Article-Plane Flies Five from US to London

[WNC Flyer]

"Flying virtually empty planes is an obscene waste of fuel.

I hope this group never finds out how many Air Force "heavies" fly around the world empty every day!

Especially in September when everyone is trying to burn up the year's flying hours.

 

[EMB170Pilot]

Just the other day some buddies and I were grilling whale meat over the campfire in our white seal jackets wondering how we were going to find the fuel to burn these wet logs once we ran out of cheap gas to soak the wood. The trees we pulled from the low lying swamp we drained are just damn hard to burn. Maybe I can write these folks for some good ideas...

Did you use Old Bay for the whale meat?

 

[Donald]

Just the other day some buddies and I were grilling whale meat over the campfire in our white seal jackets wondering how we were going to find the fuel to burn these wet logs once we ran out of cheap gas to soak the wood. The trees we pulled from the low lying swamp we drained are just damn hard to burn. Maybe I can write these folks for some good ideas...

Try old growth redwood, it burns slower and hotter.

 

[Lear70]

This happens all the time at every airline in existence.

We had 7 on board a NWA DC-9 once from DTW-MEM. 6 sat up front in first class, I sat in the back in an emergency exit row.

Lead F/A was P.O.'d I wouldn't sit up front (so they didn't have to roam the aircraft to do service), but was nice later when she realized I was going to sleep the whole way there (and did) and didn't need anything at all.

Tree huggers, for the most part, aren't the smartest people in the world, are highly gullible, and usually extremely boring.

 

[jke406]

This story may sound funny but these eco-terrorists are coming to get all our jobs. The entire man-made global warming hysteria is nothing more than a way for anti-American, anti-capitalist, anti-industrial zealots to destroy the greatest standard of living in history with an "untouchable" message: "We're saving the earth. How can you be against saving the earth?"

Once again:

Is the planet warming? Probably.

Are humans causing it? Maybe, maybe not.

Can we do anything about it? Pure fantasy.

absolutely true.

"An Inconvenient Truth" won a ton of awards and Al Gore won a Nobel.

His logic is completely flawed/asinine.

This is an example of leftist agitators trying to cast aspersions on anyone who won't buy a Prius or vote for Barak Hussein Obama.

How's that corrupt real estate deal looking for you now, Barak?

 

[jke406]

I hope this group never finds out how many Air Force "heavies" fly around the world empty every day!

Especially in September when everyone is trying to burn up the year's flying hours.

For real. As a tanker guy, I saw 80,000 pound of gas dumped frequently after the receivers didn't show, no questions asked, more times than the Man will ever admit.

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Try old growth redwood, it burns slower and hotter.

...And trees that have spotted owls living in them are renowned for being a quick, easy light.

Happy hunting!

 

[AlbieF15]

In early 2002 I got a ride home in a Saab 340 with just me and the FA! For free! I had a personal 340 to myself...thanks Pinnacle!

 

[say again]

I remember flying from CVG-CLE-CVG empty both legs during my ACA days. The most memorable flight I've ever had. (Dating the FA) :beer:

 

[CA1900]

I flew empty airplanes for months after US Airways dropped CommutAir and we were flying "for Continental," but not into their hubs.

We all had the numbers for "Full Fuel, 0 Pax" memorized to make the W&B forms easier.