Re: Why Mars?

From: Scott Lowther (scottlowther_at_ix.netcomSPAMBLOK.com)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:12:50 GMT

Miguel Cruz wrote:

> Scott Lowther <scottlowther@ix.netcomSPAMBLOK.com> wrote:
>
>>Miguel Cruz wrote:
>>
>>>Stuart Warren <email@somewhere.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Bull***, man. I can't fly from Chicago to California and back (a
>>>>common route for me) without at least an hour and a half at
>>>>O'Hare/Midway/Lindbergh dealing with security, waiting for the plane
>>>>(which is always delayed), waiting in line for the one skycap on duty,
>>>>etc.
>>>>
>>>Try it, you could. I don't know anything about skycaps, but as for the
>>>plane, choose airlines that historically have fewer delays. As for security,
>>>the best tactics are airport-specific, but with careful queue selection
>>>(can depend on time of day, but if you do it a lot you get used to it) at
>>>most airports you can wait a lot less than the typical passenger.
>>>
>>So... you're saying to carefully schedule your day around the perfect
>>flight for minimum wait time. Of course, while you're waiting for your
>>redeye HST, your business partner is already unloading his baggage at
>>the other end, because he left 12 hours earlier than you did on a more
>>convenient flight.
>>
>
> I'm having trouble keeping up with the ever-changing scenario here. There
> are flights from Chicago to Los Angeles and San Francisco all the time.

How many Concorde flights from Chicago to LA were there?