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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Flying to Orlando


For John, BLUFI get to see how the rest of the world flies to Disneyland.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

When I fly commercial I normally sit in the back of the aircraft, where the survivors sit.  This time I was traveling with someone who has a handicap and I was seated in Row 6, Seat B (Middle Left).  It gave me a whole new perspective.  Especially since we were riding in a Jet Blue Airbus A320.  Flying into Orlando International (the old McCoy Air Force Base) the Captain turned on the seatbelt sign early, due to turbulence.  Looking forward I saw two of the cabin crew looking back at us, through a transparent panel in front of the three left seats in the front row.

It reminded me of some British film with a prison scene, where the Screws sit facing down the rows of cells from outside the bars.  Not a comforting thought.

Yes, as an Airbus it does make that strange sawing noise, which I figure is the system recharging various pneumatic accumulators.  Strange.  I have only heard it on Airbus equipment.

Regards  —  Cliff

  A statistical thing, probably due to the tail section breaking off and not being part of the main wreckage.  I like to sit one row forward of the last row, since sometimes the seats in the last row won't recline.
  I have one hop out of McCoy logging time, ten hours on an EC-121 off of Cuba, in the Spring of 1966.  A Pilot Training classmate was the copilot.
  Turns out the female member of the front cabin crew is a graduate of Robert A Millikan High School, in Long Beach, California.  The other thing interesting to me was that she is a part time airline stewardess.  Her other job is as a waitress at a Mexican Restaurant in Orange County.  Is this the new economy.

1 comment:

Eileen said...

Orlando is Disneyworld!!