About to send Happy St Patrick's Day emails to my friends and colleagues on the Emerald Isle. For 2026, I decided not to "instruct" my American Colleagues on their misconceptions on what's really Irish and how we Americans have totally bastardized St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Do what you want to, but stay safe...
I'll just leave you with one thought, and a meme: While I lived in Ireland the crew from Chicago flew over to Dublin and dyed the Liffey River Green for St. Patrick's Day. They were not so politely told to **NEVER COME BACK** and do that again...
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Happy St. Patrick's Day 2026!!
438 views·17 replies·by Roccus7
Funny….
My Da was from West Meath…..when he came to America amd met his bride my mother she brought him home for a traditional Irish dinner of corn beef and cabbage, potatoes and Irish soda bread.
After dinner my Mother asked hi ‘how did you like it”?
He replied… ‘it was greatl what was it’?
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day All
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My Da was from West Meath…..when he came to America amd met his bride my mother she brought him home for a traditional Irish dinner of corn beef and cabbage, potatoes and Irish soda bread.
After dinner my Mother asked hi ‘how did you like it”?
He replied… ‘it was greatl what was it’?
🤣
Happy St. Patrick’s Day All
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CommodoreOriginal Crew16,165 postsSince 2018
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[USER=49]@JackPrintMD[/USER] Thank you and please thank Mary for me and Jenn Toasted extra Kerrys Gold
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Awesome, glad you and Miss Jenn enjoying.
Mary only shares her soda bread once a year with special people.
[USER=49]@JackPrintMD[/USER] Thank you and please thank Mary for me and Jenn Toasted extra Kerrys Gold
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Awesome, glad you and Miss Jenn enjoying.
Mary only shares her soda bread once a year with special people.
CommodoreOriginal Crew16,165 postsSince 2018
Special ED, the small bus
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CommodoreOriginal Crew16,165 postsSince 2018
Who remembers this…….
It was March 17, 1970. St. Patrick's Day. A routine shuttle flight from Newark to Boston. 73 people on board.
Back then, airline shuttle flights worked like a bus. No reservations. No security screening. No boarding pass. You walked on and paid the fare in-flight. A flight attendant would come around after takeoff to collect the fare from each passenger.
Twenty minutes in, the attendant reached passenger John Divivo. He said he had no money. Then he pulled a .38 revolver and demanded to be taken to the cockpit.
He told Captain Robert Wilbur to fly east over the ocean. Then said: "Let me know when we're two or three minutes from running out of fuel."
He wanted to kill everyone on board.
First Officer James Hartley, 30, quietly signaled a hijacking to air traffic control. Then, without warning, Divivo opened fire. Hartley was hit in the chest. Then Divivo turned the gun on the captain, hitting him in both arms.
Hartley, bleeding and dying, lunged at Divivo. Ripped the gun from his hands. Shot the hijacker three times. Then collapsed.
But Divivo got back up. Shot three times and still moving, he began clawing at Wilbur, trying to push the controls forward and crash the plane. Wilbur grabbed the gun and hit him over the head.
With a bullet in each arm, Wilbur flew the DC-9 to a safe landing at Boston Logan. He radioed the tower: "My pilot is down. Where do you want me to park this thing?"
He never told them he was shot too.
72 passengers walked off that plane alive. Co-pilot James Hartley did not. His sacrifice saved every one of them.
This was the first hijacking in U.S. history to end with a death. Before this incident, passengers could walk onto planes with no screening at all. Two days after the hijacking, U.S. Transportation Secretary John Volpe held congressional hearings to discuss new security measures. This led to metal detectors being deployed at airports and the beginning of passenger screening as we know it.
Pictured: Captain Robert Wilbur Jr. (left) and First Officer James Hartley (right).
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It was March 17, 1970. St. Patrick's Day. A routine shuttle flight from Newark to Boston. 73 people on board.
Back then, airline shuttle flights worked like a bus. No reservations. No security screening. No boarding pass. You walked on and paid the fare in-flight. A flight attendant would come around after takeoff to collect the fare from each passenger.
Twenty minutes in, the attendant reached passenger John Divivo. He said he had no money. Then he pulled a .38 revolver and demanded to be taken to the cockpit.
He told Captain Robert Wilbur to fly east over the ocean. Then said: "Let me know when we're two or three minutes from running out of fuel."
He wanted to kill everyone on board.
First Officer James Hartley, 30, quietly signaled a hijacking to air traffic control. Then, without warning, Divivo opened fire. Hartley was hit in the chest. Then Divivo turned the gun on the captain, hitting him in both arms.
Hartley, bleeding and dying, lunged at Divivo. Ripped the gun from his hands. Shot the hijacker three times. Then collapsed.
But Divivo got back up. Shot three times and still moving, he began clawing at Wilbur, trying to push the controls forward and crash the plane. Wilbur grabbed the gun and hit him over the head.
With a bullet in each arm, Wilbur flew the DC-9 to a safe landing at Boston Logan. He radioed the tower: "My pilot is down. Where do you want me to park this thing?"
He never told them he was shot too.
72 passengers walked off that plane alive. Co-pilot James Hartley did not. His sacrifice saved every one of them.
This was the first hijacking in U.S. history to end with a death. Before this incident, passengers could walk onto planes with no screening at all. Two days after the hijacking, U.S. Transportation Secretary John Volpe held congressional hearings to discuss new security measures. This led to metal detectors being deployed at airports and the beginning of passenger screening as we know it.
Pictured: Captain Robert Wilbur Jr. (left) and First Officer James Hartley (right).
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CaptainOriginal Crew2,076 postsSince 2018
I would have been too young to remember that specific incident. But I do remember flying the DC shuttle a few times. They actually let me in the cockpit of a Lockheed Electra on one flight. I also remember the '70s as a busy time for hijackings planes to Cuba.
Different times.
Different times.
CaptainOriginal Crew3,414 postsSince 2019
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I would have been too young to remember that specific incident. But I do remember flying the DC shuttle a few times. They actually let me in the cockpit of a Lockheed Electra on one flight. I also remember the '70s as a busy time for hijackings planes to Cuba.
Different times.
Yes, much different times. I flew the Eastern shuttle to Washington and Boston. No need for a reservation just show up the gate and board. Flights departed on the hour, every hour during the day. And if it filled up they rolled out another aircraft.
IIRC Trump bought the shuttle, named it of course Trump Shuttle. Another failed business venture he ran into the ground.
I had a family connection back then with Eastern and was able to fly standby for just a couple of dollars. Was a great time to be single and traveling.
I would have been too young to remember that specific incident. But I do remember flying the DC shuttle a few times. They actually let me in the cockpit of a Lockheed Electra on one flight. I also remember the '70s as a busy time for hijackings planes to Cuba.
Different times.
Yes, much different times. I flew the Eastern shuttle to Washington and Boston. No need for a reservation just show up the gate and board. Flights departed on the hour, every hour during the day. And if it filled up they rolled out another aircraft.
IIRC Trump bought the shuttle, named it of course Trump Shuttle. Another failed business venture he ran into the ground.
I had a family connection back then with Eastern and was able to fly standby for just a couple of dollars. Was a great time to be single and traveling.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,076 postsSince 2018
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