Air Travel

My friend said she would be flying over for christmas from america, but now shes saying that she cant as her dad wont sign some papers. What papers could this be? Shes 21 so i was assuming she's classed as an adult.

2007-12-20 15:56:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you leave the States on an Airplane, do you also have to show your Passport to the US Border Patrol on the Airport, or do you only need to show it to the Border Patrol of the Country You enter?????

If so, let's say you fly from the USA to Spain but you got a layover in another US state first, will you have to show any kind of identifications when you enter the Airport from the plane for your layover, or will you only have to do that if you would want to leave the airport?

2007-12-20 14:17:18 · 6 answers · asked by downONonesLuck 2

one-way or roundtrip from phoenix, az to kansas city, mo? ive checked the top fifty results on google but i wonder if there are unknown places i didnt catch. oh and these are for the holiday weekend (x-mas eve arrival at LEAST) doesnt matter when the return trip is.

2007-12-20 13:56:32 · 6 answers · asked by triskaidekaphobia 3

2007-12-20 12:49:27 · 16 answers · asked by bex920 3

And does it go through the xray? If so, will that damage the computer?

2007-12-20 12:40:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi guys. I'm flying alone, tomorrow, to go visit my family. I am 13, but I am scared...of the whole thing! I mean I am smart enough to know what to do but still.

2007-12-20 11:12:33 · 5 answers · asked by burninfireball 1

2007-12-20 06:52:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a flight from charlottesville, va to orange county,ca with a conneting flight in cincinatti. this is the first time i hve to fly without an escort and im freaked out that i'll have to get from terminal A to terminal D in a short amount of time..

any tips please? anything would helppp...

thanks in advance

2007-12-20 03:14:28 · 11 answers · asked by stinaballerina 2

2007-12-19 20:02:04 · 86 answers · asked by Judas Rabbi 7

is it worthy?

2007-12-19 19:03:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are yalls opinions of Putin becoming Man of the Year? I'm not in school this week so I haven't read the article. Does anyone know what it says. I know he highly respected in Russia by the youth.

2007-12-19 17:26:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does it really suck getting a buddy pass from Jetblue? What do you have to do when you get the buddy pass do you have to call somewhere?

2007-12-19 05:33:50 · 1 answers · asked by carlosssssssssssss 1

I want to book an award ticket on a Continental flight that has a Delta codeshare flight #. I have a FF account with both Delta and Continental. I don't have enough miles in either account for a free flight, but if I combine them, I do. Does any know if I can apply miles from both programs to buy a single ticket? Seems like it should be possible since it's the exact same plane...

2007-12-19 03:29:58 · 3 answers · asked by Mark M 3

I've lived in the border all of my life. Sometimes I travel on the American airport and sometimes I travel on the Mexican airport. Ever since I was a boy I remember the airplane ALWAYS being late on the American size, and the plane always being on time in Mexico. It was no surprise to me when I was a teen when Aeromexico was declared the most punctual airline in the planet, it has been that way for over a decade.
The other day I was on the American airport, the plane was delayed as ALWAYS, so I mentioned how this wouldn't happen if we had taken the plane on the Mexican side.
I was surprised people didn't know airplanes in Mexico always land the minute they say they will.

All anyone has to do is to type "Aeromexico" and "punctual" on any search engine to see the hundreds of articles about the most punctual airline in the planet.

I just found out most people don't know this,

Why is this not common knowledge?

2007-12-19 01:15:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

The background:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/

Time has made it's decision, but would you pick someone else to be Person of the Year?

Who would it be? Why?

Feel free to be serious or humorous in your answer, thanks.

2007-12-19 00:59:07 · 13 answers · asked by Abby O'Normal 6

2007-12-19 00:27:12 · 5 answers · asked by Scotty Doesnt Know 7

Just raise the prices for Christ's sake. They are all losing money hand over fist because their margins are miniscule and their passengers are becoming exactly the type of customer that has no right whatsoever being on an airliner.
I don't want to sit next to filthy scumbags who have one foot in the gutter or the grave. They are alcoholics, drug addicts, nearly homeless sticking bums. They have tuberculosis and hepatitus and god knows what else, and i am trapped for 5 hours practically sitting on their lap in a cattle-car with wings.

It used to be that airfares were only affordable to those with means. Now they are within reach of 99% of the population and the result is obvious to anyone who's ever had to sit next to a drunken unwashed slob who spends his workdays scrubbing toilets. Airfare should start at 2500 dollars and never drop below that again.

2007-12-18 23:27:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

it just adds 50 dollars to whatever my "Bid" is.
I bet $1.. the total is $51.00 to fly to San jose.


Is that real?

Common, If i bid $20 for that flight.

and i give my credit card.

Is is guarenteed to me?

how can they do that?

i dont get it.

