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3 Recent Flights Make Unscheduled Landings, After Disputes Over Knee Room
The AP reports that American airplane passengers, squeezed by increasingly tight seating aboard planes, are lashing out, actually getting into in-flight fights over knee room: Three U.S. flights have made unscheduled landings in the past eight days after passengers got into fights over the ability to recline their seats. Disputes over a tiny bit of personal space might seem petty, but for passengers whose knees are already banging into tray tables, every bit counts. ... Southwest and United both took away 1 inch from each row on certain jets to make room for six more seats. American is increasing the number of seats on its Boeing 737-800s from 150 to 160. Delta installed new, smaller toilets in its 737-900s, enabling it to squeeze in an extra four seats. And to make room for a first-class cabin with lie-flat beds on transcontinental flights, JetBlue cut the distance between coach seats by one inch.
Amateurs.
Sporadic 1 day delays due to Eyjafjallajökull
Ha! Iceland... I had to google that name just to make sure your cat didn't walk on the keyboard...
No, that link you posted to a web comic we've all seen a hundred times is not "obligatory."
I agree, the more angry people that get in fights on planes the more angry people that get blacklisted from flying and the more pleasant flights will be for the rest of us who don't have a problem getting along with our fellow passengers.
However the poor can not and once you get so many people pressed together they fight.
The solution is simple: load them up with tranquilizers/sedatives and stack 'em in like cordwood. ;)
When you look at how slave ships were packed, and if you compare that to passenger planes today, the main difference is that on slave ships the slaves were required to do some exercise on deck every day to keep them healthy so they would fetch a price.
Sadly, it doesn't matter what condition you arrive in...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Calling the Springs a "tech hub" is like calling Ft. Collins an "educational powerhouse".
There's some tech there, but I wouldn't consider it a hub by any means.
The reason for the high rape listing is simple. As someone pointed out, it is not only where the Air Force Academy is, but there is also Fort Carson, Peterson AFB, and Schriever AFB. You pair this with changes in FBI reporting and it's not surprise the Springs has that many incidents.
Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.