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Title: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: The42Yardstick on March 09, 2010, 10:49:39 AM
Did MHKRA just take a dip in eliteness? I wouldn't know, I've never flown "Great Lakes"
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: steve dave on March 09, 2010, 11:09:31 AM
What happened?  We kick those losers to the curb?
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: Saulbadguy on March 09, 2010, 11:26:14 AM
Which airline is the one with the picture of the moose on the plane?
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: steve dave on March 09, 2010, 11:27:04 AM
Which airline is the one with the picture of the moose on the plane?

Frontier has various pacific northwest themed animals
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: The42Yardstick on March 09, 2010, 12:21:57 PM
What happened?  We kick those losers to the curb?

I think they moved out since  :AA: moved in
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: ChiComCat on March 09, 2010, 12:57:23 PM
What happened?  We kick those losers to the curb?

I think they moved out since  :AA: moved in

They think ORD is on the horizon and don't want to reup because once thats here, theyre done.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 09, 2010, 05:14:30 PM
Sad to see.  :frown:
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on March 09, 2010, 05:45:36 PM
Sad to see.  :frown:

if it was great planes or AA to ORD, which would you choose? i'd take ORD. that great lakes thing can go kill itself in the back for all i care.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 09, 2010, 05:47:31 PM
obviously ORD, but I don't see that happening.

great lakes was great for that neat little DEN connection. gonna miss that sucker  :frown: (never used it btw)
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: steve dave on March 09, 2010, 05:48:46 PM
sd list of airlines that can totally suck it and I don't care about:  great lakes
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on March 09, 2010, 05:50:22 PM
obviously ORD, but I don't see that happening.

great lakes was great for that neat little DEN connection. gonna miss that sucker  :frown: (never used it btw)

don't see it happening based on what? obviously not the premium manhattan mercury article that i read just the other day, huh?  :users:
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: pissclams on March 09, 2010, 05:53:16 PM
great lakes airlines, suck it.  just suck it GLA, suck it hard and suck it good you dumbasses.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 09, 2010, 05:55:13 PM
obviously ORD, but I don't see that happening.

great lakes was great for that neat little DEN connection. gonna miss that sucker  :frown: (never used it btw)

don't see it happening based on what? obviously not the premium manhattan mercury article that i read just the other day, huh?  :users:

feel free to pm me this article. I don't trust mm's source. I've got some pretty solid ones myself, and they say AA laughs at the notion of ORD gracing us with a connection.  :frown:
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on March 09, 2010, 06:19:39 PM
obviously ORD, but I don't see that happening.

great lakes was great for that neat little DEN connection. gonna miss that sucker  :frown: (never used it btw)

don't see it happening based on what? obviously not the premium manhattan mercury article that i read just the other day, huh?  :users:

feel free to pm me this article. I don't trust mm's source. I've got some pretty solid ones myself, and they say AA laughs at the notion of ORD gracing us with a connection.  :frown:

quote from article in last friday's merc...

the city plans to keep working with american eagle to try to add more destinations to add to the three daily flights to dfw. van kuren said denver and kansas city would probably not be top priorities, since neither city is a big hub for the airline.

chicago is the primary destination that has been discussed by representatives from american eagle and the city, including mayor bob strawn at the press conference where he announced the third flight to dallas in december.

"we're going to continue what we've been doing, " van kuren said. "we believe with american eagle, we're meeting a lot of the needs of the community"
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: steve dave on March 09, 2010, 06:41:40 PM
quote from article in last thursday's merc quoting manhattan airport elites...

the city plans to tell Great Lakes to suck it.  Suck it right down on their air-bone.  "we're going to tell Great Lakes to totally blow us, " van kuren said. "we believe with american eagle, we're meeting a lot of the needs of the community so Great Lakes can get down to what Great Lakes does best...sucking tons of ass."
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: pissclams on March 09, 2010, 07:27:32 PM
yup i knew it.  they suck from KC to Scott City and every where in between.  suck it GLA.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: ChiComCat on March 09, 2010, 07:31:18 PM
To be fair, Van Kuren is a dumbass as well.  But yea, GLA sucked hard.  Constant flight delays/cancellations from planes breaking then rerouting the less important flights to account for broken planes.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: EllToPay on March 09, 2010, 09:07:28 PM
anything better than sitting in termy B at DIA and looking up at the connections and seeing, "MANHATTAN, KS" as a destination?

