Doug Sighting....

N9103M · March 10th, 2005, 12:08

Well today I'm deadheading to DFW for training, and I'm in ATL on a layover. I go to grab some sustinance from the B-Concourse at about 11:30 or so and low and behold, there is ole' Doug.

I decided against the desperate shout of "Doouuuuuuuuuugggggg!"

You were on the phone anyway.... Anywho...if you saw the ratty looking freight dawg with the blue uniform....that was my tired azz....

Just killing the boredom....ATL sucks.....

Alchemy · March 10th, 2005, 12:32

The desperate Dooouuuuug shout worked for me! Although his capt did give him a look like WTF, not again. I guess that happens a lot.

I_Money · March 10th, 2005, 12:53

When the girls flash from accross the terminal - Doug you will have made it! Nerdy guys yelling 'DDDOOOUUUGGG' does not quite cut it.

Kristie · March 10th, 2005, 12:54

yeah.. it does - but he honestly doesn't mind it too much because it helps him put a face to a JC name.

however, if he was on the phone - he was probably talking to me, in which case, you could have totally interrupted him and i woulda been laffing my tail off at the "another doug sighting" phenomena

getting the "aren't you like that famous website guy" is a lot more fun for him than the "do you know where baggage claim A is?"

last weekend while in Vegas, he ran into an old high school friend that he hadn't seen for a good 15-20 years and this guy pointed him right out...apparently, doug looks the same as he did in HS.

fly22 · March 10th, 2005, 14:33

Poor guy always gets yelled at, in the airport. When I met him he was on the escalator above me and I was shouting DOUG, MAN, I'M NOT CRAZY, LOOK DOWN HERE, CAN I BUY YOU A BEER? I think most people he meets now are shouting at him.

Doug Taylor · March 10th, 2005, 15:00

It was probably me. I was in the B concourse between about 11 and 12:30 between flights. Where were you in the concourse? I think I was talking to Kristie enroute to B32.

LFC · March 10th, 2005, 20:08

When I see you I'm gonna make you sign my chest.

...no seriously.

EricPalmer · March 10th, 2005, 20:23

If I see him, I'm going to say:

"I think your the greatest! But my dad says you don't try hard enough... except during the playoffs....."

Buckeye757 · March 10th, 2005, 20:43

I saw Doug a few months back returning from richmond where i was visiting a friend at urichmond. luckily enough doug was the f/o on my flight back to new orleans! what a coincidence....nice landing haha (i bet that never gets old)

GrantHubbell · March 10th, 2005, 20:50

[ QUOTE ]
If I see him, I'm going to say:

"I think your the greatest! But my dad says you don't try hard enough... except during the playoffs....."

[/ QUOTE ]

Murdock : The h**l I don't!! LISTEN KID!
I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA.
I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your
old man to drag Walton and Denier up and down the
court for 48 minutes!

Joey, you like movies about Gladiators?

MikeD · March 10th, 2005, 21:10

[ QUOTE ]

..apparently, doug looks the same as he did in HS.

[/ QUOTE ]

Nah. The hair's different.

DE727UPS · March 10th, 2005, 21:21

"Tell your old man to drag Walton and Denier up and down the
court for 48 minutes!"

It was Lambier, as in Bill Lambier, of the Detroit Pistons. I remember when that movie came out in the theaters.

N9103M · March 11th, 2005, 01:50

[ QUOTE ]
It was probably me. I was in the B concourse between about 11 and 12:30 between flights. Where were you in the concourse? I think I was talking to Kristie enroute to B32.

[/ QUOTE ]

I was walking into the food court....I was on the phone as well....

Small world....

And let me say now, I have never seen so many DL pilots fight over one Jumpseat to DFW... Looks like that base closure is making for one helluva commute.

H46Bubba · March 11th, 2005, 13:48

I'm guilty of the "Hey Doug". I ran into him the morning of the New Years shindig and several weeks ago on our way to Albuquerque. We nonrev almost on a weekly basis and we're always on Doug watch when we roll through ATL.

