So, what’s happening to these 737s?

Well, most of them are heading to the desert until they can find someone else to fly them. If you saw one in LA, then it probably was pulled out of the desert and is now on its way to another airline. Not sure of the details.

Sometimes, I am extra secure when there is a really long delay. I’ll go back outside if security isn’t too long. This requires going through security again, and the second time you go through security it is exactly the same except they don’t sign it again, highlight certain things or whatever the policy is of the day (it is so inconsistent, I’m not sure if there is a ‘mark’ of the day or something). Never extra security, never less security — they simply just don’t mark it again.

Never made sense to me anyhow why they did this in the first place, just seems like a waist of ink. The person that marks it is likely the last person to see your ticket anyway in this context before you go through screening. I doubt gate agents have the time to look for this when boarding a plane and trying to differentiate between connecting (TSA doesn’t mark connecting flight passes) and originating flights. The various scanning systems will alert the gate agent if something is amiss.

You definitely don’t get a free pass if your ticket is already market. The process just repeats from step one again — there is no security risk going through security twice and I’m sure TSA does it for a reason.

I was sat in 20A, and Robin was actually next to me. I’m glad someone else got a decent video of the water cannon salute because mine is a bit sketchy. I did ask Robin who all of these people on “beach cruisers”, were at SFO. Apparently, that is how the maintenance workers “commute” between the yard and the terminal, proper.

One last, I was one of the lucky that was invited out to the ramp at LAX… Just a great day !

ps I do have the takeoff roll on video. Will blog it or similar and link later.

Thanks for the report…well said !