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"Prop" Commuter planes SUCK!! My ears are killing the hell out of me :(

NFS4

NFS4

No Lifer
Caught a plane from Baltimore to Raleigh this afternoon. My plane was scheduled for 4:00, but the flight before mine was a bit late coming/leaving in so the attendent asked me if I wanted to catch it (it was leaving at ~2:40). Of course I jumped on it and headed out.

Bad thing is, the damn plane was almost all they way full so I had to sit in the front row, front left corner of the plane---BESIDE THE DAMN PROPELLER/ENGINE!!!!!). My 5'10" frame was squeezed into that tiny space for an hour:| On top of that, the droning, vibrating engine in my left ear was about to kill me.

Argghhh. Now I got tons of work to do
 
i would never fly in a propeler plane hahahaha...hahahaha

did someone have to manually spin the propeller to get it
running hahahahaha lol
 
Well, at least you know never to fly in one of those again...unless it's like an absolutely emergency or something..
 
Hehe, my ears kept popping in and out the whole way there. Couple that with the fact that I'm not to keen with the idea of flying anyway 🙂

It is better than driving for 6 hours on I-95/I-85 though...
 
Ahh the joys of small planes. The memories:

Check In Chick: Welcome to XXX.. blah blah blah.. Did any funny looking terrorist give you a package... blah blah

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.
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Windogg: So do I get a windows or aisle seat
Check In Chick: Both

Windogg
 
I recall one commuter plane trip two years ago that lasted about 17 minutes. We taxied from the gate to the runway, took off, made a steep bank to starboard, flew back around to the beginning of the runway, landed and taxied back to the gate.

Seems after take-off, a door indicator said a door was not latched. After landing we had to seek flight options with other airlines because the commuter plane company had no on-site mechanics to diagnose and repair the problem.

I missed my flight from West Palm to Tampa, and my connection to Denver via Dallas.

The airline sent me by free limo to Ft. Lauderdale to catch a flight to Denver. Missed it by 10 mintues, they just closed the door at the gate.

They then sent me to Miami to catch a flight to Denver. Arrived on time. Finally took off, five hours late. Made it to Denver, missed all possible fights to N. Dakota, except for another commuter, the last of the night. Had to wait on stand-by. Someone didn't show up, I got the last seat. Made it to my final destination, 8 hours late.

The return flights were uneventful.

Cummuters aren't my first choice but I'll not turn one down when I need one.

🙂
 
NFS4 - I used to travel 100%. We had a pact, if you made it to your destination the same day you intended to, you didn't have a story unless an engine caught fire (happened to one of us).

I've ridden plenty of prop planes. They're fine.

Michael
 
Not when you're sitting beside the engine with the propeller about 4 feet away from your ear 😉
 
You know it's going to be a bad flight when the pilot, in the pilot's seat fires up the props and then yells back at you that if you don't close the rear hatch, it's gonna be a rough ride. Even funnier was when he was "load balancing" the plane because of the fat chick that was riding with us. He stuffed extra luggage on the opposite side of the plane to counterbalance her "fatness". Ahhhh...the excitement of riding on a puddle-skipper....
 
NFS4 - I've done that quite a few times with much more than an hour trip. I also have ridden a 10 seat prop plane that took off into a thunderstorm. That was loads of fun.

For about 2 years, I was flying 2-3 times a week. And for 4 years I was travelling 100%. Flying coach to Asia was so much fun. Or flying from Newark to Europe and going straight to work. I used to always rent a red GrandAm just so I would have one less thing to remember and always wrote my room number down because I was changing so much.

Michael

ps - at least many prop planes are being replaced by small jets
 


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Dude you are such a baby always complaining about something.

Get rid of that sissy ass Camry and get yourself a fast car.
 


<< Dude you are such a baby always complaining about something. >>


Complaining is apart of the American scope...as for you, you lying neff; shouldn't you have been banned by now?
 
Im not banned cause I dont nef. Now you should have been banned years ago but since you and The Boss are friends you get special treatment.fruit
 
Riiiight. Excuses excuses. I've been here since '97 even looong before I ever met Anand so you can take that crap and shove it.

I'm through arguing with you. Besides, that's how you get your kicks. You LOVE to be flamed. You LOVE getting people to curse you. It just builds you up. I will not add to it.
 
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