Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.philosophy Subject: Re: On the indignity of flying. Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:16:27 +0100 Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <2395b02c-4e69-ee05-bdb0-6da5457f1634@example.net> <0e4b858d-76d7-a8a5-08bf-cbd4ff979f67@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net fBZch5z89A/waIovjR9KfgTqqtaRu/+jo25ierSCZ+kKucp8Xp X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:KbtNR30nZG6JqbGuHV43848Lr04= sha256:JETyqHi4saXUKrTH4n3WhRpFw6It603KInCgOz6VrN8= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <0e4b858d-76d7-a8a5-08bf-cbd4ff979f67@example.net> Bytes: 2789 On 2025-01-13 20:08, D wrote: > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2025, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> On 2025-01-12 00:54, D wrote: >>> There was one saving grace... a very beautiful female flight >>> attendant who let me sit next to my wife, so she could decrease my >>> suffering. Before landing she shooed me away so as not to affect the >>> balance of the 737 (BS!) and I said that of course I have to take my >>> bag and coat so as not to "affect the balance" or else I would be >>> afraid of the plane crashing. >>> >>> To my great surprise she smiled at my joke, and said, "well, I don't >>> think it would be that serious". >> >> I believe the reason is that, if there is an accident, they can >> identify you as the person listed to be sitting on 17B. > > Not necessary. They can do that by other means. Also people are > switching around all the time, so clearly it was a b.s. response. B.s. > responses must always be punished to stop them from happening. None the less, I think it is true. Several companies have the same rule, do not change seat till after lift up. > >> For the record, I love flying. > > For the record, I hate flying and consider myself being in hell from the > moment I step into the airport. It is very difficult for me to imagine a > more denigrating, inhuman and undignified way to travel than modern > travel by plane. > > If I had my own private jet, and my own airport, I might reconsider. > Until then, I do my best to never move from the city I am in. Sadly my > wife and father make life very difficult for me sometimes, so that is > when I do move for their sake. But otherwise, I would happily live the > rest of my days next to my beloved fishing lake. =) Then you will suffer. -- Cheers, Carlos.