I_Money · March 11th, 2005, 14:02

I had to stalk Doug to meet him -

Doug Taylor · March 11th, 2005, 18:21

ATL-DFW is one of the busiest jumpseats in the system. Considering, at one time, we rivaled AA's size then shrunk, "sucessfully" downgauged and then got our butts whipped by AA, there are generations of pilots, fa's, and even csr's making the commute.

Maximillian_Jenius · March 11th, 2005, 18:41

[ QUOTE ]
I had to stalk Doug to meet him -

[/ QUOTE ]

....You people who live outside of PHX are funny.
The novelty of Doug the super fantastic celebrity Delta pilot webmaster is kinda gone.
When I see he an Kristie now it's like aiy yo whad up bra? Like catching up with a really good friends.
But it is amazing that I don't see he and Kristie more then what I do considering he only lives 20-25 mins. away from me via the 101!

-Matthew

Doug Taylor · March 11th, 2005, 19:41

Come on up anytime and say hello!

I am not a celebrity, nor do I act like one!

Airwolf · March 11th, 2005, 21:48

[ QUOTE ]
"Tell your old man to drag Walton and Denier up and down the
court for 48 minutes!"

It was Lambier, as in Bill Lambier, of the Detroit Pistons. I remember when that movie came out in the theaters.

[/ QUOTE ]

It's spelled Laimbeer. The quote from the the movie is referring to Bill Walton and Bob Lanier (not Laimbeer). Walton & Lanier were big-time players back then. Not Laimbeer. Airplane! the movie was filmed in 1979 and released into theaters in 1980.

Laimbeer was the 65th overall pick in the 1979 NBA draft, going to Cleveland in the third round. The Cavaliers were so ambivalent about Laimbeer's skills that they didn't offer him a contract until mid-August. By that time, he had agreed to play for Pinti Inox of Brescia in the Italian League. He starred in his only season in Europe, averaging 21.1 points and 12.5 rebounds.
Laimbeer then returned to the United States, put in a solid year for the Cavs in 1980-81, and was traded to Detroit in February 1982 with Kenny Carr for Phil Hubbard, Paul Mokeski and two draft picks.

EricPalmer · March 12th, 2005, 00:57

too funny.

LFC · March 12th, 2005, 04:20

[ QUOTE ]

I am not a celebrity, nor do I act like one!

[/ QUOTE ]

...ok but I still want an autograph.

Kristie · March 12th, 2005, 11:52

yea, i know! we gotta work on that a bit huh?! haha

Doug Taylor · March 12th, 2005, 12:01

[ QUOTE ]
...ok but I still want an autograph.

[/ QUOTE ]

I've got a stack of pre-signed 5x7 glossies that I keep in my flight kit, lemme know and I'll send one!

I'm KIDDING! I'm KIDDING!

DE727UPS · March 12th, 2005, 12:09

Ah yeah. I think you're right about that. That sounds better...Walton and Lanier...

Laimbeer would have been too young for the movie. Thinking about that makes me feel really old. I remember Slick Watts and Lew Alcinder (sp?)

H46Bubba · March 13th, 2005, 10:53

Yeah, you start treating Doug like a star and he gets all giddy and starts blushing!

My wife had him blushing for 15 minutes.

March 10th, 2005, 12:08	#1
N9103M Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Belleville, MI Posts: 235	Doug Sighting.... Well today I'm deadheading to DFW for training, and I'm in ATL on a layover. I go to grab some sustinance from the B-Concourse at about 11:30 or so and low and behold, there is ole' Doug. I decided against the desperate shout of "Doouuuuuuuuuugggggg!" You were on the phone anyway.... Anywho...if you saw the ratty looking freight dawg with the blue uniform....that was my tired azz.... Just killing the boredom....ATL sucks.....

