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Fly Keystone Cops, no, I mean Fly India

George’s Point of View

Once upon a time, there were two runways: Runway 27 and Runway 14. They crossed each other. It didn’t matter that they crossed each other because the KING of the runway (Air Traffic Control) never allowed planes in a collision course. In Air Traffic Control school, they teach that a collision course would be a very bad thing.

So one day, an Air India A310 was on Runway 27, and waiting for input from Air Traffic Control. And, simultaneously, a Jet Airways Boeing 737-800, flight was waiting on Runway 14.

Somehow, both planes started to take-off.

Air Traffic control recognized that the very bad thing was about to happen, and cancelled one of the take-offs.

Fortunately both pilots were awake, saw the what was happening and both pilots rejected takeoff.

(Fortunately, they teach that a collision course is a bad thing in Pilot school too. Nice juxtaposition, that.)

It’s a good day when no one dies from the accident that could have happened.

It’s not a happy ending yet, because it won’t be over until the investigation is over. No one died…but it remains to be seen if heads may still roll.

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    Consider this: Just because you buy a ticket that packs you into a glorified flying sardine can in close quarters with hundreds of other ticket-purchasers, why should you have to have any manners at all? Certainly the ticket buys you the right to cuss out the attendants who ARE THERE TO SEE TO YOUR SAFETY. After all, you’re the only person who matters aboard the plane. Wait. Maybe not. Maybe the ticket assumes that the passenger is going to behave like a civilized human being.

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