Sad News re corporate-wage-slave [He's flying economy for the first time very soon!]
Feb 8, 2016, 11:40 pm
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This is a great point. In our indulgence, we've completely overlooked YC's predicament without the guiding hand of c-w-s on his shoulder.
How will he manage to re-pack his bag? Will he even manage HBO? How will he cope if he has an immediate turnaround at SVG?
Worst of all, how on earth is it possible to survive Y without any sort of lounge access to soften the blow?
#prayforYC
How will he manage to re-pack his bag? Will he even manage HBO? How will he cope if he has an immediate turnaround at SVG?
Worst of all, how on earth is it possible to survive Y without any sort of lounge access to soften the blow?
#prayforYC
Feb 9, 2016, 12:10 am
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Could the return trip be YC's sacrifice for Lent? Myself, I'd rather give up religion for Lent.
BTW, I've been in Madrid, NM (but not the one in Iowa) as well as Spain. There's a Jersy City not surprisingly in NJ but I don't think you can find many sheep there (except the human kind).
BTW, I've been in Madrid, NM (but not the one in Iowa) as well as Spain. There's a Jersy City not surprisingly in NJ but I don't think you can find many sheep there (except the human kind).
Feb 9, 2016, 4:01 pm
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Loving the thread, ^
Knowing c-w-s he is doing MAD and JER and likely home each night in NCL (not always with BA) and then back across for the return for 6 hours before some trip to the Far East the same day being business as usual. You don't rack up 400k miles a year doing straight returns twice a month, nor the TP totals he gets (which incidentally, he once told me is not BA's highest so there is a lurker that does even more ridiculous mileage)...
As with many things the truth is out there if you can stop him long enough to have a word (with a damn fine down to earth chap it has to be said, just be wary of a bloke asking you to pose laying down to show the leg room in CW on the 787 or some such!!!
I'm joking!
Knowing c-w-s he is doing MAD and JER and likely home each night in NCL (not always with BA) and then back across for the return for 6 hours before some trip to the Far East the same day being business as usual. You don't rack up 400k miles a year doing straight returns twice a month, nor the TP totals he gets (which incidentally, he once told me is not BA's highest so there is a lurker that does even more ridiculous mileage)...
As with many things the truth is out there if you can stop him long enough to have a word (with a damn fine down to earth chap it has to be said, just be wary of a bloke asking you to pose laying down to show the leg room in CW on the 787 or some such!!!
I'm joking!
Feb 11, 2016, 8:10 am
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Well I haven't forgotten about it, that's for sure. I'm still in WT on a 787 tomorrow from YYZ to London. However the flight is filling up:
J4 C1 W1 Y5 B3 H0 K0 M0 G0 (USA PoS).
J4 C1 W1 Y5 B3 H0 K0 M0 G0 (USA PoS).
Feb 11, 2016, 8:22 am
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Then again, one shouldn't assume normal flying behaviour where c-w-s is involved.
Feb 11, 2016, 8:24 am
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Feb 11, 2016, 8:32 am
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Ah, it will be interesting to see how you will weasel out of this
Feb 11, 2016, 8:56 am
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Hardly surprising I can't keep up with your lifestyle given my own. Takes me three hours of lounging about in the morning before the brain starts to function at all. All that rushing about you do is totally alien to me.
Feb 11, 2016, 10:03 am
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Feb 11, 2016, 10:16 am
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In all seriousness, I cannot comprehend spending so much time in the air as C-W-S does. It would kill me all those different time zones and criss crossing the Atlantic.
I don't know either where he gets the time to fit the day job in!!
I don't know either where he gets the time to fit the day job in!!
Last edited by G-BUSI; Feb 11, 2016 at 10:17 am Reason: typo