March 10th, 2005, 12:32	#2
Alchemy Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 1,793	Re: Doug Sighting.... The desperate Dooouuuuug shout worked for me! Although his capt did give him a look like WTF, not again. I guess that happens a lot.

March 10th, 2005, 12:53	#3
I_Money Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal Posts: 5,674	Re: Doug Sighting.... When the girls flash from accross the terminal - Doug you will have made it! Nerdy guys yelling 'DDDOOOUUUGGG' does not quite cut it.

March 10th, 2005, 12:54	#4
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 18,758 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Doug Sighting.... yeah.. it does - but he honestly doesn't mind it too much because it helps him put a face to a JC name. however, if he was on the phone - he was probably talking to me, in which case, you could have totally interrupted him and i woulda been laffing my tail off at the "another doug sighting" phenomena getting the "aren't you like that famous website guy" is a lot more fun for him than the "do you know where baggage claim A is?" last weekend while in Vegas, he ran into an old high school friend that he hadn't seen for a good 15-20 years and this guy pointed him right out...apparently, doug looks the same as he did in HS.

March 10th, 2005, 14:33	#5
fly22 Old Skool Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UT, SLC Posts: 1,569	Re: Doug Sighting.... Poor guy always gets yelled at, in the airport. When I met him he was on the escalator above me and I was shouting DOUG, MAN, I'M NOT CRAZY, LOOK DOWN HERE, CAN I BUY YOU A BEER? I think most people he meets now are shouting at him.

March 10th, 2005, 15:00	#6
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,186 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Doug Sighting.... It was probably me. I was in the B concourse between about 11 and 12:30 between flights. Where were you in the concourse? I think I was talking to Kristie enroute to B32.

March 10th, 2005, 20:08	#7
LFC Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 121	Re: Doug Sighting.... When I see you I'm gonna make you sign my chest. ...no seriously.

March 10th, 2005, 20:23	#8
EricPalmer Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Warner Robins Georgia Posts: 84	Re: Doug Sighting.... If I see him, I'm going to say: "I think your the greatest! But my dad says you don't try hard enough... except during the playoffs....."

March 10th, 2005, 20:43	#9
Buckeye757 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 50	Re: Doug Sighting.... I saw Doug a few months back returning from richmond where i was visiting a friend at urichmond. luckily enough doug was the f/o on my flight back to new orleans! what a coincidence....nice landing haha (i bet that never gets old)

March 10th, 2005, 20:50	#10
GrantHubbell Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hanger A-10 Posts: 833	Re: Doug Sighting.... [ QUOTE ] If I see him, I'm going to say: "I think your the greatest! But my dad says you don't try hard enough... except during the playoffs....." [/ QUOTE ] Murdock : The h**l I don't!! LISTEN KID! I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Denier up and down the court for 48 minutes! Joey, you like movies about Gladiators?

March 10th, 2005, 21:10	#11
MikeD Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark Posts: 6,897	Re: Doug Sighting.... [ QUOTE ] ..apparently, doug looks the same as he did in HS. [/ QUOTE ] Nah. The hair's different.

March 10th, 2005, 21:21	#12
DE727UPS Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 6,546	Re: Doug Sighting.... "Tell your old man to drag Walton and Denier up and down the court for 48 minutes!" It was Lambier, as in Bill Lambier, of the Detroit Pistons. I remember when that movie came out in the theaters.

March 11th, 2005, 01:50	#13
N9103M Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Belleville, MI Posts: 235	Re: Doug Sighting.... [ QUOTE ] It was probably me. I was in the B concourse between about 11 and 12:30 between flights. Where were you in the concourse? I think I was talking to Kristie enroute to B32. [/ QUOTE ] I was walking into the food court....I was on the phone as well.... Small world.... And let me say now, I have never seen so many DL pilots fight over one Jumpseat to DFW... Looks like that base closure is making for one helluva commute.

March 11th, 2005, 13:48	#14
H46Bubba Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CVG Posts: 4,332	Re: Doug Sighting.... I'm guilty of the "Hey Doug". I ran into him the morning of the New Years shindig and several weeks ago on our way to Albuquerque. We nonrev almost on a weekly basis and we're always on Doug watch when we roll through ATL.

