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In reply to the discussion: About time I weighed in... [View all]Courtesy Flush
(4,558 posts)91. Honestly, I did not need that much informtion
I think we all have a general idea of the consequences of depressurization. I have no science background, and hardly ever fly, and I'm convinced of the dangers.
But Romney probably has flown a few times per month for forty years. How could he be more ignorant than I am about this? I last flew in 2009. I've probably flown less than a dozen times in my 53 years. Every school child knows these things, whether they fly or not.
This seems to be a characteristic of the conservative mind. There's a natural lack of curiosity about things. Just as Sarah Palin couldn't name a single newspaper, Romney apparently never had a conversation with a flight crew, or expressed any interest in anything that wasn't going to make him a profit.
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They know that won't happen. The airlines need them and can't replace them.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2012
#54
I generally keep politics out of the cockpit because of the attitudes of the vast majority
av8rdave
Sep 2012
#107
I doubt there is a third grader who doesn't know the reason plane windows don't open...
hlthe2b
Sep 2012
#30
Heavens! GREAT rant! My husband is a pilot and when I read him this stuff, he just shook his head.
calimary
Sep 2012
#47
Hey, Mr. Big Shot Pilot, we could pay a Chinese girl a dollar an hour to do your job...
hunter
Sep 2012
#109
Not sure what a "pilot tube" is, but would love top watch you shove it up Shitts assshole! n/t
AAO
Sep 2012
#120