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The Friendly Skies are Long Gone
Townhall.com ^ | December 27, 2027 | Jeff Crouere

Posted on 12/27/2021 3:43:53 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 12/27/2021 3:43:53 AM PST by Kaslin
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As someone who extensively traveled for business, over 1 million Frequent Flyer miles, I know flying can be stressful in normal times for many people.

In order to cope with the stress some people feel they drink too much alcohol, take drugs and other things.

Throw the hysteria that has been instilled into people over Covid, it’s no wonder these incidents are happening.

It’s just a matter to time before we have someone getting seriously injured on a flight


2 posted on 12/27/2021 3:58:12 AM PST by srmanuel (`)
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To: Kaslin

To me it boils down to F “W” for implementing the TSA. The airlines have to respond to the TSA, real science does not matter.


3 posted on 12/27/2021 4:05:40 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Kaslin

I remember what it was like to fly prior to 9/11/2001. I once had a million miles on United Airlines. I only fly today if it is completely necessary. The airlines and airports treat you like a potential terrorist. Just an awful mode of travel. The airline workers complain about unruly passengers, but when you treat people like criminals don’t be surprised when they start acting like criminals.


4 posted on 12/27/2021 4:06:30 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: Kaslin

Flying coach has been a miserable experience for years. Mask mandates are just making it worse.


5 posted on 12/27/2021 4:30:31 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: outpostinmass2

It’s worse then that.

If you so much as look at a flight attendant the wrong way, they can throw you off the airplane.

Happens every day. The airline employees - especially the self impressed sky waitresses - view the passengers as cattle to be herded, and the new regime is all for it.

It’s the only industry where complaining is a crime.


6 posted on 12/27/2021 4:31:12 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: srmanuel

People aren’t passengers anymore.

They’re cargo.


7 posted on 12/27/2021 4:32:29 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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They’ve been that way for a long time, when airlines deregulated which was a good thing the prices dropped significantly making air travel affordable for the masses and made planes packed with people, you see it in the way people dress, you see half drunk or medically sedated people getting on planes, throw in the insanity over Covid and it’s a recipe what we are seeing


8 posted on 12/27/2021 4:37:48 AM PST by srmanuel (`)
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To: Regulator

Again, flying for me today is only for business or time constraints. Once I retire I probably will never fly again. It’s like riding the subway. It was the only travel mode I could afford but once I bought a car I never rode the subway again.


9 posted on 12/27/2021 4:42:42 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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In the good old days, passengers would wear their “Sunday best” to board an aircraft.

The plane AIRBUS is aptly named.

10 posted on 12/27/2021 4:59:30 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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In the good old days, passengers would wear their “Sunday best” to board an aircraft.

Today, no one even knows what Sunday Best even means!

And that's in CHURCH!!!

11 posted on 12/27/2021 5:00:22 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
To me it boils down to F “W” for implementing the TSA.

Where're the voters?

12 posted on 12/27/2021 5:01:24 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: outpostinmass2

bingo


13 posted on 12/27/2021 5:01:49 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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... making air travel affordable for the masses ...

Take THAT; Greyhound!

14 posted on 12/27/2021 5:02:46 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: outpostinmass2

If, somehow, Demonicrats were excluded from flying, airline flights would become a lot more enjoyable.


15 posted on 12/27/2021 5:05:12 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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bump


16 posted on 12/27/2021 5:14:42 AM PST by foreverfree
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To: srmanuel
I've always hated flying. My rule of thumb was that I would drive to any destination that I could reach in 12 hours, and fly to destinations beyond that.

Now, I drive to any destination that has a road going to it. And that includes business travel, too.

17 posted on 12/27/2021 5:24:04 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: Kaslin
"I'm gonna follow you home and kill your dog!"


18 posted on 12/27/2021 5:29:18 AM PST by moovova
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"Stick that finger in my face again, you airline floosie, and you'll pull back a nub!"


19 posted on 12/27/2021 5:32:11 AM PST by moovova
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To: Kaslin
eat a meal

A meal from Tampa to Atlanta? I might get a diet coke. They won't even give me peanuts for that little hop.

20 posted on 12/27/2021 5:34:40 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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