Airlines

A slight case of Fred Drift here...I have snorkelled with Carribean Reef sharks in the Bahamas. All of them were bigger than me. The sharks were being fed by the staff at Stuart Cove's Dive Centre, all very safe and a tourist activity. I have also met with a Barracuda in Jamaica, again, big fish, easily as big as me, circled me 3 times and got bored. The Dive Master had a very large knife in her hand, just in case )

I think the sharks on land are bigger and nastier though. Some of them even masquerade as friends :(

I don't have too much problem with grotty old planes, my take is that the folks up front get some flying practice in, in contrast to brand new planes, where the folks up front have to read the manual, look at a computer screen and push buttons.
That being a gross generalisation :lol:

Those 737's are not THAT old Bandit.... :mrgreen:

Tony_H wrote:Those 737's are not THAT old Bandit.... :mrgreen:

True, but I am )

I'll have you know that I've been to Bulgaria on a Tupoloev 154. Best in flight meal I've ever eaten. Pork chop with the bone, plus veg :D

The plane landed at Plovdiv, (eventually) which at the time was only just ex-military I think.

I have flown from Dubrovnik to Ohrid on a Tupelov 134, which are much older and worse than the 154. Its the ones with the glass noses cones, converted bomber parts I understand! Horrible plane. Good vodka though.

The airports around much of eastern europe used for tourists were and often still are military bases!

Tony_H wrote:I have flown from Dubrovnik to Ohrid on a Tupelov 134, which are much older and worse than the 154. Its the ones with the glass noses cones, converted bomber parts I understand! Horrible plane. Good vodka though.

The airports around much of eastern europe used for tourists were and often still are military bases!

:lol: I bet the pilot, had to really fly that!

I do remember the taxiing at Plovdiv, and the radar scanner was in a military lorry in the middle of the airfield. I didn't try the Vodka, I expect I missed out )