gonna miss you, great lakes.  :cry:
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: BigCat on March 09, 2010, 10:44:42 PM
I would hope someone else would pick up the MHK-DIA route. Can come in handy in a pinch. The stops in McCook, NE are always a treat. I do like the GL pilots though (great sense of humor about their crappy airline), and the ability to stick my head in the aisle to read the avionics for much-appreciated back seat piloting as we climb out of MHK bound for the towering Rockies. :cool:

ps is there anything funner than second-guessing trained pilots with thousands of hours under their belts?
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: steve dave on March 10, 2010, 07:21:46 AM
ps is there anything funner than second-guessing trained pilots with thousands of hours under their belts?

GL pilots are the pilots that flunked out of Seward County Community College and couldn't get a job crop dusting....so yes, second guessing them is pretty high on my agenda whenever I'm stuck in one of those piles. 
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: pissclams on March 10, 2010, 07:26:19 AM
ya i didn't realize that the pilots that fly the regionals (industry insider lingo) like the AA guys only need like 200 hrs of flytime to get a job.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: steve dave on March 10, 2010, 07:28:11 AM
ya i didn't realize that the pilots that fly the regionals (industry insider lingo) like the AA guys only need like 200 hrs of flytime to get a job.

Actual photo of the guy flying the turbo prop frontier bird I took to Denver for VegasPak

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthumbs.dreamstime.com%2Fthumb_466%2F1262584513I9xb28.jpg&hash=de6cc9f4d34918dee00380a44ab8747b6926126a)
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: EllToPay on March 10, 2010, 09:09:53 AM
Has anyone actually flown on  a GL bird to Salina/Hays? Would love to have done this...
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: BigCat on March 10, 2010, 11:03:38 AM
ya i didn't realize that the pilots that fly the regionals (industry insider lingo) like the AA guys only need like 200 hrs of flytime to get a job.

No way. You need I think 1,000-1,500+ hrs to become an airline pilot. You need to have a commercial license first, and some of those guys on GL may be only licensed commercially but they would only be allowed to co-pilot. So at least one of those dudes will have 1,500+ hrs. Not to mention 100+ hrs to fly at night. The multi-engine and turbine ratings would be needed for the planes they're flying, but those don't actually require hours to get, just an endorsement.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: pissclams on March 10, 2010, 11:53:51 AM
No way.  You need "I THINK" ? GTFOOMF with what you think.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: BigCat on March 10, 2010, 11:54:36 AM
No way.  You need "I THINK" ? GTFOOMF with what you think.

Only I'm right and you're wrong. That's the difference maker.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 10, 2010, 01:51:31 PM
No way.  You need "I THINK" ? GTFOOMF with what you think.

Sir, I think you're in the wrong terminal.

Take a hike.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: The42Yardstick on March 10, 2010, 02:13:47 PM
No way.  You need "I THINK" ? GTFOOMF with what you think.

Sir, I think you're in the wrong terminal.

Take a hike.

Don't you mean take a SmarteCarte?
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 10, 2010, 02:46:55 PM
No way.  You need "I THINK" ? GTFOOMF with what you think.

Sir, I think you're in the wrong terminal.

Take a hike.

Don't you mean take a SmarteCarte?

yeah, could have been better.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: hemmy on March 10, 2010, 07:40:59 PM
how does fff have airline sources?
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: ben ji on March 10, 2010, 10:06:12 PM
ya i didn't realize that the pilots that fly the regionals (industry insider lingo) like the AA guys only need like 200 hrs of flytime to get a job.

They a PBS Frontline episode on this recently. Let me summarize if for you

Blah blah blah, someone died, blah blah balh, pilots work long hours for little pay, blah blah blah more government regulation needed.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: pissclams on July 30, 2010, 05:56:34 PM
ya i didn't realize that the pilots that fly the regionals (industry insider lingo) like the AA guys only need like 200 hrs of flytime to get a job.

ya i didn't realize that the pilots that fly the regionals (industry insider lingo) like the AA guys only need like 200 hrs of flytime to get a job.

