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pointblank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 05:50 PM Original message |
I mean, SERIOUSLY? |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. it's a LOT of crashes in a two week period... so your odds against a crash are great! |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Flying is safer than driving. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. They happen all the time -- several a day (non-airline). |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Hmm. I don't think that helps our nervous flyer here. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The accidents are almost entirely general aviation (private aircraft). |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Take drugs. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Like the pilots |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Anything about Air Force One? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. My rule used to be one beer for each fifteen minutes in the air. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And that's just what the pilot takes to calm down! |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yeah, I quit being a passenger plane pilot when I quit drinking. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. you're going to be fine. I don't mind flying at all otherwise i'd be stuck here all the time. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. There are 87, 000 flights in the US everyday |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The more important point is what kind of flights they are. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Do what I do. Get there early and |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It's the OOOOOOONLY way to fly! |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. You're odds have improved if you think about it...... |
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