Sorry, little hijack on the thread. It's for tomkerton. Was speechless at work today and you'll get it. Very busy with inbounds on the RT and a far east pilot asks, "London, are you on day light saving hours?". I reply, "eh pass message again". Repeats it. By this point I'm flummoxed when a very proper English voice replies, "yes we are and London, is there any holding?". I'm giggling away when the far east pilot asks, "so what's the local time?". Once again, proper English captain, "it's tea time". Due inability to talk without giggling I may have contributed to some delays...
As I hate flying not being able to see out would be a good thing .
Do airlines not use Zulu time?
Nope I do like a window. Love being in one of Manchester's stacks and trying to pin point landmarks plus I always pre book row 6A on short haul flights, nice view of the engine.
Have always requested window seats or pre booked seats.
Did Manchester to Chicago in the middle rows and hated it.
Wouldn't miss windows at all...I fly to Oz and back 6 or 7 times a year with work, and 95% of the flight is spent with the windows closed anyway so people can sleep. Though there is always inconsiderate tosser who opens the window to make sure some poor bugger gets blinded by the intense sunlight at 38000ft.
I always try to get a window seat if I can.
I've seen the most wondrous things from an aircraft window. Huge Himalayan glaciers, icebergs, the vastness of the Australian outback, frozen seas with cars driving on them near Finland, coral reefs in the Caribbean, large ships plying their trade across vast oceans, The Florida Everglades with their maze of water channels, approaching Tenerife with its big volcano as the sun sets, amazing cloud formations, Central London on a crystal clear night, the list could continue but I think you get the idea.
Yet throughout all these times, when I've been practically licking the window with excitement and fumbling for my camera, there's most others on the plane with either their window blinds closed shut, not interested, or too busy catching up with the latest series of 24 etc to even bother lifting their eyes from their setback screens to see what's outside. Each to their own I know but I can't help feeling really, really sorry for these people sometimes.
the vastness of the Australian outback,
Cheers for the reminder, thats 4 hrs of Sunday I'm not getting back...
the vastness of the Australian outback,
The first time I flew to Oz, the excitement when the captain announces we're crossing the (north) coast. Then 4, 5 hours later... it's still brown. That's when you realise that yes, Australia is a pretty big country 🙂
the grand canyon is pretty impressive from 30,000 ft.
