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Old Mar 17, 2015 | 9:32 pm
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freshairborne
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Originally Posted by Boo_Radley
Really interesting way to look at it. My only beef is that they used a single transit time for city pairs, which ignores differences in cruise speed across A/C types. Regardless, I'll keep this article in mind next time I land at ORD between 8 and 10 PM only to have the captain come on and say:


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Uhhhh.... well folks, looks like we got you here a bit early... uhh... we're calling the gate to get someone to park us but it uhh... looks like they weren't ready for us quite yet.




Every. Single. Time.
You think you're tired of hearing it? I'm tired of having to say it. Every. Single. Time. Almost.

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