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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12422277)

My ATR-42s were with Air New Zealand Link (Mount Cook Airline), and TACA Regional.

My only two ATR-42's were CO. ACY-EWR-ACY.

My bad... looks like Air New Zealand Link was a pesky ATR-72.

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Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12422302)

Before FT
???
After FT
:rolleyes:
Detained by USCIS twice.
hunted in AMS for an Angolan hooker.
Chipped my chin on a concrete.
Worst sunburn of my life.
Tanked on a beer called titanic.
Slept in a hooker hotel near LAX, a heating grate near JFK, and IAD which was worse than both.
Spent two nights in PBI.
Spent one night in POS and convinced the returning crew I was deported from Trinidad.
Sang Rick Astley in some bar in Brussles.
Went SYD-LAX-ORD-MAN without a layover.
Saw a Man U game.
More :rolleyes:
Contributed to the next DL bankruptcy.
Went to SYD.
Mugged at glass shard point in BOG.
Almost thrown out of a minor league baseball game.
Ran from Cops in Alabama.
Got my friend tickets to CUN for spring break.
Argued with Kiwis at some semi-prestigious lounge in LAX.
Made a ton of new friends.
Spent a night in a very depressing HI in FNT.
Been to every RCC in IAD.
Did St. Patrick's day in DUB.
Did DUB, and AMS in WBC/BF.
Going to SIN.

Wouldn't change a thing.

Cr@p has it only been two years that I have been here.

Glad we've made your life more interesting.

As much as I was annoyed at missing the upgrade on my outbound, I will thoroughly enjoy DEN-IAH-CLE in the pointy end of the plane and a wife taxi on the other side. ^^

I just received my last* NW EUA. :(

*Provided they don't actually give me the upgrade for my flight on October 2.

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12422277)

My ATR-42s were with Air New Zealand Link (Mount Cook Airline), and TACA Regional.

Yours are far more exciting than mine. Every ATR-42 I've flown was in 2000-2002 on COEX, mostly out of IAH (plus one DTW-CLE).

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12422311)

SkyWest crews are always top notch. It's still one of the best regionals out there. It's just a shame they mostly fly CRJs of various lengths.

I knew a SkyWest FA in my pre-FT days (she rented a room at my parents' house for a while). In those days, she was flying Brazilias out of IAH for CO-CO. I believe she moved to SLC afterwards to work regional jets.

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Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12422302)

Wouldn't change a thing.

Suggest you look up the lyrics sometime to a song named "Honky Tonk Music" by an obscure but great songwriter named George Hawke. Kind of a matter of fact lament on ways his life sucks, but there are two great stanza ending lines:

"Getting paid for something I'd be doing anyway"
and
"All in all, I wouldn't change things, even if I could"

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12422337)

Yours are far more exciting than mine. Every ATR-42 I've flown was in 2000-2002 on COEX, mostly out of IAH (plus one DTW-CLE).

The TACA Regional ATR-42 was plain boring compared to the LET-410 Turbojet and Cessna Caravan that I boarded upon connecting at La Ceiba. :D

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12422295)

I remember MBM3 spotting a hot brunette 737 pilot at IAH too. Maybe I'll come teach in Texas.

That was ATL, but she was heading for IAH. Smokin' hot!

I remember hitting on a FA during a LAX-CLE flight.

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12422334)

I just received my last* NW EUA. :(

*Provided they don't actually give me the upgrade for my flight on October 2.

The end of an era.

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12422073)

I need to make another trip to the Rockies when the Aspens are turning yellow...

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12422173)

Wow. I went in early/mid October a few years back. The lower (6,000ft) groves were that color. Trees near Independence Pass had already lost all their leaves. We got a nice treat of 2" of snow whilst overnighting in Aspen. ^

Just came back from DEN today, they had 10" on the foothills last night. If they haven't started turning yet, they will VERY soon.

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Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 12422095)

holy.....an AC crew just walked by and they were smokin hot, all 3 of the women looked like models.

Came across the outbound LH crew about to do DEN-FRA when I got there this past Sunday evening... Put all nine of the femmes in that same model category. I need to fly LH more often!

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12422226)

I recall belynch begging for a Delta Shuttle FA to get him drunk, again. I have not yet run across a well and truly hot FA.

I sat next to one of those, deadheading from PDX back to IAH a few weeks ago. She's a reserve international attendant for CO. Definitely fills out the uniform in an attractive manner. And has a great sense of humor and conversation too. :D^^

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Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12422337)

Yours are far more exciting than mine. Every ATR-42 I've flown was in 2000-2002 on COEX, mostly out of IAH (plus one DTW-CLE).

I managed to get both ATR42 and EMB120 on COEX doing EFD-IAH and vice versa, mid-90s timeframe. Driving to EFD was much nicer than IAH, free parking, and no difference in ticket price either!

One of my least fav work trips, visiting a certain fortune 50 company in Midland Michigan. But it was nice flying 9ers up there!

Midland was just depressing and boring.

Fav destination? LCY was simply just cool

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12422173)

I've been there in September a couple of times in recent memory ('02 and '09). Right now is probably near-peak color in RMNP. There was a gorgeous grove that my dad and I backpacked through down in the Wild Basin area of the park about 3 weeks ago.