[Doogle]

"Well now Nigel, I certainly do appreciate you give me the chance of a *WHOOOOSH* liiiiiifffeeee ttiiiiiimmmm

[SunTzuWu]

“Journalists”... the Pilatus isn't a jet , it's a turboprop.

[Roscoe Karns]

[allmost]

:)

[Secret Agent Man]

New phrase: Premature Ejectulation

[NRA2BFree]

I bet he soiled himself when he took off. LOL

[Harley]

There's probably a little more to this story than is out there. If you are sitting in an ejection seat all relaxed and it 'accidentially' goes off there's a risk of neck and back injuries plus losing an arm or leg when blasted out of the jagged confines of the cockpit. People have punched out of airplanes in the proper tucked position and braced for impact, did everything right and haven't come out of it without any injuries. Color this guy very lucky or a major scammer.

The real story was probably something like, "Hey what would happen if I pulled this lever?" Other guy, "I don't know why don't you try it and see what happens." "OK, Watch this." Whoosh "Bye."

[Recovering_Democrat]

I bet he needed a new pair of undies.

[death2tyrants]

The fault lies with engineering, not the passenger. The eject button was disguised as a cigarette lighter.

They should have never let this guy design it in the first place.

[grey_whiskers]

Winner of the inaugural Dede Scozzafava award.

Cheers!

[smokingfrog]

Don't touch the yellow handle!

[SIDENET]

HOLD MUH BEER...

[calex59]

Ok, this story sounds phony. First of all there are safety devices on the ejection buttons/levers. Secondly, there is the small matter of a canopy between the pilot/passenger and the outside world. Blasting through the canopy would be fatal to most people. The canopy has to be blown off, then several other procedures have to occur(depending on the model of aircraft)before you can eject.

Accidental discharge? I think not.

[MinuteGal]

"Hold muh Tang"

WHEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee!

Leni

[Pan_Yan]

Ping. You should enjoy this one.

[Kakaze]

Doogle........not directed at you...

No one grabs the ejection seat levers without thinking it through.....I it know I have done the training and flown for years this is a crazy report.

[Billthedrill]

I don't get it. The guy wanted to go flying, he went flying. What's he complaining about? The landing? I mean, did you ever hear anybody say "I want to go landing?" I rest my case.

And that other handle marked "landing gear." It has an Up and a Down position. That means it's optional, right? Sheesh...

[6ppc]

Kay: Oh, the red button there kid, don’t ever, ever touch the red button!

---

Kay: Do you remember the little red button?
Jay: [warily] Yeah...
Kay: Push the little red button.
[Jay pushes it]
Kay: And you may want to put on a seatbelt.
[the car flips upside down, sprouts rocket engines and begins riding along the top of the tunnel. Kay is safe because he has a seatbelt on, but Jay is flipped over]
Jay: Kay! Kayyyyy!
Kay: You know, you’re much too tense. You’re a young man. You need to relax, learn to take some joy in your work. Do you like music?
[He pops in a tape of Elvis Presley’s “The Promised Land,” which begins playing]
Kay: That’s better.
[He starts mouthing along to the song]
Jay: Aw shit. Aw damn.
[He notices that they’re about to run straight over a traffic sign]
Jay: Kay! Kay!
[Kay swerves just in time and avoids the sign]
Jay: You do know Elvis is dead, right?
Kay: No, Elvis is not dead. He just went home.