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@MNTwinsZealot They lost me.

It didn’t have to be this way #MNTwins. You could’ve built off the 2023 postseason excitement, but you didn’t. Instead you cut payroll, alienated a fanbase & probably some in the clubhouse while becoming a passive team lacking in fundamentals and baseball IQ. A rebuild…again?

@MNTwinsZealot The Twins have done it to themselves.

My daughter’s at the Twins game in Chicago. She just sent this photo after the Buxton HR. Big crowd…

@aviationbrk Tarmac, seriously?

Delta 757 with more than 200 people evacuated on the tarmac at the Atlanta airport after an engine issue prompted an aborted takeoff, leaving four people injured, airline and airport officials said. Airline and airport officials did not immediately say whether the engine problem was due to a fire. “Delta’s flight crew followed established procedures to suspend the takeoff of flight 2668 from Atlanta (ATL) to Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) after an indication of an engine issue,” Delta said in a statement. 📹 @BadBearGamer

@MCCCANM I assume you are talking about the old terminal at MCI. The new one has plenty of good and local options.

Some airports are better than others. SFO, for example, has a decent range of quality food & what I’d consider healthy options. The Banh-Mi & Mediterranean place in the F gates are my favorites. Kansas City? Not quite as good.

I understand why gate agents are jerks. OAL pilot ahead of me listing for the JS. “I’d like to hitch a ride.” Wtf? And then doesn’t have his passport handy. Also never talked to the FA before the pilots and brought all his crap with him. This isn’t that difficult!

@jchaase Until it changes.

@GDClearedToLand That may be, but at least we know our gates well in advance!

US airports list flight information alphabetically. Everywhere else in the world it is by departure time. It is so much easier to find your flight when its listed by departure time.

@addak49 There is a separate column for flight status.

@GDClearedToLand The times change when flights get delayed and then you don’t know where to look. Alphabetical is the superior means of listing them. Your destination isn’t changing.

@garyleff @Delta Until they don’t work.

Boarding a @Delta flight, young woman beside me in the aisle exclaims "Oh my God, they have TVs!' To passengers, this old A319 is modern, new - and equipped with the latest technology from the early aughts. Seat back screens are vastly preferred over tablet holders and phones.

@MikeInTheFront I update my paper logbook after every trip. Next morning, cup of coffee and it gets updated.

@Texas68Landon They make eye masks.

@GDClearedToLand I always close the shade. If it’s morning people do not want the sun shining in.

Final to MSP the other morning. Half the airplane had their window shade closed.

@apoure25 I mean, the rest of that alphabet vomit is a mess, so I guess I can kind of see how you - no.

@robertdarrens I am an airline captain and I 100% agree. I can't stand when I have no idea where I am.

@FormerlyWTC @ByERussell @Dulles_Airport Exactly.

@GDClearedToLand @ByERussell @Dulles_Airport Since the mid 80’s.

The latest @Dulles_Airport master plan proposal: a full separation of airside and landside functions (aka, Atlanta) to support hub growth. I have questions about how the proposed Main Terminal Connector gets through historic preservation approvals. flydulles.com/about-airport/…

@SCchumer Taxing out drives me crazy. I want to know where we are!

@GDClearedToLand I don’t fly Commercial often*. *2x/yr to training. I don’t understand the shade down thing especially close to the ground on either end… Such a missed opportunity to take in the beauty.

@McFrequentFlyer It doesn't seem to matter what the sun does. People close it so fast and thats it.

@GDClearedToLand Based on the sun angle it’s probably early so I can understand why most are closed.

@WillBarrett13 @DannerFoundati1 Come on. The light can be turned off.

@DannerFoundati1 @GDClearedToLand Hard to scan for traffic in the clouds too

On redeye flights I prefer the dome light on dim. The FO made it clear on the way to LAX he hates the light on and a chatty captain on a redeye. As we departed last night I kept it dark and my hot mic off. Guess who kept starting up a convo? 🤣

@Aloyalpedocrat He was awake the entire time.

@GDClearedToLand Makes it tough for him to nap?