It's never happened to me before, so I'd be pretty freaked out too.

""It was really stuffy and everyone came out with red faces."

musta been a sweaty ordeal.

Gigity.

I once asked the lady at the Virgin check-in how many "virgin" jokes she got during a shift.

She rolled her eyes and replied "Every single effing one"

/Damn good airline though

Okay subby. You made me chuckle.

/+1

Ragtime: How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

How safe do we think planes are?

Ragtime:
How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

If there were more plane crashes than I thought there were, then I would understand that planes aren't as safe as I think they are.

frostalicious: Ragtime:
How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

If there were more plane crashes than I thought there were, then I would understand that planes aren't as safe as I think they are.

You've gotta be kidding me! You don't think there are more plane crashes than you think there are???

Teeth hurt

Ragtime: darth_shatner: I once asked the lady at the Virgin check-in how many "virgin" jokes she got during a shift.

She rolled her eyes and replied "Every single effing one"

/Damn good airline though

This is actually a very serious matter- How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

How safe do you think people think planes are? Do you realize how many people are already terrified to death of planes? Still you only hear about a plane accident every couple of weeks, at most, when there are thousands and thousands of flights per day. If it's getting more common recently, it's because the fleets are getting old due to companies which can't afford upgrades, and there are more flights than ever before.

Even if they actually were more dangerous than we think they are, it wouldn't matter. They're the best mode of long-distance travel. Most people are willing to take the tiny risk of a plane accident to save several days or more of travel. They're way too damn convenient for a couple of accidents to scare us off.

stazz: frostalicious: Ragtime:
How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

If there were more plane crashes than I thought there were, then I would understand that planes aren't as safe as I think they are.

You've gotta be kidding me! You don't think there are more plane crashes than you think there are???

I don't think so.

Ragtime: darth_shatner: I once asked the lady at the Virgin check-in how many "virgin" jokes she got during a shift.

She rolled her eyes and replied "Every single effing one"

/Damn good airline though

This is actually a very serious matter- How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

Are you serious? And all this time I assumed that a giant metal craft flying at speeds of about 500-600 mph was 100% safe. Wow. If that is dangerous then anything could be.

/glad to see intelligent_man is back.

NobleHam: Ragtime: darth_shatner: I once asked the lady at the Virgin check-in how many "virgin" jokes she got during a shift.

She rolled her eyes and replied "Every single effing one"

/Damn good airline though

This is actually a very serious matter- How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

How safe do you think people think planes are? Do you realize how many people are already terrified to death of planes? Still you only hear about a plane accident every couple of weeks, at most, when there are thousands and thousands of flights per day. If it's getting more common recently, it's because the fleets are getting old due to companies which can't afford upgrades, and there are more flights than ever before.

Even if they actually were more dangerous than we think they are, it wouldn't matter. They're the best mode of long-distance travel. Most people are willing to take the tiny risk of a plane accident to save several days or more of travel. They're way too damn convenient for a couple of accidents to scare us off.

Look - I_M/Ragtime agrees with Ragtime/I_M. And, as the self-proclaimed official spokesman for people he/she/it gets to inform us (the non-people) that people think planes are safer than he/she/it thinks they are.

/ don't feed the troll

I may be drunk; well I am drunk, but there's something not quite right about this thread.

I'm going back to the cricket.

Well you would too, they don't know how to keep their teeth away from the sensitive parts.

Parts of this thread are already too perplexing for even Yogi Berra to comprehend.

stazz: frostalicious: Ragtime:
How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

If there were more plane crashes than I thought there were, then I would understand that planes aren't as safe as I think they are.

You've gotta be kidding me! You don't think there are more plane crashes than you think there are???

But what if there are more people thinking that there are more people thinking that there are more plane crashes than they think there are?

Ragtime: How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

They're actually safer than most people think they are.

JonnyBGoode: Parts of this thread are already too perplexing for even Yogi Berra to comprehend.

Some people haven't really said all the things they've said.

frostalicious: If there were more plane crashes than I thought there were, then I would understand that planes aren't as safe as I think they are.


