To Swissair or not to Swissair?

[Hold at Saffa]

I like it, KK!
Stylish, understated, elegant, recognisable.
If it isn't going to be then I think yours is the winning entry....plus 10 bonus points! What says you, Cisco?

[FrappsZello]

Hooking Fell,

Getting into a discourse about icing on this thread is moving away from its original theme - naming the new airline. Suffice to say I know why Max Lenz is not a pilot in Swissair anymore and I find no problem with the de-icing policy of Swissair.

[efcop]

accepting frost on top of the wings -no matter how thick it is- is unprofessional, shows zero understanding of aerodynamics and is just plain dangerous. the clean wing concept makes sense on every type of aircraft.

but now back to the topic
what does the community think of Swiss United or the other way round?

[Aviatrix69]

nice name. The pilot's association then would be called "SUPA"
Me likes it... <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

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[FrappsZello]

Efcop, are you stating that it is Swissair policy to accept frost on the top of the wing?

[efcop]

I am stating that a SR a320 fleet chief communicated to his boys and girls that a thin layer of frost is acceptable. I guess he was trying to keep the cost of deicing down...
during snowfall and oat +2° I witnessed a SR a320 declining to anti ice the wings "as the snow was melting on the wings". everybody else chose to anti ice the aircraft.

[Gate B40]

or call it CHair ("the most comfortable seats in the sky")

maybe LakeAir and offer really cheap transatlantic flights...

[Moritz Suter]

[quote]what does the community think of Swiss United <hr></blockquote>
ABSOLUTELY NOT. Sounds like a fußbal team!

Men and women of Switzerland, this is my baby we're talking about. Lets have some serious suggestions.

Here's mine. Lets call it...


[ 11 January 2002: Message edited by: Moritz Suter ]</p>

[efcop]

Moritz, you are extreeeeemly funny

[Moritz Suter]

Don't forget clever, handsome, visionary, and much closer to the action than you might have thought!

[Aerienne]

What about ex-air and rotate the existing cross 45 degrees?

[efcop]

Moritz, I didn't realize you'd be online in your hotair balloon over Burma.
Beware of angry eagles that may puncture your skin

[bluskis]

Swiss Wings Aerial Transport Company (Holdings)

Runs like clockwork.

[Moritz Suter]

Thuraya satelite mobile and a laptop...kein problem!
Been saving my toilet bags as a little airborne surprise for Bruggisser, I'm told he's lurking in these parts.

Back to the topic, LET'S CALL IT.......

[max lenz]

FrappsZello, you seem to know, why Max Lenz is not Swissair Captain anymore.
Could you tell me the reason as well?

[Rusty A300]

There's only one idiot at Crotchair that posts picture, faces and little angry men like that: isn't there now Hold at Tossa?

[126.9]

Well said Rusty. Now try doing what the rest of us do, Just ignore him.

[Lime]

Air Swiss ???

[Botteron]

Whatever it is, a press conference should be held today and the new name released.
According to André Kudelski, a board member, yesterday on the Swiss TV, the name should contain the word "Swiss" but he wouldn't comment further.

[TheShadow]

SWISSARIA
with an "aria" being an air or melody.
Very catchy

SWISSARIEL
with Ariel being in folklore: "a light and graceful spirit of the air." and "a mischievous sprite"

SWISSARYAN
with Aryan being "part of a master race"

SWISSAERIAL
with aerial being "Reaching high into the air" or
in another sense: "insubstantial; imaginary"

SWISSAREA
with "area" meaning "regional or district-bound"

Vol-au-Vent
being "A light pastry shell with an even lighter filling"

SKELETAIR
what's left after everyone's picked over the Swissair bone.

SWIZZLESTICKAIR
A small thin rod for stirring the air

CRUCIFERLUCIFERAIR
a cross between the devil you know and devil-may-care

YODELAIR
with a yodel being a falsetto song

YOKELAIR
with yokels being a group of rustic bumpkins

CHEESEAIR
with cheese being "a moulded, mouldy mass of aging curdled milk"

SUZERAINAIR
with a suzerain being "A nation that controls another nation in international affairs but allows it domestic sovereignty".
and for a person "A feudal lord to whom fealty was due."

VERSAVICEAIR
"vice versa" with the order or meaning reversed; conversely

VERSATILAIR
from versatile: "Capable of doing many things competently", "Variable or inconstant" or in biology: "Capable of moving freely in all directions"

DEVILMAKAIR
"devil may care" - capable of moving from the Satanic Verses to the Satanic Reverses.

CORROBOREE
an aboriginal dance festival of great tumult and wassail

DIDJERIDOO
A long hollow branch that makes a deep drone when blown into.

SWISSULLIEDAIR
from to sully: To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain, to defile; taint.