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As many here I'm sure, I've flown in and out of lots of airports. I even landed on a carrier as a COD pax.
I hate the landings no matter which airport or pilot. Flying into Washington Reagan National from the north is actually fun if you know what's coming. Both approaches have the plane following the Potomac River. From the south and if one is on the port side, George Washington's Mount Vernon is so close you can count the tourists. The approach from the north has the pilot yank it hard to starboard to line up with the runway. The newbie passengers will gasp a little when it happens. So did I but don't tell anybody.
Takeoffs for me aren't too bad but I still put a death grip on the arm rests. The worst for me is taking off to the north from John Wayne airport. My first time was after spending two days in Anaheim for a two hour meeting. That's another story on how that happened. The pilot was a jovial fellow wearing cowboy boots, a red face, and a greeting for all of us who were boarding. I wondered what ever happened to the "8 hours from the bottle to the throttle" rule as I found my seat. As we pulled away from the jetway and taxied toward the runway the captain came on and said in a voice only an airline pilot can do, "Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Due to the California noise pollution and save the field mice ordinance, we will be taking off at an angle you've never before experienced. We will be flying straight up like a rocket and then when I get to a certain altitude, we'll level out and you'll swear the plane is falling out of the sky. You'll be at zero gravity and won't like that but as long as I can control this thing, we'll be ok and turn across the ocean and back into Southern California. As always, thank you for flying Acme Airlines.
He was funny as a comedian when he announced that and was not joking. It felt like we were falling out of the sky. Also, the rest of the flight was just fine.
I hate the landings no matter which airport or pilot. Flying into Washington Reagan National from the north is actually fun if you know what's coming. Both approaches have the plane following the Potomac River. From the south and if one is on the port side, George Washington's Mount Vernon is so close you can count the tourists. The approach from the north has the pilot yank it hard to starboard to line up with the runway. The newbie passengers will gasp a little when it happens. So did I but don't tell anybody.
Takeoffs for me aren't too bad but I still put a death grip on the arm rests. The worst for me is taking off to the north from John Wayne airport. My first time was after spending two days in Anaheim for a two hour meeting. That's another story on how that happened. The pilot was a jovial fellow wearing cowboy boots, a red face, and a greeting for all of us who were boarding. I wondered what ever happened to the "8 hours from the bottle to the throttle" rule as I found my seat. As we pulled away from the jetway and taxied toward the runway the captain came on and said in a voice only an airline pilot can do, "Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Due to the California noise pollution and save the field mice ordinance, we will be taking off at an angle you've never before experienced. We will be flying straight up like a rocket and then when I get to a certain altitude, we'll level out and you'll swear the plane is falling out of the sky. You'll be at zero gravity and won't like that but as long as I can control this thing, we'll be ok and turn across the ocean and back into Southern California. As always, thank you for flying Acme Airlines.
He was funny as a comedian when he announced that and was not joking. It felt like we were falling out of the sky. Also, the rest of the flight was just fine.
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