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Posted: Sat May 12th, 2007 01:52 am | 1st Post |
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 I got my air tickets today... and
I get a "snack" on a 7.5 hour flight????
At least we get breakfast on the 8.7 hour stretch. What's with that??
Please God, let this be a typo.... this old dame needs to eat,
I need something to do for all this time.:drugs:
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Posted: Sat May 12th, 2007 01:58 am | 2nd Post |
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| Just in case it isn't a typo, are you allowed to take food on board with you?
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Posted: Sat May 12th, 2007 02:24 am | 3rd Post |
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Food products
Solid food products, such as chocolate, sandwich, fruits, vegetables are permitted in your baggage. All liquid food such as yogurts, pudding and jam are submitted to the restriction of 100 ml (3.4 oz) container and fit in your 1L plastic bag. If you plan to bring any kitchen utensils with your food products, please ensure to pack your knife in checked baggage.
thank god... I'd starve. Will enjoy eating that 3.4 oz container of runny yogurt with my fingers. But will be glad of the sustanence onboard. I read the first class meal service........ maybe that's the $3000. difference in the fares WOW they eat like kings.......
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Posted: Sat May 12th, 2007 04:04 am | 4th Post |
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seawitches wrote: I got my air tickets today... and
I get a "snack" on a 7.5 hour flight????
At least we get breakfast on the 8.7 hour stretch. What's with that??
Please God, let this be a typo.... this old dame needs to eat,
I need something to do for all this time.:drugs:
What airline is this??? I know they've cut down but this is just ridiculous.
Why don't they just continue to serve everyone, up the ticket price by $20 or something of offset the food cost and none of us would be any wiser.
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Posted: Sat May 12th, 2007 12:01 pm | 5th Post |
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I agree, Dana. Pack heavy, Sheila!!!!! Got your DVD player and lots of books, girlie?
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Posted: Sat May 12th, 2007 12:07 pm | 6th Post |
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| Dana, it's Air Canada.
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Posted: Sat May 12th, 2007 12:13 pm | 7th Post |
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When Sheila re-named Air Canada, Air Crapola, I just cracked up! Now, every time I see or read about it, I just die laughing!!
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Posted: Sat May 12th, 2007 10:55 pm | 8th Post |
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I guess I should go for the negative advertising factor. I'll hump on plastic grocery bags filled with munchies, sandwiches, fruit, maybe a steaming whole chicken will get the message across............ I can't believe they are not going to serve us a meal....
we get breakfast.... a breakfast loaf, yogurt and juice.
Maybe I should throw a few boiled eggs in the bag and then peel them at 0100. PHEW.....
Coming home, we get a snack (pizza). I HATE PIZZA!!!! (probably the only person on the planet that hates the stuff)
I better phone the TA.... and be prepared. Amy, can you send a few crates of sweets to AirCrapola in Toronto, tell them to save them for my June flight.
I suppose I'll have seen the movies playing too, or have they done away with that??
Just dropped in another 2GB into my Mp3, so will work at stealing more songs this wknd. At least I'll have some good music as I start to faint from hunger pains, and a low glucose level
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Posted: Sat May 12th, 2007 11:16 pm | 9th Post |
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Ryan's Daughter
Airport
Love Story
... I'll put $$ on it right now!
Add 8.5 hours of http://youtube.com/watch?v=OhqxGddCLMM&mode=related&search= OMG
and then there will be this.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=QAjuK3O7xwY
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Posted: Sun May 13th, 2007 02:13 am | 10th Post |
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| Why can't airlines offer pre-packaged sandwiches and chips for additional price? Really, would it be that difficult? Most already serve alcoholic drinks for a fee so why not a cheap but overpriced sandwich?
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Posted: Sun May 13th, 2007 04:05 am | 11th Post |
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| At least you'll be able to take something on to eat. That's crazy thinking people can last on a flight that long on a snack. And I'll tell you something else. I don't like pizza either! Sometimes I give in to the majority and eat it, but I really have to be hungry and order it special to be able to stomach it.
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Posted: Tue May 15th, 2007 01:06 am | 12th Post |
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Pizza is actually a good brain food for kids for breakfast prior to school, if they won't eat anything else.......... I hate the stuff. The men in this family love it. But they've never had real pizza!
I have no idea what it is, I just hate it, and I am a HUGE lover of Italian food.
I think you can buy snacks on the planes, arent' they all $5.00?? That seems to be the magic number for everything onboard.
I'm gonna load up the carry on. Must keep it light. Licorice, chocolate bars, chips, tacos, nibs, buns, salami, garlic dip, you know ,the usual...... PPPPpppppeeeeewwww
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Posted: Tue May 15th, 2007 01:08 am | 13th Post |
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seawitches wrote: Pizza is actually a good brain food for kids for breakfast prior to school, if they won't eat anything else.......... I hate the stuff. The men in this family love it. But they've never had real pizza!
I have no idea what it is, I just hate it, and I am a HUGE lover of Italian food.