2007-12-18 19:27:55 · 5 answers · asked by Matthew David 4

I wanted to check to see if a flight has been booked. the only thing I know is the date, name of person flying, and the locations of departure/and where they will land. Can someone tell me if I can find out if in fact a ticket has been purchased.

2007-12-18 15:31:00 · 9 answers · asked by neicee1972 1

2007-12-18 08:47:00 · 11 answers · asked by hobo 7

2007-12-18 04:18:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 17:19:44 · 4 answers · asked by Cody M 1

It's just a silly rhetorical question

2007-12-17 09:48:32 · 6 answers · asked by zelos 2

I did.

2007-12-17 07:30:48 · 3 answers · asked by cool girl 5

So when we hear about planes skidding off runways, what do the passengers on the plane usually get after that happens? Free air travel for life?

2007-12-17 00:58:52 · 4 answers · asked by b-rad 3

I'm planning to travel from Dhaka, bangladesh to London, UK with my 5 months old daughter in economy class of Emirates. Has anyone travelled with infant in economy class? Do you think its better to go in business class? I'm travelling alone and I breast feed my baby. Thanks

2007-12-16 23:21:00 · 5 answers · asked by star_unknown1 3

He will go biserk if he has to go 8 hours without a
cigarette.I know all US air carriers are no smoking.
Does British Airways allow smoking on their flights
from JFK-LHR? or any other airline? Knowing him
he will tear out a panel in the lavatory to make a cubby hole to stay away from the smoke dectector.
Bottom line is he will not go if he can't smoke.

2007-12-16 14:08:51 · 12 answers · asked by upsers59 2

NTSB;
CONCLUSIONS

1. On average, an evacuation for the study cases occurred every 11 days. An average of 336,328 departures occurred every 11 days in 1998 by scheduled aircraft operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121.

2. In the 46 study cases, 92 percent (2,614) of the 2,846 occupants on board were uninjured, and 8 percent (232) were injured.

3. The Federal Aviation Administration does not evaluate the emergency evacuation capabilities of transport-category airplanes with fewer than 44 passenger seats or the emergency evacuation capabilities of air carriers operating commuter-category and transport-category airplanes with fewer than 44 passenger seats. In the interest of providing one level of safety, all passenger-carrying commercial airplanes and air carriers should be required to demonstrate emergency evacuation capabilities.

4. Adequate research has not been conducted to determine the appropriate exit row width on commercial airplanes.

5. In general, passengers in the Safety Board's study cases were able to access airplane exits without difficulty, except for the Little Rock, Arkansas, accident that occurred on June 1, 1999, in which interior cabin furnishings became dislodged and were obstacles to some passengers' access to exits.

6. Emergency lighting systems functioned as intended in the 30 evacuation cases investigated in detail.

7. In 43 of the 46 evacuation cases in the Safety Board's study, floor level exit doors were opened without difficulty.

8. Passengers continue to have problems opening overwing exits and stowing the hatch. The manner in which the exit is opened and the hatch is stowed is not intuitively obvious to passengers nor is it easily depicted graphically.

9. Most passengers seated in exit rows do not read the safety information provided to assist them in understanding the tasks they may need to perform in the event of an emergency evacuation, and they do not receive personal briefings from flight attendants even though personal briefings can aid passengers in their understanding of the tasks that they may be called upon to perform.

10. On some Fokker airplanes, flight attendants are seated too far from their assigned primary exit to provide immediate assistance to passengers who attempt to evacuate through the exit.

11. Overall, in 37 percent (7 of 19) of the evacuations with slide deployments in the Safety Board's study cases, there were problems with at least one slide. A slide problem in 37 percent of the evacuations in which slides were deployed is unacceptable for a safety system.

12. The majority of serious evacuation-related injuries in the Safety Board's study cases, excluding the Little Rock, Arkansas, accident, occurred at airplane door and overwing exits without slides.

13. Pilots are not receiving consistent guidance, particularly in flight operations and safety manuals, on when to evacuate an airplane.

14. Passengers benefit from precautionary safety briefings just prior to emergency occurrences.

15. Limiting exit use during evacuations in the Safety Board's study was not in accordance with the respective air carrier's existing evacuation procedures. At a minimum, all available floor level exits that are not blocked by a hazard should be used during an evacuation.

16. Evacuations involving slide use could be delayed if passengers sit at exits before boarding a slide or if crew commands do not direct passengers how to get onto a slide.

17. Without hands-on training specific to the airplane types that frequent their airports, aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel may be hindered in their ability to quickly and efficiently assist during evacuations.

18. Communication and coordination problems continue to exist between flight crews and flight attendants during airplane evacuations. Joint exercises for flight crews and flight attendants on evacuation have proven effective in resolving these problems.

19. Despite efforts and various techniques over the years to improve passenger attention to safety briefings, a large percentage of passengers continue to ignore preflight safety briefings. Also, despite guidance in the form of Federal Aviation Administration advisory circulars, many air carrier safety briefing cards do not clearly communicate safety information to passengers.

