i hate the term "direct"
Oct 12, 2008 | 9:45 am
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"Direct" comes from the days when plane schedules emulated train schedules. On a train, direct means that you won't get off the train, even though there may be many stops along the way.
A direct flight supposedly is the same. But as we all know, it isn't! Direct flight means one flight number, but not necesarily one aircraft.
A direct flight supposedly is the same. But as we all know, it isn't! Direct flight means one flight number, but not necesarily one aircraft.
Oct 12, 2008 | 10:02 am
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The FAA should require uniform and accurate terminology. Nonstop means one plane with no stops. Direct with stop means one plane with a stop. Connecting means everything else.
Oct 12, 2008 | 2:40 pm
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And that is why the term has become misleading. If direct meant that the passenger would be able to stay seated during the stop, then it would convey useful information (even though many would still confuse it with nonstop) Now, however, your direct flight can mean two different planes, parked on opposite ends of a terminal.
The FAA should require uniform and accurate terminology. Nonstop means one plane with no stops. Direct with stop means one plane with a stop. Connecting means everything else.
The FAA should require uniform and accurate terminology. Nonstop means one plane with no stops. Direct with stop means one plane with a stop. Connecting means everything else.
Does someone feel the topic is no longer relevant? The problem has not gone away, nor had it been sufficiently explicated. People still read [I]The Odyssey[I], still indeed add
commentaries. At least this topic will expire long before another 4,000 years pass.
Oct 12, 2008 | 6:23 pm
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The topic occasionally does come up, and after bunches of sound and fury
it goes away again, people realizing that in fact the airlines have been
using this terminology before we were born and will continue to do so after
we are gone. It really isn't a big stretch of the brain to realize (once) that
direct doesn't mean nonstop and then henceforth ignore the term.
it goes away again, people realizing that in fact the airlines have been
using this terminology before we were born and will continue to do so after
we are gone. It really isn't a big stretch of the brain to realize (once) that
direct doesn't mean nonstop and then henceforth ignore the term.