This is hysterical. I live in Las Vegas and this has been murmured about for years. The excuse they used was that nobody knew where McCarran International Airport was because "Las Vegas" is not in the title. They said it should be "Las Vegas International Airport". Now they have decided to rename it "Harry Reid International Airport." I guess that somehow tells people it is in Las Vegas. Personally, I think its a bad idea to name something after someone who is living. You never know what they are going to do.

(Written on 2021年02月16日)(Permalink)

I actually got to fly on a DC-2 once back in the 90's. It was a restored bird owned by the Douglas Historical Foundation. What a thrill.

(Written on 2021年02月09日)(Permalink)

Weirdly, I miss the DC-8, but don't at all miss the 707. I don't know why. I thought it was a more elegant plane. The DC-8 stretches that seemed to be a city block long were just beautiful.

(Written on 2021年02月08日)(Permalink)

For some reason I was looking at air traffic in the Southeast yesterday (mostly Florida and Georgia) and was wondering why traffic looked so weirdly light. I now know!

(Written on 2021年01月05日)(Permalink)

They have purchased very well-maintained aircraft

(Written on 2021年01月01日)(Permalink)

"Torrid" is an odd adjective to use, since it means "hot and dry". I would use "opportunistic" instead.

(Written on 2020年12月16日)(Permalink)

I used to live in Chico, CA and the U-2 was a familiar sight since they are based at Beale AFB in Marysville.

(Written on 2020年12月12日)(Permalink)

"In the case of the Airbus tariffs, the Trump administration appears to have created the very loophole Delta may be using." In this case, Delta would be dumb to not do this. No one volunteers to pay extra taxes.

(Written on 2020年11月17日)(Permalink)

In my studied opinion, as an accountant, this would be tax avoidance, not tax evasion. Tax avoidance is perfectly legal. However, technically, it is not a tax, but a tariff.

(Written on 2020年09月19日)(Permalink)

Different missions.

(Written on 2020年09月16日)(Permalink)