I'm curious about Southwest's 12 daily flights out of a 110,000-pop. town, which certainly sounds completely crazy. I thought this airline was the smart one, so it would be interesting to know how many planes fly full and what percentage gets canceled.

Manchester is a 'feeder' to Logan, or so I'm told... Also many people actually fly there daily for work. (That sounds so crazy)

I also hear that yes, *some* of the Southwest flights are cancelled. Consolidation I guess... I have family that fly from there often. They like the small size and the Southwest service from there... They have also missed connections on occasion from Manchester. They tolerate it because compared to Logan, it's a breeze...

I think that DCA was named Reagan Airport to keep the 'church of Reagan' from putting his mug shot on the dime...

There is still a move by people with too much time on their hands to rename everything they can to 'Reagan -----'.

I'd nominate a pay toilet but they've stopped using them...

One RNC prophet wanted to rename at least one big thing per state across the country... ICK...

This coupled with the idolatrous renaming of stadiums after corporations makes me ill... Both politicians and corporations have shown very little respect for the ideals this country was founded on.

Thank God there is already a 'Gerald R Ford' airport in Michigan. I'd hate to fly into Ford airport in Detroit (named after either Ford)...

Reagan was president but still only really represented half the population. Change the name back to 'National' Airport and let's stop the ridiculous naming of everything for heartless politicians and corporations...

TANGENT: I made a comment on my concern that those compact fluorescent lights that are the rage at every local Mal-Wart store (and elsewhere) are exacting a huge toll on the environment due to their containing small amounts of mercury and they will most assuredly end up in the trash rather than disposed of properly. I was beaten with the 'think of all the energy they will save'... I still wonder what a Faustian bargain those things are and wonder the same about the rash of RJ's filling the overloaded skies.

America needs to ween itself off cars and airplanes and onto trains and maglev transportation. In a 'capitalistic' society, good luck... FNT to DTW via plane? Why?

Dear FAA, et al.: We passengers are fed up

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In airport information available to all pilots you get information like this for Detroit Metro (DTW)

Runway 4R/22L

Dimensions: 12003 x 200 ft. / 3659 x 61 m

Surface: concrete/grooved, in fair condition

Weight bearing capacity: Single wheel: 100000 lbs

Double wheel: 185000 lbs

Double tandem: 350000 lbs

Runway edge lights: high intensity

RUNWAY 4R RUNWAY 22L

Latitude: 42-12.139462N 42-13.872750N

Longitude: 083-22.276098W 083-20.999433W

Elevation: 637.2 ft. 635.8 ft.

Gradient: 0.0 0.0

Traffic pattern: left left

Runway heading: 035 magnetic, 029 true 215 magnetic, 209 true

Markings: precision, in good condition precision, in good condition

RVR equipment: touchdown, midfield, rollout touchdown, midfield, rollout

Approach lights: ALSF2: standard 2,400 foot high intensity approach lighting system with centerline sequenced flashers (category II or III)

ALSO HAS SSALR. MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights

Runway end identifier lights: no

Centerline lights: yes yes

Touchdown point: yes, lighted yes, no lights

Instrument approach: ILS/DME ILS/DME

Obstructions: 23 ft. ant, 1071 ft. from runway, 450 ft. left of centerline, 38:1 slope to clear 26 ft. rr, 1058 ft. from runway, 632 ft. right of centerline, 33:1 slope to clear

Which tells a lot about Detroit Metro's runway 4r/22l.

It's grooved, has instrument landing capabilities and is 12003 feet long and 200 feet wide.

I can't speak for Brazil, but I'd assume that similar information exists for their airports.

The main runway in Grand Rapids (GRR) is 150 feet wide and the longest is 10,000 feet long but even that can seem short when you have problems. It's also amazing taxiing out behind a 'small' DC9 and how large it is compared to your 172.

I think it was wrong to fire her.

I think that the school should be sued. I wonder if this was a man that had been beaten by his wife, if he would have been fired, or a man that got tanked up and involved in a bar fight or at a sporting event or a car accident.

It seems way to subjective that she was fired. Hell, it was her ex that did it. If she lived with the guy it might make a small amount of difference.

The ex should be prosecuted to an inch of his worthless life.