[NWFree]

Airlines want an arm and a leg these days

I avoid them

[llevrok]

Without it, she was a foot shorter

[dblshot]

Emily Tuite mulls suit. Allegiant Airlines lawyers declare she doesn’t have a leg to stand on..

[Round Earther]

She could sue but she would not have a leg to stand on.

[Theoria]

12 days, that’s some jet leg.

[Magnum44]

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WWII spy Virginia Hall had a wooden prosthetic leg that she nicknamed Cuthbert. While she was making her way across Europe she stopped at a safe house in the mountains and radioed her superiors in London to report that she was OK, but that Cuthbert was giving her trouble.

The reply from SOE headquarters read, “If Cuthbert is giving you difficulty, have him eliminated.”

[decal]

Bag tag switch - those are always fun.

Delivered lost luggage for 15 years or so - the stories...

[Magnum44]

[lee martell]

That should be worth getting a full or partial refund of her plane ticket. Not having the leg changed everything and not for the better. They lost it due to Freddie-Fumbles errors of not paying attention and not checking details.

[rlmorel]

LOL, it made me think of the Guardians of The Galaxy movie where the raccoon creature tells Chris Pratt's character that he needs a guy's prosthetic leg in order to carry out their escape plan, and when he brings him the leg:

ROCKET: I was just kidding about the leg. I just need these two things.

PETER QUILL: What?

ROCKET: No, I thought it'd be funny. Was it funny? Wait, what did he look like hopping around?

PETER QUILL: I had to transfer him 30,000 units!

[PGR88]

Found it!

[njslim]

should have used carrion luggage to avoid this .........

[Dr. Sivana]

Hey, at least the airline eventually got around Tuite.

[ConservaTexan]

Hopefully, she has friends to lean on during hard times.

[Rummyfan]

Traumatic? Yes they ruined her vacation but that is all. And ultimately she got it back. Maybe she should sue them? But... does she have a leg to stand on?!

[Reddy]

She should have purchased an Apple AirTag for her luggage. That would have helped find it sooner, but she still would be and is entitled to compensation for a ruined trip.

[rlmorel]

I have always admired the story of Douglas Bader, who lost both of his legs in a flat-hatting accident in 1931.

When war broke out, he managed to convince the RAF to reinstate him. He shot down 22 German planes before being shot down himself. This Excerpt from DOUGLAS BADER: THE DOUBLE-AMPUTEE FLYING ACE OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

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On the 9th of August, Bader was at the head of four Spitfires when he spotted a squad of twelve 109s below him. Diving to engage, Bader went in too steep and nearly collided with the German fighters. Pulling up steeply to 24,000 feet, Bader suddenly found himself separated from his squad mates and far away from the action. Contemplating flying home, he spotted six 109s in the distance and decided to engage. It was a fateful decision.

Dropping in below the fighters, Bader shot down one 109 and damaged another. Realising two of the remaining 109s were turning to engage, he decided to high tail it out of there. Unfortunately, he banked in the wrong direction and collided with another 109, sheering off part of his Spitfire’s fuselage as well as its tail and fin. He made an attempt to bail out, but realised his prosthetic leg was trapped. With his stricken plane spinning towards the ground, he realised there was nothing for it and deployed his parachute, snapping the leg’s retaining strap and successfully ejecting from the vehicle. His landing knocked him unconscious. When he woke, it was to find two German soldiers unbuckling his parachute harness.

Bader was sent to hospital in the small French town of Saint-Omer. He wasted no time in trying to escape, despite having only one leg. He made a rope out of bed sheets and escaped out of the window. A one-legged man in a British uniform wasn’t too hard to spot and he was soon recaptured.

After leaving hospital, Bader was invited to visit an airfield by Adolf Galland, the German air ace he had engaged in the skies over the Channel a few weeks before. Bader, still missing one leg, was treated with great respect by Galland and was even allowed to sit in the cockpit of his personal 109. Bader cheekily asked Galland if there was any chance of taking the plane for a spin. Unsurprisingly, Galland politely refused his request.

HE HAD VOWED TO BE A 'PLAIN, BLOODY NUISANCE TO THE GERMANS'

One of the more unusual operations of World War II occurred shortly after Bader’s visit to the airfield. Galland approached the British authorities and offered them safe passage to fly over another leg for Bader. The operation was personally approved by Hermann Goering, himself a World War I fighter ace. A squadron of Bristol Blenheims was dispatched along with a fighter escort, and the replacement leg was duly parachuted into a Luftwaffe base near Saint-Omer. The Germans were not impressed when the bombers then headed off to unsuccessfully bomb a nearby power station; on the plus side, Bader now had two legs.

Bader spent the remaining years of the war in various prison camps where he made several unsuccessful escape attempts. He had vowed to be a 'plain, bloody nuisance to the Germans', and he was a man of his word. One notable escape came when he was a prisoner at Stalag Luft III B. Bader and three other prisoners managed to escape the camp and planned to make their way to the Polish border. Unfortunately, a Luftwaffe officer who was keen to meet the legendary flying ace dropped into the camp to pay Bader a visit. The officer discovered Bader was missing and raised the alarm. He and his companions were soon recaptured.

[DannyTN]

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