It's not clear though is it? It's usually written in small writing alongside the branding of a completely different airline. Even then "operated by" is an ambiguous term to the layman.

Can we cut the tough guy ****? Don't recall the US going head-to-toe with Russia directly at any point either. Nobody wants WWIII.

i agree with Cable. i just did a random flight and got stuff like this:

Czech Airlines 3061 operated by Delta & Czech Airlines 5055 operated by Delta

KLM 5599 operated by ENDEAVOR AIR DBA DELTA CONNECTION & KLM 6010 operated by Delta

He said in his reply that at the altitude the plane was that it would not have been visible to the people shooting the rocket.

You're drunk, right?

That rug really tied the room together

Military action is not indicated. The NATO powers will aim to act in concert, using sanctions, the threat of further sanctions and general political noise-making, to try and damp down Putin's aggression.

So, just now, Kerry's saying the US has intercepts to show that Russia supplied SA-11 systems to the goons and Cameron is saying that Russia could become a 'pariah'. They co-ordinate on this type thing.

Dropping bombs just hurts people who don't have much to do with anything. The US and the EU will want to target the main man. Putin really does not want to be placed under travel restrictions and, as a kleptocrat, he does not want seize-or-freeze orders against the billions he's stashed away all over the place.

wiper is probably the most 'murica.jpg kind of dude ive read on 2+2

**** yeah!

wiper's reasonably murican, good description.

that's real.

I probably play 'murica on 2p2 more than IRL, but I'm okay with that..lol

There's a bit missing after the '#1', and the bit missing is 'Debtor Nation.'

lol @ u ... USA#1 has forgiven more debts than any other nation. the world's got our back.

Hilarious.

Shame this thread isnt being blessed with the Russian shills telling us that it was actually the US and UK who did this. Guess they're contained to the politards subs.

you were working pretty hard there...

If it hasn't been said already, Malaysian Airlines running really bad.

Maybe somebody had a big put against their stock.

Ventured into the politics thread on the plane. Not even all the AIDS researchers in the world can cure the problems in that thread.

Seems strange that shooting passenger planes out of the sky hasnt become a standard terrorist activity by now

Guess it is harder than it looks. Seems like you could put a few pounds of c4 onto a remote controlled airplane and fly it into a landing plane. Might not kill everyone but it is terrorism in the truest form, would cause the western world to freak out.

Well usually countries don't hand over SAMs capable of hitting jets at 33k feet but welcome to Russia's world!

lol

Yes, I'm sure the experienced flight crew on board had nothing to do with it. They must have had their rabbit's foot with them.

China's got your IOUs. And the world doesn't care.

Nope.

You know you arent allowed to make a post like this without some additional insight, interesting anecdote or snippet of insider knowledge.

You're better than that!