What is an airline explained:

[cynic]

http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=airline&x=0&y=0

Main Entry: air·line
Pronunciation: -"lIn
Function: noun
: an air transportation system including its equipment, routes, operating personnel, and management

 

[spinproof]

http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=airline&x=0&y=0

Main Entry: air·line [url="http://www.webster.com/images/audio.gif"]http://www.webster.com/images/audio.gif[/url]
Pronunciation: -"lIn
Function: noun
: an air transportation system including its equipment, routes, operating personnel, and management

..oh now I get it. It's the old "if any part of a statement is false then the statement is false". Since management is missing in Comairs case that would prove Boyds point

 

[doh]

Would that not then mean Comair and ASA are Delta since they are part of the Delta system and Their mgmt are managed by BigD? Very confusing, but then I'm sure the General can spin us out of the dilema!

 

[cynic]

My point was that this is the generally agreed upon definition of an airline. Of course life is subjective, and sometimes we agree on the wrong answer... all of that aside; this is still the generally accepted definition of an airline. If we should change that perhaps the word committee at Webster’s or Oxford is a good place to start

 

[doh]

Where the he!! is the General? He always has all the answers. Sometimes he is even close to right!

 

[bvt1151]

..oh now I get it. It's the old "if any part of a statement is false then the statement is false". Since management is missing in Comairs case that would prove Boyds point

I'd take some time to see just how successfully Comair was handling the situation given the circumstances before you consider them "missing." In fact I saw all management types at CVG on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. No other airline in history was hit with the same events Comair was.

 

[dkwid]

Really Now,

Why does this matter one bit to anybody? How does this definition change what we all do for a living. If I recall the initial post from the other thread it was clear that the individual in question did not call the employees of Comair subhuman.

Lets face it, THE VAST majority of the flying public Does NOT make a distinction between Comair and Delta. Anything that happens in the Delta system, regardless of who is physically doing the work effects Delta passengers and when speaking to the public at large it is needed to make such a distinction in order to infer the gravity of the situation so that those that are watching can understand. Why take it so personally?

 

[doh]

That is the scary part for the Delta guys. They can not differentiate themselves from us in the mind of the traveling public.

 

[spinproof]

I'd take some time to see just how successfully Comair was handling the situation given the circumstances before you consider them "missing." In fact I saw all management types at CVG on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. No other airline in history was hit with the same events Comair was.

Yes and what flavor do you prefer?

A problem easily solved by getting rid of antiquated soft ware!!!!! Which has been suggested by this pilot group for 5 years!!! Now that it bit 'em in the a$$ I'm supposed to feel their pain? I don't think so but you go ahead and take another hit on the punch bowl pal. Those who fail to remember the facts of historical events are doomed to repeat them!

 

[doh]

Spinproof,

Really, we have been trying to get them to fix the sbs problem since before I got here! Try more than 7 years!!!

 

[FN FAL]

Hehehehehe...it's funny how small my plane isn't, when Mesaba cancels a flight and the passengers are stuck in the terminal at one of my layovers. It's reminiscent of that scene from Apocalypse now when PBR Street Gang pulls up to the Do Long bridge and guys are swiming up to the boat with their luggage begging to catch a ride. "Sorry Charlie!" we're not an "airline", you'll have to box yourself up and call customer service, if you want "the world on time!"

I'm not kidding...I've had Mesaba pax ask if they could hitch a ride.