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Would you fly on the Boeing 787?
hermitwin
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Would you fly on the Boeing 787?
There is suggestion that corners are being cut.
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Hell no, I'd need to be inside.
Not only would I fly in it, I'd pitch a small tent and make my home in it. Come what may, I'd have fun flying while it lasted!
There are so many ways to die, to choose from, this may be as good as any other.
(I may however, buy earplugs to shut out the desperate screams of all the other passengers, while I try to meditate my way into a fortunate rebirth.)
She said, ever the optimist....
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No need for the earplugs the Oxygen masks the others are using
will muffle the screams allowing you to meditate in peace.
slainte
I'm never going on a plane again! :eek2: .
I thought the 787 was great after a number of rides on the 777. It's smoother, quieter and roomier. With a way better entertainment system.
If they start dropping out of the sky I guess I'll feel differently about them. Likely they would all be grounded long before it got any more dangerous to get on one than on any other plane of that type.
Please, we're flying to Buenos Aires next week-end...
Let's not even mention things like plane crashes to me right now...
I was on 15 planes last winter. I'm a believer.
What model does British Airways have?
I'm flying with British...
Anything British is bound to be reliable.
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Ditto. My hubby works for the airlines.
Try not to live in fear. Anyones chances of dying in a plane crash are pretty slim.
If your looking for places that your most likely to die....don't get in a car....or don't wake up tomorrow.
If it does happen.....there's nothing you can do about it anyway.
They have lots. Here you go:
http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/British-Airways
I've done hang-gliding, flown in light aircraft and been ferried around in army helicopters with mad pilots, but I still hate flying on commercial airliners. I know they're quite safe really, but they just feel so claustrophobic. :-/ .
Most people would be more surprised how the bags of mail are treated....and dead bodies are in cardboard boxes in cargo.
That big bag of mail fell in a big puddle in a rainstorm? "F" it....
That dead guys arm fell out of the box when the ties came undone?
Toss it back in
Unless it's a military or someone important that people are watching...bodies aren't sacred to people who don't know you.
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They have tightened up on some rules and it depends on the airline...now, You have to be in a casket first or body bags, etc, so liquids and smells don't escape...but like I said...depends on alot of things/locations.
OP...your welcome. Discussing bodies on planes is how you meditate on death...not the fear of beforehand....hahaha
My grandpa was British and was highly unreliable...
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You're 28 more times likely to die driving to the airport than on the plane (if it's any consolation)
It's the sardine effect. And they're designing them to be more claustrophobic all the time. Now passengers are getting into fights over reclining seat backs. Road rage has taken to the skies.
Cabin-Rage.....
I love the dramatic music in the background!
Any chance a media outlet gets to dramatise ANYTHING to do with flying (knowing one in ten people has a fear of it) they'll run with it.
I despise flying on commercial aircraft. It doesn't help that I'm 6-4. My favorite plane is a C-17. Definitely the most leg room.
Over the years many flights to and from Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. As the years passed, the treatment of passengers declined. We were treated especially badly on a KLM flight from Indonesia. But the worst was when I was moving back here to the States after living in Thailand. My bags were overweight...I knew that...fully expected to pay the extra fee, but the person at the ticketing window at LAX just screamed at me to throw away some of my belongings. I haven't flown in the 4+ years since. My only consolation was that on most of my flights I could go business, which once on the plane was pretty nice.
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LAX = worst airport I have been to.
In some ways, yes. Although once back around 1970 I was flying into Rochester, NY, and the pilot announced: "We are now landing at the Monroe County Airport in Rochester, New York. Welcome to the 19th century."
The name "LAX" doesn't inspire much confidence.
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. :coffee: .. @SpinyNorman is that short for laxative ? and if this is the case then all I can say to @vinlyn is, I'm sorry that they gave you a hard time, but that's life....and s@*t happens.... .
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