Tuesday, March 29, 2011

You May Fire When You Are Ready, Gridley

This was the display at one of the baggage claim carousels at the Providence, RI airport. Look at the status for the first flight listed:


What the hell did they mean?
on or about

7 comments:

  1. Cirze3/29/2011 11:02 PM

    Call the NRA?

    Love it!

    S

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  2. Vannevar3/29/2011 11:17 PM

    When an arriving flight is in the vicinity of the airport, the crew calls their airline's Operations office on the radio, "Acme 1234 is in range".

    That tells the ramp folks to start getting prepared, there'll be an airplane to park / gate / unload / clean etc in about 10 minutes.

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  3. Murr Brewster3/30/2011 2:25 AM

    Oh dear! "On range" would be a little homier, at least.

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  4. Nangleator3/30/2011 8:46 AM

    At least none of the departures say "pull."

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  5. montag3/30/2011 7:51 PM

    What do they use for Triple A at the Providence airport?

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  6. Comrade Misfit3/30/2011 8:34 PM

    Vannevar, OK, but that was a public status board, not something where the ramp rats could see it.

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  7. Center Puke 883/30/2011 10:28 PM

    Vannevar has it right, as for why to list it that way on a public board...perhaps so those in the know understand the plane is less than about 20 minutes out?

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