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Day of the Airline Damned (a true tale by your pal, NuclearNed)

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dank69 said:
Haven't finished reading the story yet, just wanted to say:

Fuck USAir. Fuck them right in the face.

My company once booked me a flight from CT to Pittsburgh, PA on USAir. 3 leg flight to get the equivalent of a 8-9 hour drive away.

1st flight takes me from CT to Newark. As I'm waiting for my second flight from Newark to Philadelphia, I notice when I look out the window that my plane is not there yet. 'Great' I think 'my flight is gonna be delayed. Par for the course with USAir...' But no, they call for boarding on time and lead us down the jetway to...wait for it...a bus on the fucking tarmac. So as I am sitting on my 2 hour bus flight to PA I am thinking 'well at least it can't get any worse, right?' Of course it can.

Being the lucky guy I am I was sitting in seat 1A, yeah the one right there next to the door, and as we start speeding down the runway I hear a 'thunk' come from the door. I couldn't see the door because there was a small divider there, but I did see the stewardess who is sitting directly in front of me facing me look towards the door. Then I see her eyes get as big as saucers and see her remove her seatbelt and lunge for the door. Apparently the flight crew for the third leg (third leg haha) didn't finish safety training because just before we reached take off speed the door flew open just as she started lunging. The guy in 1D was actually closer to her and must have seen the door partially open (the original thunk) because as he grabbed her as she started to lunge as the door flew open.

Did I mention it was a prop plane? Well luckily the door didn't rip off the hinges and fly into the propeller and thanks to 1D the attendant didn't either. After pulling her to safety, 1D began banging on the pilot door because they weren't slowing down, until another guy told him to stop because the pilots were already aware since they have indicator lights. We were past the point of no return, so the pilot had to take off, then loop around and land immediately. Of course he banked towards the open door so I got a nice view straight down to the ground on the way around, and that didn't help settle down the other terrified passengers.

Long story long, by the time I was able to catch an alternate flight I could have rode my dick and pedaled my balls from CT to Pitt in less time. And my laptop would have been safer, too.

Cliffs: Fuck USAir right in the face.
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Are you Ned's less-courteous half-brother?

Awesome story.
 
The OP needs to stop being so fucking verbose.

I used to like your stories, but they are just to god damned wordy now.
 
sdifox said:
ned writes a long story you bitch, I qrite a short quip and you bitch...is it just you like to bitch?
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There is nothing wrong with sentences, there's something wrong with verbose sentences. Do you even know what verbose means?

I'll pause while you go Google it.

Okay, now do you understand?
 
Where were you flying out of? CLT? I do know the fuel farm fires in MIA are fucking the entire system. Flights cancelled, etc. I'm hearing alot of intl traffic is stopping off in MCO just to fuel up.

I've never flown anything but SWA to LAS. We've had our fair share of screw ups. They're all the same.

If my Cherokee Six could get us everywhere we need to go, I'd never hop on a commercial flight again.
 
RbSX said:
There is nothing wrong with sentences, there's something wrong with verbose sentences. Do you even know what verbose means?

I'll pause while you go Google it.

Okay, now do you understand?
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There is nothing wrong with verbose sentences, when it is used for a specific effect. I think that is called creative writing.


<===This computer geek also has a minor in English.
 
sdifox said:
There is nothing wrong with verbose sentences, when it is used for a specific effect. I think that is called creative writing.


<===This computer geek also has a minor in English.
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I agree that verbose and overly detailed sentences can be very useful, however, 6 paragraphs of them made reading the post a bit nauseating.
 
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