2017-06-26

Fear of Flying

    Asiana 777 Crash
Well ... when I was a kid Erica Jong came out with a novel of the same name. Lately it's reared it's ugly head in my notions regarding travel and the portends appertaining thereto:

First there is the TSA. I think I'd rather not encounter them thank you. I'd hate for some idiotic nothing to turn into a murder trial but given some of the antics for which the TSA are now legend the notion of bare knuckled revenge could be conceivable.

Then there are the various "crashes" ... and particularly those with little wreckage and no bodies recovered. My relationship with my government is not so solid as to blindly trust those in charge of my safety in that regard either.

It's far too easy to bring down a plane and call it something else anymore. I'm not one to volunteer to be somebody's cheap shot example, either.

Then there are the flight crews. I certainly have nothing against them but I am not going to submit to just any old thing myself and some of the antics of stewardess activities rival the origins of the dumming down of the United States, i.e., the educators.

Can I get a "Duh" ?

There's stupidity in them there environments and I am reticent to throw myself into a fray at 45,000 feet or allow some pea brain to be responsible for my safety when my point in time and space becomes beyond my control.

Sorry, but I simply don't trust any of you. I'd sooner take my chances on a nice conveyance like the Titanic.

The Titanic