Yesterday I was out of bed at 4am and headed to the airport. I stood in line for the so called security check and they let me go through. I had my normal carry on camera bag, DVD player, book, notepad, and 4 sharpened #2 pencils.
It bothers me they let the pencils pass by. I keep them specifically should the occasion arise I need to defend myself. I don’t know about you, but if someone decides they are going take control of the plane I am prepared to do what it takes to defend myself and stop their plan. I do not know of any recent plane hijackings where the people survived, so the least I can do is ruin the hijackers plan.
For the most part I am prepared for an uneventful, uncomfortable, and boring flight. Flying reminds me of riding a city bus. Cramped for space and being stuck within inches next to someone you prefer to be several feet from if not more. I don’t know why they have flight attendants. What do they do? Sell overpriced stale sandwiches and serve coffee? I can get that at the local convenience store.
And what about the air quality inside the plane? The cabin is pressurized, the air is recirculated, but is the air filtered? Have you ever farted on a flight and wondered what happens to the gas? Is it simply moved from your part of the plane to another part?
Another thing that gets me wondering is the “water landing” the flight attendant talks about. I was flying over the Pacific and prior to takeoff the flight attendant said I could use my seat cushion for a flotation device. I did not see any pontoons on the plane, so does she know something I don’t know, is she really optimistic, or has she been smoking something I think she should share with me? It sure would make my trip a whole lot more fun.
And one more thing about the seat cushion as a flotation device. Do I want to survive a “water landing” and end up clutching a seat cushion bobbing in the water? It sort of reminds me being a piece of bait dangling on a bobber waiting for a large predatory fish to come along.
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