Re: Trip Tucson to Portland Oregon

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Better not call the RJ a "Commuter aircraft"...LOL.
How was the view out the windows?...Before you had to bend down and get a
crick on your neck to see outside (mostly while on the ground).  I see on
the 700 they raised them up a little...how was it?

Walter
DCA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis W Zeuch" <DZTOPS@aol.com>
To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 23:18
Subject: Trip Tucson to Portland Oregon


> Spent a week in Portland and what a great city. One place in america that
> seems to be doing things right. No sales tax, free busses and rail within
the
> downtown etc etc.
>
> Anyway flew Horizon (Alaska airlines small plane/low cost substitute) non
> stop  both ways on brnd new RJ700? (77 seat ) Kinda small for the 2 hour
and
> 50 min flights but really impressed with Horizon-friendly F/A's who talk
and
> joke around and free beer and wines and silly snacks (crakerjack and
apples)
> Not as cramped as I thought but still wonder--kinda a long trip. Isn't
this
> small commuter acft thing getting out of hand? Soon they will fly coast to
> coast with them fur shur.
>
> Any bets when someone will try to go California to Hawaii with one of
them?
> Or JFK to London maybe?  Dont laugh--somewhere, some corporate exec is
really
> trying like hell to pull this off I bet>
> Dennis
>

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