Flight Line Yellow

The Southwest Airlines “Wanna Get Away” contest is still going strong. You can check out the site www.southwestwannagetaway.com for some funny and some lame home videos. Basically, the best few videos win. Simple enough, right?!

Prizes include the usual trips all over the world and related cool stuff.

If you’re creative, just register for an account on YouTube, join the Southwest Wanna Get Away Group (once logged into YouTube), check out the contest rules and produce your own 20-second video. Upload it and add it to the group then complete the registration form. This is a serious contest with serious rules but you can make your video as hilarious as you want!

This is a great social media networking and marketing idea. Kudos to Southwest for once again having the guts to think out of the box.

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Last year, millions of people flocked to theatres to see “Snakes on a Plane.” The movie was a flop but now there’s something even more interesting…a real live scorpion on a plane! In an even more unusual twist, there were two completely separate incidents this past week or so, involving scorpions and commercial planes.

First, David Sullivan, of Stowe, Vermont, was flying home from Chicago when a scorpion bit his legs. He was taking a nap and it made its way up his pants and bit once on each leg. It wasn’t enough poison to kill him but that’s pretty damn scary! When it was noticed, someone stepped on it. United Airlines offered to pay his medical expenses and gave him a voucher for a future flight.

A second incident involved a Canadian man flying home on American Airlines flight 1552 from Miami to Toronto. Apparently, this time the scorpion crawled into his carry-on bag and once again made his way up the passenger’s leg where it bit him. He was taken off the plane on a stretcher for treatment.

I wonder how many people who saw “Snakes on a Plane” were on board these flights witnessing the action. What could have been going through their minds? Maybe something like “where’s Samuel L. Jackson when you need him?!”

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For a limited time, Air Canada is offering a Welcome Aboard Pass. The pass allows you to “fly as much as you want” because it can be used on Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. These days were most likely chosen because the number of people flying is typically lower on weekends. The current Welcome Aboard Pass is valid from January 9, 2007 to March 6, 2007.

They divided North America into zones including Canada East, Cross Canada, and North America. The wider the range, the more expensive it is. The prices range from $279 to $569 (Canadian Dollars).

Air Canada is also offering a bonus (talk about a great incentive!). The pass has 2 options: You can travel on Saturdays and Tuesdays only, or Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesday. For those who buy the 3-day option, Air Canada is throwing in 2 one-way flight credits which can be used at any time from April 10 to May 10, 2007. Not too shabby!

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First of all, thanks for visiting my travel blog. I hope to discuss different issues regarding travel, flights, hotels, and vacations in general.

Ok, so you’re wondering why the name of this website is “Flight Line Yellow?” I wanted the site’s name to be related to aviation and most of the best names were taken. Since I’ve been known to be creative, I put that to the test on this one.

I did a search for acronyms for the word “fly” and came across this website which had the following:

Acronym  Definition
FLY  Butterfly (swimming)
FLY  Flight Line Yellow
FLY  Flying

I bought the name, set up the blog, and here I go.

By the way, according to Princeton University, a flight line is the place where airplanes are parked. The term also refers to maintenance hangars.

I also found this visual definition of the term. This one implies that a yellow flight line is one in which a certain amount of space is covered within a pilot’s flying range.

If anyone knows more about technical terms related to flight lines, let me know! I’ll be sure to discuss it at a later date.

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