20. Passengers' efforts to evacuate an airplane with their carry-on baggage continue to pose a problem for flight attendants and are a serious risk to a successful evacuation of an airplane. Techniques on how to handle passengers who do not listen to flight attendants' instructions need to be addressed.

21. Unwarranted evacuations following Boeing 727 auxiliary power unit (APU) torching continue to exist despite past efforts by the Federal Aviation Administration to address this issue.

22. Evacuations continue to occur that are hampered by inefficient communication. Current evacuation communication would be significantly enhanced by the installation of independently powered evacuation alarms on all newly manufactured transport-category airplanes.

23. The frequency of false indications on the two regional airplanes in the Safety Board's study cases-the Saab 340 and the Canadair Regional Jet-is too high. There are insufficient data, however, to determine if the frequency of false smoke indications is peculiar to the two regional airplanes in the Safety Board's study or if the problem is more widespread.

24. Air carriers do not always make reports to the FAA SDR system, or reports are inadequate, to identify the extent of component problems or failures.

SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS

As a result of this safety study, the National Transportation Safety Board made the following safety recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration:

1.a Require all newly certificated commercial airplanes to meet the evacuation demonstration requirements prescribed in Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 25, regardless of the number of passenger seats on the airplane.

1.b Require all commercial operators to meet the partial evacuation demonstration requirements prescribed in Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121, regardless of the number of passenger seats on the airplane.

2. Conduct additional research that examines the effects of different exit row widths, including 13 inches and 20 inches, on exit hatch removal and egress at Type III exits. The research should use an experimental design that reliably reflects actual evacuations through Type III (self help) exits on commercial airplanes.

3. Issue a final rule on exit row width at Type III (self help) exits based on the research described in Safety Recommendation (forthcoming).

4. Require Type III overwing (self help) exits on newly manufactured aircraft to be easy and intuitive to open and have automatic hatch stowage out of the egress path.

5. Require air carriers to provide all passengers seated in exit rows in which a qualified crewmember is not seated a preflight personal briefing on what to do in the event the exit may be needed.

6. Require flight attendants on Fokker 28 and Fokker 100 airplanes to be seated adjacent to their assigned primary exit. (This recommendation may be revised)

7. Review the 6-foot height requirement for exit assist means to determine if 6 feet continues to be the appropriate height below which an assist means is not needed. This review should include, at a minimum, an examination of injuries sustained during evacuations.

8. Require flight operations manuals and safety manuals to include on abnormal and emergency procedures checklists a checklist item that directs flight crews to initiate or consider emergency evacuation in all emergencies that could reasonably require an airplane evacuation (for example, cabin fire or engine fire).

9. Review air carriers' procedures to ensure that for those situations in which crews anticipate an eventual evacuation, adequate guidance is given both to pilots and flight attendants on providing passengers with precautionary safety briefings.

10. Review air carrier training programs to ensure that evacuation procedures call, at a minimum, for evacuation through all available floor level exits that are not blocked by a hazard.

11. Review air carrier procedures and training programs to ensure that the commands used for slide evacuations are consistent with the commands used for slide evacuations during certification.

12. Establish a task force to address the issue of providing periodic hands-on familiarization training, or the equivalent, for aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel at all 14 CFR Part 139 certified airports on each airplane type that serves the airport on a scheduled basis.

13. Require air carriers to conduct periodic joint evacuation exercises involving flight crews and flight attendants.

14. Conduct research and explore creative and effective methods that use state-of-the-art technology to convey safety information to passengers. The presented information should include a demonstration of all emergency evacuation procedures, such as how to open the emergency exits and exit the aircraft, including how to use the slides.

15. Require minimum comprehension testing for safety briefing cards.

16. Develop advisory material to address ways to minimize the problems associated with carry-on luggage during evacuations.

17. Require air carriers that operate Boeing 727s to include in the auxiliary power unit (APU) procedures instructions, when passengers are on board, that the flight crew will make a public address announcement about APU starts immediately prior to starting the APU. (This recommendation may be revised)

18. Require all newly manufactured transport-category airplanes operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 to be equipped with independently powered evacuation alarm systems operable from each crewmember station, and establish procedures and provide training to flight crews and flight attendants regarding the use of such systems.

19. Document the extent of false indications for cargo smoke detectors on all airplanes and improve the reliability of the detectors.

2007-12-16 11:05:22 · 4 answers · asked by stuttgart 3

im going on a plane trip thats 12 hours long + layovers
so i realllyyy need some songs: anything thats relaxing
:)

2007-12-15 20:42:43 · 2 answers · asked by Aims 3

3 days ago i was flying home on my private jet, then bout 1 hour into the flight a strange blue glow started glowing all around the plane, we don't know what it was or what caused it do any of you know?

2007-12-15 16:05:33 · 3 answers · asked by king_jon1982 1