BlondeBomber... I'm glad that you are Ok.
There must have been a good reason for that
aborted takeoff. What airline was that on
if I may ask (Air Canada?) YOU ARE OK, THIS IS NOT OMNI

Merry: that was very classy of the B-A pilot to come out of the cupboard (I like that name better than cockpit!) and apologized.

I don't recall every having any near misses but I remember one (DID I TELL THIS STORY BEFORE)

A flight SFO-SYD (Sydney, Eddie's sitting on my airport guide and is asleep... never wake a sleeping cat!) on U-A most of first was asleep, I was watching some movie (I don't remember, it was a dumb one) and the pilot announced "Ladies and Gentlemen, would everyone please raise their seats and put your tray tables away." We are running very low on Fuel and we need to land in Fiji in ten minutes.

Most of the passengers started getting very nervous. The F-A's started running up and down the aisles. I don't think it was a serious emergency but many took it that way.
My attitude: whatever happens, happens. If the worse does, all I can say is that I had a good life.

We landed fine and attentions changed from
crashing to several flyers angry they could nto get off the plane.

FYI: the plane was two and a half hours late
taking off. I estimated that maybe the pilot burned off much of the jet fuel sitting around (or they didn't fill up the plane enough.)

The pilot apologized, but we didn't get any
DANGER pay (like vouchers, ff miles, U-A little wing pins. That would have been nice)

It was a wierd experience. The F-A wondered why I didn't look nervous. I said "whatever happens, happens.'

Then I went otu and had three Fosters. At 11 a-m in the morning. And bought an Akuba hat. CATMAN



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