why Commercial Aviation isn't safe

[SkyHog]

Something Awful is a fun website, but it tends to be quite offensive to some. They really don't hold back joking about anything. I must warn that there is a chance that SOMETHING in this article will offend SOMEONE.

Disclaimer out of the way - I found this to be hilarious (even though I disagree with many of the points within).

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3133

 

[Carol]

Oh this is priceless. One of the ways to make airline travel 100% safe:

"1. REQUIRE ALL FLIGHTS TO HAVE A LAYOVER IN ATLANTA - As is, 90% of all flights throughout the world stop in Atlanta in some point in their grand journey. Rumor has it Charles Lindberg's plane was forced down over Atlanta during his trip from New York to Paris, as this single town has the ability to warp both space and time to the point where going anywhere at all invariably requires passing through this sin-cursed city. The prospect of a terrorist's bomb not exploding during their flight, thereby dooming them to visiting Atlanta, will undoubtedly deter even the most grizzled anti-American zealots. The Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport is conclusive proof there is a god, and He universally hates us. Take that, organized religion!"


Anyone in the South knows that before you can enter the afterlife you must pass through ATL.

 

[Bill]

Anyone in the South knows that before you can enter the afterlife you must pass through ATL.

Passed thru ATL in big metal tubes yesterday. Arriving flight was on time, and the departing flight was on time (ASA, no less. ASA = America's [insert your favorite s-word] Airline).

First time since I can...well, first time ever. I better buy a lotto ticket!

 

[Carol]

Passed thru ATL in big metal tubes yesterday. Arriving flight was on time, and the departing flight was on time (ASA, no less. ASA = America's [insert your favorite s-word] Airline).

First time since I can...well, first time ever. I better buy a lotto ticket!

Passed through ATL in big metal tubes on Tuesday and sat on my can for 5 hours waiting along with thousands of other travelers.

Thank goodness for Delta Crown rooms.

 

[Maverick]

Something Awful is a fun website, but it tends to be quite offensive to some. They really don't hold back joking about anything. I must warn that there is a chance that SOMETHING in this article will offend SOMEONE.

Disclaimer out of the way - I found this to be hilarious (even though I disagree with many of the points within).

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3133

A lot of good points in that article. Security seems to focus on the normal everyday traveler rather than cargo, after all how would you go about p*ss*ng off a box. I mean where is the fun in that. Besides, all the hoops the traveler is forced to jump through must be doing something to make them FEEL safer right?

A few years ago I flew from Detroit to Phoenix. While going through the security check point, after having to show my ID for the umpteenth time, there must have been something about me that the walk through metal detector didn't like. So, I was escorted over to the side where one of the security folks scanned me with a hand scanner. Now I was wearing a skirt and to my knowledge the only metal that could have been on my body would be the underwire in my bra. But this security person seemed to spend a fair amount of time scanning my legs, as if I could have been hiding something under my hose. Then, of course, this person had to feel my bra to make sure nothing was in it other than my own body parts. I guess I should be happy that they didn't declare my bra to be a contraband item and confiscate it.

Well folks, that was my last commercial flight and barring some unforeseen emergency situation it will be my very last. In my opinion the terrorists have accomplished possibly more than they could have dreamed possible. They have effectively turned us and our government against our own citizenry.

Do I feel safer? Not a chance in that since my brain is not clouded in Bozone.

Bo-zone - noun - The substance surrounding stupid people that prevents brilliant ideas from penetrating.

 

[rpadula]

Passed thru ATL in big metal tubes yesterday. Arriving flight was on time, and the departing flight was on time (ASA, no less. ASA = America's [insert your favorite s-word] Airline).

That's because Delta sold them yesterday. To SkyWest, IIRC.


-Rich

 

[wsuffa]

Passed thru ATL in big metal tubes yesterday. Arriving flight was on time, and the departing flight was on time (ASA, no less. ASA = America's [insert your favorite s-word] Airline).

First time since I can...well, first time ever. I better buy a lotto ticket!

My flight was on time today, too. It left when I arrived and pre-flighted, and arrived on time.... B)

And I didn't have anyone in the row behind me kicking the seat. The only minor drawback was the o2 cannula.

 

[Ghery]

Well folks, that was my last commercial flight and barring some unforeseen emergency situation it will be my very last. In my opinion the terrorists have accomplished possibly more than they could have dreamed possible. They have effectively turned us and our government against our own citizenry.

Do I feel safer? Not a chance in that since my brain is not clouded in Bozone.

Bo-zone - noun - The substance surrounding stupid people that prevents brilliant ideas from penetrating.

I wish I could say that, but this will be about a 100,000 mile year on the airlines. GA just can't get me (conveniently or in consonance with company travel restriction) to places I have to go, like Singapore, Tokyo, San Juan (well, maybe GA for that), Brazil (possibly twice this year) and Cape Town, SA. I wish that wasn't so, but it is and I get stuck in those pressurized metal tubes all too often. And the flights in and out of Cape Town will be on Lufthansa, in coach. I swear that the only airplane with less legroom than coach on a Lufthansa 747 is a Cessna 150!

 

[Maverick]

I wish I could say that, but this will be about a 100,000 mile year on the airlines. GA just can't get me (conveniently or in consonance with company travel restriction) to places I have to go, like Singapore, Tokyo, San Juan (well, maybe GA for that), Brazil (possibly twice this year) and Cape Town, SA. I wish that wasn't so, but it is and I get stuck in those pressurized metal tubes all too often. And the flights in and out of Cape Town will be on Lufthansa, in coach. I swear that the only airplane with less legroom than coach on a Lufthansa 747 is a Cessna 150!

I do feel for you Ghery! That's another one of my complaints regarding commercial aviation. It's as if the airlines try to make your trip unforgettable my making it as uncomfortable as possible. I swear the seats on commercial airliners are the worst things I've ever had the displeasure of sitting in. I'm rather tall, a little over 6 foot, and I have a bad back from injuries received in an auto crash. If I travel for more than an hour in an airliner I am in pain.

When I worked for General Dynamics I had to travel and I spent some time at Fort Hood Texas. On one of my flights home from Austin Texas I had a connecting flight at non other than ATL. The second leg from ATL to DTW was on an L1011 and I had a window seat near the back of the plane. The seats were extremely close together and the cabin wall curved in near the floor taking away even more leg room. The guy in front of me kept trying to recline his seat all the way into me, his seat back was hitting my knees and I couldn't move. Probably the most uncomfortable trip ever.

There was a time when the airlines took an interest in their passengers comfort. Those days are gone and it seems members of the flight crews often demonstrate some degree of contempt for their passengers. At this point in my life I'm really happy that my job does not require travel.

Jeannie