Air Travel » Air Travel » The RTA One-Track Poster Awards, and special Lifetime Achievement Award
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> Tranining??? Moving up in the world to A-320 or 757 > or 767??
A320. Actually, I’m almost done. I’ll be flying again October 5th. –Mark Rogers
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Damn, guess I don’t rail against Air France enough!!!!!! FWIW, I detest flying them….oh well, guess I need more bad experiences to merit…
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> Lunch with one group at midday, dinner with another in the evening, beers > with another at night… do you ever actually do any flying?
No, not in a while, but I guess that’s the nature of training. Bill bought the beer, would you turn him down? :) –Mark Rogers
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> > Lunch with one group at midday, dinner with another > in the evening, beers > with another at night… do you ever actually do any > flying? > No, not in a while, but I guess that’s the nature of > training. > Bill bought the beer, would you turn him down? :) > –Mark Rogers
Tranining??? Moving up in the world to A-320 or 757 or 767?? Rich * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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>> Richard says > >hands over his dodgy stauette to > >(me) >I would like to thank the Academy…no wait, I would like to dedicate >this to Raisa, who’s husband opened up Russia for people like me. >The kiss of death! Maryanne thanks her, and she dies the next day
We may have a Date Line problem here — I believe Maryanne’s dedication came AFTER (and commemorated) Raisa G’s death.
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> Yup. I know, and I’m not telling. But I’ve got pictures. Hehehehe. Mark > will tell you himself, I’m ‘da man.’ It was one wild night, let me tell > you.
Bill, Let’s just say that I know about the teddy bear. :)) –Mark Rogers
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>> Yup. I know, and I’m not telling. But I’ve got pictures. Hehehehe. Mark > will tell you himself, I’m ‘da man.’ It was one wild night, let me tell > you. >Bill, >Let’s just say that I know about the teddy bear. :))
It’s time to coin a new phrase: The Celebrity Pilot. Lunch with one group at midday, dinner with another in the evening, beers with another at night… do you ever actually do any flying?
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>Hey, Fly Douglas ^h^h^h^h^h^h^h ..er.. Boeing Jets! If it’s not Boeing >I’m not going! (yeah, right … I fly on HP mostly and you know what >kind of equipment they use … airbus .. BOO, HISS, RAZZZZ) Sheesh – >biased? OF COURSE I SUPPORT BOEING!! I WORK HERE!! But it doesn’t >mean that Boeing is always RIGHT!!
Heck, these days it isn’t right even half the time. Mwaaahawhaw
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> And then there’s the reverse, people’s favorite airline to hate. Here are > a few posters who hold long-time grudges against a particular airline and > never miss a chance to take a few jabs ever time their airline nemesis is > mentioned: > The Bill Mattocks United
I’d like to thank the Academy, my parents, and all the little people who helped me to make it to the top. Or something like that. But I feel that I’ve failed in my mission to trash United at each and every chance I get. Why, in the past few months, I’ve actually posted positive things about United (got no responses, though, too boring). I’ve bitten back a few harsh words about my most recent DEN-LGA segments, even the one that put me at LGA at 1 in the morning (after the airport closed), with no one in the terminal, no Avis shuttle bus, just scamming taxi drivers and cops. I bit back my righteous rage and indignation when I read the ha-fucking-ha watered-down ‘passenger bill of rights’ that the govt let the airlines produce all on their own. Yah, they’ll actually say "Sorry about that" if one of their malicious union freakazoid baggage handlers sets your luggage on fire and puts it out with a dump truck full of medical waste. Ah, don’t get me started. Why, I even had a few beers with the evil Mark Rogers. What could I have been thinking? I must be getting soft. Or maybe I’ve been bought off. It could be just about anything. But I’m slipping, man, I tell ya. > TRIVIA: Which airline does Mark Rogers fly for?
Yup. I know, and I’m not telling. But I’ve got pictures. Hehehehe. Mark will tell you himself, I’m ‘da man.’ It was one wild night, let me tell you. Best Regards, Bill Mattocks
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> >RTA awards >Dang, where is mine…for extolling LH for "doing the right thing" and >giving me my deserved FF miles 8 months after my trip was taken?!?! >Maryanne
Oh yes, and who could ever forget those 8 months…..
