Flight from Washington, DC, to Denver is a long one
The flight home to Denver is quite a long one, about four hours long.
Flying east, the trip is almost an hour shorter than the return flight.
The anticipation of getting home might play into the length of the
flight even longer.
As you can tell, I am ready to get home. I should be home in time to
surprise the kids and pick them up at school.
It should be a fun weekend, even though I was gone only a couple of
days.
Air Travel
Even though it is a burden sometimes, going on an airplane flight is
still interesting, fun, and adventurous.
I am heading out on a short business trip and having the ability to fly
somewhere in a few hours and be in a city that you are not used to is
intriguing. It is always fun if you haven’t been somewhere before or
have been somewhere many times.
It is always interesting on the ride in on the shuttle from the parking
lot. Where are people going? Are they on a business trip? Or is it a
vacation? It is always fun.
Today there was a couple going to Port Townsend, Wash., to see there new
grad niece; an older couple flying to Stockton, Calif.,; a younger
couple heading off to vacation in Jamaica; and a man heading to Tampa
Bay for a business meeting.
As you can see, it is an intresting group of people heading to different
areas of the country or world.
Finally, it was a relaxing early morning at the airport. It was nice to
take a few minutes to enjoy breakfast, watch the airport wake-up and see
the first few flights take-off. Denver International Airport is sure
beautiful and relaxing in the morning.
Air travel is not as a glamerous as it once was, but it is still
something that intrigues and excites me.
Good job United Airlines
I have previously given United Airlines a hard time for their service
and most of it is deserved. The flight attendants on my flight to Salt
Lake City this morning were gruff with all the passengers.
But when they do something good I want to recognize them also. I am
flying on United Flight 526 from Salt Lake City back to Denver and there
were two soldiers on our flight. There were some open seats in first
class and the flight crew moved them there.
The flight crew was also really nice and helpful. I really enjoyed
flying with them back to Denver.
Good job United!
Fly Frontier Airlines Please!
Please fly Frontier Airlines.
This airline provides great service, to great locations, and it is a pleasant airline to fly. I enjoy them over any other airline that flies in-and-out of Denver.
I will do whatever I can to fly them. For example, I had a conference in Maryland and instead of flying into BWI, I fly into Washington National. I just did not want to fly United.
For those of you who don’t know, Frontier recently declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Their credit card processor wanted to keep a larger percentage of money from credit card purchases that people used for advance reservations.
This would have significantly reduced their liquidity to operate in the coming months. So to protect that liquidity, they declared Chapter 11 to reorganize.
As mentioned earlier, I fly Frontier Airlines a lot. There is a lot of competition in Denver from United and Southwest. But those airlines’ service does not add up to the friendly service I get at Frontier Airlines. It is quite an experience and having TV on flights is a plus.
Fly Frontier Airlines and help out this hometown, homegrown, and pleasant airline.
Frontier Airlines flight not as nice as others
I choose to fly Frontier Airlines as much as I can. They are a local
Denver airline that has good customer service and they have TV on the
flight.
Having TV on a flight makes the time go by so much faster. A three-hour
flight just does not seem as long when there is something mindless on.
In addition, Frontier Airlines oversold the flight and people were not
happy. For example, a couple had bought a seat for their infant and
because the flight was oversold they took that seat.
As a parent who travels with young children and I purchase seats for
them, I would not be happy if they took the seat from me. It looks like
they compensated them, but they still shouldn’t have taken their seat.
On a good note, the crew was quite friendly and the plane was nice. It
is a new Airbus that they just took delivery on. So that is why there
was no TV. They hadn’t installed the hardware and software to make it
work.
Let’s hope the rest of my work trip goes well.
Delta’s pre-flight safety video a hit
Delta Air Lines has a new safety video that it shows before flights and it is becoming quite the hit on YouTube. It currently has over 460,000 views.
I am not sure what is causing it to get so many views, but it was entertaining and different than what you currently get.
Check it out:
The only thing I noticed is that I never see that much room in between seats anymore on flights.
You can read more about the video on Delta’s blog, Who Says Safety Can’t Be Sassy?.
Update: I improperly used the term Delta Airlines instead of Delta Air Lines. I have fixed this in the post.
Airplane fights wind and almost crashes..
All I have to say is wow.
This is one of the most amazing videos of a near plane crash that I have seen. Those pilots were amazing to keep it flying and get it up in the air to try and land again.
Check it out.
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