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Today I present you another flight review. This flight review will be focused on American Airlines Flight (Operated by Envoy Air( 3377 from Bill and Hillary National AIrport, Adams Field (KLIT) to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport onboard one of my favorite airplanes, the Embraer ERJ-175. This flight was operated by N272NN and went out of Gate 5. This flight occured on Monday, August 17th, 2020. This flight review will be different in the stance that before I got to fly, I had to work in the morning. Some of you might ask why i took an afternoon flight after working in the morning but I wanted to and did go to two cities and this was the only way for it to work out nicely. So, what are those two cities. The two cities that I had planned for this trip were Reno, NV to see my brother who took a job out there for his current company and then down to Phoenix, AZ to see some good friends and hangout with them. All of these flights will have reviews on them. So, now that you guys have a little background information, lets get started.
Once i got off of work, I changed out of my work clothes to some street clothes and then went to my car to drop off those and to pick up a few more items that i had purposely left in there so I did have to lug everything around. Once I did that, it was 1115am local time and it was time to go through security. Since this was a 1230 departure, and nothing really happens around noon at my local airport, it took like a minute to get through. At 1117am, I went to gate and hung around there for a while and then finally at 1140am, I got my baording pass. This flight was a full flight but I got lucky and got a first class seat and oh did it feel good to have a nice seat after a long morning of working and an even longer day of traveling out west. My seat assignment for this leg was seat 4D and it turned out that i had my own row to myself which was even better. At 1202pm, we started boading and since we were all going to the same place origianly, I was in no hurry to board. I did of course eventually board and at 1227pm, we pushed from the gate. We had a short 3 minute taxi over to runway 4R and exaclty on time at 1230 we thundered down the runway and were airborne into the hot Arkansas summer sky. The flight was smooth and uneventful and 20 minutes from landing at 1301, we started our inital descent into the greater Dallas Fort Worht area. At 1321, we pulled into the gate. Todays gate assignment was B46. Deplaning was quick and easy and I started my way over to my next flight which would take me from Dallas Fort Worth Interantional Airport to Phoeinx Sky Harbor Internaitonal AIrport. Overall, this was another uneventual flight with a great crew and of course a great plane. Comment below, what do you think of these flight reviews and what is your favorite regional plane?
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Flight Review: AA3413 (DFW-LIT)
Welcome to part 3 of 3 of flying home from Reno, NV last week. This part has beend delyaed a little bit longer just because i have been busy with work and have also been traveling on my off days. Let me know if you want trip reports of those flights I did. If you havent checked out parts 1 and 2 of this trip, please do so. Anywho, lets get started. On this flight, we continute the journey home on part 3 of the 3 on this trip. On this leg we are traveling from Dallas Fort-Worth International AIrport to Bill and Hillary National Airport, Adams Field in Little Rock, Arkansas. After arrving in Dallas from Phoenix, I went from the C terminal were I arrived to the A terminal were my dad is arriving. Since I got in about 90 minutes before he did, I took my time getting there and wondered around for a bit. Once I saw that his plane was on the ground, I headed to his gate were I waited for him to deplane. Since he was near the front, he got off quickly which was nice since we didnt have much time to make our flight home to Little Rock. Our flight home was on an Embrear ERJ-175, with registration N226NN. Once we got to the B terminal, we found our gate which happened to B21. Once we found that, we realized we still had some time left before boarding started so we went a gates down to Cousins BBQ and got some dinner so both of us hadnt eaten in a while. I had a pulled pork sandwhich and he has a brisket and some pulled pork. Not long after we got to the gate, boarding started. Since he was on a confirmed ticket, he got to board with his group as I waited back with one one other non-rev. This flight was completely full and it was going to have to be a maricle for myself and that other non-rev to get one. While waiting to get one, my dad kept texting me and asking me if I would get on as he was worried. I told him that I had a backup plan, like everyone flying stanby should and that I have done it a “few” times. Before I go on, what do you think happend? Do you think I got one? Comment below. Since you read that and hopefully made your guess before finishing this review, the other non-rev and i did get on thanks to 2 people out of a 16 person group misconnecting after they held the plane about 20 minutes past scheudeld departure time for that group to get on. We got the last two seats on the plane, seats 22A and 22F. I was not complaining at all as I was tired and did not really want to travel back out west to Phoenix to spend the night with friend and to try it again that next day.. Also, the gate agents in Dallas working this flight were some of the best Dallas gate agents I have ever came across. They were professional, nice and most of all, really helped us and kept giving us updates as to what was happeneing. We might be on standby but just like everyone else, we do deserve to know whats happening. Overall. it was a good trip and glad I got to make it home and got to sleep in my own bed that night. light Review: AA441 (Phoenix-Dallas)
