On a srs note, I'm a bit worried about that flight attendant from Melbourne who's looking at prison time for a bomb hoax - one of the news reports said something about his not having slept for four days. It's hard to find all the details of the incident, but I know I'd be doing some pretty strange and silly things after being awake for 96 hours.
I see he's just been jailed. I frequently hear stories like this, sadly, and a few years ago I personally found a bomb threat message on a flight from LA (sorry, I can't go into details). There's a lot of stuff like this that goes on that doesn't make the news.
And we're finding that we're being increasingly treated as potential terrorists by governments and aviation authorities simply because (they've noticed!) we have access to the flight deck. The paranoia never stops.
Am reminded of a headline I saw a few years back. It declared "Fish Stockings Needed". The article was about the need to stock game fish in local waterways, but all I could think was "Why do fish need stockings? They don't even have legs!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, this your captain speaking. Due to a problem with one of our engines, we will be approximately 30 minutes late reaching our destination."
[LATER:]
"Ladies and gentlemen, this your captain speaking. I'm afraid a second engine has developed a problem, so will now be about an hour late reaching our destination."
[LATER:]
"Ladies and gentlemen, this your captain once again. I'm afraid a *third* engine has now stalled, so will now be a full 2 hours late reaching our destination."
"Boy... If that last engine goes, we could be up here all night!"
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Date: 2009-05-22 03:27 am (UTC)And we're finding that we're being increasingly treated as potential terrorists by governments and aviation authorities simply because (they've noticed!) we have access to the flight deck. The paranoia never stops.
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Date: 2009-05-23 03:06 pm (UTC)[LATER:]
"Ladies and gentlemen, this your captain speaking. I'm afraid a second engine has developed a problem, so will now be about an hour late reaching our destination."
[LATER:]
"Ladies and gentlemen, this your captain once again. I'm afraid a *third* engine has now stalled, so will now be a full 2 hours late reaching our destination."
"Boy... If that last engine goes, we could be up here all night!"