Great Flight with United------Boeing 767

Saturday 28th.

Hurray! Today we will be in Honolulu----all being well.
After a good nights rest at the Hotel in Aurora we made it quickly to the airport and checked back the rental car.

Denver Intnl is a super airport. It is NE of Denver and sits on its own with excellent access and well planned for quick movement from terminal to the three concourses. There is an underground train that is swift and moves people easily without a lot of walkingcarrying heavy bags The check in was much faster than SLC. Maybe because it was United or that it was Saturday with less traffic being a weekend. However it was good experience at Denver airport compared to Salt Lake. The whole day went alot better and everything went smoothe as silk. I felt like God was smiling on us and blessing us. Getting on board the United Boeing 767-300 which seats 269 was a breeze compared to the Airbus because of the twin aisles and 2 seats outboard near the windows.
I know you all are fascinated by this stuff (I was a Boeing employee so I feel compelled to praise their excellent design)

Back to the subject. Getting there is half the Fun!!?

The flight was 7 hours. You go thru 4 time zones so it makes for a long flight but they did a good job of providing plenty to do what with movies and beverages and lunch.Take off was just after noon and we arrive Honolulu at 3:04pm. We had 2 lady drivers up front. After the rather bumpy landing and we were safely parked at the gate and all the passengers had dis embarked I asked the Purser if I could go up front in the cockpit and talk to the pilot-he said yes so I was allowed to talk to her about the heavy landing She said she forgot about the rather strong 15 knot cross wind which took away the ground effect under the aircraft and caused premature touch down (any landing is a good landing if you walk away from it)

I would guess her age at about 50 to 55 quite mature. She was a Senior Captain. The other pilot in RH seat was much yuonger a tall brunette. The stewardesses were also mature; a sign of the downsizing of teh airlines and retaining older service employees. They all said they had lost much of their pension and therfore had to continue working.

More later.................