The Airline Crew Report Blog...Lunacy in the Air: September 2011

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Non stop verses a direct flight

A non-stop flight, especially in the aviation industry, refers to any flight by an aircraft which does not involve any intermediate stops.

A "direct flight" is not the same as a "non-stop flight". An ultra long-haul non-stop flight is considered to be a commercially operated airliner with:

No intermediate stop-over point within its scheduled duration

About 7,500 miles (12,000 km) in route length

Over 14 hours of scheduled flying time

These flights operate a great circle route, often above polar regions. The two longest ultra long-haul flights as of July 2010 are operated between Singapore and North America.

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TOP TEN THINGS DRIVING ME BONKERS ON COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT

MANNERS disappear when people purchase an airline ticket.

1. Always amazes me how people managed to pack a bag, get it in the trunk of the car, out from there and through the airport garage, into the terminal, through security and down the concourse. As soon as it reaches their assigned seat it becomes unmanageable

2. Please keep your dirty, smelly, stinky feet off the bulkheads. Talk about NO CLASS, especially, in FIRST CLASS and please brush you teeth or use chewing gum

3 NEVER evacuate an aircraft in thongs, flip-flops or beach footwear. Evacuating an aircraft with shards of sharp metal and fire, while wearing flip-flops and sandals...good luck. Good shoes might save your life someday. Wear your shoes on takeoff and landing. Most evacuations occur 3 minutes after takeoff and 8 minutes before landing...those are the stats, folks! Get cumfy AFTER takeoff

4. Screaming into your cell phone. The entire plane can hear you! Cell microphones can pick up whispers. Be considerate to others around you. TURN OFF YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES WHEN ASKED BY THE CREW TO DO SO

5 Grabbing the back of your seat as they get up or down disturbing you while you're enjoying a snooze, reading or drinking hot coffee. Reclining the seat in front of you with force, without notice, or a cautionary look before hitting you in the forehead or crushing your lap top computer screen

6. Leaving the lavatory and entire plane trashed. Do you do this at home? Wonder why flights are delayed...cleaning up YOUR MESS

7. Failing to understand that OCCUPIED means that there is somebody INSIDE the restroom

8. Coming through security with metal in their pockets, around their necks, fingers, ankles, ears, noses or wherever. READ THE SIGNS ABOVE THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT

9. When deplaning, stopping on the jetway right outside the airplane door to wait for their mother or father or spouse or other companion, causing a bottle neck for others deplaning

10. Cutting toenails, flossing teeth while in their seats, rubbing bare feet all over the bulkhead or seat in front of them, picking noses, and leaving the seat around them trashed after the flight. Do they live like this at home?

BONUS: Not paying attention when they are being served by a flight attendant and staring into a void or listening to music rather than taking their beverage from said flight attendant. YOU WONDER WHY IT TAKES SO LONG FOR THE BEVERAGE CART TO GET TO YOUR SEAT

In Memory of our colleagues who perished on TWA flight 800

TWA FLIGHT 800
In Memory Of The Crew Members Who Lost Their Lives

On TWA Flight 800 On July 17, 1996
Jacque Charbonnier, FSM
Dan Callas
Constance Charbonnier
Janet Christopher
Deb DiLuccio
Ray Lang
Maureen Lockhart
Sandra Meade
Grace Melotin
Marit Rhoads
Mike Schuldt
Melinda Torche
Jill Ziemkiewiicz
Sandra Aikens-Bellamy
Rosie Braman
Warren Dodge
Daryl Edwards
Joanne Griffith
Eric Harkness
James Hull
Lonnie Ingenhuett
Arlene Johnsen
Barbara Kwan
Elaine Loffredo
Eli Luevano
Pamela McPherson
Olivia Simmons
Lani Warren
Capt. Steven E. Snyder
Capt. Ralph G. Kevorkian
Flight Engineer Richard G. Campbell
Flight Engineer Oliver Krick
Capt. Gid Miller
First Officer R.L. Verhaeghe
Flight Engineer D.A. Eshleman

REMEMBER THESE AIRLINES?

