So....air travel....

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Jan 6: Door blows off Boeing 737 MAX 9 mid-air
Jan 18: Boeing 747-8 engine catches fire mid-air, burns a "softball sized hole" in the plane
Today: Alaska Airlines reports loose bolts on "many" Boeing MAX 9's
Today: Wheel flies off Boeing 757 preparing for takeoff
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NYC-bound flight canceled when passenger notices missing bolts on plane wing

“I’m a good flyer, but my partner was not loving the information I was telling her and starting to panic,” British traveler Phil Hardy said of the moment he spotted the missing fi…
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Note: a passenger noticed this. Not the people who are supposed to be doing pre-flight inspections, a passenger.

:roflmao:

Anyway, airlines and their bullshit have ruined air travel. Soulless corporate fat cat ****s who couldn't care less about passenger safety because Uncle Sugar will just give them a bunch of our tax bucks if their incompetence scares off customers.

I stopped flying a decade ago after the airline not only stranded me in MSP, they also lost my luggage. Then there was the time they stranded me in Chicago and there were no flights back to BWI (where my car was) for days, so they flew me into (it was either Dulles or Reagan) and I had to catch a shuttle van (at my own expense) back to BWI. When I griped to corporate they offered me a $200 voucher, good for the next like 90 days or something.

Dicks.

So I wouldn't weep if they all went out of business except for the part where I still have to subsidize them with my tax dollars. And that's bullshit. I shouldn't have to pay to keep ghoulish mercenaries and drooling morons in yachts and mansions.

:dork:
 
BOP

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vraiblonde said:



Also:

nypost.com

NYC-bound flight canceled when passenger notices missing bolts on plane wing

“I’m a good flyer, but my partner was not loving the information I was telling her and starting to panic,” British traveler Phil Hardy said of the moment he spotted the missing fi…
nypost.com nypost.com

Note: a passenger noticed this. Not the people who are supposed to be doing pre-flight inspections, a passenger.

:roflmao:

Anyway, airlines and their bullshit have ruined air travel. Soulless corporate fat cat ****s who couldn't care less about passenger safety because Uncle Sugar will just give them a bunch of our tax bucks if their incompetence scares off customers.

I stopped flying a decade ago after the airline not only stranded me in MSP, they also lost my luggage. Then there was the time they stranded me in Chicago and there were no flights back to BWI (where my car was) for days, so they flew me into (it was either Dulles or Reagan) and I had to catch a shuttle van (at my own expense) back to BWI. When I griped to corporate they offered me a $200 voucher, good for the next like 90 days or something.

Dicks.

So I wouldn't weep if they all went out of business except for the part where I still have to subsidize them with my tax dollars. And that's bullshit. I shouldn't have to pay to keep ghoulish mercenaries and drooling morons in yachts and mansions.

:dork:
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It's all Trump's fault.
 
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vraiblonde said:
Anyway, airlines and their bullshit have ruined air travel. Soulless corporate fat cat ****s who couldn't care less about passenger safety because Uncle Sugar will just give them a bunch of our tax bucks if their incompetence scares off customers.
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Naa too busy hiring for DIE, instead of competency ... so they end up with a bunch of women and minorities who cannot do the job
 
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GURPS said:
Naa too busy hiring for DIE, instead of competency ... so they end up with a bunch of women and minorities who cannot do the job
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I have a couple of friends (identical twins) that have been airplane mechanics for the last 35 years or so. I think they know their chit.
 
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I'll lay it right out here, next time you travel from coast to coast east to west ride your horse to Pittsburgh get on a flatboat leisurely cruise to St. Looey, outfit you a prarie schooner and ride in glorious comfort to Portland in about 4 months.

Then tell me about how bad your 5 hr. trip was by air. Ya'll bitch and moan about things that are a 1000 times better now than what they were 150 years ago then bitch about the younger generation.

I will honestly say it amazes me about the amount of whiners we have in this country from the boomers to the latest generation, whatever they call themselves.
 
Kyle

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phreddyp said:
I'll lay it right out here, next time you travel from coast to coast east to west ride your horse to Pittsburgh get on a flatboat leisurely cruise to St. Looey, outfit you a prarie schooner and ride in glorious comfort to Portland in about 4 months.
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Or one could just drive and enjoy the scenery, small towns, attractions and stress free relaxation along the way.

And who the #### wants to go to Portland, anyway? :sshrug:
 
vraiblonde

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phreddyp said:
I'll lay it right out here, next time you travel from coast to coast east to west ride your horse to Pittsburgh get on a flatboat leisurely cruise to St. Looey, outfit you a prarie schooner and ride in glorious comfort to Portland in about 4 months.
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Actually that sounds great (except for the Portland part).