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Don’t worry Maryanne. you can have mine! 
*hands over his dodgy statuette to Maryanne* darn, how did I manage that without a trip to ATL *or* SVO? damn! 
-richard (hell, I might have even tried DL!) — Richard A. Muirden, UNIX Systems Administrator and aviation nut! Cybersource Pty. Ltd. – Systems Administration and Windows/UNIX Integration "Can we jump?" "No" "Then we have a problem" "No shit, Sherlock!" – Sheridan & Lennier, Babylon 5 gag/blooper reel.
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*rofl* what a good one. -richard (I don’t hate QF anymore since the encounter with that oh so cute QF staffer! :-) oh and I luv AN.. but one could sure consider them non Australian these days ) — ** Support Australian Troops and the UN in East Timor !! ** — — Richard A. Muirden, UNIX Systems Administrator and aviation nut! Cybersource Pty. Ltd. – Systems Administration and Windows/UNIX Integration "Can we jump?" "No" "Then we have a problem" "No shit, Sherlock!" – Sheridan & Lennier, Babylon 5 gag/blooper reel.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >RTA awards >Dang, where is mine…for extolling LH for "doing the right thing" and >giving me my deserved FF miles 8 months after my trip was taken?!?! >Maryanne > Oh yes, and who could ever forget those 8 months…..
Sarcasm, sarcasm, sarcasm. Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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Hey, Fly Douglas ^h^h^h^h^h^h^h ..er.. Boeing Jets! If it’s not Boeing I’m not going! (yeah, right … I fly on HP mostly and you know what kind of equipment they use … airbus .. BOO, HISS, RAZZZZ) Sheesh – biased? OF COURSE I SUPPORT BOEING!! I WORK HERE!! But it doesn’t mean that Boeing is always RIGHT!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->These awards go to the r.t.a. posters with the most acute Tunnel Vision >Syndrome, posters who have shown an extreme inability to see past their own >narrow, selfish interests. >These posters will usually only respond to messages concerning their pet >airline, and then only to defend it when the less-than-favorable sides of >these airlines are exposed. In short, they are extraordinarily hard >working and dedicated apologists, and for that we recognize them. >And now, without further ado, here they are: >1st Place: Helen Rose Pet Airline: Delta Air Lines >2nd Place: Richard Muirden Pet Airline: United Airlines >3rd Place: Jason Mayfield Pet Airline: Northwest Airlines > Ok, ok, by popular demand, here’s a few more that didn’t make it to the top > three: > William Candee TWA, Air Tran, Kiwi, anything cheap > that flies old decrepit planes > Paul Tauger TWA > ellen US Airways > ITRADE (ellen’s buddy) US Airways/MetroJet > Sheryl Southwest, Continental > mga707 (his daddy is ex-AA) American (surprise!) > PVDWNMARK (name says it all) Southwest > Christopher K Davis (Helen’s hubby) Delta too (surprise surprise) > Steve Kropla Continental > Craig Welch Singapore Airlines > amp_spamfree Northwest > JF Mezei Canadi>n > Captain Canadi>n > Sam Settimio Air Canada > Greg Pacek Crazy One Delta > Malcolm Weir American, British Airways > And then there’s the reverse, people’s favorite airline to hate. Here are > a few posters who hold long-time grudges against a particular airline and > never miss a chance to take a few jabs ever time their airline nemesis is > mentioned: > Hassan Alam Singapore Airlines (like every good > Malaysian) > Richard Muirden Qantas, anything Australian > Captain, JF Mezei Air Canada ("if you’re not careful, > they’ll come around and paint > your house in the middle of the > night") > The Bill Mattocks United > ERIKG3 Cathay Pacific, anything Communist > Craig Welch Garuda, China Airlines, Korean Air > Most obvious air rage troller: aladdinsane > Most biased posters: D_A_Ling, Steve/Neason–Boeing > employees > CO EWR — thinks airline emps. > should be able to physically > harm passengers with impunity > ingest her excrement, you’re fascist. Can’t see beyond the > confines of her own narrow little world. > TRIVIA: Which airline does Mark Rogers fly for?
