USA Basketball "Dream" Team flew Delta...
Jul 30, 2012, 2:35 pm
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USA Basketball "Dream" Team flew Delta...
and for all those who complain about being too tall for the seats, check this out...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1207/team.usa.basketball.off.court./content.13.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1207/team.usa.basketball.off.court./content.17.html
Jul 30, 2012, 2:48 pm
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If King James and the rest of the Dream team could sleep like babies, then your rants are no more welcome
Jul 30, 2012, 3:14 pm
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Jul 30, 2012, 3:44 pm
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Looks like it is 3 rows of first class (you can see the bulkhead wall in the lower right of the picture) with a curtain dividing F and Y. It also appears to have 3 seats down the left side of the plane. Initially I thought MD-88 because of the curtain, but it has 4 rows of F. The 319 and 320 have 3 rows of F, but I don't know about the curtain divider between the cabins.
Jul 30, 2012, 4:09 pm
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Jul 30, 2012, 4:58 pm
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Jul 30, 2012, 11:31 pm
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I hate to sound stupid here, but for those of you who were quick to identify the picture as "Delta" what were the giveaways? I've done my fair share of flying, but almost the entirety of it is has been on DL and a few ST flights -- so I don't know much about the basis for differentiation. Seat color? Blankets? I don't see any DL logos floating about.
Plus another poster suggested Barcelona->London. If so, why the wrapped FC blanket under Lebron's arm? A bit of a short flight for that type of amenity, no? I guess it is VIP.
I just enjoyed seeing this post after watching a UA, "we fly the US olympic team" commercial on the television no more than a minute ago.
Plus another poster suggested Barcelona->London. If so, why the wrapped FC blanket under Lebron's arm? A bit of a short flight for that type of amenity, no? I guess it is VIP.
I just enjoyed seeing this post after watching a UA, "we fly the US olympic team" commercial on the television no more than a minute ago.
Jul 31, 2012, 12:05 am
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I hate to sound stupid here, but for those of you who were quick to identify the picture as "Delta" what were the giveaways? I've done my fair share of flying, but almost the entirety of it is has been on DL and a few ST flights -- so I don't know much about the basis for differentiation. Seat color? Blankets? I don't see any DL logos floating about.
Plus another poster suggested Barcelona->London. If so, why the wrapped FC blanket under Lebron's arm? A bit of a short flight for that type of amenity, no? I guess it is VIP.
I just enjoyed seeing this post after watching a UA, "we fly the US olympic team" commercial on the television no more than a minute ago.
Plus another poster suggested Barcelona->London. If so, why the wrapped FC blanket under Lebron's arm? A bit of a short flight for that type of amenity, no? I guess it is VIP.
I just enjoyed seeing this post after watching a UA, "we fly the US olympic team" commercial on the television no more than a minute ago.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...ntent.17.html#
Jul 31, 2012, 12:23 am
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The Lakers have a chartered Delta A319 that flies them to away games (it was flight DL8937 last season). But from looking at pictures/videos of the team inside, it's a specially fitted A319, that's pretty much all F.
Even if UA is an Olympic sponsor, I imagine the USA Basketball team charters their own plane for several reasons:
1) Much taller than most business/first classes can hold, and so more cost-effective to just get their own plane.
2) Higher profile of the athletes than other semi-professional Olympians.
Even if UA is an Olympic sponsor, I imagine the USA Basketball team charters their own plane for several reasons:
1) Much taller than most business/first classes can hold, and so more cost-effective to just get their own plane.
2) Higher profile of the athletes than other semi-professional Olympians.
Jul 31, 2012, 10:31 am
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The Lakers have a chartered Delta A319 that flies them to away games (it was flight DL8937 last season). But from looking at pictures/videos of the team inside, it's a specially fitted A319, that's pretty much all F.
Even if UA is an Olympic sponsor, I imagine the USA Basketball team charters their own plane for several reasons:
1) Much taller than most business/first classes can hold, and so more cost-effective to just get their own plane.
2) Higher profile of the athletes than other semi-professional Olympians.
Even if UA is an Olympic sponsor, I imagine the USA Basketball team charters their own plane for several reasons:
1) Much taller than most business/first classes can hold, and so more cost-effective to just get their own plane.
2) Higher profile of the athletes than other semi-professional Olympians.
Don't most "marquee" teams have their own private aircraft? Something about the Lakers or Nicks having an all-out setup, with 4-5star catered dinners, life-flat beds fro transcons, etc.
As for the Olympics, I don't see them using anything that isn't pre-configured.
Jul 31, 2012, 10:47 am
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I don't think it's the NBA charter version of the 319 with all FC seats. You can pull up that seat map on DL's site, but it doesn't match what you can see in the pictures.
The picture of them all sleeping shows 3 FC seats with a hard wall in front and a soft divider/curtain behind. The seat map for the all FC charter does not have any sets of 3 seats together between dividers. It also appears to be regular economy in the rear with a 3x3 seat config. That seems to match the regular 319 layout.
Considering it was a short hop from BCN to LTN, I can understand why they might just run a regular chartered 319.
The picture of them all sleeping shows 3 FC seats with a hard wall in front and a soft divider/curtain behind. The seat map for the all FC charter does not have any sets of 3 seats together between dividers. It also appears to be regular economy in the rear with a 3x3 seat config. That seems to match the regular 319 layout.
Considering it was a short hop from BCN to LTN, I can understand why they might just run a regular chartered 319.