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Originally Posted by fozz
(Post 11699581)
Even with ETOPS rules in effect? CO doesn't fly over Mexico into the Pacific so they would head to the west coast and then start heading SW. Though, QF does LAX-AKL on a 332 now so in theory, a 772 should be able to do it from IAH thought it would be landing on fumes.
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JFK-SYD and ATL-SYD. This is a joke, right? JFK is about an hour longer than EWR-SIN. Deltalina and a stripper pole couldn't make me get on a flight that long.
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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike
(Post 11699665)
Deltalina and a stripper pole couldn't make me get on a flight that long.
Having done the 16.5 hour JFK - BKK world's second longest flight, it's really not so bad (up front). |
Originally Posted by rolov
(Post 11699663)
if they flew from IAH and headed west over the US until SAN , it would only add about 400 miles , so yes this would work with a nice light landing :D
Is EWR-HKG weight restricted? Not that wikipedia is the most accurate source, but those numbers seem to imply that it should be....(again all of this is, if I am reading it right). |
Originally Posted by ConciergeMike
(Post 11699665)
JFK-SYD and ATL-SYD. This is a joke, right? JFK is about an hour longer than EWR-SIN. Deltalina and a stripper pole couldn't make me get on a flight that long.
I have done the EWR-SIN route a few times and it is not that bad at all . |
Originally Posted by Olton Hall
(Post 11699188)
Hmmm. Should I go work in Vancouver, BC for a year? I'm sort of being pestered by one place (part of Provincal Gov't) as they are desperate for people at the moment. Work permits not an issue for me as NAFTA has exceptions for people like me. Upside, they are fitness freaks so I know I don't have to find time to work out and stuff like that (may be a requirement to live out there) I may actually watch some Olympics in person. Down side, well it's not around here (family issues), it's still Canada land of the :rolleyes:, what do I do with my house for a year? What do I do for a car out there since I can't "import" mine into Canada? Oh decisions, decisions.
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Originally Posted by colpuck
(Post 11699733)
begging the question, would it help if I got out and pushed.
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
(Post 11699595)
Don't worry. It's been discussed. Neither of us has any great attachment to Atlanta and there's never been any question that his career advancement will most definitely come with a relocation.
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Originally Posted by rolov
(Post 11699748)
If a few people jump into the pacific on the approach to SYD, that would help :D
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
(Post 11699595)
Don't worry. It's been discussed. Neither of us has any great attachment to Atlanta and there's never been any question that his career advancement will most definitely come with a relocation.
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Originally Posted by Steph3n
(Post 11699769)
check maps.google.com and go for directions from Los Angeles, Ca to Sydney, AU by car :D
They used to have one for NY to London where you swim, this one is more realistic. |
Originally Posted by rolov
(Post 11699601)
The problem is the ETOPS, the IAH-AKL path goes over an area where CO's 772s are not within the their certification.
Also a while back DL asked Boeing to stretch the range of the LR to make US East Coast to SYD work, they really want to fly nonstop to SYD from the East Coast. I sometimes really wonder what would happen to DL if a true disaster struck ATL. I think the airline would fail in epic proportions.
Originally Posted by ConciergeMike
(Post 11699640)
There's no way that the US Government was torturing terrorists. It had to be DL doing the dirty work.
Originally Posted by colpuck
(Post 11699733)
Is EWR-HKG weight restricted? Not that wikipedia is the most accurate source, but those numbers seem to imply that it should be....(again all of this is, if I am reading it right). I once had a CO pilot tell me that they could do EWR-SIN in the existing 772s. I still don't believe it.
Originally Posted by rolov
(Post 11699739)
They seriously want to do it, It may from ATL though.
I have done the EWR-SIN route a few times and it is not that bad at all . rolov I initiated the transfer this morning, looks like i'm going to do a SQ reward on LAX-SIN and likely a BD reward to get from SIN to KUL. If I added the SIN-KUL leg onto the SQ reward it went from 60k to 90k. ETA: Screw that, i can pay $63 and fly Jetstar from SIN to KUL. :D |
Originally Posted by belynch
(Post 11699696)
What's the alt? Stopping in LA for SFO for a 3 hour layover? I'd prefer the nonstop.
Having done the 16.5 hour JFK - BKK world's second longest flight, it's really not so bad (up front). |
Originally Posted by Steph3n
(Post 11699769)
check maps.google.com and go for directions from Los Angeles, Ca to Sydney, AU by car :D
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Originally Posted by mnmag
(Post 11699742)
Vancouver, BC is beautiful & might be a fun place to work for a year, esp. w/the Olympics excitement. Don't know about the car issue. Could you rent out your house while you're gone?
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