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>2nd Place: Richard Muirden Pet Airline: United Airlines
Now now. I am quite happy to defer to Helen but I feel a small correction needs to be made here. I have a Pet Alliance: The Star Alliance. Thank You! *bow* Now, if you’ll permit me a few words of thanks. They said I can only take 30 seconds in my acceptance speech – I think I can keep to that. See, I don’t need to feign tears, and the "oh my god I can’t believe I won!" look and all that. I’d first of all like the Academy, oh and my mother for her support. The statue is a little insubstantial though.. I was hoping for something at least on par with a Golden Globe, or a Hugo at the very least. Well thank you one and all. The competition was stiff, but I think that the public is the winner. May all your upgrades be complementary, all your flights ontime and food edible! -richard (who never had a bad time on CX,CO,QF,AC,NZ,SQ,BA,AN,TN,etc etc) — Richard A. Muirden, UNIX Systems Administrator and aviation nut! Cybersource Pty. Ltd. – Systems Administration and Windows/UNIX Integration "Can we jump?" "No" "Then we have a problem" "No shit, Sherlock!" – Sheridan & Lennier, Babylon 5 gag/blooper reel.
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<flush> Does it upset you THAT much that I knew who you are, in all your various disguises? Get help.
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So who is he or she or bot? Cheers, –Weiyun – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > <flush> > Does it upset you THAT much that I knew who you are, in all your > various disguises? Get help.
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>So who is he or she or bot?
Hahahahahah. Isn’t it obvious? A health fascist, of course! The fact that you would even trust ellen enough to believe anything she has to say on any subject shows a tremendous lack of judgment on your part. Cheers! (The difference between ellen and the rest of the homeless bagladies pushing shopping carts in New York City gutters who are her social and intellectual peers is just pure luck.) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Cheers, >–Weiyun > <flush> > Does it upset you THAT much that I knew who you are, in all your > various disguises? Get help.
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>RTA awards Dang, where is mine…for extolling LH for "doing the right thing" and giving me my deserved FF miles 8 months after my trip was taken?!?! Maryanne
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–cut– >TRIVIA: Which airline does Mark Rogers fly for?
I already know that one, but the real question is WHO FUCKING CARES? I’ve refrained from responding to your drivel before now, but I must ask what is your obsession with these people and what airlines or companies they work for or have strong feelings for or against. To me, it sounds like you have way too much time on your hands to sort all these people out… KRC
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> These awards go to the r.t.a. posters with the most acute Tunnel Vision > Syndrome, posters who have shown an extreme inability to see past their own > narrow, selfish interests.
1) We do the awards at the end of the year (typically mid December. 2) Who the hell elected you King for the Hour? 3) How come you didn’t mention PVDWNMARK who would lie down in front of a train for WN – or Sheryl for that matter? Puzzled. Rich
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>: 3rd Place: Jason Mayfield Pet Airline: Northwest Airlines >Damn, what have I done to NOT be anonymous’s most favourite person to >bash. Grumble grumble…
Eat your heart out. 
>Or, perhaps, you’d prefer I post about ailines I’ve flown one time and >pretend I’m the expert on them. Oh wait, that’s what most people here do. >;-) I talk about what I have experience with, and that’s all…
I think ‘anonymous’ would prefer that we avoid talking about air travel entirely, just as he does.