I think you can buy snacks on the planes, arent' they all $5.00?? That seems to be the magic number for everything onboard.
I'm gonna load up the carry on. Must keep it light. Licorice, chocolate bars, chips, tacos, nibs, buns, salami, garlic dip, you know ,the usual...... PPPPpppppeeeeewwww
LOL!! Especially the garlic dip, but I love the stuff!
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Posted: Wed May 16th, 2007 02:02 pm | 14th Post |
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That really is unbelievable for an international flight!!
British Air had two meals, plus snacks available in the galley areas that you could go and get. Also, they gave you free wine with your dinner or lunch.
EasyJet was hysterically funny going from BCN to Stanstead! They sell EVERYTHING!! I told DH that I was surprised I didn't have to pay to use the potty. Sold you food, souvenirs, drinks, etc. Soda and water, at least, were free with the little pretzels.
I've started taking a bag of mixed nuts on all my trips. I never know between airplanes and buses when I'm going to eat. At least some nuts will keep me going until the next stop.
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Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 08:23 pm | 15th Post |
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Hmmm... my favourite is back at it... Read near the bottom "second time ....
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/01/10/4765694-cp.html
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Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 08:34 pm | 16th Post |
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Every time I see the title of this thread, I just burst out laughing!!!! And every time I see Air Canada, I think of Sheila!!!!!!!
One thing that air tubulence like this very dramatically points out is the need to have children buckled up in a child seat, NOT sitting on a parent's lap!!! THe child can become a missile and the results can be deadly.
I have no idea why the airlines do not require all babies/toddlers to be in a car seat, and not in a lap. I know people want to save money, but a car seat could save your babies life.
It seems to be a no-brainer. 
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Posted: Fri Jan 11th, 2008 12:37 am | 17th Post |
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you're absolutely right... and they should be gagged and have both legs tied together (rather than yelling and kicking the back of my seat)
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Posted: Fri Jan 11th, 2008 01:35 am | 18th Post |
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Read this on AOL earlier. Sounds like they couldn't find an altitude without turbulence. That must have been one scary ride! 
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Posted: Fri Jan 11th, 2008 02:50 pm | 19th Post |
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seawitches wrote: maybe a steaming whole chicken will get the message across
that made me laugh out loud andget the attention of some other members of cube farm America.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11th, 2008 03:24 pm | 20th Post |
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Catnip wrote:
One thing that air tubulence like this very dramatically points out is the need to have children buckled up in a child seat, NOT sitting on a parent's lap!!! THe child can become a missile and the results can be deadly.
I have no idea why the airlines do not require all babies/toddlers to be in a car seat, and not in a lap. I know people want to save money, but a car seat could save your babies life.
It seems to be a no-brainer.
Airline Travel and Child Safety Proper use of an approved child restraint system (CRS) on an aircraft enhances child safety in the event of turbulence or an accident. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) strongly recommends that all children who fly, regardless of their age, use the appropriate restraint based on their size and weight. Frequently Asked Questions Why should I buy a separate seat for my child when he can fly on my lap for free?: - Safety: Turbulence, sudden stops and emergency landings present a huge risk to the lap child. First, in severe turbulence, it is unlikely that the parent would be able to hold on to their child. It is very likely that the child would be tossed around the passenger cabin and sustain serious injuries or even be killed. Second, in emergency landings, parents of lap children are instructed to wrap their child in blankets and place the child at their feet. Children have died in survivable landings when they were thrown through the cabin. Unrestrained children also pose a hazard to other passengers - when a 20 lb child is thrown through the cabin in an accident, he would have a force of 1000 lbs (at only 50 mph, much more at higher speeds) when striking another person or object. Third, parents who are able to hold on to their children in a sudden stop or collision will very likely end up using that child as a "human air bag". Children have actually been "crushed to death" by the parent on whose lap they were sitting.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12th, 2008 01:08 pm | 21st Post |
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must be a slow news day, cause I 'm really sick of hearing this incident over and over and over..... they're now saying that it was a combination of weather fronts, that caused them not to be able to find a non turbulent area and the computers put the plane back onto manual... ya sure, more like the pilot was getting a little something in the "cockpit" and his knee hit the manual switch.
Havent' those Aircrapola pilots heard of Viagara?? It would help keep it up.
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seawitches wrote: , more like the pilot was getting a little something in the "cockpit" and his knee hit the manual switch.
Havent' those Aircrapola pilots heard of Viagara?? It would help keep it up.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13th, 2008 09:59 am | 23rd Post |
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whoops I stand to be corrected on this story...... have it from a "very good" source that this was a miracle, and the complete talent of the man at the helm (literally) that saved this plane. All I have to say now is 
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Posted: Sun Feb 3rd, 2008 01:33 am | 24th Post |
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Air CrapCan this ain't
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7223733.stm
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seawitches wrote: Air CrapCan this ain't
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7223733.stm
Imagine sitting in the seat on the next flight where a nudist sat. Surely they have to sit on something so as not to leave germs on there for the next unknowing, fully clad passenger.
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