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Posted on 04/19/2012 9:50:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Reminds me of the Far Side cartoon, where the bird is watching TV with the bird reporter reporting with a plane crash in the background,
“Details are still sketchy, but we think the name of the bird sucked into the jet’s engines was Harold Meeker.”
What difference does that make? The rules for takeoff are ALL electronic devices.
OMG.
Heh, imagine you are sitting behind him, casually looking at the big screen as he takes the movie!
“WTF WAS THAT?????????????”
Followed by smoke...
I asked, because even though I think it may very well be stupid and needless to turn off electronic devices, I do it anyway with no lip or attitude. I recognize that rule is very likely intentionally VERY broad for a reason.
It always irritates me when someone gives the flight crew a hard time. Usually, they are just trying to do their job.
I didn’t know if your post was a shot at that. Nothing personal.
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Ah, crud. Sorry about the large format, folks.
Heh, my short career as a Navy jet mechanic taught me many things about many things, and not all of them had to do with jet engines...:)
Best thing that I ever did, followed closely by marrying my wife...or vice versa!
There...fixed it! (Nevermind...:)
I have a fair amount of experience in civilian aircraft (never military)...A380 down to a 15 seater whatever,and everything in between.I've been in one or two situations where I was *somewhat* concerned,but not panic stricken,in the air;a sudden,extreme "dive" in a 707 flying from Cairo to Dar Es Salaam being the most memorable.Perhaps your Navy experience gives you a knowledge advantage over us amateurs.
I thought we had a deal with the pigeons. They’re supposed to get out of the way.
I will say, aviation has an absolute surplus of pucker-inducing material.
I spent fours years in the Navy, most of it on a carrier (during peacetime, no less) and I saw a lot just from my vantage point. Four years worth, and then I think of people like you who have spent a career in it, I can only imagine the things you see.
I’ve seen five mishaps. It gave me a sense of scale later on, when I thought “I am one person in a unit, and there are a lot of “units” out there...”
“...That’s a lot of planes crashing.”
During peacetime, just practicing at war...that many planes go down.
Yeah. Aviation ranks up there as a place to see wild things, and not always good things, and that while we are just trying to fly routinely without attempting to destroy something.
Or evade something...like the ground.
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