XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-01-13 20:08, D wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > On Mon, 13 Jan 2025, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-01-12 00:54, D wrote:   
   >>> There was one saving grace... a very beautiful female flight   
   >>> attendant who let me sit next to my wife, so she could decrease my   
   >>> suffering. Before landing she shooed me away so as not to affect the   
   >>> balance of the 737 (BS!) and I said that of course I have to take my   
   >>> bag and coat so as not to "affect the balance" or else I would be   
   >>> afraid of the plane crashing.   
   >>>   
   >>> To my great surprise she smiled at my joke, and said, "well, I don't   
   >>> think it would be that serious".   
   >>   
   >> I believe the reason is that, if there is an accident, they can   
   >> identify you as the person listed to be sitting on 17B.   
   >   
   > Not necessary. They can do that by other means. Also people are   
   > switching around all the time, so clearly it was a b.s. response. B.s.   
   > responses must always be punished to stop them from happening.   
      
   None the less, I think it is true. Several companies have the same rule,   
   do not change seat till after lift up.   
      
   >   
   >> For the record, I love flying.   
   >   
   > For the record, I hate flying and consider myself being in hell from the   
   > moment I step into the airport. It is very difficult for me to imagine a   
   > more denigrating, inhuman and undignified way to travel than modern   
   > travel by plane.   
   >   
   > If I had my own private jet, and my own airport, I might reconsider.   
   > Until then, I do my best to never move from the city I am in. Sadly my   
   > wife and father make life very difficult for me sometimes, so that is   
   > when I do move for their sake. But otherwise, I would happily live the   
   > rest of my days next to my beloved fishing lake. =)   
      
   Then you will suffer.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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