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Turntable 05/05/2014

5/5/2014

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Today,  Donna Christensen will undergo her second breast cancer surgery,  our prayers go with her.
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Airlines - That wonderful mode of transportation that we all enjoy.  How grand it is to step on an airplane,  get seated and be transported through the sky to your destination with not a care in the world.  Just look at some of the airline slogans.  Are you not just "carried away" by thewonderfulness of it all????

United . . .                       "Fly the friendly skies"
Northwest Airlines . . .   "Some people just know how to fly"
Air India . . .                   "Your Palace in the Sky"
TWA . . .                         "One Mission Yours"

Of course those of us who are interested in "traveling safely" are a bit more skeptical about flying and dig a bit deeper.  After all "flying" is not really all it's cracked up to be!  At a lounge in LasVegas,  a conversation was secretly recorded between Dean Martin and a pilot forFlamboyant Airlines "We Fly Higher"  Listen carefully, does this conversation give you comfort?
You'd think that being intoxicated would be the worst condition a pilot could be in while handling an active flight.  Though it may be, there are other situations that might complicate your flight.  As you know, good communication in the cockpit is CRITICAL!   OK . . .What if the flight officers are named Clarence, Victor and Roger!!! . .  What? . .   how difficult is that?   Have you ever heard of a Passenger plane with stick shift??? . .  AND . .   sounds like a bus or train? . . . Hey! Wait!  Who is that??  Is that "Sharon"?. . running outside the plane there???   
OH Boy! the Pilot and CoPilot.  What a great team!  On some flights they will allow youngsters to visit the cockpit.   There's a lot to learn!! Sometimes it's a bit more than a young mind can absorb!  Maybe you should "think twice" before you send your little guy up there to "talk to the pilot!"   Let's listen in on the Pilot and CoPilot having a little chit chat with a young passenger.
Talk about scary situations . . .  how about bad food on the plane.  What if "EVERYBODY"! gets sick including the Pilot!  (no fish just jello please) .  who flies the plane???  Well how about an "Automatic Pilot"?  Yes Boeing has thought of everything!  Just push a button and an Automatic Pilot takes charge.  
I personally find flying across the country "challenging"!  Is it because I'm flying "Coach"?  In coach, tossing way too much stuff in the overhead, bad breath or getting an elbow in the side from some guy who "just can't seem to get comfortable" is common.   At least everyone on the plane shares the same discomforts and inconveniences right? What??? . .  YES! . .  right from boarding to cabin accomodations, "there IS a difference" between   "COACH AND FIRST CLASS"!!!!!! 
Fly???. . NO THANKS! . .  I'll take a train!!!

Till Next Week

Harv
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