Posted on 09/07/2014 9:00:02 AM PDT by Kaslin
Eggzackly.
I think, however, that there should be some way for the person in front to let the person in back know the seat is about the recline. Couple times I’ve nearly had a computer damaged by somebody reclining the seat unexpectedly.
27 Pilots And Flight Attendants Confess Dark Secrets You Need To Know About Flying
Should be noted that the immigrant ships also had a high death rate, quite possibly as high or even higher than those on the slave ships.
The slaver captains, after all, had a financial incentive to keep slave alive. The immigrant ship operators didn't have an incentive to minimize deaths. The "coffin ships" of the Potato Famine often had death rates over 30%.
We don’t miss flying at all. We haven’t flown since 2006 and have no plans for it for the next 30 years at least.
What a great read! Thank you for posting it.
Good point, and I didn’t know that little factoid.
It doesn’t even require any particular malice or neglect or extra care on the parts of the respective captains. The slavers started with cargoes of healthy able-bodied young men and women; the coffin ships, the very young, the elderly, the sickly and half-starved refugees yearning to breathe free.
If I’m paying for a seat, I will recline. Period. Having said that, I rarely fly anymore. But when I do, it’s business class.
Can’t argue with that. But I miss the days when vacation started at the airport.
I’m responding from Bastogne Belgium. Flight from JFK was actually. Pretty pleasant.
I guess the airline has no fault for squeezing in more sats and still having the reclining feature. What next double deck the seats?
Amen - 2008 was my last time on an airplane and I now arrange my life to avoid it. The next problem on the horizon is how to do an Alaska cruise without flying. It’s a long drive from the center of the US to Seattle or Vancouver.
I used to fly a lot for business, and of course I -- or my employer -- paid the worst fares possible. I really don't understand why customers put up with this industry -- it seems to stand the usual business/consumer relationship on its head. The service is bad, so we use it more, so it gets even worse?
Back in the 1970s when I first started working, I flew everywhere. Back then, even coach wasn't bad. Today, I'm retired on a fixed income, so I can't afford to travel like I used to. But even if I could afford it, I'm reluctant to fly. Just so not worth it.
I agree, because common courtesy dictates that. That doesn’t mean however the person in the backseat has to be an *A* hole. Courtesy goes both ways
You're very welcome?
That was GREAT! Enjoyed reading it.
Actually, to veer from the subject of this thread for a bit, slavers only needed about 25% of their cargo to survive to pay for the trip and turn a profit. This gave birth to a controversial theory; that black Americans excelled at sports because only the physically strongest of them survived to pass on their genes.
Michael Savage calls them flying concentration camps, where the guards are ready to kneecap you with a stainless steel drink cart if you get out of line.
So and according to you, the person behind you paid for his or her seat to be squashed by you? Nice...Not
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