Posted on 03/18/2007 8:45:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Too good to pass up.
Oh, I can't believe you went there...;-)
I've been on a lot of flights that made me wish I was dead, but still, what a terrible way to go.
In any case, my idea really isn't that practical, I guess. For one thing cannonballs are heavy and you'd have to explain to the passengers that they're only for the dead bodies. I don't see how you could work that happily into the pre-flight greetings even with free peanuts. Well, maybe on Jet Blue...
And if a live person gets locked in there? Like if the non-doctors make a mistake and they aren't really dead (As frequently happens in nursing homes)?
"Seems a reasonable solution to me.
Other options would be leaving her prone in an aisle ( evacuation hazard ) or maybe tossin her into bagage which seems wrong somehow.
The death was tragic and traumatic on those around her but BA can't change that."
I believe there is some extra space in the cockpit. That would reduce the passemger trauma.
It wasn't horrific for the woman but for the daughter and the other passengers to see. Perhaps the airlines should invest in a support that can be strapped to a body before belting it into its seat.
The flight crew did what was best under the circumstances given the few options they had. Space is often at a premium, so unless they sacrifice a closed area that can hold a body and perhaps a seat for a loved one who might prefer to stay with the deceased, it's unlikely that anything will change.
.. I was crew on sailboat deliveries NY - West Palm,Miami
Wilmington , NC was a fave stop , .. one time , there was a hearse parked near the Party Fishing boats , .. we found out later that night , .. a guy dropped dead when they had just reached their spot , way out
... so , not to ruin everyone else's day , they just put him below , on ice
.. they didn't stay out for the normal length of time , but they DIDn't turn right around , and head back
( on another note ) ,.. I always liked Wilmington , they had that 24hr fish market , at the docks , .. and that restaurant ,.. The Sanitary [??] ,.. or The Hygenic [??] ,.. I think the Hygenic was in New London , Ct ,.. but I digress ,.. sorry folks
Funny, I was just thinking . . . what if this had been on Jet Blue?
"The secret's in the sauce."
*Humbly apologizes for Fried Green Tomatoes quote..*
NASA's curve for temp. is 59- .00356Xaltitude (in feet), which gives about -69 F at 36000 ft. Makes sense, as the stratosphere is generally considered to start right around that altitude and the most common listed temperature for it is -70.
OMGoodness, I forgot about Aunt Edna! Now that's the way to go! LOL LOL LOL
Oh man, I hate that this happened and feel for the family, but "she's expired"! What was she, milk????
I believe "joined the choir invisible " is more tactful that "she expired"!
LOL
Thanks for plowing the road for me.......
Couldn't you just chuck 'em? I mean, at sea we used to cover them with a flag and play taps before turning the dear departed into fish food. Trust me, they didn't care."
Somehow, I don't think that you were in a PRESSUEIZED situation on a ship at sea level.
Besides, how could anyone just dispose of a body without the authorities doing an autopsy and the family being notified as th their wishes for the disposal of the dead person?
Couldn't you just chuck 'em? I mean, at sea we used to cover them with a flag and play taps before turning the dear departed into fish food. Trust me, they didn't care."
Somehow, I don't think that you were in a PRESSURIZED situation on a ship at sea level.
Besides, how could anyone just dispose of a body without the authorities doing an autopsy and the family being notified as th their wishes for the disposal of the dead person?
Couldn't you just chuck 'em? I mean, at sea we used to cover them with a flag and play taps before turning the dear departed into fish food. Trust me, they didn't care."
Somehow, I don't think that you were in a PRESSURIZED situation on a ship at sea level.
Besides, how could anyone just dispose of a body without the authorities doing an autopsy and the family being notified as th their wishes for the disposal of the dead person?
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