February 2012
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Flight 672, 1112 2/3-2/5
PHX – DAL
For those of you wondering, my laptop hasn’t exploded yet. Woohoo!
On my flight to Dallas, I noticed that another intern was sitting in the gate area. He saw me and we ended up chatting. I got on the plane before him and saved a seat. We ended up chatting the entire flight about geeky aviation stuff. I learned quite a bit since he has his commercial pilot’s license! Also funny to note,...
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Flight 672, 1112 1/27-29
I’m all embarrassed now that I’m a week behind posting my flights. I’m getting caught up today though!
DAL – PHX
My flight tonight was my first flight with intern benefits! Horray! I received my OK to go earlier this week (we had to have our managers approval) so I began looking at flights right away.
Tonight I got to the airport early and used my employee badge to get through...
January 2012
13 posts
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Flight 672, 1536, 1568
DAL - ELP 1/20
I was so excited to fly home and see my hubs this weekend - It had been 9 days since I left Phoenix and temporarily moved to Dallas. The flight in was great - although I did learn that I prefer a stop where I have to change planes so that I can get up and walk around. On this flight, there was no plane change and I began to felt claustrophobic/antsy towards the end of the flight.
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Flight 1272, 37 1/12
It’s official, I moved to Dallas! Well, less “move” and more “am living in” since most of my stuff is still in Phoenix.
PHX - ABQ
It was difficult to leave Phoenix, since it is my home. I had no problem getting out to Albuquerque. I had to laugh - at the beginning of the flight, about half way through when the flight attendant was giving the safety announcement,...
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Flight 251, 2391
PHX - LAS 1/10
I did a quick roundtrip flight yesterday. I had a couple doctor’s appointments so I was only in Vegas for a few hours. The flight was nice… although the lading sitting next to me… ugh… I’ll explain…. I was the first to sit down, she came and sat on the aisle seat… no big deal. Then she decided that the middle seat, middle seat back cover...
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Southwest Airlines flying to Hawaii? →
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Happy New Year!
I have some very very VERY exciting news to publicly announce.
As you all know, I’m a huge fan of Southwest Airlines. And I am beyond elated to announce that I was offered (and accepted!) an internship position with them this spring!
Happy New Year to you! And ME!
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2011
Major props to 2011 for being a great year for me.
I hope you all had a great year… and if you didn’t, a new year is just a few hours away!
Stay safe tonight!
PS: Big announcement tomorrow, so stay tuned!
December 2011
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“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes...”
– Leonardo Da Vinci (via mattcunnington)
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A recap, flights and more...
I feel like I’m apologizing a lot lately for not posting… but again, here’s another apology. I have had SO much going on in my life as of late that I’m finding my spare time limited.
I’ll give you a quick recap of the past month:
Wedding (11/11)
Honeymoon (11/12-11/20)
Interviews (11/10, 12/10)
Surgery (12/8)
As for flights, I flew roundtrip to Dallas on...
November 2011
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Jamaica!
Hey guys! I apologize for not posting in over two weeks! I was in Jamaica!
It was my first time out of the country and it was beautiful.
Our vacation was wonderful - not to mention I got to fly on a 737-800/900 for the first time!
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Happy Birthday to... ME!
It is with great joy, nostalgia, and some sadness that I write this post…
Today (11/8) is my birthday. (Woop!)
But because it is my birthday, I lose my flight benefits.
Fear not! Plane & Simple will continue to be a travel/aviation blog - just with less posts about the flights I take and more posts of photos and travel tips.
In advance, I’d like to thank you all for the...
October 2011
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Flight 2189, 641
PHX - LAS 10/16
I caught a night flight to Vegas this time around. About one minute into flight, a gal a few rows ahead of me rang her flight attendant call button. Two flight attendants came running up to her - as I see them touching the lights above her head. Come to find out, someone had put a full thermos in the overhead compartment and it somehow opened up, leaking all of the water...
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One month and counting...
I have one month left of flight benefits.
I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to do with myself when I can’t just hop on a flight and go somewhere.
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Flight 602, 446
Just a quick trip for me this time!
PHX - LAS
The flight was crazy bumpy between the weather in Phoenix and Las Vegas. I’m pretty sure the girl next to me was terrified. haha The clouds were beautiful though! It got cold in the cabin… so I knew that I was in for some cold weather when we landed in Vegas. As soon as we arrived at the gate and the back door of the plane was opened, a...
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Flight 3481, 2109
PHX - SEA 10/1
I was so thrilled to be heading to Seattle… I do love that city. I think it’s because the weather… I’ve lived in the desert most of my life so a change of climate is always nice.
My flight was great - I only got a few hours of sleep and was expecting to nap but that didn’t end up happening. I had an aisle to myself so I stretched out, read the new...
September 2011
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‘L-Word’ actress escorted from Southwest flight... →
Very well said.
socomeflyawaywithme:
This really pissed me off. Southwest didn’t piss me off. The actress did. And so did this article.
If you don’t feel like reading it, here’s what basically happened: out actress Leisha Hailey, of “The L-Word” fame, was escorted off a Southwest flight after many passengers complained about the excessive PDA between Hailey and her girlfriend.
First of...
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Mile High Club
I just learned that it’s standard to have two oxygen masks in an airplane lavatory. hahaha!
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Calling all #AvGeeks, Twitter friends and...
I’ve got six days until Southwest makes their decision! If you want to help me out (and you know you want to!)… - Go to the Poptent link, http://www.poptent.net/media/3 0659#c=1/0/0 - Click “connect” under the video - Create an account, it takes a few seconds (you can use the Facebook option to autofill you information and click “allow” it to access your info)...
tim-titts asked: I really love your blog and your interesting stories you get to tell!
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Breaking News: 9/16 'Mass casualties' reported...
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those affected by the crash today at the Reno Air Races. Read the story at CNN.com.
I used to live about a half hour away from the Stead Airport and frequently went to the Air Races. Two weeks ago, I actually inquired about flying in for the air races this year but was told not to because it’d be virtually impossible to get on a flight into Reno. As...