Here's Slater, simpering on his boyfriend's lap:
...Something tells me this can all be written-off as a "hissy fit."
Posted on 08/10/2010 3:22:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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JetBlue is a fine airline. Fly them out of Long Beach all the time.
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I drove a former boss (and spouse) to Long Beach a couple of times
so they could catch Jet Blue flights.
I haven’t researched it, but it’s my understanding is that the LB airport
was the one seen in the classic movie “Casablanca”. The terminal did
have that 1930s look.
They are supposed to be able to withstand 35 knot winds with 52 knot gusts IIRC. However, that’s just not that incredibly rare on an airport tarmac. After all, tarmacs are big flat areas with little to slow down the wind. Also, you can get some weird spot winds and vortices from other planes, esp big ones, landing and taking off.
Likely? Nope. Possible? Yup. Any chance Mr. I’m More Important knew what the wind speeds were or cared? Not much, hence reckless endangerment.
PS Replacing or reloading the exit slide isn’t a simple process. The kind of fittings needed to withstand the forces involved aren’t trivial. The slide also has to be certified. That means the plane will be grounded for a bit.
Oops, I didn’t read you post carefully enough, and my choice of the term “big sails” could have been better.
The risk isn’t that the plane will get yanked around. (At least I don’t think that’s a big risk. May be wrong.)
The big risk is that the slide will get torn off and sail into an engine on that plane or another plane. Or that it will sail into another plane with the full force of the wind behind it. It’s literally like getting hit by a truck. (Had a 20’x20’ tarp blow off a construction site into my car one day, maybe a 20 mph wind behind it. Cracked the hood, shattered the windshield - thank God for safety glass - and almost knocked my car off the road. There’s a LOT of force there!)
Sorry, I should have directed my snark about the “hero” tag to the article, not you.
“If my destination is within an 8 hour drive, and I have time, I drive (or take bus/train) rather than fly.”
Me too! If it’s nice out and a trip that won’t last too long (say 3 day stay), I ride my Honda Shadow 750. Talk about a way to travel.
“I remember reading a story about a boss who would take potential employees to lunch and see how they dealt with waiters. They would be hired or not depending on how they dealt with people who took ‘lesser’ jobs.”
A company I worked for did that, and I was on the interview team. More than a few people blew job offers by treating the wait staff poorly.
We took it a step farther: I was usually assigned the job of showing them the town. If they didn’t drink, that was fine. If they drank and behaved, OK. If they drank and became instant jerks, bye bye job offer. That happened more than once, too.
“,,, I ride my Honda Shadow 750. Talk about a way to travel.”
Probably even beats Greyhound ;)
I see him as a stereotypical flight attendant flamer.
Speaking of which, has the media spoken to any of this fellow employees. It seems like all of the people quoted as saying he's a hero didn't know him, didn't work with him, and weren't even on the flight.
He ought to pay the airline everything they lost and then some. He should lose his job big time.
And he should do 6 months in jail.
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