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>These awards go to the r.t.a. posters with the most acute Tunnel Vision >Syndrome, posters who have shown an extreme inability to see past their own >narrow, selfish interests. >These posters will usually only respond to messages concerning their pet >airline, and then only to defend it when the less-than-favorable sides of >these airlines are exposed. In short, they are extraordinarily hard >working and dedicated apologists, and for that we recognize them. >And now, without further ado, here they are: >1st Place: Helen Rose Pet Airline: Delta Air Lines >2nd Place: Richard Muirden Pet Airline: United Airlines >3rd Place: Jason Mayfield Pet Airline: Northwest Airlines
Ok, ok, by popular demand, here’s a few more that didn’t make it to the top three: William Candee TWA, Air Tran, Kiwi, anything cheap that flies old decrepit planes Paul Tauger TWA ellen US Airways ITRADE (ellen’s buddy) US Airways/MetroJet Sheryl Southwest, Continental mga707 (his daddy is ex-AA) American (surprise!) PVDWNMARK (name says it all) Southwest Christopher K Davis (Helen’s hubby) Delta too (surprise surprise) Steve Kropla Continental Craig Welch Singapore Airlines amp_spamfree Northwest JF Mezei Canadi>n Captain Canadi>n Sam Settimio Air Canada Greg Pacek Crazy One Delta Malcolm Weir American, British Airways And then there’s the reverse, people’s favorite airline to hate. Here are a few posters who hold long-time grudges against a particular airline and never miss a chance to take a few jabs ever time their airline nemesis is mentioned: Hassan Alam Singapore Airlines (like every good Malaysian) Richard Muirden Qantas, anything Australian Captain, JF Mezei Air Canada ("if you’re not careful, they’ll come around and paint your house in the middle of the night") The Bill Mattocks United ERIKG3 Cathay Pacific, anything Communist Craig Welch Garuda, China Airlines, Korean Air Most obvious air rage troller: aladdinsane Most biased posters: D_A_Ling, Steve/Neason–Boeing employees CO EWR — thinks airline emps. should be able to physically harm passengers with impunity ingest her excrement, you’re fascist. Can’t see beyond the confines of her own narrow little world. TRIVIA: Which airline does Mark Rogers fly for?
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These awards go to the r.t.a. posters with the most acute Tunnel Vision Syndrome, posters who have shown an extreme inability to see past their own narrow, selfish interests. These posters will usually only respond to messages concerning their pet airline, and then only to defend it when the less-than-favorable sides of these airlines are exposed. In short, they are extraordinarily hard working and dedicated apologists, and for that we recognize them. And now, without further ado, here they are: 1st Place: Helen Rose Pet Airline: Delta Air Lines 2nd Place: Richard Muirden Pet Airline: United Airlines 3rd Place: Jason Mayfield Pet Airline: Northwest Airlines We’d also like to take this opportunity to give a special Lifetime Achievement Award to the r.t.a. poster with the most tightly-shut, completely sealed off mind ever to be found anywhere. This poster has shown, by her daily, regular, constant, and continuous inability to understand anything that is being explained to her, that her mind is completely closed to other people’s views, opinions, and life experiences. In short, this award goes to the most deranged, demented, and closed-minded poster ever to disgrace r.t.a. with her presence: Congratulation to the winners!
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>These awards go to the r.t.a. posters with the most acute Tunnel Vision >Syndrome, posters who have shown an extreme inability to see past their own >narrow, selfish interests. >These posters will usually only respond to messages concerning their pet >airline, and then only to defend it when the less-than-favorable sides of >these airlines are exposed. In short, they are extraordinarily hard >working and dedicated apologists, and for that we recognize them. >And now, without further ado, here they are: >1st Place: Helen Rose Pet Airline: Delta Air Lines >2nd Place: Richard Muirden Pet Airline: United Airlines >3rd Place: Jason Mayfield Pet Airline: Northwest Airlines
A special mention to two runner-ups who came very close but didn’t make the top three: William Candee, Paul Tauger TWA – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->We’d also like to take this opportunity to give a special Lifetime >Achievement Award to the r.t.a. poster with the most tightly-shut, >completely sealed off mind ever to be found anywhere. This poster has >shown, by her daily, regular, constant, and continuous inability to >understand anything that is being explained to her, that her mind is >completely closed to other people’s views, opinions, and life experiences. >In short, this award goes to the most deranged, demented, and closed-minded >poster ever to disgrace r.t.a. with her presence: >Congratulation to the winners!
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