Originally Posted by
jlemon
What I miss are the classic "milk run" flights where a number of stops were made en route with no change of plane....
Such as LAX-PHX-TUS-ELP-MAF-AUS-IAH-MIA which was flown by Continental with a B727-200....
Or HOU-DAL-MAF-ROW-ABQ-SAF which was operated by TTa with a DC-9-10....
Or JFK-PHL-DCA-JAX-MCO-TPA-MLB-PBI-MIA which was flown by National with a Lockheed L-188 Electra.......
Or SEA-SIT-JNU-YAK-CDV-ANC-UNK-OME-OTZ which was operated by Alaska Airlines with a B727-100....
Nothing like sitting in a window seat ahead of the wing for all of these takeoffs and landings while watching the world go by as well as the various airports.....
Milk run routes are still flown. But the aircraft might carry different flight numbers. I have flown, GPT-MEM-EWR-MSP on the same plane with the same crew with different flight numbers. The plane was headed to somewhere in North Dakota-BIS, I think.
It was hilarious. The first class FA recognised me right away when I got back on the plane in MEM. When I got off in EWR, she joked, "I had better not see you again". Of course, I didn't know that I was going to be on the same plane for my next leg. Neither of us could believe our eyes when the same FA greeted me. She told every member of the crew and we all laughed. When I got off in MSP, she remarked, "Are you coming with us again?" I was going to SEA.