DL Interiors -- Why so filthy???
Jan 1, 2005, 5:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Cholula
But I have seen what looked like toenail clippings.
However I didn't inspect them very carefully so am not sure of the source....
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However I didn't inspect them very carefully so am not sure of the source....
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Jan 1, 2005, 6:52 pm
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I know the REAL reason why Delta interiors are so filthy... it's those damn filthy flight attendants posing on the seatbacks!!!
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Jan 1, 2005, 9:16 pm
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Originally Posted by Cholula
Everybody is treated the same, nobody has "status", there's no jockeying for upgrades and no concern that some Mr. Big is sitting in YOUR FC seat 
, sipping champagne and eating caviar..
, sipping champagne and eating caviar..Oops. Did I stray off topic?
Jan 1, 2005, 9:19 pm
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Off topic too... I just watched 2 episodes of Airline today. I'm waiting to see if Cholula ever makes it on the show. 
Jan 1, 2005, 9:29 pm
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Originally Posted by indufan
Toes?
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Originally Posted by jeffreyt
However, remember when DL used to offer caviar in transatlantic F? I really miss those days. Nothing better than caviar and an iced vodka chaser. Yummy.
Oops. Did I stray off topic?
Oops. Did I stray off topic?
Last edited by Cholula; Jan 1, 2005 at 9:34 pm
Jan 1, 2005, 9:47 pm
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Originally Posted by dspringer28
By 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.
Interesting.
By my calculations I've therefore lost somewhere around 90 pounds of skin.
So why don't I resemble Lance Armstrong??
Jan 2, 2005, 5:25 pm
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Originally Posted by Cholula
My first DL International flight was in the mid-80's on a FC award ticket to ATH. There were only two of us in FC and the other dude wasn't interested in beluga caviar. So guess who ate the whole tin and washed it down with a quantity of frozen Stoli??
Guess who ate the other tin of caviar on that flight (the tin you never saw)?
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Jan 2, 2005, 10:58 pm
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Originally Posted by dspringer28
Somewhere around 90% of "dust" is human skin cells. Seriously.
Jan 3, 2005, 12:47 am
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Originally Posted by indufan
Would you believe there is a reference to this in the January edition of Sky Magazine?
Jan 3, 2005, 7:25 am
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Originally Posted by QueenofSky
I remember the days of First Class and caviar, too, Cholula!
Guess who ate the other tin of caviar on that flight (the tin you never saw)?
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Jan 3, 2005, 2:55 pm
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I guess it's all perspective. After riding on Metro North (a NY Commuter Railroad) you will think the Delta cabins are hospital clean!
Jan 3, 2005, 3:49 pm
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I suspect this thread is losing sight of the question I'd hoped to address, which is the managerial and labor issues at DL that affect aircraft cleanliness. Or to ask the question another way, what does an airline that prides itself on clean interiors (such as CO--they even boast of clean planes in their advertising!) do differently in this regard that DL doesn't? And how can CO manage to spend the money on clean interiors when DL can't? Is decent grooming that expensive?
Jan 3, 2005, 5:41 pm
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Originally Posted by dspringer28
That's too funny!
Jan 3, 2005, 10:31 pm
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Originally Posted by indufan
It's a strange story about humans being allergic to pets and pets being allergic to humans.
My connecting flight had 2 open 1st class seats today (I've never seen this before!). DL did such a nice thing. They moved a blind lady and a serviceman up to 1st right after the door closed. ^ And before anyone says that DL took seats away from a SM member, that isn't true since the monitor at the gate showed 3 open 1st class seats with only 1 person waitlisted.
Jan 4, 2005, 6:02 am
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Originally Posted by Traveller
...My connecting flight had 2 open 1st class seats today (I've never seen this before!). DL did such a nice thing. They moved a blind lady and a serviceman up to 1st right after the door closed...