Welcome to part 2 of 3 as I take a trip from Reno, Nevada back home to Little Rock. This is the second flight in my journey home and on this leg I am flying from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. On this flight, we are continuing our journery home. I get back to the airport around 1030am and head staright up straight upstairs to security as I already have my verifcation pass to let me through security. Once again, since I have TSA PRE it was a mere 3 minutes to get through. After I got through security, I went to my gate, A7 and saw my aircraft parked at the gate. Today’s aircrafft was N416AN, a 6 month old Airbus A321NX. Since our gate area was busy, i decided to go across the way and sit at A6. What’s so special about A6 on this trip? Anywho, I waited around for about 45 minutes then decided to go up to the counter and get my boarding pass. I got my boarding pass and on todays flight to Dallas, I would be sitting in seat 11A, a window seat in Main Cabin Extra. At 1130am, we started the boarding process. Since this flight was mostly empty, boaring was quick and just as quick as it started it ended and the door was closed. Once boarding was complete, I realized that I had a whole row, yes, even the other side of the same row was empty to myself. I had plenty of room to stretch out and get some work done and like always, enjoy the views of the vast waste lands of the west. At 1149 local time, we pushed from the gate and taxied over to runway 25R and right on time at 12pm we thundered into the hot Phoenix sky and we were on our way to Phoenix. Once in the air, we climbed to an altitude of 35,000 feet or FL350 for a few minutes due to some corssing traffic but after that, we eventually climbed all the way up to our cruising of 39,000 feet or FL390. The flight was uneventful as I listened to music, looked out the window and of course worked on the pervious flight review. About 25 minutes from landing, we started out decent into the greater DFW area.As we were descending the captain of the flight pointed out some cool landmarks which I thought was a cool touch. After all, it is the small things that matter. At 3:48pm local time, we landed on runway 13R. Not only did we land on runway 13R, but it was a greaser. It was probably one of the best landings ive ever experience flying. After that, we had about a ten minute taxi to our gate which was D34. Once we pulled into our gate, we deplaned and I went over to gate A34 to meet up with my dad since he was coming in from Reno and that was his arriving gate. Overall, this was a much better expierence on the American Airlines Airbus A321N. Stay tuned for a crazy part 3 of this trip. Flight Review: AA112 (Reno-Phoenix)
This evening, I bring to you guys another American Airlines flight review. This flight was one of three for the day traveling back home to Little Rock after driving cross country out to Reno with my brother since he is moving out there. This flight was operated by an Airbus A319, N762US, which is an old US Airways bird and 19 years of age. I had an early morning start to the day with a wakeup call of 4am. Once I got up, I got ready and was out the door in about 20 minutes. I headed down the elevator from the 14th floor and waited for the shuttle bus to take me to the Reno-Tahoe International AIrport. The drive was quick and around 440am, we arrived at the airport. I walked into the terminal and immidently went through security. Since I was TSA PRE, it took all of 3 minutes to get through security. Once I got through security, I went to my gate which was C9. I was at the gate by 5am. Boarding started at 550am for the 0620a departure out of Reno. About twenty minutes before boarding, I went up to the gate agent to tell her I was here and she asked if I wanted a window or an aisle. I told her window beciase what avgeek doesnt like the window seat.. especially with the sunrising over the mountains. Note: Most of the time flying standby, you dont get a choice but if flights are empty enough or if the gate agent is in a good mood, they will ask. On this flight to Phoenix, I was seat 16A, a standard economy seat. This flight was about 85% full which was good to see in a time of a global pandemic. Once boarding had pretty much wrapped up, the captain of the flight, came out of the cockpit and went section by section and gave his pre-departure speech and also cracked a few jokes which was cool. He said we were going to go fast (which we did) since it was go home day for him and his crew and he wanted to get home. At 610am, we pushed from the gate and we taxied over to runway 16L for departure. Some of you might ask we taxied to 16L for departure instead of 16R and that is because 16R is closed. At 615am, 5 minutes early, we thundered down the runway and were in the morning Reno sky. Today’s flight was a quick one hour and 35 minutes at an altitude of 39,000 feet or FL390. About twenty minutes from landing, we started our decent for Phoenix and shortly thereafter, we landed on runway 26 and taxied over to the gate. Today’s gate was A6 and our schuedled arrival time was 802am but we actually got in and parked at the gate at 749am. Since I had plans in Phoenix during my four hour layover, it was nice to get in early and have more time to do those plans. Overall, the flight was not that bad. I have definitely had better crew for early morning flights but I get it. I hope you all enjoy this flight review and look for two more in the coming days as I fly on a 6 month old Airbus A321NX from PHX-DFW and the American Eagle (Operated by Envoy Air) E175 flight from DFW-LIT. |
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