Night, Box.

We could be a group called "The AML" (anti moron league)....stomping out idiocy wherever it rears its ugly head.

I'm picturing ConciergeMike sitting on the back of a horse rearing up on its hind legs as he lifts his sword towards the heavens and proclaims that "Wherever a troll shows his face, we'll be there!"

And can you help me understand: Will these miles also be RDMs as well as EQMs?

I just played around with bmi website and did a phantom booking MAN-EWR. It was on bmi metal to LHR, then UA LHR-IAD-EWR and there was a notation that it would earn 600 destination miles????? Does that mean that there would be no RDMs earned on the UA flight sectors?

My bad - I meant the dude who started the thread on a.nut

Did you get to experience the tugless pushback?

LOL, I was so annoyed by the thread you posted that I was not clear as to my reference. COLPUCK DOES NOT DRINK DL KOOL-AID, WORLD TRAVELER DOES, AND TO EXCESS!

Please accept my humble apologies for casting any negativity to your character. :D

Nope. We were parked at a hard stand that we could pull in and out of without a tug or pushback.

I haven't been on a NW DC-9 that powered back since late 2005. They stopped doing it around that time to save fuel. It was always a lot of fun though, and awesome to watch from inside the terminal, especially at the ends of the A concourse at DTW when the 9's were all leaving around the same time.

Time for bed, said Zebedee.

Goodnight, Box.

Sleep tight,
Make sure the bedbugs don't bite
If they do
Squeeze 'em tight
Then the won't come back another night

:D:D

I really got nervous the first time I experienced a powerback. I really had no clue that the thrust were in use and braced for impact with the terminal. :eek:

This was also one of the few NW DC-9s that still has the airstairs installed and operable. They were disabled and removed from most of the =9s when they refurbished them in the late 1990s, but they kept the stairs on a few to service some of the airports that had limited ground services and no jetway.

Aircraft was built in 1969. Not the oldest I've been on in recent years, but certainly not young.

Just realized, as I was about to sign off, that we only need 22 posts to 93,000. Are those of us still awake at this hour going to indulge in a little mini PWP to get to 93K or are we leaving it up to the folks who are early risers?

It will do that to you, since you have to roll forward to get the plane moving before they apply the reversers.

Did everyone go to bed?

Oh, no, there you are ssullivan. You're still awake!

I'm still here.