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  1. Two opposite experiences with AA in the past few days for me... Last Thursday night flew ORD to DFW, after landing we taxied to the random holding area where we parked and eventually got to our gate 65 minutes later. I get it, they can't magically create a new gate just for us and tight turnarounds at existing gates are why I can fly to Chicago for an affordable $800. But we sat on the ramp for an hour under clear skies. WTF. But then last night flying back from FL, severe weather was rolling into DFW and the entire crew was in super teamwork/cheerleader mode to get us boarded ASAP so we could beat the storms. We pushed back 15 minutes early and landed safely at DFW just as the storms were approaching. And we didn't have to wait for our gate, we simply landed and taxied right to it. Sometimes the stars align I guess.
  2. Every time I hear the ad I'm convinced that company is going for a very specific demographic, and I'm lost on exactly which demographic that is. I cannot be the only who ignores medical ads I've heard on a sports radio station, and especially so if the voice-over sounds like someone helping me choose fertilizer at Ace Hardware. But maybe there's some market research out there that points to a group who has a connection to that and will buy in...
  3. I was in the Navy and today is the first time I've ever heard of Tall Ship and/or a tall ship festival. It does look pretty badass though.
  4. Boeing sells Jeppesen and ForeFlight to a private equity firm. Can't wait for price increases with a deteriorating product. Unless, given Boeing's recent woes, maybe these two units were being neglected and the PE firm will be better for them...
  5. Are you a PR by now? IIRC you've been there for about 10 years which was usually long enough for ICA to grant it.
  6. Apologies if mentioned upthread, anyone have recs for a 3 night stay in May in San Jose? Work is taking me there and I have flexibility to stay really anywhere in the San Jose area, though closer to the airport the better. Main requirement is I don't want to be isolated in a property that has nothing around it for food options. So far it seems like Escazu has the best options with an Intercontinental, Hyatt, and Marriott property in the middle of a shopping mall area. Works for me but thought I'd check here. Unfortunately as I'm there for work I don't have the option to get out and stay elsewhere in the country. 😞
  7. They are a huge player in the aviation navigation market.
  8. It's my understanding that somewhere in the Constitution (maybe the 22nd amendment) it spells out the requirement that the VP must be eligible to be President. Since he's ineligible via the 22nd he isn't eligible to run as VP. And yes I know he doesn't give a fuck and he's gonna try and run anyway.
  9. fake Jerry spelling out "d-o-t com" cracked me up
  10. Yeah this is the first I've heard of "scorigami" and after checking out the website it's just......why? Is there a point?
  11. You recently changed your avatar, right? For a while I recognized your prior one as the guy who wouldn't stop talking about his upcoming move to Hawaii and a fascination with another island out in the Pacific, and how he was the smartest guy in the room because of it. So mental note to self, you're now the ASU avatar. And you've hopefully experienced expat life before to know that A) nobody in the US gives a shit that you're an expat. Sure there will be a "Cool, how do you like it there?" conversation in an effort to be pleasant. But nobody gives a flying fuck that you live overseas and they definitely don't think you're as brilliant as you think are; and B) the grass is always greener my dude, you'll be complaining about the same exact shit on this same exact message board once the honeymoon wears off. So yeah, keep dropping in with the condescending comments pretending to be some expat genius. Whether you like it or not we're all in this together and it doesn't matter if you're living within or outside the US borders. And I say all of this as a former expat myself who was part of communities overseas that had guys just like you show up to happy hours. It was a beating hearing you argue how superior you were to the Americans back home, meanwhile the rest of the group couldn't wait until you left, and the locals thought you were losers too. So, congrats?
  12. Anyone else think the Hardline's "trifecta" death segment is fucking stupid? Immediate station change when I hear the 'd-e-a-t-h' and guitar riff.
  13. We are going to win.
  14. The TSA thing could be a randomly selected exercise? That one's the least fishy of the two, but the AA agent filming people definitely is weird. Those company issued iPads have a lot of passenger data so maybe AA wants updated headshots for everyone. And we probably agreed to it via some random hidden clause they threw into the fine print when we bought the ticket. 🙄
  15. Kamala's Fox News interview was taped this afternoon and airs tonight, right?
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