Around the Nation board

[Ron Boerger]

Pat, you and Keith have a great trip, and I hope you don't have any of the travel problems (cancelled flights etc.) that have been so rampant this summer.

[Pat Coleman]

Knock on wood. That's why we're not flying Northwest.

[K-Mack]

No Northwest = We made it.

(actually doesn't have problems on Northwest  )

[smedindy]

I have to fly Northwest all of the time now. Don't scare me!

[Pat Coleman]

Don't worry. They only cancel flights en masse at the end of the month.

[Ralph Turner]

Don't worry. They only cancel flights en masse at the end of the month.

When the flight crews have used up their hours? 

[ADL70]

BKA Northworst

[Pat Coleman]

Exactly, Ralph.

[repete]

NWA is actually back on my good side. In MSP this summer, there was a guy in front of me raising all kinds of hell after storms had delayed his flight and shutdown a runaway. He treated the gate folks like crap, said he was a govt. employee and had to get back to NoVa. Threated to complain to company. Complete ass.

I was next in line and told the agent she'd been perfectly professional and too nice. Still, she was pretty shaken up by the jerk so I left a business card and said if there was trouble, I'd rebut it.

So when boarding time arrived, one of her co-workers called me over and handed me a new boarding pass: 2A.

I wasn't looking for that .. but from now on I'm lining up behind belligerent jerks...

[K-Mack]

Good story.

[Knightstalker]

Don't worry. They only cancel flights en masse at the end of the month.

When the flight crews have used up their hours? 

Reached their credit limit for fuel.   

[Pat Coleman]

NWA is actually back on my good side. In MSP this summer, there was a guy in front of me raising all kinds of hell after storms had delayed his flight and shutdown a runaway. He treated the gate folks like crap, said he was a govt. employee and had to get back to NoVa. Threated to complain to company. Complete ass.

I was next in line and told the agent she'd been perfectly professional and too nice. Still, she was pretty shaken up by the jerk so I left a business card and said if there was trouble, I'd rebut it.

So when boarding time arrived, one of her co-workers called me over and handed me a new boarding pass: 2A.

I wasn't looking for that .. but from now on I'm lining up behind belligerent jerks...

Nice.

Unfortunately, even NWA at its best is still tying up too many gates at MSP and keeping fares high. Since it's the destination I prefer to travel to most, that's frustrating.

[downtown48]

Love the loungin' shot in the HSU/Linfield photo gallery kmack!

[smedindy]

My flight back from Indianapolis was actually EARLY last night. Woot!

[K-Mack]

Love the loungin' shot in the HSU/Linfield photo gallery kmack!

That's funny, all I could think was 'who would want to buy that?'

At least it's amusing. And at least you guys have found the photo galleries. And I'm not even saying it because I shot half the game, but man there are some kick-[butt] shots in those galleries.

Wish I could go back to 95-96-97 and get some shots of a certain lanky corner/safety in action. The yearbook pages will have to do, ah well.

Smed, regarding cross-country flight, I have but one word for you: Direct.

(and actually DirecTV is not a bad Word No. 2, if you've ever flown JetBlue. United this past weekend, but get the JB shuttle to Vegas if you go.)