Comments on: Now Boarding: Surviving a plane crash http://mytravelhats.com/2009/01/15/now-boarding-surviving-a-plane-crash/ Travel stories, tips and news for desk-bound travel addicts with only three weeks vacation a year. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: coffee http://mytravelhats.com/2009/01/15/now-boarding-surviving-a-plane-crash/#comment-45 coffee Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:15:12 +0000 http://mytravelhats.wordpress.com/?p=243#comment-45 I'm glad no one was hurt in the crash, sounds like the pilot did a great job I’m glad no one was hurt in the crash, sounds like the pilot did a great job

]]> By: Josh http://mytravelhats.com/2009/01/15/now-boarding-surviving-a-plane-crash/#comment-44 Josh Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:08:51 +0000 http://mytravelhats.wordpress.com/?p=243#comment-44 You may want to think twice about talking about Rin's advice while boarding an aircraft... if you look like you're from the Middle East. A Detroit family (with origins in Lebanon, like I've got origins in Austria) was recently booted from an Air Tran flight to Orlando for nonchalantly discussing the safest part of the plane. (It's the tail, as Rin said, unless the whole thing blows). The family included one Ph.D., two physicians, four kids and zero jihadists. The worst part is that Air Tran refused to re-book them, even after the poor people were grilled by the FBI. The FBI believed that the extended family of 8 did not plan to blow up the flight and were actually going to Disney World for vacation, but failed to persuade our reasonable friends at Air Tran to let them fly. You may want to think twice about talking about Rin’s advice while boarding an aircraft… if you look like you’re from the Middle East. A Detroit family (with origins in Lebanon, like I’ve got origins in Austria) was recently booted from an Air Tran flight to Orlando for nonchalantly discussing the safest part of the plane. (It’s the tail, as Rin said, unless the whole thing blows). The family included one Ph.D., two physicians, four kids and zero jihadists.

The worst part is that Air Tran refused to re-book them, even after the poor people were grilled by the FBI. The FBI believed that the extended family of 8 did not plan to blow up the flight and were actually going to Disney World for vacation, but failed to persuade our reasonable friends at Air Tran to let them fly.

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