AXICO Airlines (1946 - 1965, to Saturn Airways)
Access Air (1998 - 2001)
ADI Domestic Airlines
Aeroamerica (1974 - 1982)
Aero Coach (1983 - 1991)
Aero International Airlines
Aeromech Airlines (1951 - 1983, to Wright Airlines)
AeroSun International
AFS Airlines (Arcata Flying Service)
Air America (owned and operated by the CIA in SouthEast Asia)
Air America (1980s)
Air Astro
Air Atlanta (1981 - 88)
AirAtlantic Airlines
Air Bama
Air Berlin, Inc. (Air Berlin USA) (1978-1990 [reconstituted

as Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG under German company law in 1990])
Airborne Express (1946 - 2003, to DHL)
Air California, later AirCal (1967 - 87, to American Airlines)
Air Carolina
Air Central (Michigan)
Air Central (Oklahoma) (to Trans-Central Airlines)
Air Chaparral (1980 - 82)
Air Chico
Air Colorado
Air Cortez
Air Florida (1972 - 84)
Air Gemini
Air General
Air Great Lakes
Air Hawaii (1960s) (1960s)
Air Hawaii (ceased operations in 1986)
Air Hyannis

Air Idaho
Air Illinois
Air Iowa
Airlift International (1946 - 81)
Air Kentucky
Air LA
Air-Lift Commuter
Air Lincoln
Air Link Airlines
Air Link Airways
Air Metro
Air Miami (to North American Airlines)
Air Michigan
Air Mid-America
Air Midwest
Air Missouri
Air Molokai (1980s)
Air Molokai (1990s)
Air Molokai-Tropic Airlines
Air Nebraska
Air Nevada
Air New England (1975 - 81)
Air New Orleans (1981 - 88)
Air Niagara
Air North (Alaska)
Air North (1963 - 1983, to Brockway Air)
Air O'Hare
Air Olympia
Air Oregon
Air One (1990s)
AirPac
Air Pacific (USA)
Air Pennsylvania
Air Resorts Airline
Air Sierra
Air South (1968 - 1975, to Florida Airlines;
Air South (1981-1982)
Air South (1986-1987)
Air South (1994-1997)
Air Speed (1974)
Air Spirit
Air Sunshine (1970s)
Air Sunshine (1980s)
Air Texana
Air Texas
Air Trails
Air 21
Air US
Air Utah
AirVantage Airlines
Air Vegas (1971 - 2004)
Air Vermont
Air Virginia
Airways of New Mexico
Air West
Alaska Air Transport (1935 to 1939) to Alaska Coastal Airlines
Alaska Coastal Airlines (1939 - 1968) to Alaska Airlines
Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines
Albany Air
All American Aviation Company (became US Airways)
Allegheny Airlines (became US Airways)
America West Airlines (1981 - Merged with US Airways in 2007)
American Central Airlines
American Export Airlines (1937 - 1948) merged the transatlantic division of American Airlines to form American Overseas Airlines
American Flyers Airline
American International Airways
American Overseas Airlines (1945 - 1950) merged into Pan American World Airways
Arista International Airlines
Arizona Airways
Arizona Airways (1993-1996)
Aroostook Airways
Aspen Airways (1962 - 1990)
ATA Airlines (ceased operations 4 Apr 2008)
Atlantic Coast Airlines (1989 - 2004, to Independence Air)
Atlantic Gulf Airlines
Bar Harbor Airlines (1971 - 1992)
Big Sky Airlines (1978 - 2008)
Boeing Air Transport (1927 - 1930) to United Airlines
Bonanza Air Lines (1945 - 1968, to Hughes Airwest)
Braniff (1991 - 1992)
Braniff Inc. (1983 - 1990)
Braniff International Airways (1928 - 1982)
Britt Airways (1976 - 1987)
Brockway Air
Business Express Airlines to American Eagle
CalPac (California Pacific) (1993 - 1995 to Mesa Airlines)
Cal Sierra Airlines (1980)
Cape Smythe Air (1975 - 2005, to Frontier Flying Service)
Capitol Air Lines (1970s - 1980s)
Capital Airlines (1936 - 1961, to United Airlines)
Capitol Airways (1946 - 1982)
Cardinal Airlines
Caribbean Sun (2002 - 2007)
Carnival Air Lines
Cascade Airways (1969 - 1986)
Catalina Airlines (1940 - 1969)
CCAir
Centennial Airlines
Central Airlines (1944 - 1967)
Challenge Air Cargo (1978 - 2001)
Champion Air (1995 - 2008; ceased operations on May 31, 2008)
Chicago Air
Chicago and Southern Air Lines (1934 - 1953)
Chicago Express Airlines (1993 - 2005)
Coastal Airways (1929 -1930)
Cochise Airlines
