tight connections, even driving you to your next flight if there
isn't enough time to change terminals, etc. Lufthansa just says
tough luck, go sleep on the floor.

Old days? I loved the old PSA, New York Air and PBA for regional
airlines. Swissair and Cathay Pacific for International, and I found
the service on the British Airways Concorde to be better than on the
French version.

But the most fun flight by far was on a BWIA flight from JFK to Barbados
in 1981. From frozen NY on Chistmas Day, first a fabulous meal of
curried whatever plus other spicy stuff and Caribbean fruits, and then
the movie FAME, which had just come out. By the time the movie was over,
we pulled up the window shades to see the blue tropical waters and green
islands, one after another. Now THAT was a flight!
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 01:14 AM
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63. I loved Western Airlines from my childhood.
Mostly for their ads featuring Wally Bird (voice of Jim Backus): "Western Airlines, the oooooooonly way to fly!" I took my very first flight on Western as a little girl back in the early '70s. :D
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