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My deepest sympathies are with all those involved, God Bless,Paddy.
Bring the ships to ports accessible by train, and I may reconsider.
And just in case you wondere, I have flown on Air Vietnam, Royal Air Cambodge, India Airlines, and in Hueys, Chinooks, and strange transport aircraft operated by Air America, so I am no stranger to the flying machine....and I know its weaknesses too.
Q.E.D
I think that they need to stop designing planes with a door between the crew and passenger cabin! The flight crew could enter and exist from an external door.
O.K this would not solve the problem of bombs on board, but it would solve the problem of mid-air hijackings.
You could also simply ban hand baggage too!
I understand that some planes have bomb-resistant storage crates in their holds for baggage? This idea could be extended.
quote:Originally posted by Marcia:O.K., now let's see. If they ban all hand luggage, does that include a woman purse? Some are as big as hand luggage. Then where do we put money, traveler's checks, passports, airline tickets, cruise documents, keys? In fact, my husband gives these things all to me because I do have a purse. Then you have "many" seniors who must carry medication. We have always been told "never" pack your medication, put it in your hand luggage. You are also told "never" to put any jewlery or camera's in your packed luggage. Now I agree that some people are taking hand luggage that is large enough for a person to crawl into, or taking two or three pieces, but lets get real. If they have to hand search a small hand luggage bag, that is fine with me. But to ban all is going to be pretty hard to do.
You're so right Marcia - add to your list a couple of novels, sunglasses, spare glasses, and a few other bits and pieces. My MOTH does not have hand luggage, it's all in my purse! I swear when we start a trip, my purse weighs more than my rollaboard!
quote:Originally posted by Marcia:O.K., now let's see. If they ban all hand luggage, does that include a woman purse?
I was just brain-storming!
I agree that people need to carry some items onboard, but NOT suitcases and giant holdalls!. In recent years people hand luggage seems to be getting bigger and bigger. These can make the journey uncomfortable!
On BA UK internal flights they weigh/measure hand luggage. If its too big they take it away and send it to thge cargo hold!
All bags and purses are X-rayed.
The A300 just sort of fell apart!! According to preliminary readouts from the tape, and a few witnesses, first the tail stabilizer fell of, followed by BOTH engines!
Sorta gives you confidence in the design - or maintenance, does it not?
quote:Originally posted by scorpio:...but Concorde was NOT an American-built plane.
As far as I'm aware all Airbuses are built by a European consortium. Concord is of course Anglo-French.
quote:Originally posted by Cambodge:The A300 just sort of fell apart!! Sorta gives you confidence in the design - or maintenance, does it not?
I read in the newspaper that the engines were "DESIGNED" to fall off, if necessary - which will give the faint hearted even less confidence!
I am flying on Friday to Banff for a conference and this will be my first flight since 11 Sept. - am curious to see what it's going to be like
[ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: Jekyll ]
quote:Originally posted by Marcia:..... report from CVG airport. The screening of passengers is going well, but it showed the employee's who clean and stock the plane's having no screening. Then they put in an Xray machine for them to go thru and they just walk around it. The supervisor didn't like the buzzing all the time. That is just great........If the airlines want their passengers back, they had better shape up.
That tit-bit does not make me a happy flyer!
That an 'accident' of such magnitude could happen 3 minutes into the flight is very upsetting and hard to believe - that it was an AA flight somehow makes it worse. I wonder if mechanics and other technical people are screened - perhaps they should be 'on camera' as they work.
My heart goes out to the families of those who died.
quote:Originally posted by Green:That an 'accident' of such magnitude could happen 3 minutes into the flight is very upsetting and hard to believe...
Assuming it was a mechanical failure(?), it is the take off and landing that is the risky part of the flight.
Paddy.
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