{"id":6690,"date":"2004-08-02T13:13:32","date_gmt":"2004-08-02T20:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/08\/02\/let-him-spend-some-time-in-the-box.html"},"modified":"2004-08-02T13:13:32","modified_gmt":"2004-08-02T20:13:32","slug":"let_him_spend_s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/02\/let_him_spend_s.html","title":{"rendered":"“Let him spend some time in the Box …”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The route from Denver to Nashville is clearly too minor a one for United itself to make any money. So instead it’s actually a United Express — Mesa Air, in this case — route, and here I am on this little Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-700<\/a> (2x2x17.5 rows, and I’m in 17A), enjoying the 2 hour flight to Nashville.<\/p>\n

Well, enjoying primarily the cold, cold air coming out of the a\/c jet. Which is a lot better than the minor trickle of hot air we were getting for the hour we sat on the tarmac as the flight deck (a) “rebooted” the jet’s computer systems, then (b) filled out all the paperwork associated with same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The route from Denver to Nashville is clearly too minor a one for United itself to make any money. 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