[129108] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: sort by agony
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kain, Becki (B.))
Fri Aug 27 10:38:43 2010
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:38:19 -0400
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From: "Kain, Becki (B.)" <bkain1@ford.com>
To: "Marshall Eubanks" <tme@americafree.tv>, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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My favorite is Detroit to Chicago, via ATL!
-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Eubanks [mailto:tme@americafree.tv]=20
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:32 AM
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: sort by agony
On Aug 27, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:25:43 PDT, Michael J McCafferty said:
>=20
>> 2) Tijuana to Guadalajara for an 8hr layover, then to Atlanta for a
>> 1.5hr layover to New York LGA.
>=20
> I once got booked Roanoke-Pittsburgh-Chicago-St Louis-Columbia MO. All
layovers
> *short* enough to induce "run through the airport" panic behavior (and
stopping for
> food was out of the question).
>=20
A _really_ intelligent airline scheduling system would (IMHO) be able to
offer you options like
"there is a direct flight Pittsburgh -> Kansas City, and from there it
is a 2 hour drive to Columbia, so that will save you 5 hours travel
time"
Regards
Marshall
> Oh, and I *hate* takeoffs and landings.
