jburns Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 3 hours. 100 in Jburns Standard time. woosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Welcome home...gotta love Hartsfield int. Longest taxi run ways in the us Thanks. Yeah we taxied for 20 minutes. I think we passed Stone Mountain twice. Now at RDU, home of the longest wait for checked bags in the entire history of the airline industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Having her and Crystal Egger on at the same time will serve to be my ultimate demise, lol...hot damn it can't get any better. Add Maria LaRosa in there and you have one fine threesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Thanks. Yeah we taxied for 20 minutes. I think we passed Stone Mountain twice. Now at RDU, home of the longest wait for checked bags in the entire history of the airline industry. It's weird. I flew JetBlue to out of RDU to NYC and back and the bags came out so quickly I was impressed. The flight was also like 55 minutes when it was supposed to be 1.5 hours. I'll never fly another airline, ever. Second time flying JetBlue to NYC also. Flew Southwest to Colorado, was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 On the rare times I check baggage (usually only international), Greensboro can take forever. In fact, last time was absolutely superb. Our flight on Lan Chile from Santiago was delayed there for 3+ hours, but we finally got on and go to Miami a few hours late (8-hour flight in the middle seat, though - shoot me). In the end, after a 14-hour all-night deal, we got to Greensboro only to find that because of space reasons, American had decided to leave our bags in Miami and wouldn't ship them until the next flight. Of course, the GSO employees didn't know what was going on and it took close to two hours to finally figure this out. GSO is such a shame. The airport was booming back in the 1980s and expanded rapidly, but it's a shell of its former self now as a result of the USAir/Piedmont merger in 1989 and often seems like a ghost town with empty spaces everywhere. It used to be a crew base for Piedmont and US Air (early on) and now it doesn't even have mainline service. To GSO's credit, Timco (aircraft maintenance)and the like have helped and the FedEx hub has helped to rejuvenate the airport, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 On the rare times I check baggage (usually only international), Greensboro can take forever. In fact, last time was absolutely superb. Our flight on Lan Chile from Santiago was delayed there for 3+ hours, but we finally got on and go to Miami a few hours late (8-hour flight in the middle seat, though - shoot me). In the end, after a 14-hour all-night deal, we got to Greensboro only to find that because of space reasons, American had decided to leave our bags in Miami and wouldn't ship them until the next flight. Of course, the GSO employees didn't know what was going on and it took close to two hours to finally figure this out. GSO is such a shame. The airport was booming back in the 1980s and expanded rapidly, but it's a shell of its former self now as a result of the USAir/Piedmont merger in 1989 and often seems like a ghost town with empty spaces everywhere. It used to be a crew base for Piedmont and US Air (early on) and now it doesn't even have mainline service. Piedmont Triad International The following is a complete list of international flights. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Piedmont Triad International The following is a complete list of international flights. Thank you. LOL, so true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shack Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Welcome home...gotta love Hartsfield int. Longest taxi run ways in the us mmmm...... my guess is Denver. Every time I land there I'm sure it would have been quicker to have landed in Kansas and drove to DIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Weather forecasting is a disaster. I'm never looking at forecast past 48 hours again. This weekend severe event looks like ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 LOL, so true. I always refer to it as Piedmont Triad Intergalactic. Once you start lying it doesn't really matter how big the lies are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 It's weird. I flew JetBlue to out of RDU to NYC and back and the bags came out so quickly I was impressed. The flight was also like 55 minutes when it was supposed to be 1.5 hours. I'll never fly another airline, ever. Second time flying JetBlue to NYC also. Flew Southwest to Colorado, was ok. I flew Jet Blue one time. It was awesome. I go out west a lot and there never seem to be good flight times for JB for me. I fly Delta mostly, with the occasional American, if I'm going direct to Dallas. Delta is good. American and Southwest are ok, and US Air is just awful. But regardless of the airline, I have never stood at the baggage caroselle at RDU for less than 20 minutes (and it's usually around 30 minutes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 So far the tournament has been subpar. The gonzaga game was good at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I flew Jet Blue one time. It was awesome. I go out west a lot and there never seem to be good flight times for JB for me. I fly Delta mostly, with the occasional American, if I'm going direct to Dallas. Delta is good. American and Southwest are ok, and US Air is just awful. But regardless of the airline, I have never stood at the baggage caroselle at RDU for less than 20 minutes (and it's usually around 30 minutes). JetBlue is great for South American flights. Delta has been my go to for years though, but probably because once you hit a certain mileage it just makes sense and seems easier. Plus, they still run a direct to NYC from GSP and Charleston. American is so-so, and US Airways (particularly out of CLT) can eat it. Orlando has become my most loathed airport, followed closely by LAX, Denver, Dulles and Miami. Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Detroit (strangely enough) and Kansas City give me the least problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I hope you guys arent expecting snow in GA tonight. Expect a cold rain unless you are the higher elevations. Hrrr indicates no snow in Ga tonight. All rain. Surface temps are a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Weather forecasting is a disaster. I'm never looking at forecast past 48 hours again. This weekend severe event looks like ****. It never looked that good in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGaWxNerd Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I hope you guys arent expecting snow in GA tonight. Expect a cold rain unless you are the higher elevations. Hrrr indicates no snow in Ga tonight. All rain. Surface temps are a problem. I'm covering all my bases tonight. Radar and model watching in 2 windows, swimsuit shopping in another. Snowflakes or boating either way I'm planning on escaping from the kitchen soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I flew Jet Blue one time. It was awesome. I go out west a lot and there never seem to be good flight times for JB for me. I fly Delta mostly, with the occasional American, if I'm going direct to Dallas. Delta is good. American and Southwest are ok, and US Air is just awful. But regardless of the airline, I have never stood at the baggage caroselle at RDU for less than 20 minutes (and it's usually around 30 minutes). American is so-so, and US Airways (particularly out of CLT) can eat it. Haters gonna hate... In any case, US Airways and American are merging into the biggest airline in the world (by fleet size). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I hope you guys arent expecting snow in GA tonight. Expect a cold rain unless you are the higher elevations. Hrrr indicates no snow in Ga tonight. All rain. Surface temps are a problem. Now you go and say something like that....and here I was going to get the moles to send you some of my sleet...oh, well, maybe next winter for you...and you were so close Goofy wants so bad to give me frozen right up into Wed. This could be so major, and here you are bringing in the negative waves. This is probably going to be the year of the windless hurricanes now T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 On the rare times I check baggage (usually only international), Greensboro can take forever. In fact, last time was absolutely superb. Our flight on Lan Chile from Santiago was delayed there for 3+ hours, but we finally got on and go to Miami a few hours late (8-hour flight in the middle seat, though - shoot me). In the end, after a 14-hour all-night deal, we got to Greensboro only to find that because of space reasons, American had decided to leave our bags in Miami and wouldn't ship them until the next flight. Of course, the GSO employees didn't know what was going on and it took close to two hours to finally figure this out. GSO is such a shame. The airport was booming back in the 1980s and expanded rapidly, but it's a shell of its former self now as a result of the USAir/Piedmont merger in 1989 and often seems like a ghost town with empty spaces everywhere. It used to be a crew base for Piedmont and US Air (early on) and now it doesn't even have mainline service. To GSO's credit, Timco (aircraft maintenance)and the like have helped and the FedEx hub has helped to rejuvenate the airport, as well. The only thing convenient about PTI is you can rent a car and park in the same general area, try that at RDU. For a while in the early 2000's it was cheaper to fly out of PTI than RDU as well. Which is nice since PTI is about 3 miles closer to my house. Oh. 20.3f outside. 21f at PTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcarolinian Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 On the rare times I check baggage (usually only international), Greensboro can take forever. In fact, last time was absolutely superb. Our flight on Lan Chile from Santiago was delayed there for 3+ hours, but we finally got on and go to Miami a few hours late (8-hour flight in the middle seat, though - shoot me). In the end, after a 14-hour all-night deal, we got to Greensboro only to find that because of space reasons, American had decided to leave our bags in Miami and wouldn't ship them until the next flight. Of course, the GSO employees didn't know what was going on and it took close to two hours to finally figure this out. GSO is such a shame. The airport was booming back in the 1980s and expanded rapidly, but it's a shell of its former self now as a result of the USAir/Piedmont merger in 1989 and often seems like a ghost town with empty spaces everywhere. It used to be a crew base for Piedmont and US Air (early on) and now it doesn't even have mainline service. To GSO's credit, Timco (aircraft maintenance)and the like have helped and the FedEx hub has helped to rejuvenate the airport, as well. RDU (and CLT to some extent) has sucked the life out of GSO ... peeps would rather drive to RDU just to save $40, then pay $20 in gas, and $20 in parking, plus the ~1 hour drive lmao ... makes sense doesnt it ... btw there IS mainline service ... 