Duct tape has long been flight crews' secret weapon
Jul 21, 2007, 6:44 pm
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Duct tape has long been flight crews' secret weapon
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...639470,00.html
We all read the story about the hellish woman arrested after the hellish flight from San Francisco to DIA.
We couldn't resist because we all have our own in-flight horror stories to tell. And what made this story even better was the one irresistible detail - that the truly obnoxious passenger (yeah, like the guy sitting next to you on that flight from Vegas) could be legally duct-taped to his/her seat.
We all read the story about the hellish woman arrested after the hellish flight from San Francisco to DIA.
We couldn't resist because we all have our own in-flight horror stories to tell. And what made this story even better was the one irresistible detail - that the truly obnoxious passenger (yeah, like the guy sitting next to you on that flight from Vegas) could be legally duct-taped to his/her seat.
Jul 21, 2007, 8:05 pm
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ok, i'm confused or perhaps just having a bald moment but the author weaves all over the place in his story the way my ex-wife drove a car...........
- was this flight airborne or not? the author mentions "while at 30,000 feet but....
- was this pre/post 9/11?
- i know it's not wn as he mentions first class but it's an las-lax flght so who flies an f-product las-lax. the only no's that i know of are wn and ua (theodore)
- if it was airborne, then what in god's good name was the pilot doing leaving the flght deck if post 9/11 and if in fact it is psot 9/11, the actions of this pax warrant a divert or at least a priorty apporach to lax and subsequent arrest upon landing.
- if not airborne, why in god's good name was this pax allowed to fly and not removed by leo's before the plane left the gate?
Jul 22, 2007, 12:25 am
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ok, i'm confused or perhaps just having a bald moment but the author weaves all over the place in his story the way my ex-wife drove a car...........
- was this flight airborne or not? the author mentions "while at 30,000 feet but....
- was this pre/post 9/11?
- i know it's not wn as he mentions first class but it's an las-lax flght so who flies an f-product las-lax. the only no's that i know of are wn and ua (theodore)
- if it was airborne, then what in god's good name was the pilot doing leaving the flght deck if post 9/11 and if in fact it is psot 9/11, the actions of this pax warrant a divert or at least a priorty apporach to lax and subsequent arrest upon landing.
- if not airborne, why in god's good name was this pax allowed to fly and not removed by leo's before the plane left the gate?
Ever hear of America West (HP) now part of USAir (US)?
They have a hub at LAS and fly quite a few flights a day to LAX (10-12 daily flights, all featuring First Class). It's a dumpy airline, but its mainline planes all feature F. Not surprisingly, many of its F seats are sold out tomorrow (Sunday).
Additionally, AA has flown mainline flights LAX-LAS since it bought RenoAir a decade ago, and still flies one daily MD-80 each way (connecting its LAX Tokyo arrival to LAS so Japanese gamblers can fly F to LAS).
Jul 22, 2007, 10:55 am
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Uhh, about that bolded portion:
Ever hear of America West (HP) now part of USAir (US)?
They have a hub at LAS and fly quite a few flights a day to LAX (10-12 daily flights, all featuring First Class). It's a dumpy airline, but its mainline planes all feature F. Not surprisingly, many of its F seats are sold out tomorrow (Sunday).
Additionally, AA has flown mainline flights LAX-LAS since it bought RenoAir a decade ago, and still flies one daily MD-80 each way (connecting its LAX Tokyo arrival to LAS so Japanese gamblers can fly F to LAS).
Ever hear of America West (HP) now part of USAir (US)?
They have a hub at LAS and fly quite a few flights a day to LAX (10-12 daily flights, all featuring First Class). It's a dumpy airline, but its mainline planes all feature F. Not surprisingly, many of its F seats are sold out tomorrow (Sunday).
Additionally, AA has flown mainline flights LAX-LAS since it bought RenoAir a decade ago, and still flies one daily MD-80 each way (connecting its LAX Tokyo arrival to LAS so Japanese gamblers can fly F to LAS).
