PLANE CRASHES (intensive psychotherapy is not an option) part deux
you can hear someone other than the Captain (a Captain with over 300,000 hours on a DC10 doesnt say LIFT LIFT when descending to a runway at 225 knots) & the collision warning (a remarkably collected & amiable voice, considering when you hear it, you are probably going to die)
(the actual video would only have the sound of the collision & subsequent cartwheeling of the aircraft)(you would not believe how many people dont get that when i show this to them)(o god what is wrong with me)
the flight crew of United 232 are credited with incredible heroism in the face of certain death, all things considered-
112 out of 298 aint bad! GOOD JOB GUYS!
(better luck next time-
if all three of your independently operating hydraulics systems dont knock each other off in a one in a billion occurence of REALLY. BAD. LUCK.)
i am trying to be a member of the Future Airline Pilots of America (FAPA) but something tells me having 8 minutes total flight time IS NOT AN APPEALING PREREQUISITE
i have to do something with all this shit in my brain. i know plenty of WHAT NOT TO DO-
besides, today's modern-as-all-hell B747 practically fly themselves (into the ground. see Northwest Airlines flight 255. WHEN BREEZING THROUGH YOUR PRE TAKE OFF CHECKLIST, BE SURE TO SET YOUR FLAPS, EVEN IF YOUR ARE IN A HURRY TO BEAT NOISE RESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE YOU WILL LEAVE ONE FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL NAMED CECILIA WITH NO FAMILY & PROBABLY A LIFETIME OF UGLY NIGHTMARES)(romulus, detroit, august 16, 1987)
the girl who survived is just 2 years my senior & has a degree is psychology from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa... and she posts her email address online to talk to others in the "flight 255 family"
BUT WILL NOT communicate with reporters
... am i correct in saying i am not really considered a reporter?
DEATH WHY CAN YOU NOT COME FOR ME SWIFTLY
which reminds me, remember not to initiate takeoff, as the Captain of a fully-loaded Boeing 747, without Air Traffic Control clearance, and ESPECIALLY not when another fully-loaded Boeing 747 is taxiing across the runway which you intend to use for takeoff, ok? does that sound like a good idea?
maybe the death of 583 tourists/flight crew/everybody & the worst accident in aviation history
could be something i could spare myself of
IN A WORLD WITHOUT FUCKED-UP PEOPLE FLYING AIRPLANES.
(or, NOT flying them; rest in peace, dude, but you really blew that one)
all right. i am hating myself more & more with each letter i type.
more on what happened at the Los Rodeos airport on Tenerife, Canary Islands, 1977, next time, probably
(because none of you juveniles were around at the time)
unless i pick up some new bad, bad fascinations.