John1 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Flying home from a job in PA today was a surreal experience. Washington/ Dulles is one of the busiest airports in the US. Passing through it at noontime, it was a ghost town. Just a shell of itself with closed restaurants / shops and empty terminals. I walked down a terminal for nearly 20 gates and passed a single person (a janitor). Saw a 787 heading to S Korea with maybe 30 passengers lined up to board. IAD has over a hundred gates. As we taxi’d out, I saw a total of three occupied. Sad. I’m so done with 2020. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving folks. Edited November 25, 2020 by John1 LSP_K2, mpk, RadBaron and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Safe travels to you as well. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Wow. The fact that you were able to fly at all is something to be thankful for. Have a good one and remember to raise a glass for everyone who will be somewhere other than home on Thursday. Rick Griewski, John1 and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pup7309 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Please, let's leave off the covid opinions. We just do not need it. JerseyChris, Kagemusha and D.B. Andrus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, LSP_Mike said: Please, let's leave off the covid opinions. We just do not need it. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Can we please keep it on a level, and civilised folks, many people who are being tested at this difficult time. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Sorry, I’m a little confused here. “Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving folks, “Safe travels....”, “raise a glass....,” “Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday” are offensive?? How?? Nobody said a word about that which apparently cannot be named. John 1 was just telling us what he saw and some of us commiserated because we too remember how busy IAD used to be and wished him a safe and speedy trip home. Has the grinch stolen Thanksgiving as well? LSP_Matt and PhilB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 13 minutes ago, Oldbaldguy said: Sorry, I’m a little confused here. “Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving folks, “Safe travels....”, “raise a glass....,” “Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday” are offensive?? How?? Nobody said a word about that which apparently cannot be named. John 1 was just telling us what he saw and some of us commiserated because we too remember how busy IAD used to be and wished him a safe and speedy trip home. Has the grinch stolen Thanksgiving as well? The posts in question have already been removed, it has nothing to do with any Thanksgiving greetings LSP_K2 and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Nasty, disruptive comments people make are usually hidden before we can see them. Good policy, keeps the peace. MikeC, R Palimaka, Kagemusha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 My apologies to all for not being read in. I’m all for keeping the peace. The turkey made me do it. chrish, D.B. Andrus and John1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 I flew out to San Francisco about 12-15 years ago to meet my wife that was taking classes. Typical Atlanta mess, got on one of those wide bodies with the row of seats in the middle (sad, I know. On an airplane modeling forum and I don’t know what kind of airplane I was on) But from ATL to San Fran there was only 3 or 4 passengers on the plane. It was the last time I was on a plane that was not over booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 2 hours ago, ScottsGT said: I flew out to San Francisco about 12-15 years ago to meet my wife that was taking classes. Typical Atlanta mess, got on one of those wide bodies with the row of seats in the middle (sad, I know. On an airplane modeling forum and I don’t know what kind of airplane I was on) But from ATL to San Fran there was only 3 or 4 passengers on the plane. It was the last time I was on a plane that was not over booked. My flight home to PVD had at best a quarter of the seats filled. Granted it was a small EMB-145 but I think this was the first time in a decade or so that my plane hasn't been full or close to full. On the plus side they are again serving snacks and soft drinks. Asked the FA for a beer, she told me she wished they'd start allowing them to sell booze, with all the stress this year, it would probably be a good thing for all concerned. Hope by this time next year, we are all in better shape. Out2gtcha, chrish and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pup7309 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 1 hour ago, John1 said: My flight home to PVD had at best a quarter of the seats filled. Granted it was a small EMB-145 but I think this was the first time in a decade or so that my plane hasn't been full or close to full. On the plus side they are again serving snacks and soft drinks. Asked the FA for a beer, she told me she wished they'd start allowing them to sell booze, with all the stress this year, it would probably be a good thing for all concerned. Hope by this time next year, we are all in better shape. Plenty of seats and snacks but no booze! Oh well the Covid won’t last forever- have a few to make up for it after you land- enjoy your holiday :D John1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 14 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: The posts in question have already been removed, it has nothing to do with any Thanksgiving greetings If I might be a little constructive here. If the mods had said that posts had been removed in addition to the warning about future posts then it would have made sense. As it was it looked like people were being warned for no visible reason and couldn't understand why. Just sayin' LSP_K2, Oldbaldguy, LSP_Matt and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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