going by boat would be preferable to nearly 20 hours of flight for me- i would catch up on sleep, create new daily rituals, remember what slow down felt like, then get back into the rat race. And the food would be better tot.

(Written on 2018年 09月 25日)(Permalink)

while congress is dictating pie in the sky legroom, perhaps they will legislate increases in the width of the passenger cabin to accomodate this well intentioned idea

(Written on 2018年 09月 25日)(Permalink)

as an intellectual exercise this is spendid, but welcome to the next military industrial complex rabbit hole.

(Written on 2018年 09月 24日)(Permalink)

the contempt for its customers runs deep throughout this frankenstein of an airline, so to speak. This is the latest in the long historical line - the next one will be unusual but similar in intent. The company ought to consider a name change: The Irish Hairshirt Airline-

(Written on 2018年 09月 24日)(Permalink)

the 797 will offer distance with a distinction- twin aisles. Is that enough? In another issue: what is seattle doing to counter the 350-900 ultral long ranger? Concedeing that to airbus???

(Written on 2018年 09月 23日)(Permalink)

i for one welcome Neeleman back into the american market for his next good idea well executed. This tantilizing aircraft will give comfort a new name in the skys, without the "pack them in, rip them off" mentality that we see too much of now.

(Written on 2018年 09月 22日)(Permalink)

perhaps the paint crew leader spoke with a lisp, and delivered verbal directions to the painters, and phonetically that is what he sounded like. give it a rest..... the inside is where the real genius is expressed.

(Written on 2018年 09月 21日)(Permalink)

i am enjoying all the serious comments about this classic spoof and attention getter. We are not talking about the safety of the aircraft, the competence of the flight crews,- nothing really vital. This could be the airline's riff on the "Name Change " of International House of Pancakes into some burger shack- free publicity and manufactured outrage.

(Written on 2018年 09月 21日)(Permalink)

no sense of urgency here as airbus piles up 321er clients left and right. It will be a few years and many hundreds of airbus aircraft sold, but not delivered, then boeing does it's "me too" act.

(Written on 2018年 09月 21日)(Permalink)

consolidation is inevitable in the region, as etihad is the third place runner in the race, and also the most clueless . I do like the paint scheme.

(Written on 2018年 09月 21日)(Permalink)