Airplane/Airline Megathread - St Maarten for nicest landings (image heavy)

[Mr Man]

lol
Depends where you fly.
Doesn't fly to most places, only big cities.
And if you're flying to a big city, Virgin is typically much cheaper.

Virgin usually flies where we're going, but it's never direct, whereas United always is, and my parents will take direct flights over a good airline. And they won't allow me to take a non direct when I fly by myself.

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[Muslim]

Virgin usually flies where we're going, but it's never direct, whereas United always is, and my parents will take direct flights over a good airline. And they won't allow me to take a non direct when I fly by myself.

Lol virgin IS direct.
I had a full 7 hour flight from Orlando to San Francisco with no layovers.

[SailorMan]

Sailorman, where do you even get to do this stuff? How?

That's really cool. How do you get these awesome opportunities?

Civil Air Patrol (www.gocivilairpatrol.com) It is the USAF Auxiliary. We teach moral leadership, emergency services, and aerospace education. We push integrity, respect, dedication, and volunteer service. I joined in 2011, got some rank, and did Encampment in July of this year. Great experience. I got a lot of cool experiences out of it. Besides that, from doing squadron meetings, I have just been fortunate to have been a member squadron in a good group, on Long Island (There are a million airports here).

(If you noticed my little yellow plane in the gallery a while ago, it was a Civil Air Patrol plane from WWII. We were formed a week before Pearl Harbor happened).

If any of you decide to go to a squadron meeting and do sign up, let me know first so I can tell you my name and you can give me recruiting credit :)

[Mr Man]

Lol virgin IS direct.
I had a full 7 hour flight from Orlando to San Francisco with no layovers.

From where I live to where I go, united is usually the only direct flight, even delta usually has a stop.

[Muslim]

From where I live to where I go, united is usually the only direct flight, even delta usually has a stop.

I could find a better airline with a direct flight if you want.

[Night Fox]

lol

explain

[ChexGuy331]

I flew on an A380 on the way to Singapore over the summer - United flights got delayed and would have made us miss the transfer flight, the only airline willing to take us was Korean Air. Some of the best airline service/food I've had.

The A380, or at least the one I was on, had cameras installed on different parts of the plane so you could watch it take off or land:



There was a tail camera, a nose camera, and one pointed straight down.

The return trip was all on United 777s, nothing really interesting there at all.

[Muslim]

That's loving amazing

[Night Fox]

explain

since I guess you're not going to explain I'll just elaborate on what I was saying
if you're in a car and it flips, landing on its top, you're likely to survive, even at a normal cruising speed. however if this happens in a plane, no
if a car has a head-on collision with a wall (or another car even), you're likely to survive, however in a plane...
in a car, you're likely to survive being t-boned. but in a plane...
et cetera

[Titanium Man]

since I guess you're not going to explain I'll just elaborate on what I was saying
if you're in a car and it flips, landing on its top, you're likely to survive, even at a normal cruising speed. however if this happens in a plane, no
if a car has a head-on collision with a wall (or another car even), you're likely to survive, however in a plane...
in a car, you're likely to survive being t-boned. but in a plane...
et cetera

yeah but in a plane you are way less likely to do those things

[Muslim]

since I guess you're not going to explain I'll just elaborate on what I was saying
if you're in a car and it flips, landing on its top, you're likely to survive, even at a normal cruising speed. however if this happens in a plane, no
if a car has a head-on collision with a wall (or another car even), you're likely to survive, however in a plane...
in a car, you're likely to survive being t-boned. but in a plane...
et cetera

I have t had access to a computer.
Also any one if those things is nearly impossibly unlikely.

[Mr Man]

The return trip was all on United 777s, nothing really interesting there at all.

United sucks.
Honestly, though, I hate flying in general

[Muslim]

United 777s are lovey though.

[Night Fox]

yeah but in a plane you are way less likely to do those things

Also any one if those things is nearly impossibly unlikely.

all of them are possible but the likeliness of them is irrelevant lol
if you're driving on an empty highway, is your car any safer than it would be on one with other drivers on the road? the answer is no btw

[Mikoyan]

Thing is, Night, that pilots are trained for those crash landing situations/avoiding mid air collisions. And if the pilot is smart (most pilots ((hue))) he'll get flight following from an air traffic controller even if its a beautiful day. Which leads me to my next point, collision unlikliness due to air traffic controllers. Cars are just easier to operate/control if something goes wrong. Aircraft maitenence laws are extremely strict, which also bumps down chances of mechanical failure.

Aircraft accidents = more avoidable by professionals and aren't easy to survive
Auto accidents = less avoidable, but easier to survive.