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If I was a passenger on a plane and saw fighters escorting us, it would not give me a good feeling.
I know he is not there to protect our plane from enemy fighters. His only purpose as far as I know would be to shoot our plane down rather than have it crashed into a target.
Expect more of this (real or fake) as the economy, politics, and racial relations heat up.
My daughter and I flew Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong en route to Vietnam in APR 2000. We were told by the Captain’s passenger breifing that we’d be overflying parts of North Korea, which triggered exitement, but a little trepidation. As long as they know we’re coming, I thought. I wondered what we’d see as we were then flying by night.
As we approached however, we took a more easterly track by the inflight seatback navigation system, taking us eventually over Hiroshima which was very well lit from the cloudless post-midnight sky.
I’ve always wondered what changed in our flightpath, as the Captain never gave an expalnation for the altered route.
But Vietnam turned out to be fantastic. Someday I hope to go back again. Maybe then, even over North Korea.