Comments on: A Grand Circle Tour http://brianjbecker.com/uncategorized/a-grand-circle-tour/ From the American Southwest to the Heart of Africa Sun, 20 May 2012 03:41:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nono http://brianjbecker.com/uncategorized/a-grand-circle-tour/#comment-156 Nono Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:50:24 +0000 http://brianjbecker.com/?p=60#comment-156 bonjour, moi j'ai mal car english for me is very difficult good things. bonjour, moi j’ai mal car english for me is very difficult

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]]> By: Dave Larson http://brianjbecker.com/uncategorized/a-grand-circle-tour/#comment-152 Dave Larson Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:47:35 +0000 http://brianjbecker.com/?p=60#comment-152 Kin-Kan-Buk-Kis? Didn't anyone tell u that they don't give frequent flyer miles on UN flights? (Frequent die-er miles maybe...oops, I forgot...your mom might be reading this...). Glad u got home eventually. Onec, I got on a flight scheduled to leave at noon from Harare, Zimbabwe and land in Nairobi at about 4:00. I would then have a short layover before connecting on a 6:00 flight to the U.S. The flight from Harare took off on time, but then they announced "Welcome to Flight 123...We'll be making a brief stop ON THE WAY to NAIROBI today, in Dar es Salaam". I asked what time we'd arrive in Nairobi after this "brief stop". 7:00, I was told - AFTER my connecting flight - the only one of the day, departed. Frustrated at being "hijacked" in this way, I tore a map out of the in-flight mag and asked the flight attendant to give it to the pilot, requesting that she explain that Dar is NOT actually "on the way" to Nairobi. She look perplexed, took it to him, and then came back later saying "The pilot says thank you; he realizes that Dar is not on the way but he'll use maps that he has...". Dave Kin-Kan-Buk-Kis? Didn’t anyone tell u that they don’t give frequent flyer miles on UN flights? (Frequent die-er miles maybe…oops, I forgot…your mom might be reading this…). Glad u got home eventually.

Onec, I got on a flight scheduled to leave at noon from Harare, Zimbabwe and land in Nairobi at about 4:00. I would then have a short layover before connecting on a 6:00 flight to the U.S. The flight from Harare took off on time, but then they announced “Welcome to Flight 123…We’ll be making a brief stop ON THE WAY to NAIROBI today, in Dar es Salaam”. I asked what time we’d arrive in Nairobi after this “brief stop”. 7:00, I was told - AFTER my connecting flight - the only one of the day, departed.

Frustrated at being “hijacked” in this way, I tore a map out of the in-flight mag and asked the flight attendant to give it to the pilot, requesting that she explain that Dar is NOT actually “on the way” to Nairobi. She look perplexed, took it to him, and then came back later saying “The pilot says thank you; he realizes that Dar is not on the way but he’ll use maps that he has…”.

Dave

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