>
> Well, Dave, you took a two-day trip and that's
>all you have to say about it? Seriously, I hope
>you get the job. Let an old hand at flying on
>United (My daughter is one of their flight
>attendents. The blonde one)

The Blonde one, huh? Hey, I think I saw her... Several times...

>assure you that it's a
>safe airline and involves less stress than
>several others I've flown on. You are a darn
>sight safer on an airplane than you would be
>driving to Denver. I've made the Manchester to
>Chicago leg several times and the contrast
>between the two terminals is staggering.
>Manchester is so clean and peaceful and O'Hare is
>a zoo. Naturally I've been stuck in Chicago,
>missed flights, been bumped there and made the
>concourse B to concourse C dash both ways.

O'Hare is the worst airport I've ever been to for stuff like that. It's just so *big*.

> Two more comments. If you come into Chicago
>from any direction, your approach is usually over
>the lake. It's because the prevailing wind is
>from the southwest and airplanes land into the
>wind.

Huh. Didn't know that. Thanks for the info, though!


> And did you know that the most reliable machine
>known to man is a jet engine? They just sit out
>there and spin for millions of miles.

I'd have to disagree with this statement, though. Maybe the most reliable machine *built* by man, but I'd hazard a guess that the most reliable machine *known* to man is the human heart. A pump with a mean time between failures of about 75+ years. ;-)