Back in the late 80's, early 90's, I was a prisoner of American Eagle (the plausibly deniable part of American Airlines). The turboprop era. Equipment were SAAB turboprops, payback for the Swedish Chef on the Muppet Show. My employers thought using Southwest cost too much.
Kids with newly minted ATP's (airline pilot certifications) were driving eighteen hours a day, plus. I don't know how many approaches into DFW (Dallas-Ft. Worth) when I thought they would drop a wing (stall, and crash). Being a pilot only made it worse for me.
Passengers in the next seat were made out of five full seed bags, badly sown together. Sometimes, they were not chewing tobacco.
You always got the window seat, next to the props. Lost nearly as much hearing as I did in the military.
The cabin staff had been rejected as prison guards. The gate agents had just finished serving twenty for Manslaughter Two.
Apex is slightly better...
Kids with newly minted ATP's (airline pilot certifications) were driving eighteen hours a day, plus. I don't know how many approaches into DFW (Dallas-Ft. Worth) when I thought they would drop a wing (stall, and crash). Being a pilot only made it worse for me.
Passengers in the next seat were made out of five full seed bags, badly sown together. Sometimes, they were not chewing tobacco.
You always got the window seat, next to the props. Lost nearly as much hearing as I did in the military.
The cabin staff had been rejected as prison guards. The gate agents had just finished serving twenty for Manslaughter Two.
Apex is slightly better...
