I’m not sure I’ll ever fly again. Just seems like a bad idea for a thousand reasons.
If this is true, the airline needs to be held accountable. You hear this kind of thing all the time, and to me, it's no different than a kidnapping. The airlines can cry "security" all they want but it's unconscionable that people can be held on a plane for hours on end without access to water, food or fresh air.
Hey their planes and rules approved by the FAA, you don’t like it, don’t fly. Wouldn’t catch me in one of those death traps for all the tea in China.
In flight?!
Someone probably farted
I’m of a split mind here.
On the one hand, to me being stuck on a stationary aircraft whose climate control systems can’t keep up (not unusual for an airplane relying on the APU and not the main engines in flight) is a horrible situation. At some point, just let the poor people off back into the damn terminal!
On the other hand, I can’t really condone some rando walking on the wind. Some parts of the wing can take it, but others *WILL* be damaged by someone walking on them, requiring inspection and a replacement aircraft.
So I guess, yeah: opening the emergency exit for some damn air after hours of being trapped in an oven is something I can sympathize with, or even approve of. But walking on the wing just caused further (necessary from a safety standpoint) delays.
When flying, you become a prisoner. If the airline fails to provide air, water, or bathroom, so be it.
My wife and I have told our siblings, cousins and friends across this country, we are not flying anywhere, for the rest of our lives.
Not for funerals, hospice and/or whatever.
A younger friend recently flew out to say goodbye and how much we and another couple meant to him.
He cancelled, his plane ride back to Floriduh and caught a train back to his home area.
A younger relative/first cousin, recently died from a long time illness. I apologized to his new widow about not coming to his funeral. She told me that 3 cousins, 2 brother’s and 2 of her brothers did not fly back for the funeral.