the pathetic lie that is in-flight safety

[nieske]

"At Veritas Airways, your safety is our first priority. Actually, that is not quite true: if it were, our seats would be rear-facing, like those in military aircraft, since they are safer in the event of an emergency landing. But then hardly anybody would buy our tickets and we would go bust."

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Comments

[mrtibbles]

"Cabin crew, please make sure we have remembered to close the doors. Sorry, I mean: ‘Doors to automatic and cross-check’. Thank you for flying Veritas."

lal

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[maal]

Geweldig is dat :D (maar ik ben blij dat ik dit heb gelezen ná m'n eerste keer vliegen. Panic is easy!)

[lukazz]

mooi, maar niet helemaal waar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditching

geeft (onder andere) als reactie op dit artikel een lijst van geslaagde waterlandingen. niet dat wikipedia betrouwbaar is, maar toch.