Colgan Airways (1971 - 1986, to Presidential Airways, revived 1991, and currently operating as Continental Express, United Express, and US Airways Express: see http://www.colganair.com/)
Colonial Air Transport (1926 - 1930)
Command Airways
Conquest Sun Airlines (to AirTran Airways)
Crown Airways (1969 - 1992 to Mesa Airlines)
Curtiss Flying Service (1929 - 1932)
Delta Express (1996-2003: replaced by Song; folded back into Delta Air Lines)
Desert Sun Airlines (1995 - 1997 to Mesa Airlines)
Eastern Air Lines (1926 - 1991)
Eastwind Airlines
Ellis Airlines (1936 to 1962) to Alaska Coastal Airlines
Emerald Air (1978 - 1991)
Emery Worldwide Airlines (1977 - 2003)
Empire Airlines (1976 - 1985, to Piedmont Airlines)
Eos Airlines (2004 - 2008; passenger operations ceased April 27, 2008; currently charter only)
Eureka Aero (c. 1976 - 1979)
Falcon Air Express (1995 - 2007)
Fine Air (1989 - 2004)
Florida Coastal Airlines (ceased operations 2006)
FloridaGulf Airlines (1991 - 1997, to Air Midwest)
Flying Tiger Line (1945 - 1988, to Federal Express)
Freelandia
Frontier Airlines (1950 - 1986)
Galaxy Airlines
Gem State Airlines (1979, to Golden Gate Airlines)
Gemini Airlines
Global International Airways (1981 - ?)
Golden Gate Airlines (1980-1981)
Golden Pacific Airlines (1969-1973)
Golden Pacific Airlines (1981 - 1988)
Golden West Airlines
Great Plains Airlines (2001 - 2004)
Great Western Aviation Company (to AirVantage Airlines)
Gulf Air Transport (1979 - 1990)
Hooters Air (2003 - 2006)
Hughes Airwest (1968 - 1980, to Republic Airlines)
Imperial Airlines (1964 - 1986)
Independence Air (2004 - 2006)
Independent Air (1966 - 1990)
Indigo Airlines
Intermountain Airlines
Irving Airways (1936) to Alaska Air Transport
Island Pacific Air (to Air Hawaii)
Jet 24 (1981 - 1986)
Jet Express
Key Airlines
Kitty Hawk Airways
Kitty Hawk International (to Kalitta Air)
Kiwi International Air Lines
L'Express Airlines (1989-1992)
Lake Central Airlines (1949 - 1968, to Allegheny Airlines)
Lakeland Airlines (1980 - 1984)
Las Vegas Airlines (1973 - 1987)
Legend Airlines (1996 - 2000)
Leisure Air (1992 - 1995)
Liberty Express Airlines ((1994 - 1997, to Air Midwest)
Lone Star Airlines
Mackey Airlines (1957 - 1981)
Maddux Airlines (1927 - 1929, to Transcontinental Air Transport)
Mahalo Air (1993 - 1997)
Mall Airways (1973 - 1989, to Business Express)
Marine Airways (1936 to 1939) to Alaska Coastal Airlines
MarkAir (1947 - 1995)
Marquette Airlines (to Trans World Airlines)
MAXjet (2005 - 2007)
Mayflower Airlines (1936 - 1945)
MetroJet
Mexus Airlines
MGM Grand Air
MidAtlantic Airways (2002 - 2006)
Mid-Continent Airlines (1928 - 1952, to Braniff)
Mid Pacific Air (1981 - 1988)
Mid-State Airlines (1964 - ?, to Sentry Airlines)
Midway Airlines (1979 - 1991 and 1993 - 2003)
Mississippi Valley Airlines (1969 - 1985)
Modern Air Transport (1946-1975)
Mohawk Airlines (1952 - 1988, to Allegheny Airlines)
Morris Air to Southwest Airlines
Mountain Air Express
Mountain West Airlines (1995 - 1997 to Mesa Airlines)
Muse Air to Southwest Airlines
National Airlines (1929 - 1980, to Pan American World Airways)
National Airlines (1983 - 1986)
National Airlines/Private Jet Expeditions (1994 - 1995)
National Airlines (1999 - 2002)
National Air Transport (1926 - 1930)
Nations Air Express (1994-1998)
Nationwide Airlines Southeast
New England & Western Air Transportation Co. (1930)
New York Air (1980 - 1986, to Continental Airlines)
New York Airways (1949 - 1979)
New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line (to Pan American World Airways)
North Central Airlines (1939 - 1979)
Northeast Airlines (1940 - 1972, to Delta Air Lines)
Northeastern International Airways (1980 - 1986)
Overseas National Airways (1950 - 1978)
Ozark Airlines (1943 - 1986, to Trans World Airlines)
Pacific Air Lines (1958 - 1968, to Hughes Airwest)
Pacific Air Transport (1926 - 1927)
Pacific Alaska Airways (1973 - 1986)