9x daily to ATL on Delta, Allegiant to Orlando, St. Pete, and just announced new nonstops to Ft Lauderdale, Frontier Airlines to Orlando plus their new nonstops to Denver start in May fwiw ... while it may not be 1986 when Piedmont and Eastern flew big jets all over, today you can fly nonstop from Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem to ATL, CLT, FLL, SFB, PIE, MIA, DFW, ORD, CVG, LGA, EWR, DCA, IAD, DTW, PHL, IAD, EWR & DEN ... all in all not too shabby when u have an RDU and a CLT within 90 miles each direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 RDU (and CLT to some extent) has sucked the life out of GSO ... peeps would rather drive to RDU just to save $40, then pay $20 in gas, and $20 in parking, plus the ~1 hour drive lmao ... makes sense doesnt it ... btw there IS mainline service ... 9x daily to ATL on Delta, Allegiant to Orlando, St. Pete, and just announced new nonstops to Ft Lauderdale, Frontier Airlines to Orlando plus their new nonstops to Denver start in May fwiw ... while it may not be 1986 when Piedmont and Eastern flew big jets all over, today you can fly nonstop from Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem to ATL, CLT, FLL, SFB, PIE, MIA, DFW, ORD, CVG, LGA, EWR, DCA, IAD, DTW, PHL, IAD, EWR & DEN ... all in all not too shabby when u have an RDU and a CLT within 90 miles each direction Unfortunately it's usually more than $40. Also the times of the flights are at odd times as comparred to RDU's, especially last time I looked for flights to BWI or NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Really wish this cold/snowy/whatever will go away. This whole recent storm deal is a waste of melting time. I want to get my tomato plants outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Weather forecasting is a disaster. I'm never looking at forecast past 48 hours again. This weekend severe event looks like ****. It may be just my observations, but short range forecasting has gotten worse lately than long term. At least official forecasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 JetBlue is great for South American flights. Delta has been my go to for years though, but probably because once you hit a certain mileage it just makes sense and seems easier. Plus, they still run a direct to NYC from GSP and Charleston. American is so-so, and US Airways (particularly out of CLT) can eat it. Orlando has become my most loathed airport, followed closely by LAX, Denver, Dulles and Miami. Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Detroit (strangely enough) and Kansas City give me the least problems. I've been to just about every major city in the US and my least favorite airports are Philly, Oakland, LAX, and DFW (although it's much better since the put in the high speed rail system (they used to have this little tram that would just stop on the tracks for no reason -- it was the slowest transport between terminals ever)). I like Denver, Memphis, MSP, and Sea-Tac. I've been to the others you mentioned, but it's been a while and I don't have much memory of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 You never cause me anything but sorrow You never cause me anything but pain I can't help but to keep crying I can't help but to keep crying in the cold rain Cold rain, cold rain Cold rain, cold rain Cold rain, cold rain I never want to see you falling, cold rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 You never cause me anything but sorrow You never cause me anything but pain I can't help but to keep crying I can't help but to keep crying in the cold rain Cold rain, cold rain Cold rain, cold rain Cold rain, cold rain I never want to see you falling, cold rain i want to hear the one about if its gonna be this cold and not snow,it's a waste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgore Trout Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Random weather banter: This March is looking like it will be a colder month than January for Asheville. January was at 42.4 degrees, and March is currently at 41.9. Looking at the forecast for the next week, it should remain below January. This will be the ninth time that has happened since 1903 and the first since 1960. The more you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDUBRDU Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Thanks. Yeah we taxied for 20 minutes. I think we passed Stone Mountain twice. Now at RDU, home of the longest wait for checked bags in the entire history of the airline industry. I fly weekly for work and to many airports and RDU definitely has the slowest baggage claim on the planet. If I'm coming in on a flight from Atlanta, sometimes baggage claim at RDU takes longer than the flight, depending on the flight route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Guys we know this winter has sucked but lets look at the bright things like.... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Guys we know this winter has sucked but lets look at the bright things like.... .NC state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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