OMG- I have flown again
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the_traveler
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FLYING?
That's rules for automatic dismissal from AU!
But we'll forgive you this time!
(You were probably thinking HSR started early at the time!
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But we'll forgive you this time!
Even though youre going FC, it's not the same as Breakfast and Dinner in the Diner and a drink in the Lounge! Plus no Double AGR Points! Im surprised John! Sorry, mea culpa,; delete all my 2,093 posts. LOLFLYING?That's rules for automatic dismissal from AU!
But we'll forgive you this time!(You were probably thinking HSR started early at the time!)
John, don't worry. Every year I take a long-distance Amtrak trip with my uncle, who lives between Bloomington and Champaign, IL. We always begin our trips from his end, and that involves my flying to Illinois, since I don't have enough time to take the train there. A couple of years ago, I made a trip by air to Bloomington that looks like one of the Traveler's AGR trips: Spokane to Seattle to Atlanta to Bloomington. If that trip by itself didn't get me booted, nothing will. :lol: :lol: :lol:Sorry, mea culpa,; delete all my 2,093 posts. LOLFLYING?That's rules for automatic dismissal from AU!
But we'll forgive you this time!(You were probably thinking HSR started early at the time!)
Ohhhhh that is blasphemy. You will burn in hell. LOL
Woah, hate to see what you guys would do to an actual airline employee...
Sky Pilot
Train Attendant
Or pilot, airline or otherwise ... :blink:
the_traveler
Engineer
We have a few of them on AU - and we are forgiving!
I'll join him in hell too. I fly too. LOL. Of course airline employees are forgiven because they need a job too.
the_traveler
Engineer
In my younger (stupider) days, I flew from Boston, MA to Albany, NY - about 150 miles - via SAN and LAX (the airports)!
daveyb99
OBS Chief
I just flew DFW-ATL ... now, I wonder, what ever happened to that Crescent Star idea .....
PacificStarlight
Train Attendant
I guess joining amtrak to pay for college, then joining the air force as a pilot, would get me a permanent ban?
oldtimer
OBS Chief
I have to admit that in 1972 in got religion!
From 1968 up to 1972 I was an FAA licensed aircraft mechanic, airframe and powerplant rated. My aviation career was ended by Nixonomics. I worked for 4 different companies in 4 years.
In 1972 I went to work for the PC railroad at their 12th st coach yard on Amtrak trains. In May of 1973 I left the PC to take a job directly with Amtrak. Almost 37 years later I left Amtrak.
Now I will not fly if I can avoid it, my personal motto is "If you fly you can die, use your brain take the train."
From 1968 up to 1972 I was an FAA licensed aircraft mechanic, airframe and powerplant rated. My aviation career was ended by Nixonomics. I worked for 4 different companies in 4 years.
In 1972 I went to work for the PC railroad at their 12th st coach yard on Amtrak trains. In May of 1973 I left the PC to take a job directly with Amtrak. Almost 37 years later I left Amtrak.
Now I will not fly if I can avoid it, my personal motto is "If you fly you can die, use your brain take the train."
That's the last place I flew (several years ago). Before that, it was Las Vegas at Thanksgiving in 2009 (and I did try to do that by train, but the combination of needing three days to get there plus the lengthy Ambus sort of killed the deal).
Shortline
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I fly 60,000 + miles a year. Before that, spent 8 years flying in the Air Force, over 2500 flight hours in a C-130 all over the world. Planes aren't evil, they get you there fast, efficient, and they go damn near anywhere. Planes keep America running, I couldn't do what I do, without aircraft....and I work for a RR!
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Shawn Ryu
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Planes arent evil, airlines are, well, American airlines anyway.
I'm going to second the thought below yours. Planes aren't evil, it's the airline industry. For that matter, if I could get a respectable meal en route short of an intercontinental flight, I'd be a lot less resentful of the industry. The same goes for Totally Stupid Agency procedures (the patdowns and so forth), a subject on which I will reserve my usual complaints for elsewhere.
A combination of unenjoyable experiences flying (having to choose between too little legroom and a footrest or plenty of legroom but no footrest jumps to mind, as does any time I've had to deal with airport security...to say nothing, of course, about Customs plus security coming back into the US one time...let me put it this way, the connection was close enough I was pondering whether I was going to end up renting a car out of Charlotte), bad stories about flying, and good experiences with Amtrak
There's also, if we're all being honest, the fact that the airline industry has been the biggest threat to long distance rail travel that there is. On a certain level, the airline industry presents a looming, existential threat to everything outside of short/regional corridors. I feel a distinct desire not to give them any money that can go into their lobbying efforts.
jis
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I fly over 75,000 miles a year and travel Over 15,000 miles by Amtrak a year. So I guess I am an equal opportunity good and evil entity
Right now I am sitting in a lie flat bed seat in BusinessFirst on a United/Continental flight ready to depart from Frankfurt for Newark, looking forward to the Rack of Lamb au Jus for Brunch. Will be back in NJ later today.
I think people just protest a bit too much about airlines. The real existential threat to passenger railroad is highways, not airlines IMHO.
Right now I am sitting in a lie flat bed seat in BusinessFirst on a United/Continental flight ready to depart from Frankfurt for Newark, looking forward to the Rack of Lamb au Jus for Brunch.
Will be back in NJ later today.I think people just protest a bit too much about airlines. The real existential threat to passenger railroad is highways, not airlines IMHO.
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caravanman
Engineer
Departing from Frankfurt I would imagine "sausage" also being on the menu?
Never had the pleasure of a lie flat first class flight, the 31" seat space in economy is my lot!
Ed
PS It is hard for me to start my Amtrak adventures without the flight, but I would much prefer to cross the Atlantic by ship, now that would be something!
Never had the pleasure of a lie flat first class flight, the 31" seat space in economy is my lot!
Ed
PS It is hard for me to start my Amtrak adventures without the flight, but I would much prefer to cross the Atlantic by ship, now that would be something!
the_traveler
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Hanno
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Like many of you I've flown all over the world and have the stories and scares to go with the same. Now that I'm "retired" I don't have to hurry as much and enjoy the ease of traveling by train and even though things don't always go the way they were planned I've never had any experiences as bad as those that resulted from flying. But flying certainly has it's place and can also be enjoyable.Departing from Frankfurt I would imagine "sausage" also being on the menu?
Never had the pleasure of a lie flat first class flight, the 31" seat space in economy is my lot!
Ed
PS It is hard for me to start my Amtrak adventures without the flight, but I would much prefer to cross the Atlantic by ship, now that would be something!
When I was 9 years old I traversed the North Atlantic on an ocean liner. It was "something" and to do it again is another item on my bucket list. Making tentative plans for next year!
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