Pacific East Airlines (ceased operations 1984)
Pacific Express
Pacific Nevada Airlines
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) (1945 - 1987, to USAir)
Pan American Airways (1996-1998)
Pan American Airways (1998-2004)
Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra) (1928 - 1967, to Braniff International Airways)
Pan American World Airways (1927 - 1991)
Paradise Island Airlines
People Express (1981 - 1987, to Continental Airlines)
Piedmont Airlines (1940 - 1989, to USAir)
Pilgrim Airlines
Pioneer Airlines
Planet Airways (????- June 8, 2005, speculation only at this point in time)
Potomac Air
Presidential Airways (1985 - 1989)
Private Jet Expeditions (1989 - 1995)
Pride Air (August 1985 - November 1985)
Pro Air (1997 - 2000)
Provincetown-Boston Airlines
Ransome Airlines (1967 - 1986)
Rahm Rescue (?-1971)
Red Carpet Airlines
Red Dodge Aviation
Reeve Aleutian Airways (1932 - 2001)
Regent Air
RegionsAir (1996 - 2007)
Reno Air (1990 - 99, to American Airlines)
Republic Airlines (1979 - 1986, to Northwest Airlines)
Rich International Airways (1971 - 1996)
Riddle Airlines (1945 - 1965, to Airlift International
Rio Airways (1970 - 1987)
Robertson Air Service
Rocky Mountain Airways (1964 - 1986)
Russia Jet Direct (2005)
Samoa Air (American Samoa, ceased operations in 2003)
Saturn Airways (1960 - 76, to Trans International Airlines)
Seaboard World Airlines (1946 - 80, to Flying Tiger Line)
Shuttle by United and United Shuttle (1994 - 2001)
Skybus Airlines (2007-2008, ceased operations 5 Apr 2008)
SkyTrain Airlines (to Air Great Lakes)
SkyValue (2006-2007)
Slick Airways (1946-1965)
Song (2003-April 30th, 2006 Merged back in with its parent company, Delta Air Lines)
South Pacific Island Airways (SPIA) (American Samoa, ceased operations in 1987)
Southeast Airlines (1992 - 2004)
Southern Air Transport
Southern Airways (1943 - 1979, to Republic Airlines)
Southern Jersey Airways
Southwest Airways (1946 - 58, renamed Pacific Air Lines)
Standard Airlines (1926 - 30) 1927 subsidiary of Aero Corp. of Ca., In 1930, bought by Western Air Express, thru merger with TAT became TWA, Transcontinental & Western Air, Trans World Airlines
StatesWest Airlines (1986-1993)
Stol Air Commuter
Sunbird Airlines (1979-1987 to CCAir)
SunCoast Airlines (?-1988)
Sun West Airlines
Sunworld International Airlines (? - 2004)
Sunworld International Airways (1983 - 1988)
Superior Airlines (1993 - 1995 to Mesa Airlines
Swift Aire Lines (1969 - 1981)
TAG Airlines
Tamir Transport (?-1971)
TAT - Maddux Air Lines (1928 - 30)
Tempelhof Airways (1981 - 1990)
Tennessee Airways
Texas Air
Texas Trans Air
Texas International Airlines (1944 - 1986, to Continental Airlines)
The Hawaii Express (1982 - 1983)
Tower Air (1983 - 2000)
Trans Air (1979 -1985)
Transamerica Airlines (1948 - 1986)
Trans-Central Airlines
Transcontinental Air Transport (1928 - 1930, TWA)
TransMeridian Airlines (1995 - 2005)
Transocean Airlines 1946-1962
Trans Ocean Airways (1979 - 1990)
Trans International Airlines (1947 - 1986)
TranStar Airlines (1981 - 1987)
Trans-Colorado Airlines
Trans-Texas Airways
Trans World Airlines (1930 - 2001, to American Airlines)
Trans World Express
Trump Shuttle (1989 - 1991, to US Airways)
UltrAir (1993)
Universal Airlines (US Cargo Operator 1966 - 1972, to Trans International Airlines)
ValuJet Airlines (1993 - 1997, to AirTran Airways)
Vanguard Airlines (1994 - 2002)
Varney Airlines to United Airlines
WestAir Commuter Airlines
West Coast Airlines (1940s - 1968, to Hughes Airwest)
Western (2007)
Western Airlines (1925 - 1987, to Delta Air Lines)
Western Pacific Airlines (ceased operations 1998)
Westward Airways (2002 - 2005)
Wien Air Alaska
Wilmington - Catalina Air Line
WinAir Airlines (1998 - 1999)
Wings Airways
Wright Airlines
Zantop Air Transport
Zantop Flying Service
Zantop International Airlines

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