ua1flyer - A "Real" Up-In-The-Air GS
Dec 20, 09, 2:49 pm
#91
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Dec 20, 09, 3:06 pm
#92
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Hmmm. 700,000 miles flown already this year is over 2,000 miles per day. (Or, 2,700 per day if you exclude weekends). Is this physically possible? I wonder if they meant earned 700,000. This could bring him down to half that number or less, if they're counting booking miles for using a Chase CC, bonus miles, etc.
Dec 20, 09, 3:21 pm
#93
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To clear the air....I don't want to annoy you.....2009 BIS miles is just under700K this year and EQM just under 1.5M EQM.
Dec 20, 09, 3:43 pm
#94
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And that doesn't include time getting to the airport, checking in, getting through security, waiting around, boarding, sitting around waiting for everybody else to board, taxiing to runways, etc.
I've done a month in the air over a year a couple times - two is just inconceivable to me
Dec 20, 09, 4:00 pm
#95
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How about at the very end when Tom says he's only at home 40 days a year, and the guy says, "so 280 or so a year...uh..300..uh..."
Hmmm...let's see 365 - 40 = 280 or 300 or so.
That's Fox News math for ya
Dec 20, 09, 4:08 pm
#96
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Dec 20, 09, 4:21 pm
#97
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Dec 20, 09, 8:09 pm
#98
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Dec 20, 09, 8:39 pm
#99
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UA should arrange photo op for Tom & Sam Elliott
Wonder if he flew a lot back in the day, when they'd allow a passenger to sit in the jump seat in the cockpit? My father used to do that, and he certainly didn't have the credentials our most-famous FTer does! He used to really enjoy that.
Hmm. If UA PR is really good, maybe they'll arrange a meeting between Sam Elliott (who played the chief Pilot in "Up In The Air") and Tom, so Sam can meet the guy who the movie was really about.
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Dec 20, 09, 9:06 pm
#100
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My earlier post was a little cynical - forgive my Aussie scepticism.
After watching the Fox interview, I am now far more enlightened. Apart from the 2 muppets who interviewed Tom, I now hold him in high regard.
I remember doing 250 BIS one year and I nearly lost the will to live. So I have no idea how a guy can do 700 BIS and still function.
Tom, I take my hat off to you and bow to you, Yoda of the air! If ever you need an Aussie to carry your bag for you, I am your man!
After watching the Fox interview, I am now far more enlightened. Apart from the 2 muppets who interviewed Tom, I now hold him in high regard.
I remember doing 250 BIS one year and I nearly lost the will to live. So I have no idea how a guy can do 700 BIS and still function.
Tom, I take my hat off to you and bow to you, Yoda of the air! If ever you need an Aussie to carry your bag for you, I am your man!
Dec 20, 09, 9:20 pm
#101
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Hmm.. that's about 4.5x what I put in this year. Not sure I'd want to do that... I'm pretty comfortable with how much I flew.
Congrats to you Tom, hope you don't mind the spotlight for a few more weeks.
Between the idiots at Consumerist and the terrible reporting at Fox News, I'm surprised this story ever even got out
Congrats to you Tom, hope you don't mind the spotlight for a few more weeks.
Between the idiots at Consumerist and the terrible reporting at Fox News, I'm surprised this story ever even got out
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Dec 21, 09, 4:21 am
#102
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No shoveling up here yet this fall/winter in "The Great White North" otherwise know as Canada with 10 providences...at least in Southern Ontario
Dec 21, 09, 10:17 am
#103
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kudos to Tom, the FT hero!
Dec 21, 09, 5:02 pm
#104
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Watched the video so I could recognize Tom if should ever see on United. What a terrific ambassador for UA and appears to be a great guy with the right priorities as well. Would be an honor to fly with you.
Dec 24, 09, 7:23 am
#105
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I am very impressed by the helicopter story. The most I ever got from UA was an electric buggy ride to a gate at LHR after a late connection I did get a ride in an Escalade from AA once, but no helicopter. I must train harder
I did get a ride in an Escalade from AA once, but no helicopter. I must train harder
