Good part of the trip, finally getting home…
BAD part, major weather front rolling through Virginia…
Sitting next to a co-worker on the trip home, he’s a retired helo driver, so we had both checked the weather. Coming in was going to be a penetration through a line of moderate to severe thunderstorms.
And as we boarded the lady across the aisle was saying how she was not a good flyer…
Oh joy… We checked for sick sacks, just in case.
So every little bump coming across she would do one of those “Eep” sounds loud enough to be heard through the headset and across the aisle.
Sure enough, started the descent, started bouncing and the drivers put the flight attendants in their seats and said for everybody to just hang on to anything (cups, etc).
Sure enough, the “Eeps” started being interspersed with “URPS”…
Poor lady went through all three sick sacks on that side, and we passed both of ours over.
I’m glad we were in a 757, not an Airbus, as it was about like riding a bull in the rodeo. Up, down, sideways, lightning on both sides, things bouncing around in the galley for probably 30+ minutes…
I think that lady threw up everything including her toenails there at the end! And the flight attendants couldn’t do anything to help, nor could anybody else.
When we landed, the poor lady was just about catatonic, and I’m pretty sure they called the paramedics to come check on her.
Pro tip- If you’re NOT a good flyer, check the weather and TAKE A DIFFERENT FLIGHT!!!
Sigh…
And in other news, apparently somebody threw a molotov cocktail into a food court at the Ballston Mall in Arlington, VA at noon today. Thankfully it didn’t catch fire. But the police found three more waiting to be thrown. I know this mall, and it’s frequented by a number of government employees and military personnel every day at lunch. I ‘wonder’ what the story is going to be on this one…
BAD part, major weather front rolling through Virginia…
Sitting next to a co-worker on the trip home, he’s a retired helo driver, so we had both checked the weather. Coming in was going to be a penetration through a line of moderate to severe thunderstorms.
And as we boarded the lady across the aisle was saying how she was not a good flyer…
Oh joy… We checked for sick sacks, just in case.
So every little bump coming across she would do one of those “Eep” sounds loud enough to be heard through the headset and across the aisle.
Sure enough, started the descent, started bouncing and the drivers put the flight attendants in their seats and said for everybody to just hang on to anything (cups, etc).
Sure enough, the “Eeps” started being interspersed with “URPS”…
Poor lady went through all three sick sacks on that side, and we passed both of ours over.
I’m glad we were in a 757, not an Airbus, as it was about like riding a bull in the rodeo. Up, down, sideways, lightning on both sides, things bouncing around in the galley for probably 30+ minutes…
I think that lady threw up everything including her toenails there at the end! And the flight attendants couldn’t do anything to help, nor could anybody else.
When we landed, the poor lady was just about catatonic, and I’m pretty sure they called the paramedics to come check on her.
Pro tip- If you’re NOT a good flyer, check the weather and TAKE A DIFFERENT FLIGHT!!!
Sigh…
And in other news, apparently somebody threw a molotov cocktail into a food court at the Ballston Mall in Arlington, VA at noon today. Thankfully it didn’t catch fire. But the police found three more waiting to be thrown. I know this mall, and it’s frequented by a number of government employees and military personnel every day at lunch. I ‘wonder’ what the story is going to be on this one…
I enjoy rough weather in an airplane.
Then again, there is a lot of stuff that I like that doesn’t square with the norm.
I suspect the lady will have quiet a war story to tell her friends! 🙂
Home is always a nice place to be, welcome back! Enjoy your weekend!!
We came into Denver on a 737 from the west at 4 pm on summer day. The thermals were causing the plane to act like a roller coaster. The passengers were mostly kids returning from various youth trips and they all had their hands in the air like they were at Disney. Most fun I’ve ever had on a plane
“And in other news, apparently somebody threw a molotov cocktail into a food court at the Ballston Mall in Arlington, VA at noon today. Thankfully it didn’t catch fire.”
FBI Spokesperson: This is another Terrorist Plot(tm) foiled by your hard working FBI. We found a couple of mentally challenged persons of undisclosed religious preference, and by pretending to be Al-Qaeda agents we spent months persuading them to engage in terrorist jihad. We provided these mentally challenged individuals with non-flammable gasoline in unbreakable bottles and instructed them to throw them into the food court in an Arlington mall.
We want to stress that at no time was the public in any actual danger. These terrorists were mentally challenged to the point that it didn’t occur to them to just make their own Molotov Cocktails out of readily available materials. We also had cooperation with the Sergeant of a three-man Rapid Tactical Force at one of America’s largest indoor retail shopping areas, the Ballston Mall. We knew that even if these terrorists accidentally found some weapons that might cause actual damage, Gecko45 would be on hand to put everything “Five by Five.” After the situation with the Mayor’s nephew, we have total confidence in him.
We’d like to answer your questions, especially the ones about the legal definition of “entrapment,” but we have to get back to work immediately. We have a few operations where we are giving fake-poisoned paste to mentally challenged kindergarten teachers of undisclosed religious preference.
