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2009-01-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Mike 2009-01-20 12:35|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Another reason. If you panic, you die.
I wonder how many babies O'Reilly woulda stepped on to get outta that plane. Whatta douchebag.

Posted by tu3031 2009-01-20 12:56|| 2009-01-20 12:56|| Front Page Top

#2 How to behave in a plane crach? Pray to Obama.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-01-20 13:38|| 2009-01-20 13:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Just fly on one of the models Obama designed and you won't have to worry about a crash.

Duh!

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-20 14:36|| 2009-01-20 14:36|| Front Page Top

#4 O'R kept asking, because the reports are many that some people were jumping over seats to get out, others were grabbing carry on's and purses. One persons "pandimonium" is anothers "orderly evacuation.
On my most recent flight, now that it costs $15 to check a bag, 70% are carrying everything they own on the flight. I was pinned to the window seat by 2 women, on a cross country flight who didn't take off full lenght wool coats. Each had a carry on bag they put under the seat, and a purse, no saddle bag filled with crap they kept on thier lap. I offered to help put all this "unsecured junk" in the overhead, while it was still open. "Oh no, I need my books" they replied.
Mid flight, the middle one gets up to go to the bathroom, dumps the contents of her saddle bag on the floor, which is already cluttered with her carry on...
Call me heartless, but in an critical situation I would have not "waited" for these two to gather their self induced clutter.
There were cases of this on the US Air flight; However there was also a good number of "leader/passengers" who kept the crowd calm while the Flight Attendents performed their real task- passenger safety.

Posted by Capsu 78 2009-01-20 19:58|| 2009-01-20 19:58|| Front Page Top

#5 You are NOT "heartless." US domestic air travel has become a torturous national embarrasment. The ICE train from Kaiserslautern to Paris or other destinations is reasonably priced, roomy, clean, and comfortable. Europe has the right answer, they've had it for years and it's trains.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-20 20:25|| 2009-01-20 20:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Agreed. It is more likely an exuberance of help will cause problems rather than panic.

That crap about panic, at least for what I've seen, is mostly for the big screen and bad guy wet dreams.

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-01-20 21:40|| 2009-01-20 21:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Not really, when that Ethiopian Airline was made
to crash by it's drunken muslim Hijackers,
the Captain loudly warned the passengers
NOT to inflate their life vest before exiting the
airplane. However, the voice recorder sounded hundreds of "pops" as idiots still inflated their vest, got stuck on the ceiling as the broken plane sunk and drowned.

I understand the crew wrung the neck of the
muslim sand monkeys before exiting the cockpit...

GOOD JOB, GUYS!!!

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