Recent content by B757Guy

Lots of misinformation here as it pertains to the 757. Orders for the aircraft after 1990 were certainly NOT pathetic in any way. As for the weight and heavy designation, unfortunately, you are wrong there as well. 757's have their own separation standards and are not classified as heavy...

EWR to Hong Kong EWR to Mumbai EWR to Delhi

To clarify my comment. Yes, I am an airline pilot with United. All US based aircrew are trained to the same standards and measured by them. My comment was tongue in cheek, and I would have no issue with flying on any US based carrier.

United has the best pilots.

Unfortunately, this happens with 3rd party providers (Expedia, Priceline, Orbitz) sometimes. As an airline employee, I have had friends and family complain to me the airline stole their money. 8 times out of 10, it was the 3rd party provider who created the issue, not the airline. :( Glad to...

I can assure you, the quality of their pilots and maintenance is just fine.

Hello all. Apologies that this won't be much of a trip report, but figured I would share my experience on Amtrak's Northeast Regional Train #94 from Washington DC to Newark International Airport (EWR) last week. As a backgrounder, I am a pilot for a major airline and live in NJ. My typical...

Congrats, and would be happy to! Hopefully PSA has a flow through program, and you can go mainline at AA in a few years.

@Seaboard92 Congrats! Both my fiancé and I are airline pilots. She flies for AA out of PHL. If you are ever stuck in Philly, and need a crashpad for the night, message me. We own several, and would be happy to put you up for a night or two complimentary for a fellow train buff!

I wish them well!

ATC, and from an internal perspective, airline dispatch as well.

In some cases, yes. It depends on a few different factors, along with the airport.

We do push back from the gate early, if everyone is on-board, and the airplane is buttoned up. Once we push, that starts the clock for the flight and is the time we use to measure if we departed on-time or not.

All of our PW 777's are grounded at the moment. The mishap aircraft in question, I personally had flown both as CA and FO several times. Kudo's to the crew for their professionalism, and so happy no one was injured.

If any members have United Premier 1K or especially Global Services, please let me know. I'd like to chat about how the airline is meeting your expectations in-flight.