No way. You need I think 1,000-1,500+ hrs to become an airline pilot. You need to have a commercial license first, and some of those guys on GL may be only licensed commercially but they would only be allowed to co-pilot. So at least one of those dudes will have 1,500+ hrs. Not to mention 100+ hrs to fly at night. The multi-engine and turbine ratings would be needed for the planes they're flying, but those don't actually require hours to get, just an endorsement.

No way.  You need "I THINK" ? GTFOOMF with what you think.

Only I'm right and you're wrong. That's the difference maker.

Sir, I think you're in the wrong terminal. Take a hike.

suck it you rough ridin' n00bs, do NOT try to combo-fan with me.  you peons need to learn your rough ridin' roles.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sc-dc-0731-pilot-training-20100730,0,6563794.story

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The legislation requires all airline pilots to log at least 1,500 hours of flight time before flying passengers, up from the current 250-hour minimum for newly hired co-pilots. The bill also boosts training, mandates the creation of a national database of pilot records to help airlines conduct background checks before hiring and aims to reduce pilot fatigue by directing the FAA to update rules on pilot duty hours.

 :flush:
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: BigCat on July 30, 2010, 09:18:17 PM
ya i didn't realize that the pilots that fly the regionals (industry insider lingo) like the AA guys only need like 200 hrs of flytime to get a job.

ya i didn't realize that the pilots that fly the regionals (industry insider lingo) like the AA guys only need like 200 hrs of flytime to get a job.

No way. You need I think 1,000-1,500+ hrs to become an airline pilot. You need to have a commercial license first, and some of those guys on GL may be only licensed commercially but they would only be allowed to co-pilot. So at least one of those dudes will have 1,500+ hrs. Not to mention 100+ hrs to fly at night. The multi-engine and turbine ratings would be needed for the planes they're flying, but those don't actually require hours to get, just an endorsement.

No way.  You need "I THINK" ? GTFOOMF with what you think.

Only I'm right and you're wrong. That's the difference maker.

Sir, I think you're in the wrong terminal. Take a hike.

suck it you fracking n00bs, do NOT try to combo-fan with me.  you peons need to learn your fracking roles.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sc-dc-0731-pilot-training-20100730,0,6563794.story

Quote
The legislation requires all airline pilots to log at least 1,500 hours of flight time before flying passengers, up from the current 250-hour minimum for newly hired co-pilots. The bill also boosts training, mandates the creation of a national database of pilot records to help airlines conduct background checks before hiring and aims to reduce pilot fatigue by directing the FAA to update rules on pilot duty hours.

 :flush:

You can read the quotes in your own post and determine that you were wrong. But just know that I lol'd like a maniac at you bringing this back up.

Also you are more than welcome to participate in the more recent DIA eliteness [additional] thread if you are prepared to play nice.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: steve dave on October 12, 2011, 12:21:18 PM
Phil Knight is so poor   :lol:

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi489.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Frr252%2Fluxuryairandsea%2F_DSC0083.jpg&hash=b7836ea2baf548943333f473c61360714af8d1de)
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: pike on October 12, 2011, 12:23:14 PM
Phil Knight is so poor   :lol:

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi489.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Frr252%2Fluxuryairandsea%2F_DSC0083.jpg&hash=b7836ea2baf548943333f473c61360714af8d1de)

I flew on one of those a few weeks ago. Was pissed off that I had to sit on that redneck POS.
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: EllToPay on October 12, 2011, 12:33:12 PM
Alaska Airlines coming to MCI.

 :AA:
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: steve dave on October 12, 2011, 12:34:39 PM
Alaska Airlines coming to MCI.

 :AA:

weird.  fun alaska airlines fact:  based in Washington
Title: Re: Great Lakes Airlines?
Post by: EllToPay on October 12, 2011, 12:50:05 PM
Alaska Airlines coming to MCI.

 :AA:

weird.  fun alaska airlines fact:  based in Washington

yes, the flights are all to sea from mci.