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June 30th, 2007, 01:29
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|  Nice, France Trip We had a hellish time Wednesday night, luckily I had a good crew and a great Captain. We were supposed to push from JFK at 19:00, so the brief is at 17:30. I got the paperwork early and did the plotting chart... 17:30 comes and it's just me in the briefing room... I check the computer and neither one has signed in yet, just me... I stroll around looking for the other two who I know by sight since I've flown with them before but no dice... I check the "quiet" room to see if one of them is sleeping in there, no... finally I call crew skeds; "the Captain's on the 13:30 BOS shuttle which is just taking off, he'll be late, the other F/O is coming in late from DCA..." No problem, I'll go out to the airplane and get everything ready... just as I'm leaving the other F/O shows up, he was driving in from Bucks County, PA and there was a wreck on the highway, so he's only few minutes late... we head out to the airplane, I meet and brief the flight attendants and tell the agent what's going on and to board the pax at the normal time so when the Captain show up we can close the door and go... Pax are all loaded, 19:00 come and goes and no Captain... so I'm in the jetway composing my message for 200 Nice passengers when El Capitano shows up at 19:10... Yay, I fill him in and we close the door! Crisis averted... NOT! Now the fun really begins... The wx that had delayed the shuttle flights moves in over JFK. Heavy thunderstorms with lightning which keeps shutting down the ramp (no rampers can be outside for fear of lightning strike)... We've only begun to push when the first ramp shutdown occurs... happens 3 more times, finally one pax decides to get off, we have to get the jetway back and deplane him, others consider getting off... We finally push for real around midnight, now we're looking at crew duty day issues; we do the calculations, we have a 14 hour duty day which we can voluntarily extend to 16 but cannot exceed that. So with our flight time we figure out we have to be off the ground by 02:16 or we're out of duty time! Needless to say things were chaotic on the ground, we start taxiing and figure we're number 60 or so in line, no way are we going to get off by 02:16... Finally various airliners start telling ground that they have ____ minutes or they'll have to go back to the gate, the controller did an excellent job moving people up to the head of the line... we finally are about 25 or 30 from takeoff when I tell her we have 17 minutes... She moves us to the head of the line and we took off at 02:13!!! 3 minutes to spare... Got into Nice at 15:30 local, 7 & 1/2 hours late. I stood in the door to say goodbye since I did the landing and every passenger thanked us for sticking with it and getting them out. Some of them were upset at JFK, but it helped that we had air-conditioning and did beverage services etc, the flight attendants did a great job... Ugh! I've been flying out of JFK for 7+ years and that was the worst ever! I still took pics, though... Here's my commute in, guess on which Airline? (Hint: don't tell Velocipede) DSCN2149.JPG DSCN2150.JPG Crew room JFK... DSCN2151.JPG DSCN2152.JPG DSCN2160.JPG Kevin
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June 30th, 2007, 01:34
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| Re: Nice, France Trip
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June 30th, 2007, 01:38
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June 30th, 2007, 01:41
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June 30th, 2007, 01:47
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Nice hotel... DSCN2173.JPG DSCN2175.JPG DSCN2177.JPG DSCN2178.JPG Dinner... DSCN2180.JPG DSCN2181.JPG DSCN2182.JPG DSCN2183.JPG DSCN2187.JPG Kevin
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June 30th, 2007, 01:51
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Mmmm, Gelato! DSCN2191.JPG DSCN2192.JPG DSCN2193.JPG DSCN2194.JPG I'll post the rest tomorrow, right now I'm sleep deprived! Kevin
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June 30th, 2007, 01:59
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Ahhh, but Nice is so nice! That gelato looks yummy! Sorry about the JFK bummer. Seems to be going around. I just read that NWA has cancelled over 1000 flights this week. Folks, welcome to the 2 busiest weeks of the summer travel season! Thanks for the photos. |
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June 30th, 2007, 02:03
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| Agent Smith  | Re: Nice, France Trip Hey man!  That's the corner where I store my LOOT on six day trips!
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June 30th, 2007, 14:01
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Wayne's, 1/2 price happy hour 5-9... DSCN2195.JPG Smart cars crack me up... DSCN2198.JPG Walking home after dinner... DSCN2202.JPG DSCN2203.JPG Kevin
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June 30th, 2007, 14:04
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Hmmm...those places look familiar. Is Wayne's down a little alleyway, and does Negresco's have a statue of Louis Armstrong out front? |
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June 30th, 2007, 14:05
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| Re: Nice, France Trip The next morning, the hotel always does this for us... DSCN2205.JPG The lobby... DSCN2206.JPG Bibi drinking coffee... DSCN2207.JPG Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go... DSCN2208.JPG DSCN2209.JPG DSCN2210.JPG DSCN2212.JPG Kevin
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June 30th, 2007, 14:08
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June 30th, 2007, 14:11
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| Re: Nice, France Trip LFMN departure... DSCN2216.JPG DSCN2217.JPG DSCN2219.JPG DSCN2220.JPG DSCN2222.JPG DSCN2223.JPG Kevin
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June 30th, 2007, 14:14
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| Re: Nice, France Trip On the NATS... DSCN2225.JPG DSCN2226.JPG DSCN2227.JPG DSCN2228.JPG DSCN2229.JPG DSCN2230.JPG DSCN2231.JPG Kevin
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June 30th, 2007, 14:17
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June 30th, 2007, 14:20
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| Re: Nice, France Trip JFK arrival... DSCN2237.JPG DSCN2238.JPG DSCN2239.JPG DSCN2240.JPG DSCN2241.JPG DSCN2242.JPG DSCN2243.JPG DSCN2245.JPG DSCN2246.JPG DSCN2247.JPG Kevin
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June 30th, 2007, 14:20
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| Re: Nice, France Trip those are awesome pics - thanks for sharing!
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June 30th, 2007, 14:21
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June 30th, 2007, 14:25
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Commute home on UAL, thanks guys! DSCN2253.JPG DSCN2254.JPG DSCN2255.JPG DSCN2256.JPG DSCN2258.JPG That's it! Kevin
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June 30th, 2007, 14:39
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Awesome pics! Were you seriously #60 in line?
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June 30th, 2007, 14:50
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Quote:
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June 30th, 2007, 14:57
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Very random but good shots! Nice share!
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July 1st, 2007, 09:40
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  | Re: Nice, France Trip Excellent pictures....thank you for sharing!
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July 1st, 2007, 10:54
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| Re: Nice, France Trip mr. stapleton thank you very much for the photos. i get a kick everytime i see them. you put a lot of energy and effort into this site and i do believe i speak for most when i say thank you. please keep them coming! |
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July 1st, 2007, 11:06
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| Re: Nice, France Trip Awesome pics man! I can't freakin wait till I'm there. |
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