Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
Tags: action, airline, airman, airplane, America, army, attendant, attitude, blessings, captain, country, courage, family, feelings, flight, food, friends, gift, God, gratitude, honor, inspiration, kindness, life, Lord, love, marine, meal, military, moment, money, nation, ocean, passengers, pilot, plane, prayer, protection, reading, respect, rivers, sailor, sea, service, smiles, soldiers, strength, troops, veterans, voice, water, whisper, world
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— The Sack Lunches
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I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. ‘I’m glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a short nap,’ I thought.
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Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a conversation.
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‘Where are you headed?’ I asked the soldier seated nearest to me.
‘Petawawa. We’ll be there for two weeks for special training, and then we’re being deployed to Afghanistan
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After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that sack lunches were available for five dollars. It would be several hours before we reached the east, and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time…
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As I reached for my wallet, I overheard a soldier ask his buddy if he planned to buy lunch. ’No, that seems like a lot of money for just a sack lunch. Probably wouldn’t be worth five bucks. I’ll wait till we get to base.’
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His friend agreed.
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I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant a fifty dollar bill. ’Take a lunch to all those soldiers.’ She grabbed my arms and squeezed tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. ‘My son was a soldier in Iraq ; it’s almost like you are doing it for him.’
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Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were seated. She stopped at my seat and asked, ‘Which do you like best - beef or chicken?’
‘Chicken,’ I replied, wondering why she asked. She turned and went
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Funny and Hilarious Jokes.
Tags: airline, boss, check, choice, duty, flight, funds, funny, guitar, hilarious, humor, job, jokes, laughter, link, manager, money, music, plane, smiles, task, ticket, tool, tools, video, work
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This is funny . . . actually hysterical:
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A musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United
Airlines. United apparently damaged his treasured Taylor guitar
($3500) during a flight. Dave spent over 9 months trying to get
United to pay for damages caused by baggage handlers to his custom
Taylor guitar. During his final exchange with the United Customer
Relations Manager, he stated that he was left with no choice other
than to create a music video for youtube exposing their lack of
cooperation. The Manager responded : “Good luck with that one, pal”.
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Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: airline, attendant, belief, career, children, courage, creativity, customer, flight, fun, happiness, heart, imagination, inspiration, job, joy, life, occupation, passenger, pilot, plane, salesman, security, service, smiles, spouse, success, voice, wife
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Plato said that work should be play. Some airline employees are
taking him seriously. After landing, one flight attendant announced,
“Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed
giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride.”
(I like the honest approach.)
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As a plane touched down and was slowing to a stop in Washington, a
lone voice came over the loudspeaker: “Whoa, big fella. WHOA!” (Who
says you can’t have fun with your job?)
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One pilot made this weather announcement: “Weather at our
destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but they’ll try
to have them fixed before we arrive.”
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“As you exit the plane,” a flight attendant said, “please make sure
to gather all of your belongings. Anything left behind will be
distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave
children or spouses.”
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And passengers reported that they heard this from the crew just as
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Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: action, airline, beacon, business, captain, decision, energy, enthusiasm, flight, focus, goal, imagination, importance, issue, key, life, mind, moment, passion, power, profit, sales, service, smiles, success, ticket, truth, vision, world
The power of focus is critical to your success in business…and also in life. I must admit, however, that this is something that took me a while to learn, and I have a few “battle scars” to show what happens to slow learners regarding this issue. “More is better” sounds reasonable, but I’ve learned the opposite is usually true. Less, I’ve discovered, is usually more. The reason, of course, is that there is something powerful about laser-like focus. Having a simple, clearly defined goal can capture the imagination and enthusiasm of your people. It can cut through the night like a beacon. It can bring an idea to life.
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Mar 04 2009
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner".
Tags: air Jamaica, airline, America, Caribbean, competition, decision, fares, foreign, government, Jamaican, service, tourism
Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer
Airone eyeing vacant routes - Airline urged to fill void left by Air Jamaica
Published: Saturday | January 31, 2009
WESTERN BUREAU:
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Tourism stakeholders are urging the Caribbean’s first low-fares airline (LFA), Airone, to fill the void left by national carrier Air Jamaica.
Airone, which was denied a licence to operate here, making way for Government to divest Air Jamaica without having to confront any competition from within, has been lurking in the wings for the last two years.
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However, with Air Jamaica’s announcement on Tuesday, stating that, come February 26, it will exit its Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami and Grand Cayman routes and discontinue service between Jamaica and Barbados and Jamaica and Grenada, the way seems clear for another carrier to take up the routes.
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Feb 12 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: abroad, accomplishment, accountant, Africa, African, African-American, age, airline, airlines, airport, America, army, black, blacks, career, color, colors, community, court, duty, era, eyes, flight, foreign, generation, government, history, home, House, jet, job, judge, labor, lawyer, link, man, military, opportunity, overseas, Paris, passenger, perception, period, pilot, pioneer, plane, power, president, program, progress, race, resource, responsibility, service, skill, skills, star, task, time, train, training, vision, war, woman, work, youth
The term black aviation describes a historical fact: For the first half-century of powered flight, blacks flew in segregated circumstances. The story of black aviation is one of breakthroughs against restrictions. First, such isolated pioneers as Bessie Coleman overcame the entrenched discrimination of the time. Coleman’s brief career as a stunt pilot inspired a generation of black youth. Even so, at the time of Lindbergh’s historic flight to Paris in 1927, only a few blacks had become aviators. Racial prejudice excluded most.
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In the 1930s African Americans formed flying clubs to promote aviation in the black community. The clubs made it possible for African Americans to participate in aviation: Their members trained pilots and mechanics and promoted aviation through publications, lectures, and even air “circuses.” These air shows drew the curious with promises of “aerial acrobatics, rolls, turns, spins, ribbon cutting, crazy flying.” In 1933 and 1934 the long-distance flights of C. Alfred Anderson and Dr. Albert E. Forsythe displayed both flyers’ skills while appealing for equality in aviation. In Los Angeles William J. Powell set up the Bessie Coleman Aero Club and wrote his visionary book Black Wings, which urged black youth to choose careers in aviation. In Chicago Cornelius R. Coffey established the Coffey School of Aeronautics, served as the first president of the National Airmen’s Association, and built an airstrip in an African American community. Both Powell and Coffey recognized that blacks would need technical skills to advance in aviation.
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Feb 04 2009