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Comment how much of this is business culture (Score 4, Informative) 182

I flew United airlines yesterday and experienced a maintenance issue that could have compromised the entire plane. I told the flight attendant and they passed the message on to the pilot. At the end of the flight I provided way more specific information to this flight attendant. Not once was I asked to describe the incident to the pilots. As I left the plane, the flight attendant did not return to the pilots but continued to see people off the plane. I figured I should go to a United service desk and explain the incident. The lady I met told me all she could do is file a complaint and she had no way to inform anyone at United of the incident. Let me repeat: a customer service rep could not provide information of a potential fault on a plane to anyone. She directed me to the United airlines website to report the incident. People will die and it is because capitalism does not reward people who go above the call of duty to prevent loss of life. The plane had another flight today, nothing else I can do but watch the tail number and shout "told you so!" if something ever happens

I understand this post may put me on a list, but I do not know how else to raise this concern except by talking loudly to the internet in hopes someone hears.

Comment Re: It was way below expectations .. scholastic mo (Score 1) 72

On the other hand, I went to see Starship Troopers explicitly because they were playing Harvey Danger's Flagpole Sitter song in the trailer. This was back when trailers played songs from the movie. I sat through the entire movie waiting to hear the song and never did. I was extraordinarily pissed and never truly appreciated how good the movie was. A few years later I watched it and understood the premise but still carry my extreme anger that I was duped into seeing a B-movie without the actual trailer music.

-dk

Comment Re: Suckers (Score 1) 23

Hear me out. There are high res cameras all over the airport. The ticket scanner at TSA is connected to a network. Your ticket has your name details. You are required to be maskless while in front of TSA. All of that means you are tracked the moment you walk past TSA. It is very likely you are tracked beforehand but it is unequivocally without a doubt that you are tagged on a screen somewhere as you walk about.

Comment Re: 60 miles in total. (Score 3, Insightful) 29

Today we learn what averages are. It left the gate at 10:11, it still has to taxi, get clearance, and take off. That could be another 15 minutes. The rotation (liftoff) speed is around 170 knots or 180mph. Landing is usually 150 knots or 160mph for the last 5 miles. I will let you perform the correct math to figure out the average speed of the plane

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