daily pic

started playing around with making HDR stuff today.

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This place doesn't look like DTW. At least there's a view.
Rub it in why don't you! @Nark, when I get back we'll work something out.
 
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ChasenSFO said:
SJC is a much smaller market than SFO, its too far from SF for most people that want to go to San Francisco. Since the dot-com bubble-burst, airlines trying for SJC hubs have realized other than to select markets(Socal, Pac Northwest, Reno, Hawaii ect), the only way to consistently fill jets is connections. Virgin American could probably fill a single SJC-JFK if they were based there, but 5-6 a day like they have from SFO? Nope. If you're going to have a hub, why not move the planes somewhere where there is a lot of local demand on top of the connectivity? Accordingly, American killed their San Jose hub, and Alaska downsized the focus city a lot. SFO is an international airport. It's a BART ride away from downtown SF, is a lot more recognized by tourists who don't want to stay in Silicon Valley, and offers both online and offline connections around the world. There is a reason OAK and SJC continue to dwindle away and SFO grows and grows. SFO has improved a lot in the last 2-3 years with delays during IMC. Used to be common to have lots of flights leaving at 3-4AM on a rainy or foggy day. Now, rarely are there more than a handful of late flights after 1-1:30AM. 2-3 hour delays are still common, but its a big improvement and it's only getting better.
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I wish I didn't agree with everything you said! Im a big SJC fanboy and just wish we had more flights...but yeah SFO is a lot better. SJC tried so hard to get that Aer Lingus flight based on their sister city connection with Dublin but they still had no chance.
 
nabbyfan said:
I wish I didn't agree with everything you said! Im a big SJC fanboy and just wish we had more flights...but yeah SFO is a lot better. SJC tried so hard to get that Aer Lingus flight based on their sister city connection with Dublin but they still had no chance.
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Dude don't get me wrong, SJC is a beautiful, hassle free airport that has great places to watch and photograph airplanes all around it. I'd love to see SJC as bustling as it was in the 90s-early 2000s, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. SJC is still in "final talks" with another Asian airline(my guess is a Chinese carrier), so maybe they'll get another one. Fun fact; Swissair was actually going to start GVA-SJC in the 1990s, but since this was in the day and age of travel agents and SJC wasn't loaded into most European systems, they picked SFO instead. That's really the only reason.

I'll add that SJC just hired a new person with a solid background tasked with attracting new carriers/routes and keeping existing service. Hopefully he makes some headroom, I know there is a big demand for more JFK/BOS flights and the return of IAD service. Matter of time before someone fills those shoes.
 
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