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Fear of Flying   by: Mondo Disgusto Mondo on his Soapbox

I keep hearing the news pundits and talking heads speaking out on "fear of flying". They want to blame it on 9/11. Back in the '60's (when I was a kid), the big stories were Viet Nam and the commies who wanted a fucking free ride to Cuba. It became fashionable to hijack any plane with fuel enough to get to Havana. Did the airlines do anything to prevent the hijackings? NO!! They knew they were vulnerable, but it was too expensive to retrofit the cockpit bulkheads or have new planes fitted with security doors. The Lockerbie Flight in 1988 was blown out of the air by a bomb in the cargo hold because it was too much trouble to x-ray the baggage.

The F.A.A. "advised" the airlines to take care of this, the aircraft manufacturers said they could build safer planes, but it wasn't cost effective. It was cheaper to let people die than prevent people from dying. Okay you scum-lapping shit-bags, now 5,000 people dead and billions of bucks worth of property destroyed, you're are talking about how safe it is to fly. HUH? Illegals working in the baggage check, in the loading docks, etc., pasting Band-Aids on the bulkheads, alkies and crackheads turning wrenches, overworked pilots, traffic controllers having "mid-life crises"; and we're supposed to believe that flying is now safe? Who's shitting whom here?

I am not afraid to fly; I just don't like having too many people being responsible for my safety. The statistics say that flying is safer than surface travel because many more people die in car wrecks than plane wrecks. This is true to a certain extent in that more cars wreck than planes. Why won't they show us the stats for percentage of survivors of car wrecks as opposed to the percentage of survivors of plane wrecks? I've been in 15 car wrecks and gone down twice on my scoot, but I'm still alive. Lets talk to all those survivors of plane disasters. Hello? Any body out there? Probably not. When a plane crashes everybody dies.

Let's look at the number of planes that have spontaneously disintegrated in mid-air. I can't count them all. When my pick-up or scooter loses a part or a system goes awry, I just pull over to the side of the road. Planes crash!!

Now I'm hearing the airlines begging the government for bailout money because their business is down. Did it occur to these ass-holes that business is down cause no-body wants to be a FUCKING MISSILE?? I like to gamble from time to time, but I'm talking about poker or craps, not on whether I can pick a flight that is going to stay up!!! Fear of flying??? I think it's a healthy attitude. My dad always said, " Birdshit and fools fall out of the sky".

Comments to date: 10. Page 1 of 1.

Posted by: Andy   

11:25pm on Monday, April 8th, 2002

GAWD DAMN!! THERES A PLAN. How bout we put them two rump rangers that keep fuckin' with ya on the next plane down.

Posted by: Tom   

11:25pm on Tuesday, May 14th, 2002

Good thinking you stay in your cars and on your motorcycles, because statistically you'll you'll be dead sooner than those of us who love to fly.

Posted by: Dave   

11:26pm on Monday, January 20th, 2003

My sentiments exactly! I don't like to do things, gamble on, etc......that I personally don't have control of. Except for maybe a rollercoaster ride!

I'll ride/drive any day.

Posted by: Clay   

11:27pm on Monday, February 17th, 2003

You have more of a chance of dying in a plane accident then in a car crash, but more people die in car crashes because there are so many of them and plane accidents happen less often.

Posted by: Aaron Wolf   

11:31pm on Wednesday, February 26th, 2003

"Did it occur to these ass-holes that business is down cause no-body wants to be a FUCKING MISSILE??"

It's comments like this that have kept me reading the posts here for the last three hours. Actually laughed out loud on that one. It's amazing how many fucking shit-stupid site a person has to trudge through to get to one with substance.

I think I would pay to see people try to argue with you. Great site.

Posted by: LOBO   

11:32pm on Wednesday, March 5th, 2003

Hey man I'm not afraid to fly, but I'd rather get there on my own two wheels. Ride on!

Posted by: Woulntyouliketoknow   

11:33pm on Thursday, April 3rd, 2003

I don't appreciate all that cursing!You need to clear up your language before you get on an educational web site! So........DON'T LET ME SAY IT AGAIN!!!!!! DAMN!!!!

Posted by: rob nickel   

11:34pm on Sunday, October 19th, 2003

So tell us Tom how often do you fly exactly over the course of a year? Now, how often do you drive ride in a car or ride a bike? You might love to fly alright? But don't try to convince any of us here on this site you do more flying than driving, as a rule.

Posted by: shawndgy   

11:36pm on Friday, February 13th, 2004

I will ride, drive, or fly..... BUT when flying, my SOP is a fistful of valuum + a bunch o Budwiesers [cause o my nerves, or maybe I just like it}, and hell, I don't know, since I can't smoke on the plane...maybe a fuckin' book.

Posted by: Justin   

11:39pm on Saturday, February 12th, 2005

Well I don't know but seems lil dumb but hey sometimes you gotta fly but why I'm posting is you said how many people survive car wrecks then I saw this article "Three people INJURED (not dead) in small plane wreck" hmm just a thought ya might wanna pass along to your SOURCES=P




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