[NormsRevenge]

10 a year .. This from not so long ago..


BA passengers share first class cabin with dead traveller
Daily Mail UK ^ | 23:01pm on 4th December 2006 | RAY MASSEY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748534/posts

Posted on 12/04/2006 7:53:24 PM PST by james500

[pillut48]

I saw that Jody Foster movie about airplanes--they couldn't store this poor dead woman in the hold or something til they arrived at their destination?

Didn't look good--I bet! :-o

[MARTIAL MONK]

If that's what you have to do to get a free upgrade, I think I'll pass.

No pun intended.

[CarrotAndStick]

According to The Guardian, about 10 people a year die on BA flights, and the airline acted in a similar fashion when an American traveller died half-way through a six-hour London-Boston flight in November.

If this is such a frequent occurrence, shouldn't a solution have been thought of for this situation a long, long time ago?

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Maybe airlines should start packing body bags.

Surely they could zip a stiff into a bag and hang them up in the galley for the remainder of the flight.

Or maybe have a seat specifically designated as the morgue and only the dead get to sit there.

[jazusamo]

"I went to the galley and said, 'She doesn't look too well'

This isn't something to make light of but I can see why he'd say that.

[festus]

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.

[dighton]

A memento mori for first-class pax.

Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

[LibWhacker]

Her daughter was given a vacant seat next to her, and reportedly spent most of the remaining five-odd hours of the flight wailing and in tears.

Sounds like a bad sitcom. But what are the airlines to do with passengers who kick the bucket inflight? You can't chuck them out the door.

[RavenATB]

"He added that "because of turbulence it (the body) kept slipping down on to the floor. It was horrific."

Horrific? You've got to be chitting me...what a wussy!

The body was DEAD! The freaking woman couldn't feel anything.

Horrific? Was that "man" named John Edwards?

[AZRepublican]

There is no one right way of dealing with such situations.

[Scarchin]

Can I have her peanuts?

I'm sorry...

[Billthedrill]

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.

[kimmie7]

I will not make a Monty Python Dead Parrott sketch reference...

I will not make a Monty Python Dead Parrott sketch reference...

I will not make a Monty Python Dead Parrott sketch reference...

[Doctor Raoul]

What did these bastrds ain first class want them to do, fold her in half and put her in an overhead bin?

[Nateman]

What's in this in flight meal anyways? It's tasty but I can't quite make out what it is.

It's an in flight special sir. Only serve it up about ten times a year.

[ryan71]

"...dumping..."?

There was no "dumping". They did the best they could, deal with it! If you are uncomfortable, don't fly.

[JRios1968]

I will not make a Snakes on a Plane reference...
I will not make a Snakes on a Plane reference...
I will not make a Snakes on a Plane reference...
I will not make a Snakes on a Plane reference...

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I've been on a lot of flights that made me wish I was dead, but still, what a terrible way to go.

[Desron13]

You would think that the pilot would simply make a tactful announcement and that would suffice. I guess I just don't understand what all the fuss is about.