How long after you made your reservation did united let you make that no-cost change? Either you changed it within 24 hours of booking (which they must let you do), you are a top-tier member of Mileage Plus, or CHF manages your travel and has you connecting through 7 cities.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

I called, asked for a supervisor, explained that I didn't book it correctly to begin with and gave a bit of a sob story. They changed it without much fuss.

this is wild, imagine that view outside your window. fuck

This is what our bailout cash got???

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

In this case Boeing gets to be the good guys. Pratt & Whitney built the engine.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Initial finding is metal fatigue on fan blades that broke off.

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Elections have consequences.

That seems like some di Caro level fatigue.

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You are complaining about planes that land safely with an engine in flames, and pilots and crew who were well trained and remained calm enough to the get plane safely back on the ground in one piece AND get everybody off the plane with no injuries?


Sheesh.

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37 Engines?

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That's usually the case with an uncontained engine failure.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I was in a cessna 310 that had an engine stall out and not start back up. the pilot continued on his way like it didn't matter and we flew back to the local airport. that day i learned that a duel prop plane has redundancy every where.

Airbus wins again. I try to seek out Airbus when booking, just a better flying experience.

I'm not really concerned, it was tongue in cheek.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Maybe give Air Buddy Holly a shot and report back.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

That was my impersonation of Douchebag.

Kind of a work in progress.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

the 'scare bus'. airbus uses composite fibers for lighter aircraft, which allows for one additional row of seats. this was scorned..profits over safety was argued. when an aa a300 crashed in new york after take-off, it ended up being airbus flight engineers vs. american flight engineers. the flight ran into severe wake turbulence on take-off, the co-pilot played with the rudder (as trained)..and the tail fell off. airbus argued that the co-pilot put undue stress on the rudder/tail...the opposite argument was that your aircraft are shit.

'if it's not boeing, i ain't going'. boeing deservedly getting slammed for the 737-max...a plane that is arguably design-flawed, the rushed and sloppy software, lax and lack of uniformed pilot training around the world with the software/scenarios. seems like the overall safety of airline travel bred a hubris of complacency.

i had learned that the boeing 727 was rolled during tests. imagine that, a plane flying upside down. they don't make them like they used to.

united technologies used to make aircraft engines. they got bought out by GE. now, only a few major players..GE, rolls-royce, pratt & whitney and cfm. with this united 777 incident, looks like pratt & whitney engines on 777s are under scrutiny.

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The 777 has been flying for over 25 years with only no fatalities blamed on the aircraft itself. The 3 fatal incidents were a shootdown, a likely hijacking by 1 of the pilots, and a case of CFIT where Asiana pilots went too short on their approach into SFO.

I'd board any 777 without second thought.

That Asiana one pissed me off. When you hear the GPWS say "sink rate" and "pull up" on descent, you need to adjust your approach or go around.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

agreed

Same for me. Was on a 25 seater or so in the African country of Chad returning from an oilfield. As we were taking off, one engine has low oil pressure and high torque readings. Pilot did a U turn and brought it back. Said we could have continued on but rules state we needed to return. Had to stay the night in a hotel where the oil company paid for rooms, food, drinks. There guys coming off of 28 days in camp so they were cutting loose. Pilot and copilot flew the plane back the next day.

I realize I am putting on a tinfoil hat here, but this is a strange "coincidence".


https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spir ... 47528.html

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You have to be a Biden Democrat, or a drone not to at least wonder about this

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Remember when Boomers used to embrace "conspiracy theories" like this? That was back before the entire generation got converted by the "Intelligence Community" and COVID.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

Flew in a 787 from DFW to ORD yesterday. Only issue was no available gates at ORD when we landed (early). Imagine that.

I am still a BIGFAN of that plane.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Remember when you weren't a loon? There was a time...

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“How do you get to be president and you’re stupid?” Donald J Trump - 4/10/25
When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

Do you think Karen Silkwood was murdered?

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

We've evolved. Conspiracies are fairy tales.....unless Trump is involved.

I'm a loon who didn't believe the "Intelligence Community" when they insisted Trump was a Russian agent or when they said Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation. What do I know?

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

Did you see that Time Magazine article on how all the institutions conspired to fortify the 2020 election? Bunch of loons.