Varifrank: Post Travel Laugh....

Post Travel Laugh....

I'm just back from a three day trip to Denver. The toughest part of being a blogger 'in the world' is the one unwritten rule is that you can't really blog about what you do for a living beyond the most generic things. Most importantly, you cannot talk about who you are working for. It just makes sense, but on the other hand it is utter hell to be sitting in the middile of one of the biggest stories there is and NOT be able to talk about it.

Anyway, lots of talking, lots of progress, several major innoventions. I met new people and my little piece of the software world is better for it. A little snow while we were there and since we Californians dont live in snow we visit it... it was fun. 4 hours sleep over 4 days, an introduction to Devils Back Porter and right back here to the sunny west coast. Not Bad...

And on both legs of the trip, I only had to fly one Airbus 310. I Thank my lucky stars...

So when I got back to the office this morning, the first email I opened was from a buddy who is also aero-minded.

Title: Air France To Buy Boeing 777 Freighters

Money quote: "Air France has not yet given any consideration to the A380..."

Why the hell not? Airbus only shares a parking lot and a cafeteria with Air France, you think they might be able to work out a little brown bag presentation on the "Flying White Whale"?

You know, If Air France can't get excited about the A380, who the hell out there IS going to get excited about it!

In March, Airbus bought 777-300s for passengers and now they are buying them for freighters. I hope the corporate officers at Airbus wear a cup when the go to work, I think they are going to need it.

( Good Job Boeing...Keep up the good work!)

Posted @ March 25, 2005 01:11 PM | Current Affairs

Absolutely classic! I am a frustrated pilot wannabe who insists on getting a window seat on business trips just so I can see what's going on. Best in-flight moment happened on a trip back from California earlier this month. I got to see a FedEx DC-10 heading West maybe a 1/2 mile from my plane and 1,000 or so feet below. Truly awesome.

There outta be a law against private companies like Boeing having to compete against state-sponsored goliaths like Airbus. Just when I think that, though, you come along with a story like this and everything seems right again. Kind of reminds me of UPS and the USPS.

Posted by: KevinGarrett at March 25, 2005 05:30 PM

one of the biggest stories there is

C'mon man.. you can't do that to me..

What am I saying? Yes you can.

Posted by: HansBricks at March 26, 2005 11:02 AM

Man I live in Colorado Springs Varifrank, too bad I missed your visit. There is also the Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash coming up in a little over a week (Vodkapundit has a banner). Too bad your trip didn't coincide, I like reading your blog, keep up the good work.

Posted by: ryanmscott at March 26, 2005 09:58 PM

...well, I *wish* we'd sold to Airbus, but I 'spect you meant "Air France" in your next to the last paragraph.

For cargo... nothing beats a C-17.

;-)

Posted by: leelu at March 28, 2005 12:48 PM