Airsickness/seasickness Agony. (Or so I’ve heard.)
Airsickness/seasickness in someone else: Funny as hell!
OK, I’m horrible. I admit it.
I am that lady…lol I don’t throw up, but I am a terrible flyer when it gets bumpy. I like to fly, but crashing…not so much:)
Ironically, I am fine in small planes with people I know like my grandfather, but I really don’t like to fly commercially.
What a joy that must have been…not.
The only time I had a problem with turbulence when flying was when I went to the head and we hit turbulence before I got back to my seat. My head did a fine job denting that panel and I broke my glasses which TWA actually paid to have replaced. I had my new glasses delivered about 2 hours after I got to the hotel and the young lady fitted them for me in the lobby of the hotel.
NOTE if you wear glasses keep a copy of your current prescription in your wallet just in case.
Glad you are back home safe. Enjoy the weekend!
Glad you enjoyed the ride;) Seriously, glad you were not puked on.
I betcha the FBI will not mention the religious affiliation of the unnamed individual for fear of offending the religion of peace. They might get upset and throw molotov cocktails.
Nothing to see here, just another case of workplace violence. Move along.
Ok, I will admit to having had a couple rough flights.
As in, ~2 hours of +-500 feet, because there was a storm over Hell’s Canyon.
Yes, I did in fact kiss the tarmac when I got to Moscow-Pullman. Took almost 45 minutes before my inner ear calmed down and I could walk in a straight line. No, I wasn’t drunk, I was still in my teens.
Thanks to the no-refunds-or-exchange policy at many of the airlines on-line check-in procedure, changing to a different flight can be VERY expensive. Having said that, clearly the lady in question never learned how to prepare for heavy seas. :^)
LL- LOL, same here. After 7000+ hours in a P3 not much bothers me
eia/Keads- IF she remembers… I’m gonna sleep in!!!
Chip- LOL figures!
Sean- Probably!
Murph- That you are!!! 🙂
Agirl- Ouch!!!
Robert- Not, at least from HER perspective!
Grey- EXCELLENT point!
MrG- Agree and agree!
45ACP- Yep… sigh
Scott- Yeah, inner ear DOES react rather strongly to being upset…
Rev- I think it could be done for ‘medical’ reasons.
So now the Feds are going to demand that we have a Mall Security Administration (MSA), and we all have to pass through a Security Checkpoint when entering Sears.
But hey! No need to worry, the “No Guns Allowed” signs in the Mall will keep us Safe until the Funding comes into play, right?
Works for the Movie Theater industry after all.
Obviously it’s just another case of workplace violence or just some misunderstood youths up to hijinks. Move along, nothing to see here.
As for the flying, I’m usually OK, but when I do get motion sick, I’m miserable. I live by Dramamine and not eating anything before a flight. Yes, I admit it, I’m a groundhog.
Les- Good point.
DB- Hey, you ride tanks, more than I could do… 🙂
Sean and Les +1 each.
I’m impressed that you thought ahead to have sick sacs ready! I always screw that up, grabbing across the cockpit for the bag as my passengers yak all over the place. I’ve yet had one make it to the bag.
I’ve got a story about flying out of DFW one time amid tornadoes, hail and heavy rain. Picture a BUFF base when a scramble is called. Planes taking off everywhere just to be elsewhere when the tornadoes arrived.
I was on a 727 to KC. I doubt we had more than a dozen on the plane including the crew. Bumpy was an understatement!
Just think how the lady would have fared if gram paper, spent CADs and marginal air conditioning had been added to the mix.
And as a flight engineer explained to me about airsickness: “There’s them that has and them that will.”
Ed- 🙂
Michael- I ‘hope’ you make them help with the clean up!!!
Crucis- We did that one time out of Barksdale… sigh… FINALLY turned left at St. Louis (and STILL got the crap beat out of us)
Rick- LOL, yeah that ‘did’ come up! I’ve been airsick twice in 22 years on Navy airplanes, once in the back of an A-5 (couldn’t see out), and once in a P-3 off Bermuda (later diagnosed as food poisoning from the box lunch)
Once the sicko’s realize that fire is likely to rack up a higher death toll than guns, this might become more common. Perhaps background checks for buying gasoline are in our future.
Flight from Sidney to Brisbane (Sorry, no funny Aussie hotel stories.) through a nasty tropical front.
Three (3!) passengers were taken off plane on those spiffy narrow gauge gurneys. Rest of us went down the tail stairs (DC-9). I offered to treat the whole cabin crew to drinks (with a special eye on the redhead – hey, I was young and stupid). Unfortunately they had to turn around and go back to Sidney AFTER the front passed.
Andy- Don’t tempt em… Arlington is ALREADY on a roll…
Stretch- Yep, it happens! Too bad about the Red Head! 🙂
Dash 8 from Fargo to Denver, mid day summer arrival. For unknown reasons, we flew over DIA four times.
Lady sitting next to me was very reserved at the start. When we finally landed, she was clinging to me like we had been married for years.