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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 8:41 pm
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Bwillis
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Yeah, I was on a DC-9/ MD 80 in DFW about 10 years ago when the Capt. rocked the A/c forward and then blasted us backwards with reverse thrust.
Not a comforting thing for the pax!

They finally figured out that between discomfort for the pax and FOD ingestion in the engines, t wasn't such a good idea.
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