Much better than driving to the airport, parking your car in long term, taking the shuttle bus to the terminal, stripping down to go through security, throwing out any outrageously priced food or drink you purchased only to buy more once you're inside the terminal, waiting for your plane that may or may not leave on time at a gate that may or may not be the correct one, cramming on a tiny plane with 1000 angry travelers who (with cause) fear checked baggage so they're jamming everything they own into the overhead, cramming into a tiny seat next to an encroacher who not only wants his seat he wants half of yours too, being told by the stewatard when you can and can't go potty, also when you can and can't drink your beverage, and OBTW you can't read your e-book either, getting to a connecting flight that may or may not be there, and your luggage may or may not make it on the flight.

And that's on a flight where the plane doesn't fall apart and some nutcase tweaker isn't losing their chit in a flight rage incident.

Finally make it to your destination, then in a few days or weeks you get to do it all over again on the return flight. Yippee!

Yeah, give me the prairie schooner any day.
 
Kyle

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vraiblonde said:
Much better than driving to the airport, parking your car in long term, taking the shuttle bus to the terminal, stripping down to go through security, throwing out any outrageously priced food or drink you purchased only to buy more once you're inside the terminal, waiting for your plane that may or may not leave on time at a gate that may or may not be the correct one, cramming on a tiny plane with 1000 angry travelers who (with cause) fear checked baggage so they're jamming everything they own into the overhead, cramming into a tiny seat next to an encroacher who not only wants his seat he wants half of yours too, being told by the stewatard when you can and can't go potty, also when you can and can't drink your beverage, and OBTW you can't read your e-book either, getting to a connecting flight that may or may not be there, and your luggage may or may not make it on the flight.
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They should be forced to use that there as the script for their television commercials.
 
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phreddyp

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vraiblonde said:
Actually that sounds great (except for the Portland part).

Much better than driving to the airport, parking your car in long term, taking the shuttle bus to the terminal, stripping down to go through security, throwing out any outrageously priced food or drink you purchased only to buy more once you're inside the terminal, waiting for your plane that may or may not leave on time at a gate that may or may not be the correct one, cramming on a tiny plane with 1000 angry travelers who (with cause) fear checked baggage so they're jamming everything they own into the overhead, cramming into a tiny seat next to an encroacher who not only wants his seat he wants half of yours too, being told by the stewatard when you can and can't go potty, also when you can and can't drink your beverage, and OBTW you can't read your e-book either, getting to a connecting flight that may or may not be there, and your luggage may or may not make it on the flight.

And that's on a flight where the plane doesn't fall apart and some nutcase tweaker isn't losing their chit in a flight rage incident.

Finally make it to your destination, then in a few days or weeks you get to do it all over again on the return flight. Yippee!

Yeah, give me the prairie schooner any day.
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Pretty funny blondie and a good way to put it, all of that is under the heading DSTSS though, I'll take the time savings everytime . I love to travel, we can go almost anywhere anytime in 2 days or less sign me up!
 
vraiblonde

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phreddyp said:
Pretty funny blondie and a good way to put it, all of that is under the heading DSTSS though, I'll take the time savings everytime . I love to travel, we can go almost anywhere anytime in 2 days or less sign me up!
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If you're flying over everything, is it really traveling?
 
vraiblonde

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phreddyp said:
if you're driving is that traveling?
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Of course. You not only get to your destination, but you discover all kinds of cool things you didn't know exist.

But honestly, I don't care how other people get from one place to another. I know that I'll exhaust all options before I'll fly commercial because it's such a PITA.
 
BOP

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vraiblonde said:
Actually that sounds great (except for the Portland part).

Much better than driving to the airport, parking your car in long term, taking the shuttle bus to the terminal, stripping down to go through security, throwing out any outrageously priced food or drink you purchased only to buy more once you're inside the terminal, waiting for your plane that may or may not leave on time at a gate that may or may not be the correct one, cramming on a tiny plane with 1000 angry travelers who (with cause) fear checked baggage so they're jamming everything they own into the overhead, cramming into a tiny seat next to an encroacher who not only wants his seat he wants half of yours too, being told by the stewatard when you can and can't go potty, also when you can and can't drink your beverage, and OBTW you can't read your e-book either, getting to a connecting flight that may or may not be there, and your luggage may or may not make it on the flight.

And that's on a flight where the plane doesn't fall apart and some nutcase tweaker isn't losing their chit in a flight rage incident.

Finally make it to your destination, then in a few days or weeks you get to do it all over again on the return flight. Yippee!

Yeah, give me the prairie schooner any day.
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Yeah, but Injuns.

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