March 11th, 2005, 14:02	#15
I_Money Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal Posts: 5,674	Re: Doug Sighting.... I had to stalk Doug to meet him -

March 11th, 2005, 18:21	#16
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,186 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Doug Sighting.... ATL-DFW is one of the busiest jumpseats in the system. Considering, at one time, we rivaled AA's size then shrunk, "sucessfully" downgauged and then got our butts whipped by AA, there are generations of pilots, fa's, and even csr's making the commute.

March 11th, 2005, 18:41	#17
Maximillian_Jenius Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: KPHX, KFFZ, KIWA Posts: 19,019	Re: Doug Sighting.... [ QUOTE ] I had to stalk Doug to meet him - [/ QUOTE ] ....You people who live outside of PHX are funny. The novelty of Doug the super fantastic celebrity Delta pilot webmaster is kinda gone. When I see he an Kristie now it's like aiy yo whad up bra? Like catching up with a really good friends. But it is amazing that I don't see he and Kristie more then what I do considering he only lives 20-25 mins. away from me via the 101! -Matthew

March 11th, 2005, 19:41	#18
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,186 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Doug Sighting.... Come on up anytime and say hello! I am not a celebrity, nor do I act like one!

March 11th, 2005, 21:48	#19
Airwolf Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Holden Beach, NC (60J) Posts: 8	Re: Doug Sighting.... [ QUOTE ] "Tell your old man to drag Walton and Denier up and down the court for 48 minutes!" It was Lambier, as in Bill Lambier, of the Detroit Pistons. I remember when that movie came out in the theaters. [/ QUOTE ] It's spelled Laimbeer. The quote from the the movie is referring to Bill Walton and Bob Lanier (not Laimbeer). Walton & Lanier were big-time players back then. Not Laimbeer. Airplane! the movie was filmed in 1979 and released into theaters in 1980. Laimbeer was the 65th overall pick in the 1979 NBA draft, going to Cleveland in the third round. The Cavaliers were so ambivalent about Laimbeer's skills that they didn't offer him a contract until mid-August. By that time, he had agreed to play for Pinti Inox of Brescia in the Italian League. He starred in his only season in Europe, averaging 21.1 points and 12.5 rebounds. Laimbeer then returned to the United States, put in a solid year for the Cavs in 1980-81, and was traded to Detroit in February 1982 with Kenny Carr for Phil Hubbard, Paul Mokeski and two draft picks.

March 12th, 2005, 00:57	#20
EricPalmer Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Warner Robins Georgia Posts: 84	Re: Doug Sighting.... too funny.

March 12th, 2005, 04:20	#21
LFC Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 121	Re: Doug Sighting.... [ QUOTE ] I am not a celebrity, nor do I act like one! [/ QUOTE ] ...ok but I still want an autograph.

March 12th, 2005, 11:52	#22
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 18,758 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Doug Sighting.... yea, i know! we gotta work on that a bit huh?! haha

March 12th, 2005, 12:01	#23
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,186 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Doug Sighting.... [ QUOTE ] ...ok but I still want an autograph. [/ QUOTE ] I've got a stack of pre-signed 5x7 glossies that I keep in my flight kit, lemme know and I'll send one! I'm KIDDING! I'm KIDDING!

March 12th, 2005, 12:09	#24
DE727UPS Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 6,546	Re: Doug Sighting.... Ah yeah. I think you're right about that. That sounds better...Walton and Lanier... Laimbeer would have been too young for the movie. Thinking about that makes me feel really old. I remember Slick Watts and Lew Alcinder (sp?)

March 13th, 2005, 10:53	#25
H46Bubba Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CVG Posts: 4,332	Re: Doug Sighting.... Yeah, you start treating Doug like a star and he gets all giddy and starts blushing! My wife had him blushing for 15 minutes.

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