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Old Jan 29, 2016, 3:35 pm
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Originally Posted by DENviaLAX
And if that is the bags' final destination, that will be the last scan as they will be delivered to the baggage claim carousel.
For some weird reason, United only scans bags to claim for mainline flights. The last scan for bags terminating on a United Express flight are offload scans.
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 3:58 pm
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The new videos were nice!

The I'd like to see the llama and friends show up smewhere as an example of how Petsafe works. Perhaps they can be used to show what kind of animals can and can't be transported...
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 7:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Mike Jacoubowsky
I'm a huge fan of Big Metal Bird. It's a lot of fun and makes you think the airline is more than just a machine that takes your money and provides transportation.
I've just now watched all of the episodes, and ^^ to whoever came up with this idea.
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Old Jan 30, 2016, 1:46 am
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Another great set of episodes. I'm really enjoying the series, it was a wonderful idea.
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Old Feb 1, 2016, 1:58 pm
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I don't think I will ever see this on a plane

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Old Feb 1, 2016, 3:52 pm
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Keep using that asparagus so I can keep riding in F!!!
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Old Mar 9, 2016, 9:12 am
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Hi everyone,

As a follow up to our Big Metal Bird series, we have a new episode launching today. Join us as we go behind the scenes in San Francisco to learn what goes into aircraft heavy maintenance.

To view the new episode, check out united.com/BigMetalBird.

Thank you,

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Old Mar 9, 2016, 9:34 am
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Originally Posted by UA Insider
Hi everyone,

As a follow up to our Big Metal Bird series, we have a new episode launching today. Join us as we go behind the scenes in San Francisco to learn what goes into aircraft heavy maintenance.

To view the new episode, check out united.com/BigMetalBird.

Thank you,

-UA Insider
Site is apparently down.
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Old Apr 13, 2016, 3:20 am
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New video is up, follows FAs on UA 1963 (789) from LAX to IAH.


Can't wait for the T7 remodel....
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Old Apr 13, 2016, 8:56 am
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I was actually wondering what had happened to this.

Looked on the PDE entertainment over the weekend, and one aircraft had only episodes 1 - 3, while I know one of the mainline flights had 1 - 4 - last one being the Network Operations Center one.

Kind of wish this would be more scheduled - either do the Netflix-style release a bunch all at once, or the TV-schedule kind of thing - release them weekly on whatever day. Seems to be a bit clumsy in that we don't know when they are going release the next episode online. And then would be nice to have the PDE updated at least monthly with the latest episodes (or do these deserve to go in the thread about the most useless complaints?)
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Old Apr 13, 2016, 2:17 pm
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Just stumbled upon this, not sure how I missed it

Not too bad, hope it's a regular thing thanks OP!!
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Old Apr 13, 2016, 3:07 pm
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to add to this katie nolan is great. i watch some of her sports stuff and she seems like a really cool gal.
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 7:07 pm
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Just noticed this on IFE today and watched all 6 episodes. Really like these, the llama "Easter egg" is great, and Katie. her turn as an FA was great episode. Never heard of her - great hire.

Will there be more of these?
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by uastarflyer
Just noticed this on IFE today and watched all 6 episodes. Really like these, the llama "Easter egg" is great, and Katie. her turn as an FA was great episode. Never heard of her - great hire.

Will there be more of these?
There are currently 8 episodes, here are the last two.


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Old Jul 14, 2016, 10:22 am
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episode 9, "pilots", is now live:

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