Mickey Mouse Operation

[huskymedic]

I'm not a huge flyer, but I think the ability to fly and talk on the phone has been around for at least a year or two.

Nah... actual mobile phone calls are still prohibited on commercial flights in US.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

This is the dumbest thread I've ever seen on this board. All about nothing.

I agree...

 

[HuskyDogArt]

Disagree. I have driven to Phili for work dozens of times. Flying is both faster and eliminates traffic risk in NYC and Jersey.

If you are going thru NYC you are nuts...I take 84 then 87 to NJ.. when I go to PA to visit my relatives, 84 to Wilkes Barre/Scranton...(I still drive to PA from FL, I use the BRP (Blue Ridge Parkway) for the relaxion.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

It was Sunday...not like he had meetings with players/coaches on the travel day. But I will play along - 40 minutes from Storrs to Bradley, 1:30 at the airport for security and boarding. 1:30 flight to Philly. 30 minutes to disembark and get rental. Unknown drive time to final destination. 4 hours 10 minutes if everything runs smoothly. Drive from Storrs to Philly 4 hours 30 minutes on a Sunday. I also don’t know how comfortable our new OC is in a plane seat.

I hate flying now. With TSA and taking off shoes...I either drive or take Amtrak. Mostly drive. I have a friend with a G550 and when I need to fly, he flys me..

 

[HuskyDogArt]

Well...might be international travel...but Montreal is 328 road miles from Hartford...unless, there are lengthy security/custom delays...I could see why it might equate to a 342 mile road trip to DC.

The non stop flights are available, but the fares are rapacious.

Driving Distance from Hartford, CT to Montreal, Canada

I hope Amtrak would put the Montrealer back. I've heard rumors but it and if it did. Train would be the way to go. I used to ride the Montrealer from Hartford to watch a Whalers/Canadians hockey game at least 5 times a season...

 

[junglehusky]

I don't necessarily have a problem with an assistant driving to pennsylvania but I do have a problem with using an icon of an airplane in the official social media when he's driving.

 

[Stray_Dog]

I’ll treat this response as serious.

Yes. Obviously that is the point. Nobody important in an organization drives from Hartford to Phili.

Ummm Whaler most often, I understand your logic, but I know company execs with their own private plane fueled on the tarmac and they’ll drive to DC - 6hours away versus flying. Why? When driving they can plan contingencies. When flying no one likes to hear - the Air traffic was brutal today. A car can detour, a plane gets detoured and its hours and hours. At least that’s how I witnessed how people in billion dollar corporations do things. P&W, General Dynamics, & Boeing to name A few examples. Of course perhaps Hedge Funds might do things differently.

 

[upstater]

Disagree. I have driven to Phili for work dozens of times. Flying is both faster and eliminates traffic risk in NYC and Jersey.

Driving to Philly is one thing. He said he's driving to Pennsylvania. If you take 84 West you end up in Scranton, and it's much faster to get there by driving than it is by plane.