The planes are as safe as we thought they were; they're as safe as we thought they were. And that's the way we took the damn emergency landing. Now if you wanna crash them, then crash their tails! But they're as safe as we thought they were, and we let 'em off the hook!!!

Ah, but how safe do we think people think planes think we are? I mean, we're spending all this time worrying about how we think people think how safe planes are but no time is spent worrying about how safe the planes think people think we are. Afterall, there's a lot more unsafe people in the world than planes... at least, that's what I think.

DaBishop: Ragtime: How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

How safe do we think planes are?

How safe ?
15, that's how safe.

Ragtime: This is actually a very serious matter- How many plane emergencies and crashes do we need to have before it's understood that planes aren't safe as people think they are.

Planes? I thought we were talking about virgins?

/safe by def
//but not very good at flying

Don't think, Meat, you'll only hurt the team.

I actually had this happen to me once while flying in a Philippine Airlines plane. The air coming out of the overhead vents got really hot, then the masks all came down. There was a fun moment where me and all the other brown people on the plane stared at the dangling masks for about a two count, then mad scrambling as we all got them on. I looked over at the 8 year old Filipino kid sitting next to me, and I gave him a thumbs up.

This actually isn't that bad of an emergency. At 30,000 ft, you have about 1-2 minutes of useful consciousness before you pass out due to oxygen loss. That's more than enough time to put on the mask, even if you have to help the midget beside you.

Most of the emergencies that planes can have really aren't that bad. Even the loss of an engine on your modern airliner isn't that big of a deal. I saw a Boeing 737 do a demo single-engine climb up to 10,000 ft without even breaking a sweat. Chances are if you fly enough, your plane has landed with some sort of malfunction that was minor in nature or contained and you never knew about it. Its not because the airlines try to hide thing from passengers, but because so many safeguards are already built in to the plane and the air traffic system.

stazz: / don't feed the troll

Surely, you can't be serious. Sunday is the day for bored farkers to get bored enough to play with the trolls.

The last time I flew virgin was in '86. We flew them from london to new york because at the time they only had one plane, so we figured Branson would take pretty good care of it.

Of course, the in-flight movie included a documentary about the Virgin Atlantic Challenger's 1985 fastest atlantic crossing record attempt. The only problem, the Virgin Atlantic Challenger capsized and sunk 140 miles short of the goal. haha...way to instill confidence.

Maybe Virgin didn't have a whole lot of experience going down under?

Flying is safe in proven technology. The 737 design has been flying since 1968, 747 in 1970 and the 777 since 1995.

Just wait for the New technology to start showing up.

I got a chance to see the 787 final assembly line the other day, with my guide pointing out to me all the places where the fasteners were being replaced. It was very eye opening.

/Don't think I'm gonna ride in any 787's from the first year's production
//Probably not a worry, those are mostly going to the Middle East
///787 is not so affectionately known as the seven Late seven

Secret: (Shhh, don't tell anyone)

Planes really can't fly. It's the thoughts of all the passengers thinking it can fly which actually keeps it magically in the air. One passenger starts thinking "doom and destruction" and BAM... down it goes. This is why lovely, soothing alcohol is served.



/Ahhh, Sundays

avoid commuter flights on props and you will live a long life.

Niiiiiiiiiice

+1 subby

Townsville you say? No need to fear!

t-shirt?

There are fewer plane crashes, fewer people die in plane crashes than any other method of transportation. Probably fewer deaths per mile per person travelled.

BUT: There is a higher fatality rate vs survivors in a plane crash. If you are in a car or train accident, you'll probably live. If you're in a plane crash, you'll probably die. And you most likely will know you're gonna die, and there is not much you can do about it. I once flew from Belgium to New York, then Los Angeles. At least until an engine blew out over the Atlantic, forcing an emergency landing in Canada. Nobody was certain we would survive until we landed. Fark flying, I went the rest of the way by bus.

An unexpected virgin berth