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Feb 22, 2018, 12:24 pm

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RRDD

Join Date: Nov 2011

Location: Formerly at PIT, now planted near MSP.

Programs: No flights since April 2019 (Medical Issues). Lost all my status.

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Same reason that the doors should be shut on your car while driving. One more level of protection to keep you from being thrown about.

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Also....in the up position they tend to act like blunt spears.

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