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Burbank's Bob Hope Airport Rebrands as Hollywood-Burbank Airport
Bob Hope Airport officials voted 8-1 Monday to change the airfield’s branding name to Hollywood Burbank Airport in an effort to increase recognition with passengers outside of Southern California, especially those east of the Colorado Rockies. (www.latimes.com) More...
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Some people do have a very short memory. Those of us that were around during World War II know what Bob Hope did for the Vets and was a blessing during that time. The naming of the airport was an honor to him then and still is. Leave it alone! Red Bainbridge
I have an idea, why not name if for a nearby city and call it...Burbank".
I was told by the old folks in Burbank that it was called Hollywood-Burbank because the street that took you to the airport was Hollywood Way. Here is memories of the airfield:
http://wesclark.com/burbank/batchelor.html
http://wesclark.com/burbank/batchelor.html
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Since approximately half the last century and all of this, have you been this condescending? Without the flyers that you obviously despise, there would not be much need for us in the pointy end.
What's wrong with people wanting to learn and expand their horizons? I'm no proctologist, but one starts rooting around back their, I'm asking questions, I don't care if he thinks "I don't need to know!"
What's wrong with people wanting to learn and expand their horizons? I'm no proctologist, but one starts rooting around back their, I'm asking questions, I don't care if he thinks "I don't need to know!"
Regarding your definition of 'flyer' finding that definition in any of the online dictionaries available to me at the moment. Flyer is listed as a variant of 'flier' and that word refers to one who is either in the pointy end or behind the pointy end. My late CFI father always refered to himself as 'flier'.
Which dictionary are you using sir?
Which dictionary are you using sir?
Peter:
Many of us, while not pilots, are avid aviation enthusiasts. Many of us, while not pilots, are extremely knowledgeable about aircraft. We represent fields such as engineering, maintenance, scheduling, dispatch, and yes, even some of those passengers you seem to loathe. (Perhaps you should have spent your career at a cargo operator.)
Depending on the subject, people jump in and out, lending their expertise in the subject. And occasionally asking questions about things they don't particularly "need to know", but instead are curious about. In this particular case, both pompous jerks ensconced in the pointy end such as yourself all the way down to the guy sitting in the last row middle seat have valuable input.
And if we limited our learning by only "need to know", human existence would have peaked somewhere around hunter-gatherer. But instead, we as a species have quested for more knowledge than that which we "need" to know, and instead pushed it to "want to know." Orville and Wilbur didn't "need' to know how to build an airplane. They could have continued the family printing and bicycle businesses. But alas, here we are, 112+ years later.
So please, turn down the arrogance, condescension, and pomposity, and accept that there are many on here with technical expertise that extends beyond pushing buttons in the pointy end.
Cheers, and Happy Friday!
David
Many of us, while not pilots, are avid aviation enthusiasts. Many of us, while not pilots, are extremely knowledgeable about aircraft. We represent fields such as engineering, maintenance, scheduling, dispatch, and yes, even some of those passengers you seem to loathe. (Perhaps you should have spent your career at a cargo operator.)
Depending on the subject, people jump in and out, lending their expertise in the subject. And occasionally asking questions about things they don't particularly "need to know", but instead are curious about. In this particular case, both pompous jerks ensconced in the pointy end such as yourself all the way down to the guy sitting in the last row middle seat have valuable input.
And if we limited our learning by only "need to know", human existence would have peaked somewhere around hunter-gatherer. But instead, we as a species have quested for more knowledge than that which we "need" to know, and instead pushed it to "want to know." Orville and Wilbur didn't "need' to know how to build an airplane. They could have continued the family printing and bicycle businesses. But alas, here we are, 112+ years later.
So please, turn down the arrogance, condescension, and pomposity, and accept that there are many on here with technical expertise that extends beyond pushing buttons in the pointy end.
Cheers, and Happy Friday!
David
Well said, bravo.
Well said David, thanks!!
Ditto!
